Faced with a federal mandate to explain the potential community impact of a major refinery disaster, Chalmette Refining LLC officials have decided to go a step further: They’re going to share their findings with the public seven months before they are due to regulators. Next week, the refinery will mail brochures spelling out disaster scenarios […]
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Ending the MSRE. A fabled reactor experiment’s cleanup project may be its crowning glory
It’s the final and somewhat ironic chapter of one of ORNL’s [Oak Ridge National Laboratory] largest and most storied projects. A successful but spurned and dormant experimental nuclear reactor is ending its days as a cleanup project. The Molten Salt Reactor Experiment’s fate is far from ignoble, however. The MSRE continues to teach, even in […]
Yuba City to fluoridate its water supply
After listening to 11 hours of public comment on the pros and cons of fluoridation, Yuba City’s City Council decided to move forward with its plans to fluoridate its water supply. The City Council voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution in support of fluoridation, thus ending a debate that started 35 years ago. Mayor Lee […]
Dartmouth Professor Sees Tie Between Lead, Fluoride, Juvenile Crime Rate
HANOVER – A Dartmouth College professor and his research partner believe there may be a link between chemicals used to fluoridate drinking water, the amount of lead absorbed by children and the rates of juvenile crime and special education. Officials at the national Centers for Disease Control defend the safety of fluoridation. Roger Masters, a […]
Varner et al. study: Brain damage in rats from fluoridated water
An animal study links low levels of fluoride in water to brain damage [Brain Res. 784, 284 (1998)]. The research was a collaboration among a chemist and two psychologists (including lead author Julie A. Varner) at Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y., and an EPA neurotoxicologist. Twenty-seven rats were divided into three groups and for one year […]
Wisdom of water fluoridation debated
It’s estimated that nearly every major city in the United States has fluoridated drinking water. And that has state Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani wondering why Las Vegas hasn’t joined the rank and file. Fluoridation is, after all, touted by the American Dental Association and 71 other national and international professional organizations as being the most effective […]
Meat Produced by Advanced Meat/Bone Separation Machinery and Recovery Systems
SUMMARY: In 1994, the Food Safety and Inspection Service amended its regulations to recognize that product resulting from advanced meat/bone separation machinery and recovery systems comes within the definition of meat when these recovery systems are operated to ensure that the characteristics and composition of the resulting product are consistent with those of meat. The […]
Corpus Christi: Sierra Club requests criminal investigation of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident
Excerpt: SIERRA CLUB P. O. Box 1931 Austin, TX 78767 June 26, 1997 The Honorable Jane Saginaw Regional Administrator, Region VI United States Environmental Protection Agency 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 Fax 214-665-6648 Re: Criminal investigation requested of CITGO Refining’s May 12th accident at Corpus Christi, Texas due to toxic hydrofluoric acid […]
Toothpaste warning labels concern parents
Last month, as 8-year-old Molly Statt stood in the bathroom brushing her teeth, something on the back of the tube of Crest caught her attention. She stopped brushing. Looking up at her father standing beside her, she asked, “Is this poison?” “Of course not,” Paul Statt reassured his daughter. “Then why does it say ‘poison’ […]
Toothpaste: How Safe?
Last month, as 8-year-old Molly Statt stood in the bathroom brushing her teeth, something on the back of the large-size tube of Crest caught her attention. She stopped brushing. Looking up at her father standing beside her, she motioned to the toothpaste and asked, “Is this poison?” “Of course not,” Paul Statt reassured his daughter. […]