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The health risks posed by water pollution in the Gaza Strip
The worsening problem of water in the Middle East is one of the most significant and dangerous struggles currently facing the region today. From issues of continuous deterioration in quality, to those of limited availability and high competition for that available, the situation is critical. All of this and more has made the search for […]
Palestine -
Fairborn: Council orders materials for new year
Excerpt: FAIRBORN — Cities often join with other cities for purchasing large quantities of needed material at a lower price. To that end Fairborn joined with the Southwest Ohio Purchasers for Government (SWOPAG) in soliciting bids for bulk quantities of water treatment chemicals for 2013. According to Karen Hawkins, utilizes supervisor the needed chemicals included […]
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Dental care access too unequal, say pediatricians
Canadian children need better access to dental care regardless of where they live or their family’s income, say pediatricians concerned about tooth decay. Children with rotting baby teeth or “early childhood caries” can suffer poor growth, behavioural problems, poor learning, and sleep loss, the Canadian Pediatric Society said in a report Friday. The problem often […]
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Do Cornwall Ontario Kids drink water laced with lead asks Harry Valentine?
A few weeks ago, 2-doctors appeared before Cornwall City Council urging that the city continue to fluoridate the municipal water. The fluoridation compound is hydrofluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) that is a by-product from fertilizer manufacturing plants. It includes a breakdown product known as orthosilicic acid that is known to leach lead from water pipes in older buildings, […]
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Bundaberg: Meeting hears lack of fluoride is ‘soul-destroying stuff’
INFO NIGHT: Dr Margaret Young speaks at the pro-fluoride meeting held at the Bundaberg Health Promotions building. ABOUT 60 people gathered at a meeting last night to hear health professionals speak on the hot topic of fluoride. Speaker Dr Michael Foley, the director of Brisbane Dental Hospital, told the audience the science on fluoride was […]
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California Desert Groundwater Quality
From Press Release: Inorganic elements – arsenic, boron, fluoride, and five other inorganic elements – were detected at high concentrations in 35 percent of untreated groundwater used for public water supply in the desert region of southern California. In contrast, human-made organic chemical constituents and nitrate were found at high concentrations in less than 1 […]
United States, California -
Mackay Regional Council: Omundson steps into CEO role
Excerpts: BARRY Omundson is the new chief executive officer of the Mackay Regional Council. He has more than 13 years of experience working in local government and is currently the director of infrastructure for the Maranoa Regional Council. Mr Omundson is familiar with the Mackay region, having worked for the council under former mayor Col […]
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Hawke’s Bay: Fluoride opponents want debate
An opponent of fluoride may challenge the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board to a public debate on the pros and cons of continuing to add the chemical to the Hastings district water supply. International speaker and fluoride opponent Paul Connett begins his “Fluoridation Trooth Tour” in New Zealand at the end of the month and […]
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Test results show no fluorine poisoning of farm animals
New test results indicate that farm animals in Reyðarfjörður in the East Fjords have not been affected by the failure of pollution control equipment at Alcoa aluminum smelter in October. As reported earlier, it was thought that there might be high levels of fluoride in hay at several farms nearby the smelter which could lead […]
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New Air Conditioning Refrigerant Faces Protests from Daimler and Volkswagen
Air Conditioning units are meant to keep everything cool. However, as the European Union pushed for the switch of refrigerants from R-134a to R-1234yf for new cars this 2013, things have gone hot. The new chemical was developed by Dupont and Honeywell. It was a product of years of research and millions of dollars of […]
Greenhouse/Ozone Gases