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Port Hope: UF6 production to resume
The Port Hope conversion facility is getting geared up to resume production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) after an HF supplier was located. Cameco has signed a new contract with its historic supplier of hydrofluoric acid (HF) under terms that are mutually beneficial to both parties. HF is a primary feed material for the production of […]
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Brisbane: Bligh investigates fluoride blunders
South-East Queensland’s new water fluoridation system will be investigated after drinking water supply blunders. Up to 20 times the allowable fluoride doses were added to the water, supplying about 4,000 homes in Brisbane’s north, the state government revealed last week . The agency responsible for fluoridation, SEQWater, has also reported six of its water treatment […]
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Brisbane: SEQWater puts too little fluoride in water supply
FIRST SEQWater overdosed southeast Queensland’s water supply with fluoride, and now it has been discovered it is not putting enough in. Still smarting from last week’s embarrassing revelations that up to 20 times the allowable fluoride doses had been added to the water supply to about 4000 homes, State Government authorities have now admitted that […]
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Washoe County: Fluoride bill will go to voters
The bill that would fluoridate domestic water in Washoe County was approved by the Senate Finance committee Monday. It won committee support after amending SB311 to provide for an advisory vote of the people in Washoe County. The advisory vote, however, comes after the Truckee Meadows Water Authority implements the fluoridation program. Fluoride in the […]
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East Baton Rouge Parish: Water fluoridation delayed due to lack of state funding
Despite a Louisiana law passed last year mandating fluoridation of public water systems, it’s not likely to happen in East Baton Rouge Parish in the near future, officials say. As part of the law, the state is required to find money to pay for the equipment needed to switch over un-fluoridated water systems. For East […]
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Brisbane: Residents who drank water with high levels of fluoride given wrong date
THE Bligh Government’s handling of the fluoride overdose was in disarray last night after it admitted it got the date wrong about when the bungle occurred. The Government has admitted residents should have been told they may have drunk water with 20 times the allowable amount of fluoride on May 2 – not May 1 […]
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Brisbane: Fluoride overdose a triple failure
UP to three safeguard systems failed at the Brisbane water-treatment plant that released drinking water to residents with fluoride levels that were 20 times the legal limit. The revelation came as the Queensland Government yesterday sent apology letters to the 4000 people in northern Brisbane whose water was dosed with 30 milligrams of fluoride per […]
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Sources of arsenic and fluoride in highly contaminated soils causing groundwater contamination in Punjab, Pakistan.
Abstract Highly contaminated groundwater, with arsenic (As) and fluoride (F(-)) concentrations of up to 2.4 and 22.8 mg/L, respectively, has been traced to anthropogenic inputs to the soil. In the present study, samples collected from the soil surface and sediments from the most heavily polluted area of Punjab were analyzed to determine the F(-) and […]
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Washington State: Areva celebrates 40 years in Richland with tour
RICHLAND — Bill Bazemore and Don Pederson began working at Areva 37 years ago in the nuclear fuel manufacturing company’s chemical processing unit. Nearly four decades later, the pair still share similar responsibilities — now in Areva’s maintenance department where they control air flow, ventilation and heating. “It’s been a good place to work,” Bazemore […]
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Dental funding needs a filling in Wisconsin
[NOTE FROM FAN: According to Oral Health in Wisconsin: A Fact Sheet: “In Wisconsin, 90% of the population on public water receives fluoridated water.”] Wisconsin can’t smile about its dental care for kids. Nearly one in five school children has untreated tooth decay, a 2008 state survey suggests. And that contributes to more than just […]
United States, Wisconsin