Despite protests from opponents of the state’s fluoridation bill and the Las Vegas Valley Water District board’s own reservations, nearly a half million dollars was put aside Tuesday for the purchase of fluoride. The district’s board of directors, which consists of all seven Clark County commissioners, unanimously agreed to spend $408,672 for a year’s worth […]
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Dentists push for mandatory fluoridation in Washington
OLYMPIA — A year after voters in Olympia rejected fluoridation of water supplies for the third time, a statewide dental group is at the Capitol, pushing for legislation to make fluoridation mandatory throughout the state. The Washington State Dental Association proposal would require public water systems with more than 1,000 hookups to fluoridate water supplies […]
Cayetano pushing fluoridation of water
Gov. Ben Cayetano yesterday said that it is time to reconsider the issue of adding fluoride to Hawaii’s drinking water to reduce tooth decay among children. Fluoridation hasn’t been seriously considered here since 1987. At the time, opponents questioned the safety of adding a new chemical to Hawaii’s water supply. But yesterday, Cayetano noted Hawaii […]
EPA still baffled by deformities
Investigators from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are still baffled by the cause of mysterious abnormalities showing up among animals and cropsraised on some farms in western Montgomery County. According to an interim report released by the EPA this week, investigators aren’t convinced that elevated levels of fluoride and boron areresponsible for decreased milk production […]
Hidden Dangers at Hudson Oil
A simple asbestos abatement project at the Hudson Oil Refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma evolved into one of the most interesting, complex and dangerous projects that contractor CET Environmental Services Inc. has ever managed. On August 11, 1998, Englewood, Colorado-based CET was awarded a delivery order under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US […]
Do the Kids Need Fluoride?
I grew up on fluoride toothpaste, diligently brushing my teeth after every meal. So I was resistant to any suggestion that there may be a problem with fluoride. Countless commercials drummed in the claim that it fights cavities, and if anything to the contrary caught my eye, I dismissed it as mere ranting and raving. […]
Ludwik Gross, a Trailblazer in Cancer Research, Dies at 94
Dr. Ludwik Gross, who influenced cancer research by showing that viruses could cause cancers in animals, died on Monday at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. He was 94 and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The cause was stomach cancer, said his daughter, Dr. Augusta H. Gross. Dr. Gross won an Albert […]
Beryllium producer rejects meeting with activists
The Brush Wellman beryllium company says it will not meet with environmental activists who want to discuss why workers at the firm’s plant outside Elmore continue to contract an often-fatal lung disease. Brush Wellman has told Ohio Citizen Action, the state’s largest environmental activist group, that there was no reason to meet and, furthermore, the […]
Local Industries Release Figures on ‘Worst-Case’ Scenarios
Treading lightly on a delicate subject, leaders of industry and safety agencies disclosed details Tuesday about potential but unlikely chemical leaks that could threaten everyone in the St. Louis region. There has never been a massive vapor-release accident here and probably never will be, they emphasized. But a federal rule requires reporting worst-case scenario risks […]
BGE may be Maryland’s largest polluter
Two of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s power plants released more than 14 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air last year, likely making it Maryland’s top polluter. The amount dwarfs the figures of the top polluters of 1997, the Westvaco paper products company in Western Maryland and Millennium Inorganics, a Baltimore chemical company. […]