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Cleanup resumes at Paducah plant
PADUCAH, Ky. – A broken baler has been fixed and the cleanup of “drum mountain” has resumed at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. “Drum Mountain” is the nickname for a massive pile of discarded and rusting drums once used to store depleted uranium tetra-fluoride at the plant. Officials think they are a major source of […]
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Proposed Cyanide, Fluoride Standards for Aluminum Production Waste Published
A tighter treatment standard for cyanide and a reinstated standard for fluoride are included in a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule on aluminum waste set for publication July 12. The agency said it is not proposing to require the use of any particular treatment technology to achieve the standards, which reflect the levels achieved by […]
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Smith running for reelection two years early
HOLLIS – Though it is two years until he is up for reelection, Sen. Bob Smith is already campaigning. Last night at a home in Hollis, Smith met with his supporters and a group of fluoridation opponents. Smith said he had been at it all day, visiting towns along the Connecticut River, spreading the word […]
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U.S. Senate Hears Protective Measures for Fluoride are Insufficient
Amidst all of the hurry and scurry of Congress attempting to wind legislative activity down before the Fourth of July break, on June 29, 2000 in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water, witnesses testified that the level of fluoride allowed in the public water supply […]
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Opponents of water fluoridation take grievances to Washington
CONCORD (AP) ? Fluoridating drinking water was a hot issue in the 1950s, when some considered it a communist plot. Now, the critics are back, this time citing health concerns. Rather than helping to prevent dental decay, fluoride is poisoning them slowly, harming bones and hindering brain development, they claim. Last week, the critics got […]
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Critics of fluoridating drinking water greet Sen. Bob Smith’s initiative
While many people consider fluoridation one of the greatest public-health success stories of the 20th century, a growing camp of scientists, dentists and activists asserts that the United States has a large-scale public-health disaster on its hands. And last week, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Smith, R-N.H., called a senior employee of the Environmental Protection Agency […]
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Interview with EPA’s Dr. William Hirzy About Fluoride & Cancer
The following is an excerpt of Michael Connett’s interview with Dr. J. William Hirzy, Senior Vice President of EPA’s Headquarters Union in Washington DC. The interview took place on July 3, 2000, a couple days after Hirzy testified before the US Senate calling for an independent review of the tumor slides from the National Toxicology Program’s bioassay for fluoride. […]
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Fluoridation vote still up in air
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Advocates of water fluoridation say obstacles in some Utah counties to put the issue on the November ballot are being made up by opponents. However, officials in Weber, Utah and Davis counties say water districts overlap county lines, and that could make the proposed vote invalid under language of legislation […]
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Fluoride only major item on Frostburg agenda
FROSTBURG — The decision to fluoridate Frostburg’s water system could come as early as Wednesday. All five members of the incoming mayor and council have publicly expressed their support of fluoridating the city’s water supply, and the group may vote on the issue shortly after being sworn in on Wednesday evening. “My intent is to […]
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Citizens Protest Re-Opening of Acid Plant
Citizens of Cd. Juárez protested against the reopening of Norfluor, a hydrofluoric acid plant that the municipal government ordered closed during May because of environmental and safety concerns. The protesters included local and international environmental groups, students, women, children and supporters of various political parties Ignacio Salvatori Ruiz, a representative of the company, considered the […]