Montrose’s medical and dental community brought a public health concern to the Project 7 Water Authority board last week — the dentists and doctors want fluoride treatment returned to Project 7’s water. Project 7 provides potable water to municipalities and rural areas throughout the Uncompahgre Valley, including the City of Montrose. As of July 31, the […]
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Healdsburg voters to weigh in on fluoride measure
More than 60 years after Healdsburg voters approved adding fluoride to the city’s water to fight tooth decay, they are being asked in Tuesday’s election to once again either approve or reject the practice, foreshadowing a bigger battle that could come at the county level over fluoridation. Generations of Healdsburg residents have been drinking fluoridated […]
Reports differ on injuries at Metropolis nuclear plant following leakage of Uranium hexafluoride
Conflicting reports have circulated among Metropolis, Illinois, residents concerning the Sunday, Oct. 26, uranium hexafluoride leak at the Honeywell plant at about 7:35 p.m. Although a plant news release quickly stated that no injuries have been reported and the leak was contained to plant property, a resident told HNN Thursday night, Oct. 30, of leaving […]
Board approves fluoride policy for Madison water
The Madison Water Utility Board affirmed its support for keeping fluoride in the city’s water supply Tuesday night, approving a slightly tweaked policy after a review process… Madison has had fluoride in its water since 1948… Read full article See report, Fluoridation of Public Drinking Water, by Public Health, Madison & Dane County, June 4, […]
Uranium leak at Illinois plant prompts investigation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is investigating a leak of uranium hexafluoride, UF6, at a uranium conversion facility in Illinois. Honeywell International Inc, the company operating the uranium plant in Metropolis, confirmed the leak on Sunday and said it was due to an equipment failure. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said an inspector was dispatched […]
Cape Cod: “barely a trickle of fluoridated water”
A report on health trends in Massachusetts released Tuesday takes Cape Cod to task for high youth rates of hepatitis C, opiate overdoses, a dearth of physicians for lower-income patients — and barely a trickle of fluoridated water… Fluoridation lacking The Massachusetts Health Council report also criticized the lack of fluoridated water in several communities, […]
Hillsdale & Branch Counties: Health agency promotes water flouridation
HILLSDALE AND BRANCH COUNTIES — In honor of National Dental Hygiene Month, the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency is promoting community water fluoridation as a way to prevent cavities and improve oral health. According to the agency, the following are facts regarding community water fluoridation: • Fluoridation of the community water supply prevents tooth decay in […]
The Trouble With That Noxious Haze At The Illinois Nuclear-Fuel Plant
The main threat from uranium hexafluoride, the gas that leaked at a Honeywell plant in Metropolis IL on Sunday night, does not derive from its radioactivity, but from its chemical toxicity, according to studies of people who have been exposed accidentally and animals who have been exposed intentionally. “The carcinogenic hazard from radiation exposure is […]
Nuclear Accident in Illinois; Guards say Shelter in Place; Honeywell it all Stayed on Site
Residents of Metropolis, Illinois have been ordered to shelter in place following a release of uranium hexafluoride at the Honeywell . The accident occurred at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. Guards have advised people to have told people to shelter in place, close windows, and turn off A/C. Wind maps indicate it may move into […]
An 85-year-old takes on big oil and the company burying the industry’s dangerous waste
Excerpts: Lupe Anguiano is working to stop fracking near the beautiful pacific beaches and fertile agricultural fields of her hometown, Oxnard, CA… A drilling field sits next to the site of two deep injection wells owned by Anterra, which has funneled almost 20 million gallons of wastewater deep underground in the first half of 2014. […]