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Urenco completes construction of UK tails plant
Uranium enrichment company Urenco has today held a ceremony to mark the official opening of its Tails Management Facility (TMF) at Capenhurst in the UK. The TMF will treat depleted uranium tails, a by-product of the enrichment process, by converting them from uranium hexafluoride into more chemically stable uranium oxide. The exterior of the new […]
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State Declares East Hampton Airport Hazardous Waste Site
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has ordered 47 acres of East Hampton Airport added to the “Superfund” hazardous waste site list, in the wake of its investigation of chemical contamination of groundwater in southern Wainscott. After a year-long investigation, the DEC identified a half-dozen sites on the 570-acre airport property that showed […]
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Eloise Kailin, M.D.: Numerous battles of Peninsula environmentalist remembered
Eloise Kailin in October 2017 at a forum on fluoridating the city of Port Angeles’ water. SEQUIM — Retired Dr. Eloise Kailin, a Sequim environmentalist whose activism stretched beyond her most recent fight — a successful battle against fluoridation of Port Angeles drinking water — died Saturday of age-related causes at her Sequim-area home, her […]
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Chemicals that tainted Bucks, Montco drinking water found in lettuce, beef, even chocolate cake
Ground turkey, chocolate cake, kale — laced with a serving of toxic chemicals. People across the country, including in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, are already grappling with the effects of drinking potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS. Newly revealed research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows Americans are eating the substances, too. Tests […]
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Jarvis: No time to wait for safe injection site
“The report is deeply concerning to us,” Windsor and Essex County’s top public health official, Dr. Wajid Ahmed, said last year. “This should be alarming to our community,” the medical officer of health said again, six months later. “We need to accept as a community that we have a problem…,” he said before addressing city […]
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Vermont Releases PFAS Sampling Plan – public comments solicited
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) The state of Vermont has released a new sampling plan for PFAS chemicals. The sampling plan details how the state will identify and characterize PFAS contamination in soil, groundwater, and surface water. Chuck Schwer, Director of Vermont’s Waste Management and Prevention Division, says the chemicals are pervasive. […]
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New Jersey’s Proposed Limits on PFOA & PFOS Must Go Further
New Jersey’s proposed regulation of PFOA and PFOS in drinking water does not go far enough, according to comments submitted by NRDC to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection last week. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are two chemicals in a group of concerning chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). […]
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Oberon remembers Chris Freeman
OBERON was saddened to hear of the sudden passing of well-known and respected citizen Chris Whitmee, also known as Chris Freeman. Mr Freeman, 49, died of natural causes while visiting his family in Brisbane. Well-known for his involvement in the Say No To Fluoride campaign, he was also involved in a rally at the Oberon […]
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Elevated fluoride levels found in Newport water treatment plant in May
Corrective action has already been taken. NEWPORT — Elevated fluoride levels were observed at one of the city’s water treatment plants in May, according to a press release from the Department of Public Utilities. Fluoride can help prevent cavities at low levels, but drinking water with fluoride levels above two milligrams per liter (mg/l) can […]
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Will one single water ministry solve India’s water woes?
Keeping in line with its promise before the 2019 elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has merged departments to create one single ministry to address water-related issues. The new ministry would focus on issues like cleaning of rivers including Ganga, ensuring piped water supply to all households, access to safe drinking water and river […]
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