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Air Quality Regulators Don’t Look Eager To Ban A Deadly Refinery Acid
Ever since the 2015 explosion that rocked the Torrance Refinery, environmentalists and community groups have agitated for a ban on the use of deadly hydrofluoric acid at the two remaining California refineries that still use it. They were disappointed when the Refinery Committee of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board voted 3-2 […]
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Madison County Health Department receives national grant for oral health
Wampsville, N.Y. — With money from the Barclay-Giel Seed Grant, the Madison County Department of Health will be launching an oral health community campaign. “We here at the Health Department are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the $7,500 grant to launch an Oral Health Community Campaign in Madison County,” said Eric Faisst, director of […]
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Philadelphia ‘dodged a catastrophe’ in refinery explosion, safety advocates say
A series of explosions and a spectacular fire ripped through a South Philadelphia oil refinery early Friday, rattling windows, injuring workers, unnerving the city, and causing gasoline markets to spike on speculation of fuel shortages. The incident at Philadelphia Energy Solutions , the East Coast’s largest refinery, injured five workers, who were treated at the […]
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Have your teeth been affected?
In 2001 the government funded independent York University review of water fluoridation identified high levels, 44 per cent, of dental fluorosis in fluoridated areas of the UK. Incurable dental fluorosis is the only visible indicator of over exposure to high levels of fluoride in the body and is indicated by mottling on the surface of […]
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Kempkens, Kraglund & Strang Letter: Community water fluoridation claims disputed by doctors
In an editorial note from the editors that explained the background of the letters published since May 27, 2019, on the fluoridation issue: On May 27, the Cape Breton Post published a column by Sydney resident Marlene Kane which called for a ban on water fluoridation. On June 6, the Post published a letter from […]
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Climate change gaining ground as poll issue
Excerpt: In 2018, the Central Pollution Control Board identified a total of 351 polluted river stretches. Of the 640 districts in the country, the groundwater in 276 is polluted due to fluoride, in 387 due to nitrate, in 113 due to heavy metals, and in 61 districts, it’s due to uranium. *Read the full article […]
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Officials say air tests from refinery fire showed no immediate danger. EPA data show company has past high-priority violations.
City officials said Friday afternoon that air testing taken during the day at the site of the refinery fire in South Philadelphia showed no immediate cause for alarm for workers at the site or residents nearby. “Preliminary testing both at the site of the refinery and in the adjacent community has shown no ambient carbon […]
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EXPLAINER-Philadelphia refinery blast puts new spotlight on toxic chemical
June 21 (Reuters) – Massive explosions that engulfed a Philadelphia refinery in flames on Friday has renewed concerns about the oil industry’s use of a highly toxic chemical to make high-octane gasoline at plants in densely populated areas. Aerial video of the scene at Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc’s refinery, the largest in the northeast, in […]
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Feds to investigate refinery explosion; local health officials remain cautious
A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions at the 150-year-old industrial complex at 3100 W. Passyunk Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Following a massive fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex, an oil refinery in South Philadelphia, health and air quality experts say residents in the […]
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Blocks away from South Philly refinery explosion, residents saw what looked ‘almost like a nuclear disaster’
The city was still shrouded in early morning darkness when something deeper and more ominous than a passing thunderstorm rippled across South and Southwest Philadelphia, driving people out of their beds. One by one, residents darted to their windows and front steps, wondering if they’d discover some mundane explanation — a ruptured gas main, a […]
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