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Documents show Superior oil refinery knew about equipment issues years before 2018 explosion
WPR A plume of darks smoke rises from the refinery fire in April 2018. Bob King/Duluth News Tribune ‘This valve had been known to leak’: Documents show Superior oil refinery knew about equipment issues years before 2018 explosion The blast injured workers and caused a mass evacuation. Investigators found no evidence key equipment had been […]
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Tablet fluoridation. Marathon fluoridation to stay
Commission approves pilot project with safer chemical treatment The Marathon City Utility Commission last week Wednesday agreed to be part of a Department of Health Service (DHS) paid-for pilot program to add fluoride to public drinking water supplies more safely. Under the proposal, the state will pay for Marathon City to build a $15,000 platform […]
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City of Waterloo to transition away from using fluoride in water
A method once believed to make water cleaner will be done away with at Waterloo’s water treatment plant. Once the utilities department’s current stock of fluoride runs out, then the city will cease to treat water with it. City officials say they don’t plan to order any more fluoride. “We might as well just use […]
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City of Waterloo to transition away from using fluoride in water
A method once believed to make water cleaner will be done away with at Waterloo’s water treatment plant. Once the utilities department’s current stock of fluoride runs out, then the city will cease to treat water with it. City officials say they don’t plan to order any more fluoride. “We might as well just use […]
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Group targets Husky Energy in public safety initiative hoax on anniversary of Husky refinery explosion
A member of the group called it an elaborate hoax meant to direct attention to the danger of hydrogen fluoride A group going by the name Modest Proposals posed as Husky Energy as it unveiled a fake public safety initiative on Tuesday, which marked four years since the Husky oil refinery explosion. Photo courtesy of […]
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City of Menominee water system Infrastructure Alternatives wins top water system award from the CDC
The City of Menominee’s water system Infrastructure Alternatives has achieved the CDCs Optimal Fluoridation Award for 2021. Interim City Manager Brett Botbyl says, “this is a great honor for our city and our state.” The Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS) is a national health surveillance tool that assists states in managing their water fluoridation program. […]
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Water quality panel recommends keeping fluoride in Madison water supply
A group of water quality advisers is recommending that Madison continue adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. The Madison Water Utility board last year postponed a review of its fluoridation policy. Madison started fluoridation in 1948 as a way to prevent tooth decay, but fluoride has come under increasing scrutiny over its effects on […]
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What Can We Learn From Pandemics Of The Past: A Sociologist’s Perspective
Sociology is the study of human society. How it developed, how it’s structured and how it functions. We’ve all been going through a huge disruption to human society — the COVID-19 pandemic. How are sociologists processing the changes? Harry Perlstadt is a sociology professor emeritus at Michigan State University who has completed research on health […]
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New London ending fluoridation of water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: According to Wikipedia, New London is a city in Outagamie and Waupaca counties Wisconsin. The population was 7,295 at the 2010 census. Of this, 5,685 were in Waupaca County, and 1,640 were in Outagamie County (ref). The New London Common Council voted to end injecting fluoride into the city’s water […]
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I am Suing the US EPA Over Fluoride Added to Our Drinking Water
Studies show that the unnecessary fluoride chemicals purposely added to the Madison drinking water supply is health-harming in many ways; but most critically to infants’ developing brains. Several organizations and individuals sued the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize fluoride’s neurological effects when setting safe water fluoride standards. Plaintiffs include myself and children, Ko and Hayden […]
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