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Queensland. Fluoride underdosing and plant headaches: health breaches
SOUTHEAST Queensland’s fluoridated water is still in breach of health regulations almost a year after the roll-out of the controversial policy. SEQWater is still struggling to get the concentration of the chemical right, with underdosing at one of the five treatment plants in the most recent September quarter, while another plant remained out of action. […]
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Removal of excess fluoride ions from Saharan brackish water by adsorption on natural materials
Note from Fluoride Action Network: “Since all methods [to remove fluoride] produce a sludge with very high concentration of fluoride that has to be disposed of, only water for drinking and cooking purposes should be treated, particularly in the developing countries.” Reference: Fluorosis (see Interventions), World Health Organization Abstract Water supply for people in the […]
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US: International Isotopes Inc. announces submission of the license application for their Uranium De-conversion and Fluorine Extraction Processing Facility in New Mexico
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS) announces it has submitted its license application to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. Steve T. Laflin, President and CEO, stated, “The submission of this license application represents another significant […]
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Southampton: Hampshire campaigners say adding chemical is ‘illegal’
CAMPAIGNERS have lodged a new bid to have fluoride banned from Southampton’s tap water because it is not licensed as a medicine. Calls have been made for the body responsible for regulating health products to be censured for allegedly breaking the law by not testing the chemicals involved for safety. Hampshire MEP Caroline Lucas and […]
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EPA may propose C8 rules — in 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama administration announced Wednesday it might write rules to limit the manufacture, processing and use of C8 and related perfluorinated chemicals, but would not propose any such regulations until at least 2012. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials issued their promised “action plans” for perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, and three other families […]
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EPA Announces Actions to Address Chemicals of Concern, Including Phthalates
See document:Long-Chain Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) Action Plan. 12-20-09 WASHINGTON – As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to strengthen and reform chemical management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a series of actions on four chemicals raising serious health or environmental concerns, including phthalates. For the first time, EPA intends to establish […]
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PFOA update: EPA moves to set stage for regulations
Word just in today that a federal appeals court has declined to consider DuPont Co.’s appeal of a district judge’s decision that allowed New Jersey residents to pursue claims of private nuisance and strict liability as class-action suits against the chemical giant. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company’s request that it […]
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Truck splits, spills hydrofluoric acid on I-80 east of Mercer line
CLINTONVILLE, PA. — A truck hauling a tank of hydrofluoric acid westbound on Interstate 80 lost its load when the tank split open, causing traffic to back up for miles just east of the Mercer County line. Pennsylvania State Police said the acid, a corrosive used primarily in glass finishing and etching, spilled onto the […]
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Osaka chemical factory explosion kills 4
OSAKA — An explosion occurred in a chemical factory here on Thursday morning, killing four people, police said. The explosion occurred near an 8-meter-high boron trifluoride storage tank at Morita Chemical Industries Co.’s Kanzakigawa Plant in Osaka’s Yodogawa Ward. The four who died were working on top of the tank at the time. Osaka Prefectural […]
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Top Cairns dentist defends fluoride
THE Far North’s top dentist says the only controversy over fluoride is that it has not been introduced into the region’s water supply earlier. Cairns’ water supply will be permanently fluoridated by December 31 after Cairns Regional Council began the chemical this week. In response, water filter retailers have reported stock sell-outs as Far Northern […]
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