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Fluoride In Sidney’s Water? You Decide On Election Day
SIDNEY – One may not think that adding fluoride into the public water system would cause such controversy, but implementing this additive is a reoccurring issue that Sidney residents can address on the Nov. 4 ballot. Since fluoridation is now a state mandate, communities must vote in order to opt out. While some advocate that […]
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Commentary: Fluoride poses hidden danger to citizens’ health
State law will now force Lafayette to add the poisonous chemical fluoride to our water system unless we act quickly and aggressively. Fluoride is a very toxic industrial waste that ordinarily would be costly to dispose of. Although not an expert, I do read what experts have said in recent reports. Please use Google to […]
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Your fluoride views will be listened to
THE first of three Question Time-style events on water fluoridation for Southampton will take place on Monday. As the fluoride debate gathers pace in the city, the public will get a chance to quiz dental professionals, health bosses and anti-fluoride campaigners on the issue. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) wants to add extra fluoride […]
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Lawsuit filed on well permits
PRINCESS ANNE –After a four-year wait for approval on two wells in Westover, the Somerset County Sanitary Commission filed a lawsuit against the state Department of the Environment in an attempt to get the necessary permits. he lawsuit — filed Thursday morning in Somerset County Circuit Court — seeks the permits for the wells in […]
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Many Neb. voters to decide on fluoride in water
OMAHA, Neb. – Voters in at least 61 Nebraska communities will decide Nov. 4 whether they want fluoride added to their water supplies, the result of a new state law that requires cities to opt out if they don’t want the chemical. Although fluoride has been shown to prevent tooth decay, some people believe the […]
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W.Va. residents appeal denial of class-action suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A group of Parkersburg residents is asking a federal appeals court for permission to pursue its effort to collectively press a water contamination lawsuit against DuPont. Thousands of Parkersburg residents want to sue DuPont as a group, claiming the city’s water was contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA or C8. […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel checks out elevated cholesterol levels
Participants in the C8 Health Project with higher levels of the chemical in their blood also had higher cholesterol levels, the C8 Science Panel reported Wednesday. The panel also said median C8 levels for health project participants averaged 28 parts per billion, compared to U.S. population levels of 5 ppb. No relation was found between […]
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Revelation jeopardizes support for refinery expansion
Late revelations that a controversial chemical is being used at the Big West refinery without it being reported to the county may have cost the facility’s expansion proposal hard-won community support at a critical moment. County Supervisor Mike Maggard said Thursday he was struggling to trust the company after it revealed hydrofluoric acid has been […]
United States, California Oil Refineries -
Big West Asks Lifting of Ban on HF Gas
Officials of the Big West Co., who agreed to prohibit the use of hydrofluoric acid their Rosedale Highway refinery, have asked the county to allow the use of the acid during routine maintenance. The use of HF acid in the refining process was a major controversy when Big West proposed doubling production at the Flying […]
United States, California Oil Refineries -
Bay Point could get tapped with higher water bills again
Bay Point residents may soon have to reach deeper into their pockets to pay monthly water bills if they want fluoridated water. As a condition of allowing Golden State Water Co. to raise water rates by 6.18 percent to improve service quality earlier this year, the state Public Utilities Commission stipulated that the private water […]
United States, California