LOS ANGELES (CN) — Southern California regulators must put the brakes on an ExxonMobil refinery that emits 50 tons of hydrogen cyanide in Los Angeles each year, the Refinery Safety Network says in court. The nonprofit sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District on Wednesday in Superior, and named ExxonMobil Oil Corp. as a […]
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Bellefonte, county leaders hold town hall meeting
Wednesday kicked off what officials hope will turn into a semiannual town hall meeting between the Bellefonte Borough Council and representatives of the Centre County government. The council, minus President Gay Dunne due to health reasons, and the county Board of Commissioners met in the Courthouse Annex for a joint discussion about several topics of […]
Hegins-Hubley Authority reports no water contaminant violations
VALLEY VIEW — Hegins-Hubley Authority released its Consumer Confidence Report on Monday, showing no water contaminant violations according to state and federal law. The authority also approved a 2.5 percent pay increase for its two, full-time employees, a pay hike to $12 per hour for its current part-time laborer and it agreed to hire another […]
62% of total Hydrogen Fluoride emissions are from Coal & Oil Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units
Excerpts from Supplemental Finding That It Is Appropriate and Necessary To Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Action: Final Supplemental Finding. Summary: This action responds to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Michigan v. EPA, 135 S. Ct. 2699 (2015), and explains how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
Hypothyroidism: The hidden epidemic
There is a disease that copycats the “normal” effects of aging. It strikes women seven times more frequently than men. It’s a hidden epidemic. Yet if you’re a woman and you go to your doctor and tell him you have fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, loss of libido, or unexplained hair loss, more often than […]
Prominent MD joins chorus demanding Feds investigate fluoridation
Prominent physician, Mark Hyman, MD, author of 9 New York Times best-selling books and a Huffington Post medical editor warns that swallowing fluoride poses risks to the brain and thyroid, and that communities of color and underserved communities are disproportionately harmed. Dr. Hyman supports, “federal investigative hearings looking into why our cities and towns are allowed […]
Buffalo, Wyoming, considers adding fluoride to water
It might be one of the most contentious debates that current members of the Buffalo City Council will face in their tenure – adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. Opponents say fluoride can cause neurological disorders and can adversely affect bones and ligaments when ingested. Proponents say it could prevent tooth decay, particularly in […]
Utility doesn’t plan rate increases for water services
For the first time in four years, no rate increases are planned for water authority customers even though the utility’s proposed fiscal year 2017 operating budget is $10 million more than it was last fiscal year. Included in the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority budget is $250,000 for the installation of equipment – pending […]
OUR OPINION: Brockton needs finally to go ahead with fluoridating the city’s drinking water
Brockton’s public drinking water naturally has about 0.3 parts per million of the mineral fluoride. Adding fluoride would raise that to the federally recommended 0.7 parts per million. That’s what a volunteer group of citizens, One Smile Brockton, wants the city to do. Forty-four years after Brockton’s Board of Health voted to add fluoride to […]
An East Bay Child’s Death and the Power of the Dental Lobby
After their 6-year-old son died following a dental procedure, a Bay Area couple went to the California Legislature, hoping a new law could prevent other families from experiencing similar tragedy. What they’ve found, so far, is that dentists hold surprising sway in Sacramento. More, it seems, than grieving parents making a plea for change. The […]