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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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Minnesota. Nov 22nd: Public hearing on level of fluoride used in fluoridation
Minnesota Department of Health Notice of Hearing Date: November 22, 2019 Time: 9:30 a.m. Place: B145, Orville L. Freeman Building, 625 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN 55155 • See also Fluoridation Rules Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) Initial Comment Period closes on December 3, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. The judge must allow written comments […]
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Minnesota: Fluoridation Rules Statement of Need and Resonableness (SONAR) Division
Proposed Amendment to Rules Governing Fluoridation of Municipal Water Supplies, Minnesota Rules 4720.0030, subpart 2. [See pdf] September 2019 [Signed October 7, 2019] Minnesota Department of Health Drinking Water Protection Section P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 651-201-4770 www.health.state.mn.us I. INTRODUCTION The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) proposes to update its Public Water Supply […]
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Duluth City Council adopts resolution to take a closer look at hydrogen fluoride at Husky Refinery
DULUTH, MN- The Husky refinery explosion happened a little over a year ago in Superior. Tonight it was center stage at Duluth city hall. The council adopted a resolution asking the EPA to take a closer look at the use of hydrogen fluoride, a chemical stored at the superior refinery, that could have made the explosion […]
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Duluth leaders push for closer look at toxic refinery chemical
Thick smoke pours from the fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wis., on April 26, 2018. Bob King | Duluth News Tribune 2018 Duluth Mayor Emily Larson won’t easily forget the day in April 2018 when a massive explosion and fire rocked the Husky Energy oil refinery in neighboring Superior, Wis., sending a […]
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