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Dental disease in children a huge burden for Stanislaus County kids – is help on way?
On Wednesday, 8-year-old Evelin Cobarrubias from Modesto went for her six-month dental checkup at Golden Valley Health Center’s dental clinic at Hanshaw Middle School. Good news — no new cavities! Evelin’s smile beamed with the news — just six months ago she needed oral surgery to remove a decayed tooth. She has also needed fillings […]
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Here’s why AQMD committee chose enhanced safety measures over a ban on MHF at refineries in Wilmington and Torrance
Supervisor Janice Hahn and Rolling Hills Estates City Councilwoman Judy Mitchell cast the dissenting votes against allowing use of HMF to continue. Refinery officials applauded the decision. Anti-MHF activists vowed to fight on. Improved safety systems at two South Bay refineries are preferable to a phase-out and eventual ban of modified hydrofluoric acid, a subcommittee […]
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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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Santa Maria to resume fluoridation
Excerpts: Some 57 positions primarily for public safety, expanded library hours and restoration of fluoride in the city’s drinking water make up additions to Santa Maria’s budget, even as Cicty Council members heard dire news about the California Public Employees Retirement System. … And $48,000 will allow the city to resume adding fluoride to the city’s drinking […]
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15 exposed to toxic fumes after responding to Fairfield house fire
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KCRA) — Fifteen first responders were treated for exposure to toxic fumes after helping battle a house fire over the weekend in Fairfield, officials said Tuesday.The Fairfield Fire Department said 11 firefighters and four officers reported feeling sick after being exposed to the fumes. Crews responded to a fire at a home on […]
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3 Firefighters, 1 Cop Taken To Hospital For Fluoride Gas Exposure From House Fire
11:06 p.m. Update: Officials have lifted the shelter-in-place warning for residences on Ash Tree Court and Fawn Glen Circle. FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Residences on two streets were put under a shelter-in-place order following a structure fire and hazardous materials incident on Ash Tree Court Saturday evening. The incident began when firefighters responded to a house […]
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SCV Water shuts down well after testing for suspected carcinogen
SCV [Santa Clara Valley] Water has shut down one of its wells after tests for a non-stick chemical revealed levels that exceeded the response level — a level set by the state calling for the removal of a drinking water source. The chemical is part of a family of manmade chemicals referred to as PFAS […]
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Response to plea to resume fluoridation in Santa Maria
Regarding the May 23 story, “Speakers Plead for Santa Maria to Resume Putting Fluoride in Water,” as a former Crescent City city councilwoman, I was instrumental in investigating my constituents’ complaints about the harmfulness of water fluoridation. As a result, I helped get an initiative on the 2012 ballot and we successfully voted in a […]
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Speakers Plead for Santa Maria to Resume Putting Fluoride in Water
Dentists and public-health advocates are speaking out against the city of Santa Maria’s decision to stop adding fluoride to local tap water, calling the supplement a vital step for good oral health. After hearing pleas at the start of the meeting Tuesday night, the City Council asked staff to include the possible restoration of fluoride as part of […]
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With LB Mayor & Council Mum, L.A. County Health Dept. Urges SCAQMD To Order Phase Out Of MHF
(April 7, 2019, 10:30 p.m.) — The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health has urged the South Coast Air Quality Management District to strengthen the text of a draft rule to ensure it will direct immediate enhanced mitigation measures and implement a phase-out as soon as possible of Modified Hydrofluoric Acid (MHF) used by […]
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