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Piney Point: Phosphate plants under close eye
It’s not like you can padlock the doors and walk away. The complexities of keeping a phosphate processing plant operating are becoming clear to government regulators now overseeing two of them. Ponds full of 1.5 billion gallons of acid and three mountains of radioactive waste mean you just can’t shut off the machinery and turn […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
Dartmouth researcher warns of chemicals added to drinking water
MARCH 15, 2001 — In a recent article in the journal NeuroToxicology, a research team led by Roger D. Masters, Dartmouth College Research Professor and Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government Emeritus, reports evidence that public drinking water treated with sodium silicofluoride or fluosilicic acid, known as silicofluorides (SiFs), is linked to higher uptake of […]
United States, National USA -
Clearfield vows to help anti-fluoridation efforts
CLEARFIELD — The City Council pledged Tuesday to help any citizens group that will organize a campaign to stop fluoridation of Davis County drinking water. The council passed a resolution Tuesday offering city support, assistance and free legal counsel to any group that will try to stop Davis County fluoridation before the plan is implemented […]
United States, Utah -
Norridgewock votes no to fluoridation
NORRIDGEWOCK — Voters spoke out Monday in favor of tearing down the town’s historic but unsafe concrete-arch bridge and keeping their water the way it is — without fluoride. Referendum voting on three of the most controversial questions facing the town — including the bridge, fluoride in the water and an environmental-health-consultant fund — took […]
United States, Maine -
Mandatory Fluoridation Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania
Less than two years after a mandatory fluoridation bill stalled in the state legislature (see – http://www.penweb.org/issues/fluoride/hb939stalls.html) , another mandatory fluoridation bill has been proposed for the state of Pennsylvania. If passed, the bill will require that every water supply in the state serving more than 500 people be fluoridated. To learn more about the […]
United States, Pennsylvania -
Lawsuit filed to stop fluoridation in Manchester
Twenty residents of Manchester and surrounding towns have filed a lawsuit in Hillsborough County Superior Court to stop the fluoridation of city water. The case hinges on whether the city can distribute fluoridated water to six outlying communities, none of which have voted to fluoridate their water. The intent is “to get the spigots turned […]
United States, New Hampshire -
Residents sue Manchester to Stop Fluoridation
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Twenty residents of Manchester and surrounding towns have filed a lawsuit to stop the fluoridation of city water. The case hinges on whether the city can distribute fluoridated water to six outlying communities, none of which voted to fluoridate their water. The state requires approval by a referendum vote before fluoride can […]
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Weber May Face County-Wide Fluoridation Proposal
OGDEN — Fluoridation fans in Weber County hope to rally enough support to get the issue on the ballot in 2002. Dr. Clifford Goff, a retired dentist and former member of the Weber/Morgan Board of Health, served as the “point man” for fluoridation during the last election and agreed to spearhead the effort again in […]
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Fluoride pollution from aluminum plant in Tibet
The ancient bus toiled up through golden canola fields and ripening apricot orchards, stopping only for a quick lunch at a Muslim restaurant before resuming the long climb. Could this really be Tibet? Outside were whitecapped Muslims and Chinese checkpoints, but in the bus Tibetan nomads, their city business done, were on their way home […]
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Fluoride Spill in Fort Wayne, Indiana
More than two hours elapsed before emergency crews were told that corrosive acid spilled into a sewer Tuesday at the Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant. About 6,000 gallons of hydrofluorosilicic acid, used to add fluoride to drinking water, drained from the lower level of the filtration plant into the sewer. Roger Hirt, acting filtration plant […]
United States, Indiana