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Fluoride debate ‘finished’
The fluoride debate was effectively finished when Council considered the fluoride petition questions at the July 10 Extraordinary meeting submitted by a group of 73 petitioners in June. Cr Kerry Child successfully moved at the July 1 Ordinary meeting that the questions be answered by staff at the planned extraordinary meeting. Cr Child was hoping […]
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Weeping Water: Resolution to put fluoridation on Nov. 4 ballot
On June 30, 2008 city officials hosted a “Town Hall Meeting” at the Community Building to address the recently adopted LB245, which requires fluoridation of the human drinking water supply of any city and village with a population of one thousand or more persons, unless the city or village has sufficient amounts of naturally occurring […]
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Nature and Fluoride for All
Millions of Americans do not receive fluoridated water Sixty years after fluoridation was introduced into some public water systems, 30% of Americans still aren’t receiving fluoridated water. “This is a prima facie case of public health negligence,” Jeff Stier believes. Even some major cities — like San Diego, Portland, Honolulu, and Witchita — still don’t […]
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Westmoreland County: Alert system to warn of fluoride spill
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is preparing to implement an automated public notification system that would alert residents when there is a threat to their drinking water supplies. The notification process, which authority Manager Chris Kerr estimates could cost about $100,000 annually, will be required by the state Department of Environmental Protection for all […]
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Plaintiff amends fluoride lawsuit
The lawyer for citizen activist Linda King has filed an amendment to a lawsuit against South Blount County Utility District, now alleging the district’s Board of Directors did not provide a required 72-hours notice before voting to begin fluoridation. Attorney Thomas Mabry said his clients went ahead and amended the complaint because there had been […]
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Hamilton: Councillors chip away at fluoridation defenders
Fluoride will remain in Hamilton’s water supply at least until this fall. Hamilton’s Board of Health agreed this week to investigate alternative methods of delivering fluoridation to residents and how much each will cost taxpayers. And there was at least one councillor who suggested Hamilton hold a referendum on the issue in the 2010 municipal […]
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CDC: Community Water Fluoridation Now Reaches Nearly 70 percent of U.S. Population
Nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents who get water from community water systems now receive fluoridated water, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of the U.S. population receiving fluoridated water, about 184 million people, increased from 62.1 percent in 1992 to 69.2 percent in 2006, said the […]
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Westinghouse questioned about missing fuel (UF6)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission questioned Westinghouse Electric Co. officials Wednesday about nuclear material missing from its fuel-making plant in Columbia, S.C. An NRC enforcement meeting in Atlanta addressed the loss of 4.5 ounces of powdered uranium hexafluoride, also known as UF6. Westinghouse workers discovered on Feb. 11 that three five-gallon cans containing 16 sample vials […]
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BRIEF: Senate Bill Contains Area Projects’ Funds
The fiscal 2009 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill contains more than $300 million for nuclear and river projects in the Paducah region. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said he used his seniority on the Senate Appropriations Committee to direct funding for the projects. The committee is expected to approve the bill today. It will then go […]
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Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3): Calls to monitor potent greenhouse gas
A new study indicates that the environmental levels of nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), a powerful greenhouse gas, should be monitored. NF3 was missed out of the last Kyoto protocol in 1997 as it as it was only made in small amounts for niche markets such as rocket fuel and lasers. But since then use of the […]
Greenhouse/Ozone Gases