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Should State College keep fluoride in its water? The water authority is exploring its options.
The State College Borough Water Authority is exploring if it should continue to put fluoride in its water, something it has done since 1954. More information on the benefits and risks of fluoridation has come out in the past 70 years, as well as fluoride toothpaste. The board received a presentation on this information during […]
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Catasauqua Borough Council meeting: comments on fluoridation
At the March 28 Catasauqua Borough Council meeting … a resident addressed council advocating to keep fluoride in the municipal water. He noted the majority of municipalities have fluoride in their water, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fully supports fluoride in municipal water. The resident added this is a safety issue for […]
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Catasauqua discusses fluoride in municipal water
Under a tight deadline from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to make a decision whether to eliminate fluoride from Catasauqua municipal water or shift to a new system to keep fluoride in the borough’s water, Catasauqua Borough Council, at its workshop meeting March 7, leaned toward the latter. Since the meeting was a workshop, […]
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Only two water systems in Pennsylvania receive a 2020 fluoridation award from CDC
LEWISTOWN — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has selected the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown as one of only two water systems in Pennsylvania to receive the 2020 Water Quality Award. This CDC award recognizes public water systems that adjust the fluoride concentration in drinking water and have achieved an average […]
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The defluoridation of Catasauqua water
Excerpt During the Aug. 2 Catasauqua Borough Council meeting, a resident approached council asking that fluoride not be removed from the water. Council members listened as she cited recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pediatric organizations and dental associations, all of which researched fluoride in water. She also spoke of numerous studies […]
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A naturally inspired, reusable system that purifies water and builds itself
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In nature, the interaction of molecules at the boundary of different liquids can give rise to new structures. These self-assembling molecules make cell formation possible and are instrumental to the development of all life on Earth. They can also be engineered to perform specific functions — and now, a team of […]
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EPA-approved fracking chemicals include substances known as ‘forever chemicals’
In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the sun shines through clouds above a shale gas drilling site in St. Mary’s, Pa. (Keith Srakocic / AP Photo) Companies that drill for natural gas in Pennsylvania have used EPA-approved PFAS or pre-cursors to PFAS in fracking operations in other states, according to a report by Physicians […]
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What’s in the water? For many in Philadelphia’s suburbs, not fluoride. Why?
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is sadly one-sided. While cancer is of enormous concern, neurotoxicity is equally so. In presenting the safety of the fluoridation of drinking water, the author never mentions three recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Bashash 2017; Green 2019; Till 2020) that revealed the fetus and the formula-fed infant are the […]
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A “sustainable” bitcoin firm has raised money to mine crypto by burning waste coal
How much environmental karma do you earn if you mop up one type of pollution by creating another? Stronghold Digital Mining, a new, “ESG-friendly” bitcoin-mining firm, uses the electricity from the Scrubgrass Generating Plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania, to power its operations. Mining cryptocurrency is notoriously power-thirsty; every year, the bitcoin network generates emissions equivalent to […]
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Philadelphia refinery fire report languishes in federal safety agency depleted by Trump
The Chemical Safety Board’s final report on the 2019 release of a potentially lethal chemical at PES is among 19 awaiting approval. The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery fire in June 2019 took 24 hours to extinguish. A final report on the accident is languishing at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.Jessica Griffin / File Photograph Before […]
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