The El Paso-Juárez international bridges are expected to remain open today after the initial U.S. military strikes Sunday against targets in Afghanistan. “We are still on the same alert status that we went on shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks,” U.S. Customs Service spokesman Roger Maier said. “This means we are conducting continuous enhanced enforcement […]
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Fluoride Release Leads to Evacuation of Texas Neighborhood
Yesterday, July 9, an explosion occured at a Texas oil refinery which resulted in the release of an unspecified, but potentially large amount of hydrogen fluoride. According to the article which appeared in today’s Corpus Christi Caller Times, a seven block area adjacent to the plant was soon evacuated after winds blew the HF gas […]
EPA: Children should avoid Canyon water due to fluoride
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends Canyon children under the age of 9 not drink city water, but the Canyon Independent School District still allows daily water fountain visits and continues using tap water. Canyon residents received the 2000 drinking water quality report in their last water bill. Analysis of the city’s water led to finding […]
Abilene, Texas to add fluoridation in summertime
Abilene?s fluoridation measure passed in the middle of a winter storm, but it?ll probably be in the summer heat before the city begins adding the chemical to the water supply. City water director Dwayne Hargesheimer said Tuesday it will take about seven months for the city to acquire state funding to pay for the fluoridation […]
San Antonio voters narrowly approve fluoridation
San Antonio and surrounding communities soon will have fluoride added to their water, according to nearly complete local voting returns that, in the end, generated few upsets or surprises. With early votes and 573 of 625 ballot boxes counted, accounting for 92 percent of the local votes cast, Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez, a Democrat, […]
Ralph Nader speaks out against fluoridation in San Antonio
I am not normally a fence-sitter, but until last week I was straddling the barbed wire on the fluoridation issue, and it was getting mighty uncomfortable. With an 18-month-old daughter at home, my wife and I have debated the volatile issue many times. Most discussions ended with the two of us more confused than ever […]
Nader Urges San Antonio Voters to Vote Against Fluoridation
Nader stance Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader held a news conference before Thursday?s rally on the San Antonio College campus to discuss his stance on the following issues: Universal health care: Nader is for a universal healthcare system. ?We are the only western country without universal, acceptable health insurance.? He added that 46 million […]
Fluoride Vote Renews 34-Year Issue in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Reviving a bitter 34-year debate, the City Council has ordered a November special election to decide whether fluoride finally should be added to the city’s drinking water to promote dental health. For proponents, it could be another tough sell for an idea twice rejected by San Antonio voters. “It is truly a […]
San Antonio fluoride task force stating its case
Behind the dentist, photographs of toothless mouths hung agape, while before her a group of residents weighed the merits of fluoridated water. Linda Altenhoff, a dentist with the Texas Department of Health, spent her Wednesday evening at the end of May explaining to 25 members of the District 9 Neighborhood Alliance why they should support […]
Corpus Christi: Sierra Club requests criminal investigation of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident
Excerpt: SIERRA CLUB P. O. Box 1931 Austin, TX 78767 June 26, 1997 The Honorable Jane Saginaw Regional Administrator, Region VI United States Environmental Protection Agency 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 Fax 214-665-6648 Re: Criminal investigation requested of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident at Corpus Christi, Texas due to toxic hydrofluoric acid […]