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Sulfuryl fluoride: Graves, others, take on EPA with new bill
U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), along with a bipartisan group of 13 other representatives, recently introduced the Pest Free Food Supply Act. The legislation would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a proposed regulation that would remove the authorized food uses of the industry standard fumigant, sulfuryl fluoride (SF), […]
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Editorial from the Portland Tribune for fluoridation
Our Opinion: Fluoride, kids levies have long-term value Portland’s children — their teeth, stomachs, minds and general well-being — are up for a vote on May 21. The community should say yes to all of these needs by approving two ballot measures, one controversial and one not. Measure 26-150, which would renew the Portland Children’s […]
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Florida fertilizer plant: $9.5M settlement reached in East Hill pollution case
A $9.5 million settlement reached this week could bring thousands of dollars to some East Hill property owners to compensate for pollution believed to have seeped beneath their land from a Superfund site. On Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Joel Boles gave preliminary approval to a settlement in a class action suit that alleges that pollutants […]
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Pakistan’s Coal Quandary: Energy, the Environment and Hindu-Muslim Harmony
In this guest-post, Muhammad Makki, a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland, presents his reflections on a field visit to the remote Tharparkar coal region of Pakistan and the challenges of communal harmony and a diversified approach to addressing Pakistan’s energy crisis. The field visit was supported by the International Mining for Development Centre […]
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Portland: To fluoride or not to fluoride
Facing yet another vote that will determine the quality of Portland’s drinking water, I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom and oppression. I remember being at a UN Peace Day event where one woman told a gut wrenching story of religious oppression in which missionaries used physical torture to force her grandparents (then living with […]
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Mackay: Fluoride vote is on the table
MACKAY Regional Councillors will today, once and for all, cast their vote to decide whether fluoride is re-added to our water. The controversial issue, which had been a hot topic in Mackay for a number of months, took a more controversial turn earlier in the year with the “fluorigate” scandal. As the turbulent debate raged, […]
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PFCs: U.S. drinking water may need more restrictions, study says
A new environmental toxicity study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Copenhagen has found that exposure limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) found in drinking water appear to be 100 to 1,000 times too high. PFCs are chemicals widely used […]
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Fairview: Fluoridation forum not decisive, time will tell on taxpayer conclusions
Town of Fairview residents had the chance to listen to speakers on both sides of the fluoride debate Tuesday evening and at least 70 people showed up and signed in (there may have been a few who did not sign in). However, with the debate between the two sides being inconclusive it’s difficult to see […]
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Fluoride debate returns to Walden
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated unequivocally that water fluoridation is “one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.” Why then are some communities fighting to remove the chemical from the public water supply? Nanette Degroat, a resident of the Village of Walden, has organized a public […]
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Editorial by the Portland Mercury for fluoridation
The Sanest Arguments Against Fluoride…And Why They’re Still Wrong IF FLUORIDE FAILS at the ballot box later this month—an incredibly distinct possibility, and something of a tragedy for Portland—it won’t be because of the kooks and the conspiracy theorists who’ve spent decades stoking panic about a safe, tested, and effective health measure. That ugly strain […]
United States, Oregon