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Says residents in no danger from fluoride emissions
Despite fluoride levels in the grass around an aluminium smelter being above the safe limit for three years in a row, residents in the area have been told they are in no danger. The Real Estate, Planning and Environmental Committee of Fjarðabyggð met with officials from The Environmental Agency of Iceland (UST) and the Icelandic […]
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Fluoride levels in East Iceland drop slightly
The levels of fluoride in grass in areas around the Alcoa aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, proved to be just below the guideline limit in the Environment Agency of Iceland’s third round of testing this summer. The pollution levels have dropped compared to the first two rounds of testing, when fluoride was found to […]
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High levels of fluorine in grass in East Iceland
The Environment Agency of Iceland had found that the level of fluorine in grass in the vicinity of the Alcoa aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, is 43.6 micrograms on average; considerably higher than the guideline limit of 40 micrograms. The testing was made in late June and the results are similar as in the […]
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Fluoride Levels In Sheep “Worrying”
Levels of fluoride in sheep being raised near an aluminium smelter are just under the “danger mark”, which an expert at the Environmental Agency says is cause for “worry”. RÚV reports that, according to a new report from an environmental study conducted by the Alcoa smelter in Reyðarfjörður, samples were taken from sheep on the […]
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High Levels Of Fluoride Still Around Aluminium Plant
Reyðarfjörður is still not rid of fluoride – much of it in grass that animals eat – being emitted from a nearby aluminium smelter. RÚV reports that continuing research around the Alcoa smelter has shown that there are still high levels of fluoride in grass and hay growing near the smelter. While levels are high, […]
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Smelter Failed To Supervise Emissions
The Environment Agency of Iceland (UST) believes aluminium company Alcoa failed to properly supervise its own emissions and, as a result, the agency will be asking for new readings from every heavy industry operation in the country. RÚV reports that the UST examined data from the Alcoa smelter in Reyðarfjörður, east Iceland, and found that […]
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Test results show no fluorine poisoning of farm animals
New test results indicate that farm animals in Reyðarfjörður in the East Fjords have not been affected by the failure of pollution control equipment at Alcoa aluminum smelter in October. As reported earlier, it was thought that there might be high levels of fluoride in hay at several farms nearby the smelter which could lead […]
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Fluorine pollution in East Iceland within limits
Data submitted to the Food and Veterinarian Authority (MAST) by Alcoa Fjarðaál in the East Fjords indicates that the quantity of fluorine in hay in Reyðarfjörður was in all instances below the maximum limit. In two samples out of 17, the quantity of fluorine proved above the limit for milking cows, Fréttablaðið reports. However, these […]
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High Levels of Fluoride Found in Hay in East Iceland
Hay grown in an area of Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, may have to be destroyed after having been contaminated by high levels of fluoride. The fluoride is thought to have been released from the nearby Alcoa aluminum smelter. According to ruv.is, the plant may release less fluoride per ton of aluminum produced than other plants in […]
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Hay may have been poisoned by smelter
It is possible that a large portion of the hay grown near the Fjarðarál aluminium smelter in Reyðarfjörður will be destroyed as poisonous, due to high levels of fluoride released from the smelter. Fluoride is an established emission that arises from aluminium smelters, although individual smelters have varying levels of limiting and evaluating how much […]
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