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Fluoride Vote Renews 34-Year Issue in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Reviving a bitter 34-year debate, the City Council has ordered a November special election to decide whether fluoride finally should be added to the city’s drinking water to promote dental health. For proponents, it could be another tough sell for an idea twice rejected by San Antonio voters. “It is truly a […]
United States, Texas -
Fluoride Accident in South Carolina Water Plant Creates “20,000 Gallon-Acidic Mess”
A chemical reaction caused a storage tank to burst Wednesday at the Hanahan Water Treatment Plant, leaving 350,000 area residents without fluoride in their drinking water for at least the next few weeks, a Charleston Commissioners of Public Works official said. The incident happened after a worker accidentally put the wrong chemical in the fluoride […]
United States, South Carolina -
S.R. Traffic Service fined for exporting potassium fluoride to Mexico without valid license
On August 3, 2000, the Commerce Department imposed a $10,000 civil penalty on Texas-based S.R. Traffic Service for alleged exports of U.S.-origin potassium fluoride from the United States to Mexico without the proper export licenses. Potassium fluoride is controlled for export by multilateral agreement with the 30-nation Australia Group of chemical producers because, in addition […]
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Tajik Aluminum – Environmental Disaster in Central Asia
Condensed text: The whole world knows about the tragedy of the Aral Sea, the unhealing wound of Uzbekistan. . . . This disaster has now been joined by a new one, this time in the southern part of the republic. Years ago the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TAZ) was built near Tajikistan’s border with Uzbekistan. . […]
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Napier shuns King’s fluoridation call
NAPIER’S water supply — described yesterday as the best in New Zealand — is to stay unfluoridated. The city council’s policy and regulatory committee considered fluoridation yesterday in response to a letter from Health Minister Annette King. Mrs King wrote that the lack of added fluoride in Napier, Taradale and Bayview was “causing significant detrimental […]
New Zealand -
Potent New Greenhouse Gas Discovered
MAINZ, Germany, July 31, 2000 (ENS) – Researchers from seven institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States have detected a previously unreported compound of industrial origin in the atmosphere – trifluoromethyl sulphur pentafluoride (SF5CF3). It is considered the most potent greenhouse gas measured to date. There is no doubt that the new […]
Greenhouse/Ozone Gases -
New Greenhouse Gas Identified, Potent and Rare (but Expanding)
Scientists have found rising concentrations of a newly identified gas in the air that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases, the dozens of compounds released by industry and the burning of fuels that act like a greenhouse roof and may be warming the global climate. The synthetic gas is extremely rare, […]
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Fluoride vote on Davis ballot
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Davis County voters will decide whether their drinking water will be fluoridated. The Davis County Commission has approved a resolution placing on the Nov. 7 ballot the specific question, “Should fluorine be added to the public water supplies within Davis County?” For several years public health officials have been pressing to […]
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Greens Claim London Anti-Fluoridation Announcement a Victory for Whole Country
The Green Party today claims a victory in Britain’s battle against Tony Blair’s plan for compulsory fluoridation, as London Mayor Ken Livingstone sides with the Greens to oppose the fluoridation of London’s drinking water. Mr Livingstone came off the fence publicly for the first time today in an answer during Mayor’s question time. The Green […]
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Doctors join anti-fluoride campaign
LOCAL citizen’s groups, Sligo Action Against Fluoride (S.A.A.F.) have said that opposition to fluoridation is mounting and revealed that some medical doctors have now joined the anti-fluoride campaign and stated their total opposition to compulsory fluoridation. Dr. Liz Cullen, Co-Chairperson, Irish Doctor’s Environmental Association (IDEA) together with other members has said: “The practice of adding […]
Ireland