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Los Altos explores water fluoridation
Although discussion is preliminary, Los Altos could begin fluoridating its water supply, provided city officials resolve funding, engineering and logistics issues. According to city officials, it could cost several million dollars to do so – an amount that needs to come from outside sources. “This is the first time the issue’s come up in Los […]
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Global Fluorspar Market to Reach 5.2 Million Metric Tons by 2015
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Fluorspar markets. The global market for Fluorspar is forecast to reach 5.2 million metric tons by the year 2015. Aluminum fluoride markets are likely to spur demand for fluorspar in the coming few years. Demand for fluorspar in other areas such as aluminum smelters and […]
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New plea to add fluoride to water
DENTAL experts have reignited the controversy over fluoride by calling on ministers to add it to Scotland’s water supplies to tackle “unacceptably poor” oral health. Latest figures show progress has been made, but more than 50 per cent of primary seven children north of the Border are suffering tooth decay. Andrew Lamb, director for Scotland […]
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Karnataka: ‘Drinking water not safe in state’
BANGALORE: An ongoing study has revealed that more than 30 per cent people in the state are consuming non-potable or chemically contaminated water, putting their health at risk. In many areas, fluoride content is more than five times the permissible limit. This causes fluorosis, which weakens the bones and cripples the person. Likewise, water in […]
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NYC. Vallone: Better safe than sorry
Astoria: Re “Something in the water” (editorial, Dec. 29): There is a growing body of evidence that fluoride does more harm than good. One need only do a modicum of research to find many anti-fluoride studies. Most recently, a study published by the National Institute of Environmental Health linked fluoride in water – at levels […]
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Minnesota gets after 3M to pay for cleanup
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed suit against the 3M Co. on Thursday, demanding that it pay the cleanup costs for decades of pollution caused by chemicals that have leached into the Mississippi River and the drinking water of communities across the east-metro area. “The company caused damage to the environment,” Swanson said. “We are […]
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Port Angeles: Fluoride foes consider next move after second denial from Supreme Court
Anti-fluoride activists are down but not out. The attorney representing Clallam County residents seeking to stop fluoridation of Port Angeles’ drinking water said they are considering taking legal action against the city after the state Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not reconsider an earlier ruling that sided with City Hall. The Sept. 23 […]
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Consumers’ Association of Penang: Stop fluoridation of M’sian, Sabah water supply
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned that water fluoridation is to be re-introduced into Sabah’s public water supply next year as reported in the Bernama dated Dec 28, 2010. Water fluoridation was discontinued in 1989 by the then Sabah government which feared that inadequate supervision in the process of adding fluoride to the […]
Malaysia -
Gov. Christie attacked New Jersey’s environment as much as NJEA
Governor Chris Christie is dismantling 30 years of environmental protections through a series of budget cuts, Executive Orders, Red Tape reviews, transition reports, privatizations, and DEP reorganization. He has become a climate skeptic, (would) repeal the Highlands Act, eliminating programs and cutting substantial funding for initiatives dealing with greenhouse gases and climate change. The only […]
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DuPont to pay $3.3 million for toxic reporting violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $3.3 million in fines to resolve dozens of violations of a federal law that requires companies to report to regulators new information about the potential dangers of toxic chemicals. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency apparently reached the settlement with DuPont in September, but the deal was […]
Perfluorinated chemicals