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Easton Utilities sends out fluoride level notices
Easton Utilities customers may have gotten notices recently warning of elevated levels of fluoride in Easton’s drinking water. Geoff Oxnam, vice president of operations at Easton Utilities, said elevated fluoride levels in Easton’s water isn’t anything “new or different” and said he remembers the notice being sent to Easton Utilities customers every year for the […]
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From Russian warheads to megawatts
Uranium reprocessed for fuel in U.S. power plants went through Baltimore’s port A flatbed truck pulled away from the port of Baltimore last week carrying uranium once packed into nuclear warheads aimed at the United States. The shipment, bound for a processing plant in Kentucky, marked the end of a 20-year collaboration to convert weapons-grade […]
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HOUSE BILL 901: Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study
By: Delegate Kipke Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2011 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Environment – Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water – Study FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department […]
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Chinese fluoride is a homeland security matter
The Pure Water Committee of Western Maryland Inc. was formed in 1960 as a grass roots network of citizens with a 50-year-old mission to educate the public of the complete fraud of the practice called water fluoridation. Recently, it has come to my attention in an engineering report for the city of Boulder, Colo., that […]
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Maryland: Hazardous waste dumping alleged at two county Metro stations
Federal prosecutors have filed charges against Metro for allegedly dumping hazardous waste into sewage systems at the Branch Avenue and New Carrollton rail yards — facilities where train cars are cleaned — in 2003. Metro officials confirmed that wastewater was discharged at both facilities into sewer systems, but the agency stopped the process in 2003, […]
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Somerset County: Permit issued for disputed wells
PRINCESS ANNE — After a five-year wait, state officials have issued a permit for two wells that had been the subject of a lawsuit scheduled to be heard next week in Circuit Court. A copy of the permit arrived by fax Thursday, an hour before the start of the Somerset County Sanitary Commission meeting. “They’re […]
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Somerset settles well permit issues
PRINCESS ANNE — State and Somerset County officials have “come to terms” on an issue that was further delaying the issuance of two well permits for the Princess Anne public water system. The permits now appear to be on the fast track to approval, said Robin Street, manager of the Somerset County Sanitary District. “This […]
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Somerset County: State to use stimulus funds for reverse osmosis plant to reduce fluoride levels
PRINCESS ANNE — A five-year battle over well permits for Princess Anne’s public water system ended Thursday when the Somerset County Sanitary District Commission approved cooperative agreements with three state agencies. “It’s been a long five years,” said Larry Tyler, chairman of the Sanitary Commission, after his board emerged from a 30-minute closed-door meeting and […]
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Snow Hill praised for adding fluoride to drinking water
SNOW HILL — The town is being recognized for adding fluoride to public drinking water. The Worcester County Health Department has issued a certificate of appreciation for the community’s program and the town’s commitment to oral hygiene. The mayor and council will accept the award at their August meeting tonight. About 93 percent of public […]
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Somerset County: Residents have unparalleled opportunity
Somerset County citizens deserve a well-thought-out response to the challenge of providing needed water to the Princess Anne Subdistrict. The Somerset County Sanitary District continues to hold to its original position — refusing to provide water treatment — even as new information indicates treatment is available and affordable. The Revell’s Neck wells the district proposes […]
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