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BP Facilities Lead Nation in Chemical and Refinery Accidents Since 1990
AUSTIN, TEXAS — March 24 — BP’ U.S. facilities have had more than 3565 accidents since 1990, ranking first in the nation, according to a 2004 report by the Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG). In the wake of the horrible accident at a BP refinery in Texas City Wednesday, TexPIRG called on oil refineries and […]
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Bill to require fluoride in water passes House
The Oregon House on Monday passed a bill requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water, but it allows them a way out if they don’t have the money. The bill passed by a 36-22 vote. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. Salem is one of the […]
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Fluoridation measure passes House, moves on to Senate
SALEM – The Oregon House passed a bill on Monday requiring cities with more than 10,000 people to add fluoride to their drinking water – unless they don’t have the money to do so. About 20 percent of Oregonians drink fluoridated water. The bill passed by the House would apply to Eugene, Springfield, Portland, Medford, […]
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Fluoride fracas: State should keep paddle out of our pond
A person would have to have been living in a cave in these parts not to know that fluoridation is a controversial issue in Texarkana. So state Rep. Steve Harrelson’s actions on a bill to require fluoridation in Arkansas municipal water supplies seem murky. Harrelson knew Arkansas-side residents were opposed to fluoridation, yet he voted […]
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Town board’s anti-fluoride vote called hard to swallow
In a move that may leave a bitter taste with many, the North Attleboro Board of Health has ordered officials to stop putting fluoride in the town’s water supply. North Attleboro residents voted to fluoridate the water in 2000. Earlier this week, the Board of Health voted 2-1 to halt fluoridation. “I don’t want to […]
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Doctors, citizens clash over fluoride
SPRINGFIELD – The debate about water fluoridation before the city’s Public Health Council this week was a case of dueling doctors and clashing citizens. Each side was armed with its own interpretation of the science underlying whether the treatment of water with fluoride – a form of the element, fluorine, which occurs naturally in the […]
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Appeal filed on fluoride additive
ESCONDIDO – A La Jolla attorney yesterday appealed a judge’s ruling against an effort to stop the city from adding fluoride to its water supply. The case revolves around the question of whether the city has the right to use a fluoride additive – called hydrofluorosilic acid – that contains minute amounts of arsenic and […]
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Not so fast on fluoride, say officials in Lakewood
The Lakewood Water District is looking at alternatives to putting fluoride into its water supply, just four months after residents voted in favor of adding the cavity-fighting compound. The district recently got an unexpected cash incentive to fluoridate the drinking water of its roughly 70,000 customers. The Washington Dental Service Foundation is offering $364,560, which […]
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Bonney Lake council approves alternative to fluoridation
Three years after the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s (TPCHD) 2002 mandate that “would require all water purveyors in the County serving 5,000 or more people to add fluoride to their water supplies” the Bonney Lake City Council is one step closer to reaching a compromise that meets the health department’s goal of widespread dental health […]
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Health group backs fluoride
SPRINGFIELD – The city Public Health Council voted 9-1 last night to recommend that the mayor and City Council approve fluoridation of the water supply, but that doesn’t mean the treatment is imminent. State law prohibits fluoridation if a municipal water source also supplies other communities that haven’t approved fluoridation and if the water directed […]
United States, Massachusetts