Earlier this week, a compromised liner for one of two retention ponds at a long-defunct phosphate processing facility in northwest Manatee County called Piney Point led to tens of millions of gallons of nutrient-rich water being discharged into Tampa Bay. By Friday, crews were evacuating the surrounding area in anticipation of an “imminent collapse” that […]
You don’t have to be in the health field to appreciate the overwhelming evidence that supports the benefits of adding fluoride into public drinking water. In 2011, Calgary’s city council decided to discontinue fluoridating Calgary’s drinking water. This act came in direct opposition to all prominent health bodies’ recommendations. There are over 70 years of […]
Catastrophic Wastewater Release Highlights Need for Federal Action ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Manatee County officials have issued evacuation orders for the area surrounding Florida’s Piney Point in anticipation of the imminent catastrophic collapse of a phosphogypsum stack retention pond holding up to 700 million gallons of wastewater. It has been reported that 22,000 gallons a minute […]
Highlights RPSAC and ACRPSAC synthesized from Raffia palm shell biomass. ACPSAC had enhanced porosity and BET-surface area of 715.80 mg/g. Adsorptive removal performance of adsorbents for fluoride compared. Excellent fluoride adsorption capacity of 4.10 mg/g for ACRPSAC. Fluoride adsorption describes well with Langmuir model. Regeneration of ACRPSAC possible by recoating with Aluminium (hydr) oxide. Abstract […]
(CNN) Florida’s Manatee County Public Safety Department has declared a state of emergency and ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point reservoir site and surrounding areas due a leak that could cause a collapse of phosphogypsum stacks, waste that is created during fertilizer production and phosphate rock mining. The Tampa-area reservoir could cause structural […]
‘No longer safe to be anywhere near Piney Point’, says official Millions of gallons of wastewater contain radium and uranium Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Saturday. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, declared a state of emergency on Saturday after a significant leak at a large […]
On World Water Day, a virtual round table session organised by India Today brought together some of the best minds working to resolve the daunting water crisis facing India. “Water is the world’s most replenishable substance,” said Sunita Narain, kicking off the India Today Water Round Table on a positive note. “It is not necessary […]
Stricter regulations on the sale and use of the potentially dangerous chemicals ammonium nitrate and hydrogen fluoride will come into effect later this year, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said Thursday. The chemicals will be controlled under the Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act from July 1 and Dec. 1, respectively, the EPA added. […]
Former model quits the industry to start her own toothpaste brand Georgia Geminder founded Gem – a vegan, natural-product based toothpaste She found inspiration for the product after seeing a void in the marketplace Ms Geminder is daughter of recycling billionaires Fiona and Raphael Geminder A former model and the daughter of billionaire parents has […]
Re: “Councillor Lisa Intemann urges community to make opinion clear on fluoride” Port News March 11. There is no way that the convoluted question for the community poll will make the community opinion clear. The community is to be asked “Yes or no: would you prefer that council stop adding fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid) to the […]
