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Minnesota. Part 1: The science
3M’s announcement in 2000 that it was phasing out its popular Scotchgard product led to a major investigation by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. The anti-stain spray contained chemicals toxic to lab animals. The chemicals had also turned up in the blood of 3M workers, though the company said its employees were not harmed. On […]
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Fluoride measure advances in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — A House panel approved a bill that would require major Oregon cities to fluoridate their water unless they lack the money to pay for the defense against tooth decay. The measure backed yesterday by the House Water Committee prohibits water suppliers from charging their customers or taxpayers for the fluoridation. There’s also […]
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Fluoride bill has no effect on cities in the mid-valley
Mid-valley cities would not be affected by a water fluoridation bill that cleared a hurdle in the Oregon House on Wednesday. The bill, HB 2025, would require cities with a population of 10,000 or more to add fluoride to their water supplies. Albany, Sweet Home and Corvallis have fluoridated their water for decades, and Lebanon […]
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Fluoride bill gains support
SALEM — A bill requiring fluoride treatment in all drinking water systems that serve more than 10,000 people passed by a unanimous vote Wednesday in the House Water Committee. Even if the Legislature OKs the bill, there’s a catch. Because the legislation does not provide funding to purchase and install treatment equipment, and prohibits suppliers […]
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Beattie to demand fluoride in water
QUEENSLAND is poised to join the rest of the nation in embracing water fluoridation, ending a 30-year political stalemate that has left its children with Australia’s highest dental-cavity rates. A draft cabinet submission obtained by The Australian reveals the Beattie Government is preparing to force local councils to add flouride to urban and rural water […]
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Bill Would Mandate Fluoride In Drinking Water
LINCOLN, Neb. — All Nebraska cities and towns with more than 1,000 residents would be required to fluoridate their water under a bill before a legislative committee Wednesday. The goal is to reduce tooth decay. Less teeth decay also could lower dental costs paid annually by Medicaid, the state’s health insurance program for the poor […]
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Minnesota: Part 5: The future
St. Paul, Minn. — DuPont continues to produce PFOA at its plant in West Virginia. In Decatur, Alabama, Dyneon, a subsidiary of 3M, reported to the EPA it continues to use small amounts of PFOA in certain products. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now added PFOS and PFOA to its chemical surveillance […]
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Minnesota: Part 2: The neighbors
St. Paul, Minn. — Before there was an MPCA or even a Superfund cleanup program, people who lived near 3M’s Cottage Grove plant and its nearby Woodbury landfill had questions. Susan Berndt’s family has lived in the area since before the Civil War. In the 1960s, neighbors and businesses dumped their trash in the woods […]
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Rifle seeks input on fluoridating water
Too much of a good thing may be bad for your health. That’s what the city of Rifle is thinking as it mulls over whether to continue to add fluoride into the city’s water supply. “We’ve put fluoride in the water for years,” said public works director Bill Sappington. “Fluoride is a naturally occurring substance, […]
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Feeling strongly about flouride
BARRINGTON – Naomi N. Malik, 30, shares both a home and an office with her husband, Michael. Both are chiropractors and met at a college in Iowa. Years of medical training also helped Ms. Malik investigate a possible health risk that has been given little thought by most people in the past five decades: fluoride […]
United States, Rhode Island