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Fluoridation to begin in phosphate capital
BARTOW – The city is nearly ready to begin fluoridating its water. The fluoridation system is in and testing has gone without a hitch, said Ron Johnson, supervisor of the city’s water plant. The next step calls for the city to notify everyone on the water system about the change, which will take place during […]
United States, Florida -
Sultan to open fluoride spigot
SULTAN — The city will begin fluoridating its drinking water next month as it taps into Everett’s drinking-water supply. Sultan expects its growth will eventually exceed the amount of water that its own system can provide. During maximum summer usage, city businesses and residents use about 1.2 million gallons a day, all the city’s water […]
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Watsonville man files suit against state and county
Several weeks ago, after a Santa Cruz County Superior Court Commissioner decided Watsonville resident Nick Bulaich could not participate in the lawsuit that pits the city of Watsonville against the state Department of Health Services, Bulaich decided to take his issues over fluoridation elsewhere. Consider that done. Last Tuesday, Bulaich’s attorney, Gary Wesley filed papers […]
United States, California -
Coronet Testing Will Not Expand
PLANT CITY – Widespread testing of wells for pollution won’t be expanded beyond a quarter-mile radius of Coronet Industries, officials said Monday. With few exceptions, no more wells will be tested in the ongoing study of the health of residents near the phosphate processing plant, said Hillsborough County Health Department Director Doug Holt. Contaminated wells […]
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County will vote on fluoridation — once again
FARMINGTON — Those who think fluoride is a done deal should think again. On Thursday, Davis County commissioners approved a resolution which places the fluoride issue back on the 2004 ballot. Davis County voters approved placing fluoride in the water in the 2000 election, but the issue hasn’t been out of the limelight since, as […]
United States, Utah -
Davis will vote again on fluoridation
FARMINGTON — Fluoridated drinking water has floated back onto the ballot in Davis County. The same trio of county commissioners who allowed Davis County residents to vote for fluoride in public water systems in 2000, voted unanimously Tuesday to hold another vote on the matter in 2004. “The job before the commission today is not […]
United States, Utah -
Fluoride foe steps up fight
WATSONVILLE — After losing a battle to participate in a local lawsuit, the city’s foremost fluoride foe opened a new front in Sacramento Tuesday. Nick Bulaich, who spearheaded a successful ballot initiative last year that in effect banned fluoride from city water, filed suit against state and county health officials in Sacramento Superior Court for […]
United States, California -
Fluoridation may be back on ballot in Davis County
Another round of fluoride debates may be on tap in Davis County. Today, the Davis County Commission is expected to pass a resolution to put a fluoride question on the 2004 ballot. If approved, residents will vote on the issue four years after they originally agreed to allow the cavity-fighting mineral in their drinking water […]
United States, Utah -
DuPont’s troubled chemical
A little-known manmade chemical is found in the tissue of living things around the globe. It is in the flesh of dolphins and cormorants off the Italian coast. It is in 5 percent of the bread, green beans and ground beef sampled in supermarkets in southern states. It is in the blood of up to […]
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State Looks At Dangers Of Coronet Bankruptcy
TALLAHASSEE – Environmental regulators told state lawmakers Thursday that Coronet Industries Inc. is pledging its cooperation in an ongoing pollution investigation but that concern remains high over the company’s financial stability. If the phosphate processor were to abandon its Plant City production facility and declare bankruptcy, Florida taxpayers could be left with the estimated $45 […]
Phosphate Industry