Synthetic pot: banned but found in Boston

FOX UNDERCOVER – Banned by the DEA and dubbed a dangerous substitute for the real thing, synthetic marijuana was easily found on Boston store shelves by a FOX Undercover hidden camera investigation. Inside an Allston head shop, the clerk retrieved a packet under the counter for a FOX Undercover photographer and intern. Twenty dollars later, […]

Fluoridation plan on track for Santa Clara Valley Water District

Silicon Valley’s biggest water provider took another step this week toward treating the drinking supply with fluoride. A committee of the Santa Clara Valley Water District board voted 3-0 Monday on a recommendation to fund fluoridation at its three water treatment plants. The plan calls for the water district to spend $4.2 million while the […]

Coon Rapids recognized for water quality

The city of Coon Rapids has been recognized for its water fluoridation quality by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the 2011 Water Fluoridation Quality Award, the CDC commends the city’s water system “for its consistent and professional adjustment of the water fluoride content to the optimum level or oral […]

Bradford Stops Fluoridating Water Supply, Upsetting Dentists

A decision by Bradford Water and Sewer Commission officials to stop fluoridating the public water supply — after doing so for more than three decades — has prompted strong opposition from an Upper Valley dentist who wonders why the five-member water board did not seek medical advice before making that move. Chairman Robert Nutting, who […]

Gilbert water treatment problems identified

An independent audit of Gilbert’s water-treatment operations found the town is meeting bare-minimum standards for safety and quality while struggling to deal with vacant positions, insufficient training and a sometimes-intentional lack of communication, officials told the Town Council on Tuesday. Colorado-based CH2M HILL Engineers conducted the audit, which was ordered by the council after town […]

ABC11 Investigates: How safe is Fluoride in our water?

Watch online DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Corey Sturmer didn’t know much about fluoride in his drinking water until a year ago, when his dentist told him he has fluorisis, a condition that causes white spotting, yellowing and browning of the teeth, and erosion of the enamel. “I asked my dentist … is there fluoride in […]

Train Derailment: Crews Now Working on Hydrogen Fluoride Cars

Crews successfully finished moving early Wednesday the chemical butadiene from the train derailment site in southwestern Jefferson County. The butadiene has been delivered to a rail yard, according to MetroSafe. At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, crews began working to work on car containing another dangerous chemical, hydrogen fluoride, MetroSafe said. MetroSafe said the “trans-loading” — moving […]

EPA, 3 firms agree to plan for W.Va. waste site

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — Three companies have agreed to work on a former industrial site in Ravenswood to prevent a waste pile loaded with cyanide and fluoride from contaminating soil and groundwater, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The 2.7-acre waste site is fenced off inside an active industrial complex about 900 feet from […]