A scandal-plagued aluminum manufacturer in Taoyuan county, Central China’s Hunan province, is suspected of dumping nearly one thousand tons of untreated waste near villages on the top of a mountain, Beijing News reported on Friday. Chuangyuan Aluminum Co. Ltd was previously accused of discharging untreated waste, allegedly creating threats to public health and causing agricultural […]
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Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Is fluoride hurting Iceland’s farm animals?
Reydarfjordur, Iceland – For the third summer in a row, hydrogen fluoride has been detected in vegetation samples taken near an aluminium plant in eastern Iceland, worrying farmers and horse owners who fear for their animals’ well-being. Aluminium plants emit fluoride, a chemical element that can be toxic to animals and humans in high concentrations. The […]
Landowners demand end to smelter pollution
A group of landowners in Reyðarfjörður have told the Alcoa Fjarðaál aluminium smelter to stop the emission of fluoride in the area. Austurfrétt reports that the landowners’ group Landeigendur Áreyja has told the directorship to put an end to the omissions, which they say are far too high. Guðrún Kjartansdóttir, speaking to reporters on the […]
Says residents in no danger from fluoride emissions
Despite fluoride levels in the grass around an aluminium smelter being above the safe limit for three years in a row, residents in the area have been told they are in no danger. The Real Estate, Planning and Environmental Committee of Fjarðabyggð met with officials from The Environmental Agency of Iceland (UST) and the Icelandic […]
Fluoride levels in East Iceland drop slightly
The levels of fluoride in grass in areas around the Alcoa aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, proved to be just below the guideline limit in the Environment Agency of Iceland’s third round of testing this summer. The pollution levels have dropped compared to the first two rounds of testing, when fluoride was found to […]
High levels of fluorine in grass in East Iceland
The Environment Agency of Iceland had found that the level of fluorine in grass in the vicinity of the Alcoa aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, is 43.6 micrograms on average; considerably higher than the guideline limit of 40 micrograms. The testing was made in late June and the results are similar as in the […]
EPA ready to designate CFAC plant a superfund site
The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to designate the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant a Superfund site, but it’s looking for public support before conducting a more extensive investigation into the contamination. EPA and Montana Department of Environmental Quality officials hosted a meeting on April 15 in Columbia Falls to discuss a recently completed […]
United Company RUSAL Plc: Production Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2013
Regulatory News: Pursuant to Chapter 38 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Securities and Futures Commission regulates United Company RUSAL Plc in relation to the listing of its shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Securities and Futures Commission takes no […]
Fluoride Levels In Sheep “Worrying”
Levels of fluoride in sheep being raised near an aluminium smelter are just under the “danger mark”, which an expert at the Environmental Agency says is cause for “worry”. RÚV reports that, according to a new report from an environmental study conducted by the Alcoa smelter in Reyðarfjörður, samples were taken from sheep on the […]
NHRC orders Odisha Pollution Control Board to take action on crops damaged by Hindalco
The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has directed to State Pollution control board to take appropriate action on crops damaged by Hindalco Industries Limited in Odisha. Acting on a complaint of rights activist Akhand of India Media Centre, the commission ordered an action within eight weeks. According to the petitioner, every year Standing crops in thousands […]