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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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Dumping Acidic Water In Gulf Is Best Of Dismal Alternatives
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection proposes an unusual way to deal with a grave pollution threat to Tampa Bay. It wants to discharge nutrient-laced water into the Gulf of Mexico. The agency is seeking emergency approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its plan to get rid of the 600 million gallons of […]
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Canton Stops Fluoridation – Spurred by College Faculty, Staff & Students
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Village trustees voted, on February 18, 2003, to halt fluoridation in Canton, New York. One hundred and thirty faculty and staff members of Canton’s St. Lawrence University and 300 students petitioned the village trustees to ban fluoride from its water supply, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
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Mandatory Fluoridation Bill Introduced
LINCOLN — One state senator wants to help balance the state budget by using chemicals. As lawmakers wrestle with a $673 million budget shortfall, Sen. Jim Jensen of Omaha is proposing that all Nebraska cities and towns with more than 1,000 residents be required to fluoridate their water. The hope is that fluoridating water in […]
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Port Angeles has `lots of work’ before developing fluoridation timeline
PORT ANGELES — City officials have to develop a timeline for installation of a water fluoridation system. “There’s lots of work to be done before awarding the contract and fluoridating the water,” Public Works Director Glenn Cutler said Wednesday. Cutler’s comments came a day after the City Council voted 6-1 to accept a Washington Dental […]
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Independence council backs public vote on fluoride issue
Independence residents are likely to have their say on fluoride in November. The City Council decided Tuesday night to place on the Nov. 4 ballot the question of raising the fluoride level in the city’s water. “We are elected to represent the majority,” Mayor Ron Stewart said. The council was prepared to hear the first […]
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Canton rids its tap water of fluoride
CANTON – The village Board of Trustees turned the taps off Monday on fluoridation of the water supply. The 3-1 decision caps months of public discussion and private research on whether it was in the best interest of village residents to have fluoridated water, which is widely used to fight dental decay but suspected of […]
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Victory in Canton
Dear All, Raise your glasses. Tonight we stopped fluoridation in Canton, NY, our home town. The Village Trustees voted 3 to 1, with the Mayor abstaining, to halt fluoridation. The fluoridation was discontinued in July, 2001 for technical reasons – the equipment needed replacing. This provided us a window of opportunity to halt fluoridation permanently, […]
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INTERNAL WARNINGS: Industry memos show DUPONT knew for decades that a chemical used to make Teflon is polluting workers and neighbors
LITTLE HOCKING, Ohio — Kenny Taggart always volunteered for blood drives at the DuPont plant across the Ohio River, where he spent most of his adult life mixing chemicals used to make Teflon anti-stick coatings. When Taggart stopped by the plant’s medical office in the early 1980s to offer another pint, the nurse shook her […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
Port Angeles, Washington considers grant for water fluoridation
Should Port Angeles fluoridate its water? That’s the question that will be debated before the City Council in a public hearing Tuesday. The hearing could be followed by a vote by the council members on whether to fluoridate. More than 162 million Americans have fluoridated water, while around 82 million do not. Battles over the […]
United States, Washington State