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Private donors commit $1.35 million toward fluoride start-up costs in Wichita
The pro-fluoride group Wichitans for Healthy Teeth said Friday it has received commitments from private donors for $1.35 million for start-up costs of adding fluoride to Wichita’s water supply should voters approve that measure on Nov. 6. That‘s a little more than halfway toward the group’s goal of covering most, if not all, of the […]
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Audit finds Gilbert water in compliance
An external audit of Gilbert’s water-treatment operations — ordered by the Town Council in the wake of a controversial fluoridation stoppage — has found the town complies with federal law but needs better training, staffing and communication. Colorado-based CH2M HILL Engineers presented its findings at Tuesday’s council study session, about six weeks after the company […]
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Hamilton: Feds to begin new study of firefighting pollutants
The federal government is ramping up research into the same kind of historic firefighting pollution it refuses to help clean up at the Hamilton airport. Environment Canada is about to begin a feasibility study of remediation technologies that could be used on federal properties contaminated by chemicals such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a now-banned ingredient […]
Canada, Ontario Perfluorinated chemicals -
Welcome to Kochworld
To see how the Koch brothers’ free-market industry utopia operates, look no further than Corpus Christi, Texas, where the billionaires own two oil refineries. Until her son got sick, Latricia Jones never thought much about the air she breathes or who was polluting it. At 31, she’d spent nearly her entire life in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest […]
United States, Texas Oil Refineries -
Bundaberg: Council fights on against fluoride
BUNDABERG Regional Council is still holding on to the hope it will not be forced to fluoridate its drinking water. The State Government is pushing ahead with the previous government’s policy of forcing councils across Queensland to fluoridate their water. The council had hoped to receive and exemption after talks with the LNP before the […]
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Red Deer: Great fluoride debate
Little else gets people as wound up as the debate over fluoride in the City’s drinking water. Those on both sides of the issue have plenty of information on hand to provide their case, which leaves many wondering what indeed is the best direction for the City to take in this matter. Fluoride has long […]
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Wichita: Fluoride signs popping up all over Wichita
It’s one of the big issues on the November ballot in Wichita and many are now showing what side they’re on. The issue is whether to fluoridate Wichita’s water. Pro and anti-fluoride signs are all over town making their decision public. “I’m allergic to fluoride. I’m sure I’m the only one in this town and […]
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Fluorine pollution in East Iceland within limits
Data submitted to the Food and Veterinarian Authority (MAST) by Alcoa Fjarðaál in the East Fjords indicates that the quantity of fluorine in hay in Reyðarfjörður was in all instances below the maximum limit. In two samples out of 17, the quantity of fluorine proved above the limit for milking cows, Fréttablaðið reports. However, these […]
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Stans Energy Improves Historical Rare Earth Cracking Process for Kutessay II
Kutessay II is the only past-producing Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs) mine in the world outside of China. Stans Energy owns a 20-year mining licence for the property located in Kyrgyzstan in the former Soviet Union. Reference TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Robert Mackay, President and CEO of Stans Energy Corp. (TSX-V: HRE, OTCQX: HREEF), (“Stans” or the […]
Russia Mining Industry -
Fluorspar for investors
Since 2001 Industrial Minerals’ annual Fluorspar Conference has been touring the globe, bringing together producers and consumers of this widely used but apparently obscure commodity. What might distinguish this year’s Vancouver event, however, was the October 22 pre-conference workshop, which attracted over 200 potential investors. As the keynote speakers explained, fluorspar now tops the list […]
Canada, National Mining Industry