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Prescott: ADEQ fines Pure Wafer $120,000 for not having air quality permit
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) reported Friday that Pure Wafer Inc. has agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties for not having an air quality permit at its Prescott facility. According to an ADEQ news release, officials with the state department observed an emission from an onsite stack during an inspection at the […]
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Somerset County: Controversial fluoride has intriguing ties to Johnstown
Two area water suppliers are adding a powerful cavity-fighting agent to your cup — or dosing it with a cancer-inducing neurotoxin. It depends on whom you ask. Water fluoridation has been a controversial topic for decades. Though strongly advocated as a public service by the mainstream dental community, it is opposed by some scientists and […]
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Hamilton. Robinson Report: Council no confidence in decision
Unfortunately, just when the city council has successfully crossed the complex policy finish line, it appears to have tossed a political banana peel in its own path. As a result of political grandstanding, frustrated fluoride boosters will enjoy an extra bite of the public relations apple come October. Hamilton City Council has agreed to fund […]
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AFN wants Harper to apologize for native nutrition experiments
Canada’s largest aboriginal group was to debate an emergency resolution Thursday based on a report that the federal government once conducted nutritional experiments on hungry native children and adults. The resolution at the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon, calls on the Harper government to apologize for the experiments conducted between 1942 […]
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Whakatane: Referendum on water fluoridation in October 2013
Express your views about water FLUORIDATION in the Whakatane District Council referendum in October 2013 How can I express my views about water fluoridation? The Whakatane and Ohope water supplies are fluoridated, and have been for many years, with fluoridation introduced for Whakatane in 1972. In October the Whakatane District Council is holding a referendum […]
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Stain-resistant chemicals linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy
Darrow, LA, CR Stein, K Steenland. 2013. Serum perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations in relation to birth outcomes in the mid-Ohio Valley, 2005-2010. Environmental Health Perspectives. Mothers’ exposure to chemicals that make consumer products stain- and water-resistant was linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy in an analysis of highly exposed communities in West […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
Guest column: Misgivings on fluoride in Wayland’s water
I am writing this letter in response to your article “Public favors fluoride in water” (July 11). The purpose of the hearing we held on July 8 was to solicit public comment regarding Wayland’s Community Water Fluoridation program. In no way did it represent a comprehensive poll of town opinion. Only a handful of people […]
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Nyamuragira volcano (DRCongo) activity update: steaming/degassing from pit inside summit caldera
Recent NASA satellite images from 11 June 2013 show a thick steam and gas plume rising from a pit crater in the summit caldera of Nyamuragira volcano. No evidence of lava close to the surface was found, while the lava lake in neighboring Nyiragongo remains well active and visible on the same images. Nyamuragira’s plume […]
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Henry Aubin: The issue of fluoridated water has resurfaced
MONTREAL — After years of obscurity, the idea of fluoridating the water supply is back. Provincial public-health officials are pressing the Parti Québécois to retreat from its 2012 election pledge to end all fluoridation of water. The PQ government’s health minister, Réjean Hébert, favours a U-turn in principle, but he says he won’t urge municipalities […]
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Salina considers town hall meeting on fluoride
Some citizens and city officials in Salina are at odds over the use of fluoride in the city’s water system. Salina city commissioners opted to start adding fluoride to the city’s water in 1968. Since that vote, many citizens have fought to get the chemical removed. John Boesen, a volunteer with Salina Cares, says the […]
United States, Kansas