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Ohio EPA accepting public comments on proposed revisions to fluoride operating range rules
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s (Ohio EPA) Division of Drinking and Ground Waters (DDAGW) recently announced that it is accepting public comments on proposed changes to regulations on the fluoride operating range. The revisions apply to the Rule 3745-82-03 in the Ohio Administrative Code, which addresses how entities are deemed to be in compliance with […]
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Ailing, angry nuclear-weapons workers fight for compensation
‘Too often, workers die waiting’ for help, senator says PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Paul Brogdon was a security guard at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant during the last stages of the Cold War, protecting stockpiles of bomb-grade uranium from would-be terrorists. Brogdon and the other guards would take their turns in the Blue Goose, an armored […]
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Fluorides in the water do more harm than good
This summer, newspapers in northern Ohio have often reported microcystin contamination in our precious Lake Erie. Microcystin, released by blue-green algae, is a liver toxin. Our water is being monitored. If the microcystin concentrations reach only 0.3 ppb (parts per billion) in our tap water, “Do not drink” warnings will be issued for “pregnant women, […]
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Loss of PFOA trial creates uncertainty around Chemours
First patient awarded $1.6 million in Ohio lawsuit Chemours has lost the first of many anticipated lawsuits over the contamination of drinking water by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at the Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This leaves a good deal of uncertainty over the environmental liabilities of the firm, which has already possibly led […]
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DuPont’s W.Va., Ohio neighbors worry Chemours won’t pay C8 bills
DuPont Co.’s plan to spin off its Teflon unit is spurring concern on the West Virginia-Ohio border that the new company won’t cover medical payments for residents sickened by a chemical long-used at the production plant. In 2004, as a result of a class action filed three years earlier, DuPont agreed to pay $235 million […]
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Miamisburg receives water award from CDC
MIAMISBURG — The city was recently presented with a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This award recognizes those community water systems that maintained a consistent level of optimally fluoridated water in 2013. Community water fluoridation has been recognized by CDC as one of the 10 great public health achievements […]
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C8 panel: Illness link findings didn’t rely on ex-WVU researcher
A panel of scientists that linked exposure to the DuPont Co. chemical C8 to human illnesses said Thursday those findings did not rely on the work of a former West Virginia University researcher whose qualifications have been questioned by a national news report. Members of the three-person C8 Science Panel said in a statement that […]
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C8 medical monitoring begins in Mid-Ohio Valley
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Starting this week, tens of thousands of Mid-Ohio Valley whose drinking water was contaminated by the DuPont Co. chemical C8 can apply for free blood tests and medical screenings to uncover illnesses that could be related to toxic exposure, lawyers for the residents announced Tuesday. The $235 million C8 medical monitoring program […]
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Cincinnati: Charter review reopens water fluoridation debate
A decades-old dental debate over water fluoridation has resurfaced in Cincinnati. A task force revising the Cincinnati city charter uncovered a forgotten provision that may give Cincinnatians a unique voting right to remove the chemical from their water supply. When the group charged with rooting out obsolete language proposed cutting that provision, though, the efforts […]
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Salem maintains water is safe; what about fluoride, one resident asks
SALEM – The city recently violated the maximum level of disinfectant by-product known as TTHM in the drinking water again, but not enough to pose a health risk, a public notice said. “The water is safe,” assistant Superintendent Matt Hoopes said. … The water department and the notice were among the many topics raised by […]
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