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Main hazards of nuclear power plants in Canada, US, France & UK
As with nuclear power plants, fuel cycle facilities, including conversion (see also pp. 26-30), enrichment (see also pp. 32-36), fuel fabrication and reprocessing plants, have conducted safety reviews in response to the Fukushima accident. The safety reviews consider the capability of facilities to withstand extreme events (such as earthquakes or flooding) and their emergency response […]
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Opinion: Fluoride Propaganda by First Five of Sacramento
Image by: First Five are you getting fluoride? In a recent “Oral Health Begins At Birth” ad, First Five of Sacramento used disinformation to promote water fluoridation. The eight page ad was seen in the mid-August 2012 Sacramento News & Review. First Five was born out of Prop 10, using tax on tobacco to fund […]
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Portland: Fluoride fighters face uphill battle in fight to get issue on ballot
Portland may be the country’s last large city to fill its cup with fluoridated water, but it’s not the first to draw the angst of residents fearful of the now common practice. The debate between dental health advocates trying to decrease tooth decay and residents leery of exposure to fluoride keeps surfacing, as cities join the fluoridation trend that started more than 60 years ago. As Portlanders take […]
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Santa Fe: Councilors no longer plan to put fluoride issue up to vote
A group of Santa Fe city councilors who said they want voters to decide whether the city should add fluoride to drinking water no longer plans to put the issue on a ballot, Councilor Bill Dimas said Tuesday. But it’s still not clear what the next step in the city’s decision-making process will be. The […]
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Thunder Bay: Dangerous chemicals contained, says airport president
The president and CEO of Thunder Bay International Airports Authority says dangerous chemical once used as a fire retardant has been contained on airport property. Scott McFadden said perfluorooctane sulfonate hasn’t been used since the TBIAA took over management of the facility in 1997. However, the chemical, also known as PFOS, was once used by […]
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Seward: Council members seeking compromise on fluoride
The addition of fluoride to Seward’s water supply was not imminent since we had no cost estimates or engineering, but the issue has arisen due to the election. Fluoride has proponents and opponents, both very passionate about their positions on the issue. To me it is not about who is right or who is wrong. […]
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Wichita: Anti-fluoridation group seeks debate opponent
An anti-fluoridation group said Monday that it’s planning to be part of a televised debate about fluoride on public television in October and is looking for two people to debate on the pro-fluoridation side. The group, Pure Water for Wichita, challenged the pro-fluoridation group Wichitans for Healthy Teeth to a televised debate in August. Don […]
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Natural fluorine provokes reaction
“Cuddle a chemist and see the reaction.” That’s a little chemistry joke that has been around for longer than I have. For chemistry is all about chemical reactions. We mix two or more substances together (we call these reactants), and they react to give new substances called products. Reactants and products are often distinctly different […]
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Cadillac: Council to discuss fluoride grant
The city of Cadillac has a simple theory when it comes to injecting fluoride into city water. If the citizens desire it, then they just have to say so. In the past, the citizens have simply said “no” through the medium of four citywide votes. The last, in April of 1977, was turned down by […]
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What Venus has taught us about protecting the ozone layer
SAVING THE OZONE: Part six in our series exploring the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – dubbed “the world’s most successful environmental agreement” – looks at the atmosphere of Venus and what it means for us on earth. In June 2012, Venus passed in front of the Sun. This won’t happen […]
Greenhouse/Ozone Gases