If ever there was legislation being advocated by the New Zealand government, that on growing scientific evidence could harm mental development in young people, it is the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill now before parliament. With fluoridation, the ministry is obsessed with dental health and appears to be almost totally blind to the […]
Investigators are looking into claims highly toxic waste has been buried in unmapped sites at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Tiwai Point. File photo Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon This includes spent cell liner (SCL) waste that contains cyanide and toxic fluoride, and is banned from being buried untreated in both the US and Australia. The […]
Highlights Geogenic and anthropogenic activity are responsible for deteriorated water quality. Ions concentration increases along the drainage and groundwater flow direction. Water with low Ca + Mg ions and high HCO3+SO4 ions and vice-versa are high in F–ions. High ionic concentration and 818O signature, supports longer residence time and high rock water interaction. Abstract The […]
Abstract After the Second World War, health prevention work in Canada shifted from a focus on sanitation and hygiene to illness prevention and health promotion. Canada became a significant global leader, beginning with the Lalonde Report of 1974. Yet less is known about the provincial public health associations and how their work differed from that […]
Last week, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection approved the pumping of wastewater into the Tampa Bay ecosystem from a reservoir at Piney Point – a former phosphate plant in Manatee County. A leak in the liner of the reservoir has caused a partial breach in one of the containment walls and officials hope that […]
Excerpt … As a significant section of the Guwahatians has no access to piped water, they have to bank on their own bore-wells. But in the past few years in many localities of the city, such as Christian Basti, parts of Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar, Ulubari, Lachit Nagar, etc., to name a few, the bore-wells […]
More companies have committed to renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicle adoption. The urgency to act on climate change has never been greater, and, in the absence of global regulation, companies are voluntarily stepping up to fill the gap. As of the publication of this blog post, more than 1000 companies have set public […]
Fluorine is the chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the most chemically reactive element on the periodic table and the lightest member of the halogen elements. At standard conditions fluorine exists as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. It has 18 known isotopes ranging from 13F to 31F […]
Manatee County officials along Florida’s Gulf Coast have ordered more than 300 people to flee from their homes should the reservoir breach. The collapse of the Piney Point reservoir threatens a full-blown environmental disaster at a former phosphate mining facility. The National Guard has been deployed to help coordinate the emergency response after one of […]
February 8, 2021 Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW #1101A Washington, D.C. 20460 Regan.Michael@epa.gov Re: Petition for Rulemaking Pursuant to Section 7004(A) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act; and Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act Concerning the Regulation of Phosphogypsum and Process […]
