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Stop Poisoning Water With Fluoride
Activists are battling in court to stop a powerful federal agency from fluoridating our water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains that fluoride prevents cavities, a long-cited but widely disproven “benefit” of this hazardous waste byproduct of aluminum and fertilizer production. Thus, the agency concludes, adding the chemical to public water is wholly justified—despite thoroughly […]
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Opinion: Washington must revoke sanctions waiver after latest nuclear violation
The “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic of Iran is one-year old. So too, ironically, is the Trump administration’s policy of providing sanctions waivers for select Iranian nuclear projects permitted by the 2015 nuclear deal. The most troublesome of these waivers — as we have previously written — is for an underground nuclear bunker […]
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Mosaic submits ‘Critical Condition Report’ to FDEP, EPA
BARTOW – In less than one year’s time, there have been three incidents at Mosaic’s Bartow facility that were serious enough to mandate staff to alert government regulators, including one incident that occurred as recently as last month. Based on Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) public records, cracks were discovered on the south and […]
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Federal Judge to Decide if Fluoride-in-Water Case Goes to Trial
Health advocates filed suit in 2016 to try to force EPA to reduce fluoride exposure Implications for other groups seeking to regulate chemicals The future of a suit challenging the EPA’s stance that fluoride in drinking water doesn’t pose unreasonable risks to young children is the focus of dueling motions before a federal judge in […]
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Fluoride Q coming to Rangely ballot
RANGELY | The Town of Rangely will be the next local entity to decide if it wants to keep fluoridating the town’s water supply. The Board of Trustees approved a resolution Tuesday to present fluoridation to voters in the April election. The measure passed by a narrow margin in Meeker this month. Rangely trustees heard […]
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UNE and partners collaborate on strategy for preventing oral disease in rural communities
The University of New England Dental Hygiene Program, Maine Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network, Partnership for Children’s Oral Health, and The Opportunity Alliance have partnered to provide opportunities for UNE health profession students to perform oral health screenings and fluoride varnishes to children in rural and underserved communities. Students will provide the services at […]
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Community Water Fluoridation: Perspectives Differ on Whether Practice Helps, Hurts.
Fluoride is a natural substance that is released from rocks into the water, air and soil. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is not enough natural fluoride in our drinking water to prevent tooth decay. Dental decay became a huge debate during WWII when many individuals were getting rejected from the […]
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Letter: City shouldn’t force residents to drink fluoridated water
The city of Asheville is putting a known neurotoxin in our water supply. The city of Asheville states on its website that our “pristine” water supply is fed by pure mountain streams protected from contaminants and pollution. The website even has a picture of a beautiful lake surrounded by trees and mountains. If the water […]
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Melbourne council expected to vote on fluoride in drinking water
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Fluoride, common in most toothpaste, is also added to the drinking water in many communities, but Tuesday night that could change for the City of Melbourne. As FOX 35 has been reporting, there are many drinking water controversies in this part of Brevard County. The practice of adding fluoride is no exception. Decades ago, cities and towns […]
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EPA denies TSCA petition to ban hydrofluoric acid in oil refineries
The US EPA has denied an NGO’s petition to prohibit the use of hydrofluoric acid in manufacturing processes at oil refineries under TSCA, continuing the agency’s trend of rejecting such requests. Filed under section 21 of the law by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in August, the petition argued that the substance – used as […]
United States, National USA Oil Refineries
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