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EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan: Program Update
Report highlights EPA’s aggressive and unprecedented efforts to address PFAS in the environment WASHINGTON (Feb. 26, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing the PFAS Action Plan: Program Update. Over the past year, EPA has made significant progress under the Action Plan to help states and local communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]
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Oil Industry Watching Philadelphia’s Move to Ban Toxic Chemical
5,000 pounds of hydrogen fluoride released in June 2019 incident Philadelphia proposal could trigger other regulatory efforts Philadelphia leaders hope their attempt to ban hydrogen fluoride from oil refinery processes within city limits will spark other regulation of the chemical compound across the country. The city’s proposal comes after a fire and explosion at Philadelphia […]
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The Department on Defense on National Children’s Dental Health Month
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FL, UNITED STATES Every year in February, dentists and children’s organizations across the United States promote National Children’s Dental Health Month. This year, the American Dental Association is celebrating 75 years of water fluoridation. The campaign slogan for this year is, “Fluoride in water prevents cavities! Get it from the tap!” […]
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Superior refinery settlement would offset explosion, fire emissions
The April 2018 explosion and fire released an estimated 165 tons of emissions. An enormous plume of smoke from a second fire at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior billows to the south April 27, 2018. Residents within 10 miles in the direction of the smoke were evacuated. (File / News Tribune) Husky […]
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Is Social Media Broken?
Note from Fluoride Action Network, Matt Jacob, author of this article, has played a pivotal role in promoting fluoridation for approximately the last 15 years. (EC) The answer to this headline may seem obvious if you care about public health and prevention. Consider this fact: last year, measles cases in the U.S. reached their highest […]
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‘I don’t know how the township can choose to medicate us’: Fluoride fight in West Manchester
Chairman Jim Bentzel, of Shiloh Water Authority, at a public hearing on Monday said the board will vote in late March will vote in late March on on defluoridation. (Photo: The York Dispatch) Dental experts, residents concerned about personal liberties and conspiracy theorists weighed in Monday at a public meeting on Shiloh Water Co.’s plan to stop […]
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Lake Delton village board will proceed with fluoride removal despite protests from local dentist
The debate over fluoride in Lake Delton’s water supply continued, as an area dentist spoke at the Feb. 24 Lake Delton village board meeting on behalf of continuing fluoridation. Dr. David Clemens, longtime dentist at Dells Dental, appeared before the board to ask trustees to reverse their Feb. 10 decision to stop fluoridating the Lake […]
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Hiawassee: Citizens to decide water fluoridation on May ballot
HIAWASSEE, Ga.- Towns County residents will be given an option on the General Primary ballot, May 19, regarding the addition of fluoride to the City of Hiawassee water supply. A petition opposing the addition of fluoride was circulated in the community in 2018, garnering enough signatures to place the decision on the ballot for both […]
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Poor groundwater quality and high potential health risks in the Datong Basin, northern China: research from published data
Abstract Datong Basin in China is a typical arid-semiarid inland basin, with high levels and wide distributions of arsenic (As), fluoride (F–), and iodine (I). To better understand the presence of low-quality groundwater in Datong Basin and assess the health risks for local residents, groundwater samples were collected from the shallow aquifer and in medium-deep […]
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Gold in Uttar Pradesh: 269 villages here are afflicted by fluorosis caused by air and water pollution
Despite the intervention of the National Green Authority (NGT), the state government or district administration has not taken any effective steps. Fluorosis water pollution Sonbhadra: Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh was in news for gold reserves, but about 10,000 villagers of 269 villages here have become disabled due to fluorosis reportedly caused by air and […]
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