A common, but increasingly controversial practice in drinking water systems is under debate in Centre County. The State College Borough Water Authority is considering whether or not to continue fluoridating its water. Jeff Kern is the chairperson for the Authority. He said fluoride is much more accessible to consumers now than when it was first […]
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Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai says the government needs to get a loud and clear message that her council would not be fluoridating its water unless the government pays. Whangarei won’t be fluoridating if the government doesn’t pay up, says Mayor Sheryl Mai. Photo: Northern Advocate / Michael Cunningham Compulsory fluoridation for Whangarei and Bream Bay […]
Koalas grazing on gum trees close to the smelter are ingesting high levels of fluoride.(ABC Rural: Kim Honan) Fluoride emissions from an aluminium smelter in Victoria’s south-west are causing koalas grazing nearby to develop an irreversible and sometimes fatal condition, a study has found. Key points: American aluminium giant Alcoa concedes fluoride exposure from emissions at its […]
Yavatmal: Vadad (Brahmi) in Pusad assembly constituency was reportedly the first village in the state to install two RO purifiers to a common well about three years ago. The purifiers are lying defunct for almost two years, compelling the villagers to fetch water from the well which has high presence of flouride, making it unfit […]
The State College Borough Water Authority has received a report from one of its committees concerning the continued addition of fluoride to the drinking water. The committee examined peer-reviewed scientific information concerning utility of fluoride use. Within our region, neither Bellefonte nor College Township water systems fluoridate the water. A series of slides summarizing the […]
The State College Borough Water Authority is exploring if it should continue to put fluoride in its water, something it has done since 1954. More information on the benefits and risks of fluoridation has come out in the past 70 years, as well as fluoride toothpaste. The board received a presentation on this information during […]
Worse still, I added, there were new scares about how safe Indian tea was: Did it contain too many pesticides? And were the fluoride levels in some of our teas so high that they could eventually contribute to bone disease? The Taste With Vir: Crisis faced by Indian tea(Unsplash), by Vir Sanghvi, Delhi Two years […]
Several government agencies were placed on standby following the phreatic eruption at Bulusan Volcano, Malacañang announced on Sunday afternoon. According to Acting Presidential Spokesperson Martin Andanar, all concerned agencies were placed on 24/7 standby after an Alert Level 1 was raised over Bulusan. The Alert Level 1 of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology […]
The 3M plant at the centre of the pollution. Credit: Belga The American multinational company 3M is going to excavate the gardens of about 1,000 residents living in a 1–1.5 km radius of its factory in Zwijndrecht in Antwerp, to get rid of the PFAS contamination. The company has been embroiled in a years-long pollution […]
