DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced today that in late 2019 it purchased certain assets of The Mosaic Company’s hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFS) business. Univar Solutions is a leading supplier to the water treatment market, including the […]
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Letter: Why is this stuff in our water?
My name is Becca Reynolds. I’m a wife and a mother to three beautiful girls. My background is in health and nutrition, so naturally ingredients are important to me, I actually enjoy reading through research studies. Here is a bit of my findings and thoughts on a particular ingredient that is found in our water. […]
Orono and Veazie voters will decide in June referendum whether to stop fluoridating public water
ORONO, Maine — Orono and Veazie residents will decide in June whether to stop fluoridating their public water supply — which could end a nearly 60-year practice. Fluoride is a mineral naturally found in water, soil and even in some foods and beverages. People can be exposed to it on a daily basis, most commonly […]
Arcata: Council sticks with science, keeps fluoridation
ARCATA – What’s old was new again at the Feb. 26 City Council meeting as community water fluoridation was up for reconsideration. Approved in 1956 by that era’s council over the objections of a few, fluoridation didn’t truly begin in Arcata until the early 1960s, when necessary equipment was installed. Hailed by the medical community […]
Cortland County health director to retire
S.N. Briere/staff reporter Cortland County Public Health Director Catherine Feuerherm, right, works with her secretary Cheryl Mrozowski on a presentation Feuerherm will give to the Legislature Health and Human services Committee in March. Feuerherm, who has been the director for 11 years, will retire in March. Two months after Catherine Feuerherm took over as Cortland […]
Why Hawaii Continues To Keep Fluoride Out Of Its Drinking Water
Nearly 70% of the U.S.’s population receive fluoride through public water systems. Hawaii remains an outlier, thanks to long-standing opposition. This legislative session, two fluoride-related bills cycled through the Hawaii Senate, each with the opposite intention. The first was a proposal to fluoridate Hawaii’s public drinking water, something that has failed over and over in […]
EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan: Program Update
Report highlights EPA’s aggressive and unprecedented efforts to address PFAS in the environment WASHINGTON (Feb. 26, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing the PFAS Action Plan: Program Update. Over the past year, EPA has made significant progress under the Action Plan to help states and local communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]
Oil Industry Watching Philadelphia’s Move to Ban Toxic Chemical
5,000 pounds of hydrogen fluoride released in June 2019 incident Philadelphia proposal could trigger other regulatory efforts Philadelphia leaders hope their attempt to ban hydrogen fluoride from oil refinery processes within city limits will spark other regulation of the chemical compound across the country. The city’s proposal comes after a fire and explosion at Philadelphia […]
The Department on Defense on National Children’s Dental Health Month
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FL, UNITED STATES Every year in February, dentists and children’s organizations across the United States promote National Children’s Dental Health Month. This year, the American Dental Association is celebrating 75 years of water fluoridation. The campaign slogan for this year is, “Fluoride in water prevents cavities! Get it from the tap!” […]
Superior refinery settlement would offset explosion, fire emissions
The April 2018 explosion and fire released an estimated 165 tons of emissions. An enormous plume of smoke from a second fire at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior billows to the south April 27, 2018. Residents within 10 miles in the direction of the smoke were evacuated. (File / News Tribune) Husky […]