Intel’s failure to report its fluoride emissions in Washington County to the state for years was an “inadvertent oversight,” a company spokeswoman said Friday in a written statement. The chip-making company has been emitting fluoride since 1978, but only recently added the pollutant to an air quality permit application with the state. Company spokeswoman Chelsea […]
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Environmentalists turn on California’s first real fracking law
Earlier this month, the Environmental Working Group — the D.C.-based nonprofit that helps the green-conscious decide which sunscreen to wear and what to wash their dishes with — was rallying California followers to contact state legislators in support of a bill to regulate fracking. The sun was about to set on California’s 2012-2013 legislative session […]
Clarksburg Water Board tables fluoride decision
After much debate among themselves and with others in attendance, members of the Clarksburg Water Board voted Thursday to table whether to continue adding fluoride to the drinking water. Tabling the matter was the only thing that Water Board members could agree on, with Paul Howe and Charlie Thayer saying they still leaned toward removing […]
Intel has been emitting fluoride for years without state knowledge, permit
Though Intel has been emitting fluoride since 1978, the company is only now adding the pollutant to an air quality permit for its Washington County-based operations. “Fluoride is unfortunately a bit of an oversight,” state environmental engineer George Davis told Hillsboro residents at a permit meeting this week. “It should have been in the permits […]
Clarksburg editorial: Give voters last word on fluoridation
There is a move afoot across the nation to stop fluoridation of public water systems, and Clarksburg is the latest municipality to ponder the issue. Two members of the Clarksburg Water Board — Charles Thayer and Paul Howe — are leaning toward voting to end fluoridation of the city’s water. Despite the endorsement of the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the American […]
Manchester Water District considers survey on fluoride
A quiet debate over fluoride in Manchester’s water supply continues, two months after opponents of the supplement asked for its removal. … The water district commissioners on Tuesday took no action but indicated they might consider a survey of ratepayers. A survey in 1994 showed water district residents 6 to 1 in favor of continuing […]
Anchorage Assembly votes 9-2 to keep fluoride in the water supply
The fluoride controversy took the main stage at the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night and after an hour and half of testimony and debate, the Assembly backed the status quo: fluoride in the water supply. The resolution, approved on a 9-2 vote, urges fluoride foes who want to keep up the fight to seek a […]
Bill to regulate fracking passes California state Assembly
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A hotly contested bill that would impose California’s first regulations on fracking and other oil production practices passed the state Assembly on Wednesday, despite opposition from environmentalists and oil companies. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals underground to crack rock formations and free up […]
Wayland Board of Health votes to reduce fluoride in water
After over three hours of debate, the Board of Health voted Monday night to lower the amount of fluoride in the town’s water supply. By a 3-1 vote, with Chairman Thomas Klem opposed and board member Elisabeth Brewer having left the meeting early, the board agreed to reduce the target concentration of fluoride in the […]
Environmentalists seek testing of South Jersey water
PAULSBORO Environmentalists are calling on the federal government to investigate their concerns that a South Jersey chemical plant may be contaminating drinking water with carcinogenic chemicals, and accusing state officials of years of inaction on the issue. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, an advocacy group that seeks to protect the river’s watershed, says public health is […]