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Gypsum Stacks Cleanup Costly
TALLAHASSEE – State environmental regulators say they need to spend $45 million in the coming year to pump 750 million gallons of contaminated water from a former phosphate fertilizer plant in Manatee County. Nearly 800 million gallons of acid- laden water is stored atop radioactive phosphogypsum stacks at the Piney Point plant near Port Manatee. […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
Verbal bricks tossed at plant
Residents and activists who turned out for a public hearing this week on the Phoenix Brick Yard’s air-pollution permit didn’t have kind words for the long-running operation. The 11 people who offered formal testimony to Maricopa County air-pollution officials blamed the plant for harming their health, unleashing truck traffic in their south-central neighborhood and even […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
C8 Study ‘Tainted,’ Group Says Governor Urged to Appoint an Independent Panel
A national environmental research group on Wednesday urged Gov. Bob Wise to appoint an independent team to investigate chemical pollution from the DuPont Co. plant in Wood County. The Environmental Working Group said that a panel that previously reviewed the chemical C8 was tainted because of its ties to DuPont and the chemical industry in […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
Residents give concerns at brick yard meeting
PHOENIX – Neighbors of the only brick yard operating in the state complained about pollution and dust from the facility at a public hearing Tuesday night. About 30 people attended the meeting, held as part of the Phoenix Brick Yard’s quest to get a permit regulating its operation as a major source of hazardous air […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
Andhra town under tension as fast for fluoride-free water continues
Tension has gripped an Andhra Pradesh town where a hunger strike by two Congress party politicians demanding potable water for about 600 villages entered the fifth day Tuesday. Doctors said the condition of legislator K. Venkat Reddy and municipal chairman P. Venkatanarayana Goud was deteriorating in the town of Nalgonda, around 100 km from here. The […]
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County will regulate brick plant
The Phoenix Brick Yard, operating south of downtown Phoenix for 67 years, is being pulled into the 21st century by air-quality regulations and some agitated activists. The brick-making operation, at Seventh Avenue and Mohave Street, has been classified as a major source of hazardous air pollutants. The plant is among the last batch of operations […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
When public officials refuse to obey voters
Here’s a riddle for the times: When is a binding referendum not binding? Answer: When government officials don’t want to obey the voters. This shameful situation has arisen in Plainville, where townspeople said they don’t want fluoride in their water, but officials keep delivering fluoridated water to their homes. Fluoridation continues 11 months after voters […]
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Fury at bid for fluoride in milk
A ROW has erupted after council chiefs said they wanted fluoride added to milk offered to children in every Glasgow primary school and nursery. The plan would see the chemical, which health chiefs say prevents tooth decay, put into milk provided for thousands of youngsters. City council bosses today revealed they backed the move first […]
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Tension as MLA’s health deteriorates
Nalgonda – The indefinite fast undertaken by local MLA Komatireddi Venkat Reddy and Municipal chairman Pullemla Venkatanarayana Goud for achievement of fluoride-free water to the district, entered fourth day on Monday. The government doctors, who were examining the fasting leaders every hour, said their condition was deteriorating. With the condition of the fasting leaders deteriorating, […]
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State orders Watsonville to fluoridate its water
Last fall, after Watsonville voters approved a ban on additives to the water supply, city officials halted a plan to fluoridate the water and turned down a grant that would have paid for installing the system and running it for a year. Fluoride foes thought that ended the matter. But fluoridation is a contentious issue, […]
United States, California