Several workers at a refinery in Texas have been hurt during planned maintenance, local media has reported. Workers at the Phillips 66 refinery in Borger in Texas were hurt while working on a unit that handles hydrofluoric acid. The reports quoted company spokesman Dennis Nuss as saying the workers were hurt at the refinery, which […]
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Wolfforth not alone: New Home, Morton also received notices about fluoride in water supply
Wolfforth is not the only city in Texas to receive a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordering it to decrease the amount of fluoride in the city’s water supply. According to Joe Hubbard, a media relations official with the EPA offices in Dallas, New Home and Morton received similar administrative orders from the […]
Andrews: Largest U.S. fluoride treatment plant to receive new fluoride removal system
Andrews Fluoride & Arsenic Treatment Plant, located in Andrews, Texas, will soon receive a new fluoride removal system that enables the city to remove elevated levels of both fluoride and arsenic to below minimum drinking water standards of 2.0 ppm. Provided by Severn Trent Services, a global supplier of water and wastewater treatment solutions, the […]
EPA warns Wolfforth about excess fluoride in water
Wolfforth officials have expected to someday receive a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about fluoride in the city’s water supply. On Monday, March 3, that day arrived. Wolfforth City Manager Darrell Newsom said he received a letter from the EPA ordering the city to lower levels of fluoride in its water within 18 […]
Austin Fluoride Free Hunger Strike Continues
An Austin activist group continues a hunger strike that will remain ongoing until the Austin City Council responds to their request to end water fluoridation in the city’s water supply. Currently members Jason Needham and Nicholas Lucier are the public faces for the Austin Fluoride Hunger Strike, working to bring attention to the issue by […]
Midtown Dentistry starts a Fluoride Toxicity Awareness Program
HOUSTON: Midtown Dentistry is a leader in educating, diagnosing and treating patients for Fluoride toxicity. Recently, this leading houston dental group has launched a patient awareness program to highlight the hidden dangers of fluoride. CHRONIC FLUORIDE TOXICITY There is concern about chronic fluoride toxicity, although the symptoms can be difficult to accurately assess as the […]
Greenville: City wants answers on fertilizer plant proposal
The city of Greenville is asking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a public meeting concerning plans to place a fertilizer mixing facility near downtown. City Attorney Daniel W. Ray filed the request Monday afternoon and said he is essentially asking the agency two questions about what would happen in the event of […]
Time to end water fluoridation in San Marcos
Editor, May I present a resolution in support of ending the water fluoridation program for the fiscal year of 2014? San Marcos is a beacon for clean, thriving water in Texas, the United States and the world. The San Marcos River is considered to be among the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the Northern Hemisphere […]
City of Wolfforth installing new system for clean water
WOLFFORTH, TX (KCBD) – The City of Wolfforth is gearing up for a major improvement in the way it handles its water supply… Wolfforth is embarking on a $6.7 million multi-phase project to improve the treatment of the city’s water supply. Wolfforth City Manager Darrell Newsom says, “The biggest bulk of the cost would be […]
McKinney council revives old debate: Should fluoride still be added to water?
McKINNEY — In some ways, this latest fight over fluoridated water echoes back to the 1950s and ’60s, when adding fluoride to drinking water was either a panacea for the problems of tooth decay or a ploy to poison the American water supply. The language is far more civil now, and few call fluoridation a […]