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McMaster radiation professor featured in TVO documentary
How much of a risk are we to exposure to dangerous levels of radiation? That’s part of what Fiona McNeill, McMaster University’s director of radiation sciences, is trying to answer with her work. The professor and researcher is part of a documentary called “RISK FACTOR” premièring Aug. 2 at 9 p.m. on TVO. McNeill is […]
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Small New Mexico communities struggle to deliver water free of uranium and other toxins
SANTA CRUZ, N.M. (AP) — Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was no water in Santa Cruz then. The family waited several more years before the first well was drilled just up the street, next to land used as an informal waste dump. Old cars […]
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Fluoridation: A Failed Tooth Decay Preventive, Federal Data Shows
After 72 years of fluoridation, reaching 2/3 of Americans, promising to substantially reduce tooth decay, especially in poor children, the American Journal of Public Health (2017) reports “Despite significant financial, training, and program investments, US children’s caries experience and inequities continued to increase over the last 20 years,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
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Curaçao’s Water Authority stops adding fluoride to drinking water today
WILLEMSTAD – Today the utility company Aqualectra stops the addition of fluoride to the drinking water. This was ordered by the Minister of Health, Environment and Nature Suzanne Camelia-Römer. The reason for discontinuing the addition is because fluoridation is legally unjustified. The Minister will not make any statements about the alleged benefits such as the […]
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Acid leak at Shell refinery Rotterdam; second incident in two days
Emergency services responded en masse to the Shell Pernis refinery in Rotterdam on Monday night after a leak of hydrofluoric acid was discovered. Less than 48 hours earlier, emergency services also responded to the refinery when a short circuit in a high voltage cable caused a fire, NU.nl reports. A very low concentration of the […]
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Teeth Grow Worse In Arkansas Despite Improved Access To Healthcare
Willie Freeman says he used to avoid smiling, and if he did, it was in a way almost no one could see, with his mouth closed. He was embarrassed of his rotten teeth. “I wouldn’t go around people and if I did smile, you know, nobody would see me smile,” said Freeman. “My teeth was […]
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Showa Denko (SDK) to Raise Prices of High-Purity Fluorine-Based Gases for Electronics
TOKYO, Aug 1, 2017 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko (‘SDK’; TSE:4004) has decided to increase prices of its high-purity fluorine-based gases for electronics. Specifically, SDK will increase prices of high-purity FC-116 (C2F6) and FC-14 (CF4) gases by about 500 yen (US$4.5) per kilogram each as from shipments on September 1, 2017. SDK will start […]
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Toxic substance in eggs triggers public health warning
Note from FAN: See more on Fipronil here; its molecular structure is: Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA issued a warning to consumers not to eat eggs with the company code X-NL-40155XX. The content of toxic fipronil in these eggs is so high that they pose an acute danger to public health, the […]
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Kenyon: Peek at the Past
August 1967 The Village Council took the initial step to comply with the mandatory water fluoridation law passed by the State Legislature. The council authorized the Kenyon Municipal Utilities Commission to proceed with fluoridation of city water at the direction of commissioners. *Original article online at http://www.southernminn.com/the_kenyon_leader/community/article_f6c0d34d-efa4-539c-93c6-abc46168e02f.html
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Back to basics: Clean drinking water remains an issue
POLITICIANS who keep squabbling over the SYL Canal, pitting farmers of one state against the other, pay least attention to the kind of water people they represent drink. A Central report — the National Health Profile 2017 — has highlighted how large sections of Punjabis and Haryanvis consume chemical-laden water. According to the data released […]
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