Fluoride will not be added to the water supply in the Albuquerque metro area, at least for now. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board avoided voting on a resolution that would have required the utility to add fluoride to the water supply by approving a substitute measure that prohibits supplemental fluoridation until federal […]
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Intel’s fluoride error: What the $143,000 DEQ fine means for D1X construction and emissions
Intel will have to obtain a permit for construction already underway at its multibillion-dollar D1X factory in Hillsboro. That was perhaps the most confusing takeaway from DEQ’s announcement Thursday that Intel will pay $143,000 for failing to disclose its fluoride emissions. Since last fall, when it first surfaced that Intel had been emitting fluoride without […]
Intel will pay $143,000 penalty for fluoride violations in Hillsboro
Intel will pay $143,000 – one of the largest air-quality penalties in Oregon history – for violating environmental laws by failing to disclose fluoride emissions at its Washington County computer-chip factories. The company’s deal with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality outlines additional steps Intel must take to correct its lapse, first reported last fall. […]
Judge rules against city in Pure Wafer lawsuit; will cost Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars
PRESCOTT – A development agreement that helped to attract a major employer to the community 17 years ago could end up costing the City of Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars in the future. On April 17, U.S. Senior District Court Judge James Teilborg granted a permanent injunction against the city in the lawsuit that […]
Union: City may stop adding fluoride to well water
The city will likely discontinue fluoridation of city well water. The parks, building, development and public service committee agree to recommend the city not repair broken equipment used to add fluoride to drinking water. City Engineer Jonathan Zimmermann said it would cost between $25,000 to $30,000 to fix the broken equipment. It has not been […]
Albuquerque: Board to weigh measure Wednesday to fluoridate drinking water
Water board members on Wednesday will consider an ordinance to require fluoridation of Albuquerque’s drinking water. Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority will take up the issue at 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center, One Civic Plaza, basement chamber. Albuquerque began fluoridation after a 57 percent majority of city voters supported the practice in […]
Boyne City Commission to discuss fluoride in the water; Gazette investigation reveals county H20 ranges from no fluoride to too much
… the issue of fluoridated water recently arose during a Boyne City Commission meeting when one public official suggested immediately discontinuing the city’s practice of adding the chemical to its municipal water supply… During the Boyne City Gazette’s investigation of the matter, it was discovered that Charlevoix County’s 13 municipal and private water systems range […]
Greenwich shuts down contaminated well, vows to fix immediately
GREENWICH TWP. — The township has shut down one of its public drinking wells after finding positive results for perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), specifically perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA). Greenwich is the fifth Gloucester County municipality to stop using at least one water source due to PFNA contamination. It follows West Deptford, Paulsboro, East Greenwich and Woodbury. As […]
St. Joseph: Group raises fluoride concerns
A group of locals concerned about the use of fluoride in the public water supply met to learn more about the issue at East Hills Library on Thursday night. The discussion was led by Richard Taylor, an area clinical psychologist affiliated with the Fluoride Action Network. The group opposes the addition of fluoride in drinking […]
EPA ready to designate CFAC plant a superfund site
The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to designate the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant a Superfund site, but it’s looking for public support before conducting a more extensive investigation into the contamination. EPA and Montana Department of Environmental Quality officials hosted a meeting on April 15 in Columbia Falls to discuss a recently completed […]