City officials are set to study water fluoridation. (DAN PELLE/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) The city of Spokane is poised to study the feasibility of adding fluoride to its water supply. Pending the City Council’s approval on Monday, the city plans to use $600,000 in grant funding to study fluoridation. Under a proposed amendment to a contract approved last […]
Excerpt: 33rd Legislature of the Virgin Islands Senate Calendar Tuesday, August 17, 2021 10 a.m. Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services Committee on Finance Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room Agenda: The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider bills. Bill No. 34-0051 — An Act amending Title 19, Virgin Islands […]
Abstract This paper reports the hydrochemistry and activity concentration of the natural radionuclides 238U, 234U, and 210Po for three compartments of the hydrological/hydrogeological system in Araxá city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: 1) mineral waters from the prominent springs Dona Beja (DBS) and Andrade Júnior (AJS), occurring at Barreiro area; 2) surface waters from Barreiro area […]
Excerpt Nine of the 23 districts in West Bengal suffer from severe arsenic contamination in groundwater and three other districts had reported fluoride contamination. Geographically, arsenic contamination has been found in the districts belonging to the lower Gangetic alluvial plains, while fluoride concentration was found in the southwestern districts that are topographically part of the […]
Regina City Council approves fluoridated water, but won’t be added until 2025. A motion to put the issue to a referendum was voted down. Regina City Council voted 10-to-1 to fluoridate its water. The fluoridation can’t take place until upgrades to the Buffalo Water Treatment plant are completed, which is scheduled to finish in 2025. […]
Abstract It is of significance to elucidate the groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical processes for sustainable utilization of groundwater resources in water shortage regions. A total of 256 groundwater samples were collected in typical watersheds in Zhangjiakou, northern China. The hydrochemical parameters, conventional ions, and trace elements were measured, and ?D and ?18O data were collected […]
Fluoride will be added to Regina’s water within the next four years. The motion to add fluoride was passed by city council Wednesday in a vote of 10-1, with Ward 10 Coun. Landon Mohl being the only one to oppose the decision. “Should more than 200,000 residents in Regina be made to ingest a substance […]
It is time to call out those local government politicians responsible for undermining the oral health of our community with their meaningless, misleading and expensive poll question regarding water fluoridation. Claims that fluoride is “poison” are laughable. Just about any substance given in sufficient dose is toxic, including sterile water. Chlorine has been used […]
Michigan on Wednesday blacklisted a chemical distributor that’s been blamed for nearly contaminating a Metro Detroit community’s drinking water with sulfuric acid. PVS Nolwood, a Detroit-based company that provides chemicals to as many as 10 municipal drinking water suppliers in the state, accidentally shipped four 55-gallon drums of sulfuric acid to New Baltimore with labels […]
Enlarge An aerial site plan shows the Mack Innovation Park in north Phoenix, including the 17 acres Mack sold to Sunlit Chemical, the first supplier to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to commit to a site in Phoenix. The first semiconductor manufacturing supplier to locate in one of the “supplier sites” designated to serve Taiwan Semiconductor […]
