Abstract Technological and economic development have influenced the amount of post-production waste. Post-industrial waste, generated in the most considerable amount, includes, among others, waste related to the mining, metallurgical, and energy industries. Various non-hazardous or hazardous wastes can be used to produce new construction materials after the “solidification/stabilization” processes. They can be used as admixtures […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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How Villagers Living Near Coal Power Plants Lost Health, Water Security
Fly ash from two thermal power plants in Nagpur has left people gasping for breath and created a host of other health problems, along with water insecurity Smoke billows out of Koradi thermal power plant in Nagpur district. The plant’s fly ash pipeline runs into Khasala ash pond, pictured here on February 18, 2020. The […]
Human health risk assessment of metals and anions in surface water from a mineral coal region in Brazil
Abstract Coal mining releases high concentration elements to the environment, which can be deposited in surface water, causing several human health problems. Candiota mine in the south of Brazil is the largest coal reserves in the country, representing approximately 40% of total national coal reserves. Therefore, the present study aimed to estimate the chronic daily […]
Geochemical controls on the enrichment of fluoride in the mine water of the Shendong mining area, China
Highlights 51% of mine water samples exceed the Chinese drinking water limit for fluoride (1 mg/L). The overall mine water quality is influenced by cation exchange, dissolution of minerals and so on. NaHCO3 type mine water possesses the highest average fluoride concentration. Fluoride concentrations are overall proportional to higher pH, TDS, and EC levels. Fluoride […]
A “sustainable” bitcoin firm has raised money to mine crypto by burning waste coal
How much environmental karma do you earn if you mop up one type of pollution by creating another? Stronghold Digital Mining, a new, “ESG-friendly” bitcoin-mining firm, uses the electricity from the Scrubgrass Generating Plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania, to power its operations. Mining cryptocurrency is notoriously power-thirsty; every year, the bitcoin network generates emissions equivalent to […]
Coal Ash Tracker for Fluoride
Coal Ash Tracker – 25 results for Fluoride Name State Owner Pollutants above safe levels Flint Creek Power Plant AR American Electric Power antimony, arsenic, boron, chromium, fluoride, lead, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, radium, selenium, sulfate General James M. Gavin Plant OH American Electric Power antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, cobalt, copper, fluoride, manganese, molybdenum, nitrate, […]
JNARDDC comes up with a process to get silica, aluminium fluoride from coal fly ash
Silica is useful for structural materials, microelectronics and pharmaceutical industry Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur has developed a process to convert coal fly ash into useful products such as high purity silica and aluminium fluoride at laboratory scale. Pure silica has many uses such as it is utilised in structural […]
Duke Energy disputes findings of environmental report critical of coal ash operations
Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station in Gaston County ranks second among more than 200 U.S. power plants for toxic coal ash polluting nearby groundwater, according to a study released this week by environmental groups. At the Allen plant on Lake Wylie, coal ash storage sites have polluted groundwater with nine contaminants, including arsenic, cobalt and […]
Report: Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S.
A review from the Fluoride Network This new report by The Environmental Integrity Project, Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S., is a much needed update on the issue. Throughout the report, the health-based threshold that was used for fluoride was 4 mg/L. For “unsafe groundwater caused by coal ash” 7% […]
Long term spatial-temporal dynamics of fluoride in sources of drinking water and associated health risks in a semiarid region of Northern China
Highlights F– levels of Taiyuan were in optimum range based on the recommendation by USEPA. Individual locations within industrial areas had higher F– levels. HRIsF were calculated and the highest associated with suburban areas. F– levels and HRIsF of the groundwater in Taiyuan showed a decreasing trend. HRIsF in suburban areas was higher than urban […]