Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford was evacuated on Friday morning because of a hazmat incident. The Emergency Response Unit for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to Pratt & Whitney at 400 Main St. in East Hartford early Friday morning after a tank failure or issue with tank equipment caused a […]
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CT lawmakers vote to insulate state from federal health policies
The House on Thursday gave final passage to a bill focused on preempting potential federal changes to public health and reproductive care policy. The legislation includes sections that would codify into state law current federal guidance for fluoride in drinking water and create accounts to be tapped in the case of federal cuts to public health […]
CT Democrats push to shield state from Trump administration’s fluoride removal plan
Connecticut Senate Democrats want to protect state residents from the Trump Administration’s plan to remove fluoride from drinking water, legislative leaders announced on Tuesday. The U.S. has added fluoride to drinking water since the 1940s, and it has been recognized as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Senator Saud […]
Chris Powell (opinion): Is RFK right about fluoridation?
% of U.S. residents are served by fluoridated water. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to become secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, considers fluoridation unsafe and aims to stop it. Kennedy has his eccentricities but that doesn’t make him wrong on fluoridation. Indeed, increasingly he seems to be right. […]
Connecticut requires large water systems to add fluoride to the water. Could RFK Jr. change that?
For the vast majority of Connecticut residents, a glass of water drawn from the tap comes with a miniscule amount of fluoride — and has so for decades — as part of public policy aimed at preventing tooth decay. Starting next year, however, those policies could see a major shift with the new presidential administration in […]
Winsted commission won’t hold hearing on fluoride in water until spring
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission will not hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water until the spring. Commission members discussed last week the results… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/22/winsted-commission-wont-hold-hearing-on-fluoride-in-water-until-spring/
Winsted commission to hold public hearing on use of fluoride in drinking water
WINSTED — The Water and Sewer Commission plans to hold a hearing on the use of fluoride in drinking water. The commission has not yet set a date, but members… *Original full-text article online at: https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/09/15/winsted-commission-to-hold-public-hearing-on-use-of-flouride-in-drinking-water/
This CT town’s residents are being asked if they still want water treated with fluoride
WINSTED — The town’s water department has issued a survey to its 2,500 users, asking whether they still want their drinking water treated with fluoride. Users started receiving the postcards in the mail early this week, with a return deadline of Sept. 1. One of the recipients was Selectman Jack Bourque (JJB06098@yahoo.com). He said at […]
UConn TCS Supports Development of Technology to Clean Greenhouse Gas Fumigant
Sulfuryl fluoride, a widely used fumigant, is a greenhouse gas. UConn TCS is helping the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station commercialize a technology that can clean these fumes before they are released into the atmosphere. UConn Technology Commercialization Services (TCS) is working with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven (CAES) to commercialize a technology that […]
Joe Markley: Who is really conservative, and can he survive the press?
Most candidates in the primaries for the Republican nominations for governor and lieutenant governor advertise themselves as “conservative,” since the party is generally conservative and its primary voters are heavily so. But the advertising leaves “conservative” undefined, and the candidates seem to think that conservative Republicans need only to hear the word before responding reflexively […]