Union Carbide Nuclear Division, which started out as Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co., operated the Atomic Energy Commission/Energy Research and Development Administration/Department of Energy sites in Oak Ridge, Paducah, Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio, until 1984, some 40 years. The report this series of articles are documenting covered only the first 20 years. I am working […]
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Council will consider contract with engineering firm
Excerpts The Fremont City Council on Wednesday will consider a professional services agreement with Civil Solutions of Omaha for engineering design of the Johnson Road widening project. The council will meet at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Municipal Building. A 6:45 p.m. study session will precede the meeting… Other regular agenda items […]
Arkansas’ De Queen receives grant to cover startup costs of adding fluoride to water system
TEXARKANA, Arkansas — The western Arkansas city of De Queen received a more than $17,000 grant to cover the startup costs of adding fluoride to its water system. The grant from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation comes after state legislators last year passed a law requiring water municipalities serving 5,000 or more customers to […]
Dozens of personal injury lawsuits filed against DuPont
OHIO VALLEY — More than two dozen personal injury lawsuits have been filed by Mid-Ohio Valley residents against DuPont so far in response to findings by the C8 Science Panel linking C8 exposure to several different types of human disease. All but one of the cases was filed by Charleston, West Virginia attorney Kathy Brown […]
West Manheim Township: Top 10 local stories of the year
A fatal deer disease brought big changes to local hunting, and the trial over a slain game warden determined the fate of a Carroll Valley man. Penn State faced a year of tumult, while those in Hanover organized an effort to revitalize downtown. The question of whether fluoride should be added to drinking water divided […]
Portland: Sam Adams Exit Interview
Portland’s departing mayor hastily answers some of our questions. When Sam Adams filed to run for mayor in early 2008, both he and Portland seemed on the verge of a triumphal march. The economy was rocking. As the veteran of 15 years at city hall cruised to victory, he set a civil-rights precedent as America’s […]
Portland: Council pushes ahead with water fluoridation plans
PORTLAND – The Portland City Council voted 3-1 to move water fluoridation up by a year, which could affect a planned citizen vote on the issue. It blocks a unanimous vote by the council in September, to add fluoride to Bull Run water, which serves the City of Portland and other water users. The fluoride […]
Milton no longer adding fluoride to water
Excerpt: … City officials decided to pull fluoride from drinking water in November as “strictly a cost-saving measure” according Ricky Hinote, director of water and wastewater treatment for Milton. “The grant money used to pay for it ran out,” Hinote said. “It was going to stop due to money last year, but the state gave […]
San Jose finally getting fluoride for city’s drinking water
SAN JOSE — After years of debate, San Jose is finally getting fluoride in its drinking water. A unanimous vote Tuesday by the Santa Clara Valley Water District endorsed a funding plan for the long-anticipated project for the largest city in the country without fluoridated drinking water. But it will take about two more years […]
Water fluoridation: Read the transcript of our Q&A with Paul Connett
Paul Connett, the executive director of the Fluoride Action Network, answered the questions below from syracuse.com readers about community water fluoridation. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry from St. Lawrence University, opposes the practice. Last week, Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow, who supports community water fluoridation, answered questions on the topic. The debate […]