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Non-fluoridated water tap to remain shut off for time being
BRAINERD — Brainerd’s non-fluoridated water tap will remain shut off until city officials can determine any potential liability issues. The tap at the wastewater treatment plant offered residents from Brainerd and surrounding communities non-fluoridated water for decades, after the city lost its battle against water fluoridation in 1980. The tap was shut off in August, though, after the city’s water […]
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Musical fluoride fight production coming to Brainerd
BRAINERD — Dancing teeth and singing dentists, coming soon to a stage near you. Well, in 2025, that is, if you’re in Brainerd. Stage North Theatre Company is set to stage a musical comedy about Brainerd’s fight against state-mandated water fluoridation in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Director Gary Hirsch and playwright Roger Nieboer are […]
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Future of Brainerd’s non-fluoridated water tap uncertain
The tap has been shut off since August, when the city’s water was contaminated and a boil order was put into effect. BRAINERD — More than 40 years after Brainerd lost the legal battle against fluoridating the city’s water supply, the issue is again bringing up strong emotions. City Council members plan to send a […]
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City of Battle Lake says water is safe to drink again
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (Valley News Live) – Officials with the City of Battle Lake say the drinking water in town is safe to use again, after a pump issue resulted in too much fluoride in the water. A ‘Do Not Drink Advisory’ was put into place in Battle Lake, Minnesota, on September 3. The warning […]
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Bygones: In 1982, Superior considered fluoride in tap water
Bygones is researched and written by David Ouse, retired reference librarian from the Duluth Public Library. News Tribune, May 5, 1982 Voters in the Duluth school district yesterday rejected a $2 million-a-year excess tax levy and a $2.5 million bond issue to bring schools into compliance with fire codes. That means more cuts will probably […]
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Reformer Radio: Marathon v. the Teamsters
Workers at the oil refinery in St. Paul Park say the plant’s owner, Marathon, has put them on a path to catastrophe. “Safety’s kinda went on the backburner.… Especially now that big corporation Marathon owns us. It’s pretty much corporate greed over safety,” said Matt Foss, a fire mechanic and rescue squad lieutenant who’s worked […]
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3M pays $80,000 over handling of hazardous waste in Cottage Grove
Leaking of “extremely toxic” hydrofluoric acid cited among problems. 3M’s Cottage Grove manufacturing facility 3M Co. paid $80,000 for numerous alleged hazardous waste violations at its Cottage Grove plant and incinerator, according to an enforcement action the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced Wednesday. At issue was a release of “extremely toxic” hydrofluoric acid, a […]
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Investigation targets discharges of next-generation ‘forever chemicals’ from 3M’s Cottage Grove plant
Cottage Grove plant focus of investigations into PFAS materials. State and federal pollution regulators are investigating 3M Co.’s reporting on next-generation “forever chemicals” discharged from its Cottage Grove plant into the Mississippi River, even as Minnesota struggles to address ever-growing contamination from the original versions the manufacturer no longer makes. 3M’s Cottage Grove plant has […]
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Minnesota Public Water Systems and COVID-19
Excerpt Would MDH [Minnesota Department of Health] allow flexibility in routine sampling timeframes in the event that we are only able to maintain essential services to keep things running? Systems are still required to collect samples during their monitoring periods. MDH is working on this issue and will provide additional information as it becomes available. […]
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The Northland’s top stories of the decade
An enormous plume of smoke from a second fire at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior billows to the south on April 27, 2018. Residents within 10 miles in the direction of the smoke were evacuated. (File / News Tribune) With a new decade dawning, the News Tribune staff decided to look back at the […]
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