Excerpts: Tooth decay is largely preventable, yet it ranks as the most common chronic disease among children. About 33 percent of young kids (ages 2 to 8) have cavities in their baby teeth, and 20 percent of kids in the same age group have cavities in their adult teeth, according to the CDC. In Tennessee, the […]
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A great technical achievement, Molten Salt Reactor could be entombed
Note from FAN: A 1998 article noted that the reactor was “fueled by a molten salt containing uranium tetrafluoride that circulated within the reactor.” Ridge Times, Nov 12, 1998. This article notes that “The coolant salt contained 15,300 pounds of lithium and beryllium fluorides…” Former director Alvin Weinberg once called it the greatest technical achievement […]
Cleveland Utilities progressing on variety of water projects
Craig Mullinax, vice president of Cleveland Utilities’ Water Division, updated Cleveland Board of Public Utilities members in a recent gathering on the progress of several projects at the Waterville water plant. He said the liquid fluoride conversion and other improvements at the utility’s southside water distribution center are complete. He added that the city utility […]
Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap
In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]
Editorial: Keeping fluoride on tap is a wise call
We commend the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen for wisely reversing its earlier decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. In the end, science and the facts prevailed. The board decided 3-1 in February to end the fluoridation process, with Alderman Terry Countermine voting against the motion. Countermine told his colleagues removing […]
Feds raise concerns over Uranium Processing Facility safety designs
(Photo: Y-12) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has raised concerns over the revised designs for Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility. The revised plans reportedly eliminate thermal barriers from the UPF design, according to the Board’s June 26 letter to National Nuclear Security Administrator Frank Klotz. The thermal barriers, which existed in the original […]
Fluoride to stay in Jonesborough water after unanimous Board of Mayor and Aldermen decision
After more than a year of discussion and a decision to remove fluoride from Jonesborough’s water supply, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen decided to reverse its decision and continue water fluoridation in a unanimous vote. The bulk of Monday night’s BMA meeting was taken up by the discussion that has continued since it was […]
Jonesborough: Battle continues as town moves toward discontinuation
Emotions ran high at a public debate regarding water fluoridation in Jonesborough on Thursday, July 6. About 20 citizens of Jonesborough and surrounding areas attended the hour-long meeting, which began at 6:30 p.m. at the Jonesborough Senior Center, to debate the decision to no longer add fluoride to the Jonesborough water supply. In February, the […]
Arsenic, lead, fluoride found in groundwater under Memphis power plant
Background information on the Tennessee Valley Authority from Wikipedia: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. […]
Debate continues over fluoride in water in Jonesborough
The fight over fluoride in water in Jonesborough continues, even though town leaders have already made up their minds. Earlier this year, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to take fluoride out of the water system. But on Thursday night, people on both sides of the issue met to voice their concerns. Organizers said […]