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Minnesota: In 3M case, judge says PFCs don’t qualify as a nuisance
An enormous lawsuit over water is getting smaller. In a ruling Friday, a judge limited a lawsuit charging that chemicals manufactured by the 3M Co. polluted water and hurt Washington County homeowners. Washington County District Judge Mary Hannon ruled the chemicals — PFCs, or perfluorochemicals — found in drinking water cannot legally be considered a […]
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Plattsburgh: Group Asks City To Remove Fluoride From Water
Representatives from the Fluoride Action Network asked Plattsburgh city councilors Thursday to take fluoride out of the city drinking water. Network representative Paul Connett said fluoride is to blame for long list of of health problems, and he wants it removed from the water. “Fluoride also has other things like lead in it”, said Connett […]
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Staunton: Resident voices concern over fluorine in water
STAUNTON — A local resident called on city officials Thursday to halt fluoridation of the city’s drinking water. Resident Ken Case, speaking during the City Council meeting, disagreed with state officials and the American Dental Association that small amounts of fluorine in drinking water is beneficial and argued that the city, at least temporary, stop […]
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Plattsburgh: Fluoride furor
A discussion over the use of fluoride in the City of Plattsburgh’s drinking water turned loud Thursday night. Dr. Paul Connett, an opponent of fluoride in municipal drinking water systems, and Dr. Robert Heins, a local dentist, got into a face-to-face argument in the rotunda of City Hall following Connett’s 45-minute presentation to the Common […]
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Warrnambool. Neoh passes fluoride buck: Heat laid on water board
ANOTHER hand grenade has been thrown into the fluoridation war with Warrnambool’s mayor calling for Wannon Water to explain safety implications. Cr Michael Neoh said fluoridation critics had long blamed the city council, but the water authority had been left off the hook despite it having a direct involvement in adding fluoride to the city […]
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EPA, duPONT agree to lower limit of PFOA in drinking water near W. VA. plant
CHICAGO (March 12, 2009) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a consent order to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. that sets a new action level for PFOA – also known as perfluorooctanoic acid, or C-8 – in drinking water for communities surrounding the company’s Washington Works facility in Parkersburg, W. Va. The […]
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New greenhouse gas discovered: Sulfuryl fluoride, 4800x worse than CO2
Chicago (IL) – A team of international researchers have discovered that Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas typically utilized in the repellant and control of insects, actually has an impact on global warming and is most definitely considered a greenhouse gas. In fact, though most are familiar with carbon dioxide (CO2) the effect of Sulfuryl flouride on […]
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Plattsburgh: City councilors will listen to fluoride opponent
City of Plattsburgh councilors will listen to opponents of fluoridated water at a special work session today. Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Network in St. Lawrence County will speak to councilors at 4 p.m. at City Hall. Connett’s presentation comes a week after councilors heard from local dentists and health officials in support of […]
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Kolar: State fails to provide maintenance for de-fluoridation programs
Title: Bringing the state back in Excerpt: … Just in the past two weeks of travel, from the dusty villages of Bagepalli in Kolar district, to the grimy streets of municipal Kolkata, I have seen, all over again, just how callous and neglectful the state has become in the provisioning of public services, and how […]
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Warrumbungle residents to be quizzed on fluoride
Residents in the six towns of the Warrumbungle Shire will be surveyed about plans to introduce fluoride into their water supplies. Submissions on the controversial proposal were due to close last week, but the local council has extended the deadline until June 5. Council general manager Bob Geraghty says about 60 comments have been received […]
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