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Yorkshire. Fluoride back in Huddersfield’s tap water?
FLUORIDE is back on the agenda in Huddersfield. Health officials in Kirklees have commissioned a feasibility study to see if the chemical could be added to the region’s drinking water. It is a move sure to spark fierce debate and controversy, with many factions fiercely opposed to the move, claiming it is forced medication. But […]
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Alabama: Landfill cleanup system flawed
Second of a three-part series [1st part; 3rd part] The Decatur City Council approved spending money on a landfill cleanup system that, according to experts, almost certainly will not work. In fact, an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said the system may actually increase levels of PFOA and PFOS — the main chemicals the landfill is […]
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U.S. panel to investigate chemical leak at Channahon plant
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has dispatched a four-member team to investigate the cause of the release of a toxic chemical at an oil refinery last week near Joliet. Two employees — one of them in critical condition — were transported to the hospital in the accident. Their conditions today are not available. ExxonMobil said […]
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Ogden: Fluoride to be added to community water
Residents in the Ogden area and other parts of Northern New Hanover County will soon be getting better water. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority will soon finish construction on its new $48 million nano-filtration water plant and associated well field, which are scheduled to open in September. The project will give roughly 17,000 residents […]
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Hyderabad based NGO transforms Punjab villagers’ lives with clean drinking water
Abohar, Aug. 10 : Life of a large number of villagers in Punjab’s Muktsar district has transformed since they have been enabled to have safe drinking water with the initiative of a non-governmental organization here. Till recently, the villagers had to cope up with the contaminated groundwater which had threatened their lives due to water […]
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China to monitor endemic arsenic, fluoride poisoning
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — China will start to monitor the endemic poisoning of coal-burning arsenic and fluoride as environmentally-related illnesses continue to plague coal-rich central and western regions, the Ministry of Health said Monday. Information to be monitored includes the management of arsenic and fluorine-rich coal mines, the progress of old furnace replacements and […]
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Alabama: Moulton may sue over DU dumping
First of a three-part series [2nd part; 3rd part] Lawrence County is Decatur’s dumping ground, and Moulton Mayor Ray Alexander is not happy about it. He’s so unhappy about the Decatur waste products —and the toxins they contain — that he has retained Beasley Allen Law Firm to sue those responsible. No lawsuit has been […]
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Prince George: He’s had it up to the eye teeth
An Oregon dentist will be in Prince George next week to explain why he thinks fluoridation in water is no longer needed. Dr. Bill Osmunson will appear in the Nechako Room at the Coast Inn of the North on Sunday, Aug. 23, 7 p.m. and will also make a presentation to city council the next […]
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Editorial: The evidence is clear: Let’s fluoridate San Jose’s water
For all of Silicon Valley’s talk of embracing science, it’s stunning that much of the water supply in San Jose and Santa Clara County isn’t treated with fluoride — one of the most basic scientific advances in public health of the past century. So it’s heartening to see that the Health Trust, with support from […]
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Hydrofluoric acid release at Exxon’s Joliet refinery
TORONTO, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said it had an upset at an alkylation unit at its 238,600 barrel per day refinery in Joliet, Illinois, on Thursday which resulted in two people being taken to the hospital. Exxon Mobil said the cause was a propane leak at about 12:30 p.m. CDT (1730 GMT) […]
United States, Illinois Oil Refineries