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Ironwood authorizes fluoridation of water system
Ironwood City Commission authorized adding fluoridation to the city’s water system and applying for a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services fluoridation equipment grant at their regular meeting on Monday. City Manager Scott Erickson said the city is designing a water treatment plant in the city of Ironwood and one of the topics that […]
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Some communities in Michigan opt out of fluoridation
LANSING — Even as community water systems are praised by the state for maintaining fluoride levels, others are still holding out. Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by about 25% in children and adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 6.5 million people, or 89.2% of Michiganders, have access to fluoridated […]
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Broken machines, lost records: EPA finds Benton Harbor water plant in disarray
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Benton Harbor MI was fluoridated in September 1951. Robert Carton PhD, a former scientist with EPA, had reported this: “December 1991 — Benton Harbor, Michigan: Faulty pump allowed approximately 900 gallons of hydrofluosilicic acid to leak into a chemical storage building at the water plant. City Engineer Roland Klockow stated, […]
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Contaminated Marijuana Products Sold In Several Michigan Cannabis Dispensaries
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Two highly toxic fluorinated pesticides are mentioned in this article. • Bifenthrin is considered a possible carcinogen, a known endocrine disruptor, and neurotoxin. • Chlorfenapyr attacks the brain and is a known endocrine disruptor. On Friday, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a voluntary product recall for eight batches of […]
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Lexington: Chinese Fluoride in Tap Water Worries Michigan Community
The municipal water tower in the village of Lexington, Mich., located on the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan’s Thumb area on Aug. 23, 2021. (Steven Kovac/Epoch Times) “We are dependent on China for too many things” says Village President Ray Mach of Port Sanilac LEXINGTON, Mich.—The discovery that a Michigan town’s drinking water treatment […]
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Chemical supplier loses certification after nearly contaminating Michigan community’s drinking water
Michigan on Wednesday blacklisted a chemical distributor that’s been blamed for nearly contaminating a Metro Detroit community’s drinking water with sulfuric acid. PVS Nolwood, a Detroit-based company that provides chemicals to as many as 10 municipal drinking water suppliers in the state, accidentally shipped four 55-gallon drums of sulfuric acid to New Baltimore with labels […]
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How sulfuric acid nearly ended up in a Michigan community’s water supply
When you dilute sulfuric acid with water, you get battery acid. That’s what Metro Detroit community of New Baltimore nearly created in its water supply accidentally last month, due to a labeling mishap. New Baltimore Water Plant Superintendent Chris Hiltunen said on Sunday, July 11, an employee was pumping several gallons of what they believed […]
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In 1981 Manistee began fluoridation of city water
40 YEARS AGO Fluoridation Approval of the purchase of equipment for the fluoridation of the city water was featured at the regular meeting of the city commission held last night. The approximate cost of the equipment would be $1,802 with the breakdown being $537 for each of three water wells and $191 for additional equipment. […]
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PFOS: MDHHS issues precautionary consumption guideline for Lake Superior smelt
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has been notified by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) of elevated perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) levels in Lake Superior rainbow smelt. In order to be protective of public health, MDHHS is matching WDNR’s guidance and issuing a precautionary Eat Safe Fish guideline […]
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How to sign up for PFAS health study in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo areas
FILE- In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, a couple kayak on the Rogue River adjacent to where Wolverine World Wide’s tannery once stood, in Rockford, Mich. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is investigating the connection between old waste drums in the area and an old Wolverine World Wide tannery waste dump nearby. […]
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