An effort aimed at stopping fluoridation of Gloucester’s water supply has sunk. In a 2-6 vote, City Council members on Tuesday night shot down a proposed home rule petition that could have ended the addition of sodium fluoride to Gloucester’s water supply after going through the state Legislature. “I’m glad (the petition) got to where […]
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Gloucester: Council to consider fluoride petition
The Gloucester City Council is expected to vote on a potential home rule petition Tuesday night that could end the addition of sodium fluoride to Gloucester’s water supply. The home rule petition, sponsored by Councilor Jaime O’Hara, would have to be approved by state legislators through a “long, multi-month process” in order for it to […]
Photofabrication Engineering, Inc. of Milford receives $7,562 penalty
Excerpts: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced settlements with three companies that resolve alleged violations of Clean Air Act requirements for the safe handling of certain chemicals and substances at facilities in New England. The three companies—Elliott Auto Supply Company, which does business as Splash Products; SUEZ Water Environmental Services; and […]
Tainted bottled water is being sold at supermarkets throughout New England
In June, testing from the Center for Environmental Health found PFAS in bottled water brands sourced from Spring Hill Dairy Farm in Haverhill, Mass. The contamination can be in gallon jugs at Whole Foods via the 365 labeling and in Stop & Shop with the Arcadia label. (Erin Clark for the Boston Globe) Nearly a […]
Proposed Groundwater Regulations Could Affect Upper Cape
The Upper Cape is home to two of Cape Cod’s five sites contaminated by chemicals in the PFAS family. Already, millions of dollars have been spent acting on a health advisory issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2016, which warned of health risks associated with two chemicals in the PFAS family, PFOA and PFOS. […]
Cape Cod: Contamination Cleanup Presents Challenges To County
Barnstable County is working with federal and state environmental protection agencies to clean up a site contaminated by a history of use of firefighting foam. Massachusetts, meanwhile, has proposed tightening regulations on those contaminants. Both the county and the Town of Barnstable have already spent millions to address the problem caused by the chemicals, known […]
Rockport Town Meeting on April 27 did not discuss fluoridation
Excerpts: Rockport voters convened on Saturday “for their Annual Town Meeting, a more than five-hour marathon that drew a few more than 200 voters to the Rockport High School gymnasium.” … An article on the fluoridation of the town’s water system was not taken up for discussion or vote because there was no motion to […]
Rockport Town Meeting, Saturday April 27 at noon
What: Rockport Town Meeting to consider 21-item warrant. When: Saturday, April 27, at noon Where: Rockport High School gymnasium, 24 Jerdens Lane. ROCKPORT — When the town’s registered voters convene at Town Meeting on Saturday, they will consider a 21-article warrant, with downtown sound and the use of fluoride in the town’s drinking water among the items […]
Manchester Town Meeting OKs plastic ban, fluoride, electronic voting
Excerpts: MANCHESTER — Town Meeting decided to kick more single-use plastics to the curb, keep sodium fluoride in the public water supply and splurge on an electronic voting system. The 251 residents attending, all registered voters as required, passed all articles on the warrant during the meeting’s single session Monday night… No change with fluoride When asked, “Do you want industrial […]
Manchester town meeting, 7 pm, April 1st, vote on fluoridation.
Excerpt: In the Memorial Elementary School gymnasium, 43 Lincoln St. A quorum of 100 registered voters is needed. All articles will be introduced to the floor in order unless a motion is passed to move an article… Article 19, another citizen’s petition, asks voters this non-binding question: “Do you want industrial sodium fluoride added to the […]