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States, Military Clash on Cleanup of Toxic Chemicals
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center began a second round of drinking water sampling Aug. 1, 2017, at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan. The Air Force is re-sampling 54 private drinking water wells and two municipal wells near the installation to determine if perfluorooctanoic and perfluorooctanesulfonic acids, or PFOS and PFOA, levels have […]
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City of Franklin fluoride overfeed: CONSENT ORDER AND AGREEMENT with DEP
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: You can read the Consent Decree in its original format here. An excerpt from page 4 of the original document, paragraph S: “… daily operational logs, for the Barrett Flats WTP for the months of December 2017, January 2018, and February 2018, provided by the City of Franklin and […]
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Meadville: Water authority tests fluoride equipment; launch could be next month
VERNON TOWNSHIP — Officials at Meadville Area Water Authority on Tuesday tested the system that will soon fluoridate the water supplied to the authority’s customers. Construction of the equipment is complete, according to MAWA consulting engineer Tom Thompson, but fluoridation will not begin for another month or two. “It is just testing of the equipment,” Thompson said of the […]
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Mommy Minute: Is your child using too much toothpaste?
Sarah DeBrunner is a busy mom with three energetic kids. In her Camp Hill household, brushing your teeth twice a day is a top priority. It’s also one her kids never seem to mind. “She frequently asks to brush her teeth and then cries when the toothbrush is removed,” DeBrunner said of her youngest child. […]
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5 workers hospitalized after hydrofluoric acid leak at refinery near Delaware
Five people working at a Pennsylvania energy plant less than two miles from Claymont were hospitalized after a chemical leak occurred Wednesday morning. The contract workers’ conditions were not available Wednesday, but they were being treated at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. Hydrofluoric acid is hydrogen fluoride when dissolved in water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Fluoride could be in Meadville’s water by this summer
VERNON TOWNSHIP — By summer, residents could be drinking — or filtering with reverse osmosis systems — fluoridated water, according to officials at Meadville Area Water Authority. Equipment used to monitor fluoride levels in the water supplied to customers has been mounted and plumbed, Project Manager Bob Harrington told the authority’s board at Wednesday’s monthly […]
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Johnstown: Water fluoridation ends next month
Note from FAN: The decision to end fluoridation was made in July 2017 in the Greater Johnston Water Authority – an area with over 52,000 residents. Customers of the Greater Johnstown Water Authority will soon no longer have fluoride on tap. Notices were recently mailed to area residents alerting them that fluoridation will be discontinued […]
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Meadville water authority buys fluoride analyzers from Franklin
VERNON TOWNSHIP — One northwestern Pennsylvania city’s loss of fluoride is another’s gain. Meadville Area Water Authority board members approved the purchase of two fluoride analyzers and fluoride reagent from the city of Franklin’s General Authority at the monthly meeting Wednesday. “We need to purchase these as part of our fluoride system,” Project Manager Bob […]
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Franklin General Authority: Fluoride grant plan moves ahead
The Franklin General Authority is moving forward with its fluoride mini-grant program following the termination of fluoridation services citywide in June. Authority chair Anne Rudegeair presented the targeted mini-grant idea at the board’s Tuesday meeting. Various organizations including, daycare centers and churches could apply for grant funds of up to $1,000 per nonprofit organization… *A […]
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Greencastle school district ends voluntary fluoride program
GREENCASTLE, Pa. — A longstanding program of providing fluoride tablets to elementary school students whose parents request it has ended in the Greencastle-Antrim School District. Bob Crider, the district’s chief education officer, said the decision was a matter of supply and cost, as well as concern about overapplication of the mineral in young children. Discontinuing […]
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