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County plans to pipe water into Pioneertown
The environmental impacts of a proposal to supply water to this community’s 114 water customers was discussed at a Pioneertown Property Owners Association meeting at the church on Mane Street April 7. Guest speaker Jim Oravets, San Bernardino County engineering manager, began his presentation by outlining the well-known challenges this community has with its water […]
United States, California -
Gippsland to hold water fluoridation meetings
The Department of Human Services is holding information sessions next week on the introduction of fluoride to East Gippsland’s water supplies. The news has already prompted an angry response from the anti-fluoridation lobby. The state’s chief health officer, Dr John Carnie, says the move will improve people’s dental health. East Gippsland Water’s general manager, Les […]
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Despite voters favoring it, Poynette board decides against fluoride
POYNETTE — The water here will remain without fluoride. Despite voters favoring by more than a 2-to-1 margin in last week’s election putting fluoride back in the water, the Poynette Village Board voted 3-2 on Monday to keep fluoride out of municipal drinking water. Village Board member Dave Branish said he voted against the referendum […]
United States, Wisconsin -
Poynette: Board votes against fluoridating water
Fluoridation of Poynette’s drinking water will have to wait. The Poynette Village Board Monday night voted 3-2 not to refluoridate the village’s drinking water. The board voted 6-0 in July to no longer fluoridate the village’s water supply. Trustees Dave Branish, Kevin Marquardt and Jenny Van Schoyck Teeter voted in favor of Monday’s motion, while […]
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Pasco debates state grant for water fluoridation
Pasco’s plans to build a new water treatment plant later this year has officially reopened the debate over an age-old controversy — to fluoridate or not to fluoridate the city’s water. “It looks like in the ’40s and ’50s, there was a high degree of argument in favor of fluoridation in water,” Councilman Bob Hoffmann […]
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Calgary. Fluoride: let the people decide
Council should put the fluoride debate to the test and let the people spit out a decision as to whether it should remain in the city’s drinking water. This raging debate could be settled if Ald. Druh Farrell’s call for another plebiscite is carried. True, holding a third plebiscite in 20 years is tough for […]
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Doctors ‘struggling to cope’ with upsurge in hip fractures
Doctors at Dublin’s Mater hospital say a national strategy is needed to cope with the burden that hip fractures will place on the health system as Ireland’s population ages and life expectancy increases. They predict a doubling in the annual number of hip fractures in less than 20 years, and warn that facilities are struggling […]
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Chuckatuck; New water plant will remove fluoride
For months, crews have been working to finish an expansion on the G. Robert House Water Treatment Plant in Chuckatuck. The work, which includes new water treatment equipment, generators, fuel storage tanks, chemical storage and other facilities, all will help increase the capacity of the plant, which converts groundwater and surface water into water usable […]
United States, Virginia -
Thousands sign petition against fluoride in Southampton’s water
MORE than 3,000 people have already signed a petition calling for plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s water to be overturned. Campaigners say they have been delighted with the public response to their bid to stop the chemical being added to the tap water of nearly 200,000 Hampshire residents. They have also been boosted by a U-turn […]
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Bolton, Conn. Manufacturer Settles for Failure to Report Chemical Inventories
(Boston, Mass. – April 10, 2009) – EPA recently settled its claims against Simoniz USA, Inc. for violations of the Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and violations of the Clean Air Act. Simoniz manufactures vehicle cleaning products at its facility in Bolton, Conn. Last September, EPA filed an administrative complaint alleging that Simoniz, because […]
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