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Fluoride approved by Jopin Council
Calling it safe and effective, the Joplin City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday to order that fluoride be put in the city’s water supply. “This is going to help the safety and welfare of Joplin citizens, especially children,” said Councilman Richard Russell, who voted in favor of the measure. Fluoride opponents attending the meeting vowed to […]
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Wastewater Spill Is Worrisome
TAMPA – More than 41 million gallons of acidic wastewater spilled by a fertilizer company into a Hillsborough Bay tributary could cause significant environmental damage. Cargill Crop Nutrition, a unit of Cargill Inc., faces the possibility of regulatory as well as ecological fallout from the spill that resulted from a reservoir breach amid Hurricane Frances […]
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The fluoride debate: necessary good or outdated practice?
Melfort Journal — Fluoride. For over 40 years, the residents of Melfort have been receiving their daily dose of the element with every glass of water we drink and with every meal we prepare. According to the city, it has been added in to the water somewhere around 1960 and before 1965, but nobody has […]
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Cargill Scrambles To Mitigate Wastewater’s Effect On Creek
TAMPA – A storm-induced breach at a reservoir Sunday caused a fertilizer company to dump acidic wastewater into a creek that feeds Hillsborough Bay. State environmental officials said the threat could amount to millions of gallons. A Cargill Crop Nutrition spokesman said company engineers did not know how much was being poured into Archie Creek […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
Cargill Scrambles To Mitigate Wastewater’s Effect On Creek
TAMPA – A storm-induced breach at a reservoir Sunday caused a fertilizer company to dump acidic wastewater into a creek that feeds Hillsborough Bay. State environmental officials said the threat could amount to millions of gallons. A Cargill Crop Nutrition spokesman said company engineers did not know how much was being poured into Archie Creek […]
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Joplin, Carl Junction tackle fluoride again
The debate over adding a compound to public water supplies to fight tooth decay will be renewed this week in Joplin and Carl Junction. The city councils in both cities are expected to vote Tuesday night on whether to add fluoride to the water. Fluoridation supporters and opponents have signed up to speak to the […]
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Breach Sends Acidic Waste Into Bay
TAMPA – As much as 120 million gallons of acidic wastewater is flowing into Hillsborough Bay from a breach in the retention reservoir at Cargill Fertilizer, authorities said late this afternoon. The storm-related rupture occurred this morning as the company was trying to drain some of the reservoir, said Colleen Castille, secretary of the state […]
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Fluoride: the pros, the cons, the court
With a Washington-based scientist visiting Manchester and the possibility of an appearance by a former surgeon general, the debate on water fluoridation could come to a boil this week as voters weigh their options and a judge hears a lawsuit that could affect a referendum scheduled for Sept. 14. The government scientist is John William […]
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A state of denial on fluoridation of drinking water
Here is a challenge for you. Go into your local supermarket – Superquinn, Tesco, Supervalu, Dunne’s Stores; wherever, it does not matter. Go to the pharmacy and toiletries section and there find the toothpaste section. In the toothpaste section pick out a product that does not contain fluoride. I have just spent 20 minutes in […]
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Panel hears benefits of fluoridated water
LITTLE ROCK – The state could save money and fewer Arkansans would suffer from toothaches if more communities in the state fluoridated their water, Rep. Tommy Roebuck, D-Arkadelphia, said Thursday. Roebuck, a dentist, advocated water fluoridation statewide during discussions of a legislative study conducted this year. He said nearly 40 percent of the people in […]
United States, Arkansas