FERRIS – On Jan. 20 The City of Ferris notified customers drinking water being supplied to customers had exceeded the Maximum Contaminant level for fluoride. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the MCl for fluoride at 4.0 milligrams per liter based on running annual average. Recently the city was notified levels have receded below the […]
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Chapel Hill: Residents Protest Fluoride In OWASA Drinking Water
Michael Willock graduated from the UNC dental school and has been practicing for 30 years. If you visit his office there will be one thing unexpectedly missing – fluoride. “Fluorine is extremely toxic,” he said. “If you look at the periodic table where it sits, the pure fluoride will melt glass and eat concrete.” Willock […]
The Fight Over Fluoridation In PA
Dr. Joyce Kasunich is a dentist, so she sees first hand the benefit that fluoride can provide, especially for children. “I think fluoride is a great protection for our teeth, to help strengthen our enamel,” she said. Community water fluoridation is supported by major health and science organizations across the country, including the American Dental […]
Marathon Petroleum Company chemical leak in 1987
Excerpt from long article: It’s become an unfortunately appropriate symbol for Texas City, which has suffered disaster after disaster in the years since. In 1987, a chemical leak at a Marathon Petroleum Company facility released hydrofluoric acid into the air, sending 140 people to the hospital, with 900 more treated for respiratory and eye problems […]
AQMD: Not enough data to prove safety of deadly toxic chemical used at Torrance refinery
Southern California’s air quality watchdog has become the latest regulatory agency to cast doubt on the safety of a potentially deadly chemical used at the Torrance refinery, concluding there is not enough evidence to dismiss concerns that a toxic cloud could form and kill or injure tens of thousands. South Coast Air Quality Management District […]
Albuquerque: Fluoride could be added to metro’s drinking water; final vote tonight
Citizens will be able to weigh in on a proposed plan that would once again add more fluoride to drinking water in Albuquerque. Members of the water authority board are expected to make a final vote on a plan to spend more than $200,000 for equipment and facilities to allow the city to resume fluoridation. […]
Port Angeles: Council Candidates Discuss Fluoridation Issue
PORT ANGELES — Two candidates vying for a seat on the Port Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday the city should eschew second-class status and encourage economic development and weighed in on an avigation easement for William R. Fairchild Memorial Airport. Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin and Artur Wojnowski disagreed on how to answer a Nov. 7 advisory vote […]
Could Torrance Refinery keep toxic leak from homes? No proof yet, AQMD says
Torrance Refinery has not proven that it can contain the spread of a deadly chemical if it were released and formed a dense vapor cloud, according to findings the South Coast Air Quality Management District is scheduled to share in detail on Wednesday. The chemical – Modified Hydrofluoric Acid, or MHF – is the subject […]
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
The following is an excerpt from a much longer article: All along the U.S.-Mexico border, about 840,000 mostly low-income, immigrant Latinos have settled in colonias – cheap plots of land outside city limits without basic infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, electricity and paved roads. Twenty-three years ago, Olivia Figueroa left her neighborhood in […]
Frankford lands local oversight with well-drilling ordinance
FRANKFORD – Lacking municipal teeth currently at the state level, the town of Frankford has gone the local route for authority over well-drilling within town limits. Town council at its Aug. 7 meeting approved Ordinance 34 following second reading by council president Joanne Bacon. The local ordinance gives the town authority to approve or deny […]