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Titan Takes Fluoride from Taps and Toothpaste to Batteries
In today’s technology landscape, companies are continually making improvements to electronic devices. Bigger screens, better cameras, and smarter systems are just some of the improvements these companies promise to consumers with each product upgrade. But one question remains: where are the long-lasting batteries? A collaboration of researchers recently made a discovery that might hold the answer […]
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CDC Fluoridation Awards Presented to Multiple Tennessee Communities
NASHVILLE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented Water Fluoridation Quality Awards to 70 community water systems across Tennessee. Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective for preventing tooth decay. The award recognizes those communities that achieved excellence in community water fluoridation by maintaining […]
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TVA to roll out environmental plan for coal-burning residuals at Cumberland Fossil plant
Later this month, TVA is expected to announce a public input process that will include a public meeting in Cumberland City regarding its Environmental Investigation Plan being developed at the Cumberland Fossil Plant. The Environmental Investigation Plan (EIP) is being conducted under the direction of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and it will […]
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Two Groups Asking TVA To Rethink Using Aquifer Water For Gas Plant
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – Groups concerned about the safety of Memphis’ drinking water are asking the Tennessee Valley Authority to rethink how it operates its new Allen Gas Plant. The Southern Environmental Law Center sent a letter to the Tennessee Valley Authority Wednesday on behalf of two Memphis-based groups; Protect Our Aquifer and the Sierra Club. […]
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Time to brush up: Lifetime of dental health must start early
Excerpts: Tooth decay is largely preventable, yet it ranks as the most common chronic disease among children. About 33 percent of young kids (ages 2 to 8) have cavities in their baby teeth, and 20 percent of kids in the same age group have cavities in their adult teeth, according to the CDC. In Tennessee, the […]
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A great technical achievement, Molten Salt Reactor could be entombed
Note from FAN: A 1998 article noted that the reactor was “fueled by a molten salt containing uranium tetrafluoride that circulated within the reactor.” Ridge Times, Nov 12, 1998. This article notes that “The coolant salt contained 15,300 pounds of lithium and beryllium fluorides…” Former director Alvin Weinberg once called it the greatest technical achievement […]
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Cleveland Utilities progressing on variety of water projects
Craig Mullinax, vice president of Cleveland Utilities’ Water Division, updated Cleveland Board of Public Utilities members in a recent gathering on the progress of several projects at the Waterville water plant. He said the liquid fluoride conversion and other improvements at the utility’s southside water distribution center are complete. He added that the city utility […]
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Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap
In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]
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Editorial: Keeping fluoride on tap is a wise call
We commend the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen for wisely reversing its earlier decision to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply. In the end, science and the facts prevailed. The board decided 3-1 in February to end the fluoridation process, with Alderman Terry Countermine voting against the motion. Countermine told his colleagues removing […]
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Feds raise concerns over Uranium Processing Facility safety designs
(Photo: Y-12) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has raised concerns over the revised designs for Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility. The revised plans reportedly eliminate thermal barriers from the UPF design, according to the Board’s June 26 letter to National Nuclear Security Administrator Frank Klotz. The thermal barriers, which existed in the original […]
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