Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is sadly one-sided. While cancer is of enormous concern, neurotoxicity is equally so. In presenting the safety of the fluoridation of drinking water, the author never mentions three recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Bashash 2017; Green 2019; Till 2020) that revealed the fetus and the formula-fed infant are the […]
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A “sustainable” bitcoin firm has raised money to mine crypto by burning waste coal
How much environmental karma do you earn if you mop up one type of pollution by creating another? Stronghold Digital Mining, a new, “ESG-friendly” bitcoin-mining firm, uses the electricity from the Scrubgrass Generating Plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania, to power its operations. Mining cryptocurrency is notoriously power-thirsty; every year, the bitcoin network generates emissions equivalent to […]
Philadelphia refinery fire report languishes in federal safety agency depleted by Trump
The Chemical Safety Board’s final report on the 2019 release of a potentially lethal chemical at PES is among 19 awaiting approval. The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery fire in June 2019 took 24 hours to extinguish. A final report on the accident is languishing at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.Jessica Griffin / File Photograph Before […]
Department of Health releases 10 Year oral health plan to improve oral health for all Pennsylvanians
Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine today released the Pennsylvania Oral Health Plan 2020-2030, a 10-year roadmap to improve the oral health of all Pennsylvanians. The plan builds on the successes of the Pennsylvania Oral Health Plan 2017-2020 while identifying key gaps that still need to be filled. It contains a list of proven […]
Shippensburg Borough Authority receives fluoride grant
The Shippensburg Borough Authority recently received a $25K grant from the Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health to help continue to provide fluoride in the borough’s water supply. Pictured, from left, are: Borough Manager Kevin Plasterer; local dentist Dr. Gary Davis, DDS; and SBA Chairman Michael Pimental. The Shippensburg Borough Authority recently received a competitive $25,000 […]
Suez removes fluoride from water supply in Mechanicsburg and Upper Allen Township
Suez removed fluoride from the water supply August 31st, and some people are not happy about it CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Some people living in Cumberland County are not happy that fluoride was removed from their water supply. To some, it’s critical. “It helps the developing teeth, primarily in children and adults,” Dr. Jeff Alba […]
Shiloh, PA, ends water fluoridation today
West Manchester Township Authority Incorporated June 27, 1950 SHILOH WATER SYSTEM 2115 Log Cabin Rd. York, PA 17408 July 7, 2020 Dear Shiloh Water Customer: The West Manchester Township Authority began researching the benefit of adding fluoride to the Shiloh Water System beginning in December of 2018, after receiving numerous requests by customers to discontinue […]
Shiloh Water to end fluoridation Aug. 31 after DEP approval
Shiloh Water Authority will be removing fluoride from its water in West Manchester after receiving approval Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Protection, authority officials said. Fluoridation will cease in the authority’s water on Aug. 31, officials announced Wednesday night. “The general feeling was that there is enough fluoride available nowadays,” said water authority Manager John […]
Fluoridation of city’s water still working as designed
Ten months after Meadville Area Water Authority began fluoridating its water, officials say the process is functioning as expected. While the fluoridation system is operating smoothly, the board’s discussion of it raised some of the same divisions that were evident when fluoridation was narrowly approved three years ago. “I’m pleased to report that it’s working […]
Philadelphia’s Bid to Ban Refinery Chemical Could Hit OSHA Wall
Federal law may preempt city’s move, industry attorneys say EPA, OSHA regulations cover hydrogen fluoride Federal occupational safety and health law may preempt Philadelphia from implementing a ban on hydrogen fluoride for use in oil refinery processes, say industry attorneys watching the city’s attempt to ban the chemical. The Philadelphia City Council’s proposal, which was […]