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Gilbert group gears up to launch campaign against fluoridation
A newly-formed political-action committee in Gilbert is building a case against adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water and plans to circulate petitions aimed at taking the issue to the November 2014 ballot. The Gilbert Safe Water Coalition, organized in June and about two dozen members strong, is focused on educating the community about fluoride […]
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Prescott: ADEQ fines Pure Wafer $120,000 for not having air quality permit
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) reported Friday that Pure Wafer Inc. has agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties for not having an air quality permit at its Prescott facility. According to an ADEQ news release, officials with the state department observed an emission from an onsite stack during an inspection at the […]
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Intel chemical leak injures 43 workers
Intel has confirmed reports of a chemical leak at its Arizona facility, the result of which has injured 43 people and hospitalised 12 through nitrogen inhalation. Intel’s two campuses in Chandler, Arizona combine to form the company’s second-biggest facility in North America. The company has expanded its fabrication operations in Arizona over the years to […]
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ADEQ consent order requires Prescott to clear up water fluoride issue
The City of Prescott took the first step Tuesday in a yearlong process to improve the quality of the effluent (treated wastewater) coming out of the Airport Wastewater Treatment Plant. In a unanimous vote, the Prescott City Council approved an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADQ) “consent order” that requires the city to deal with […]
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Gilbert’s water system again includes fluoride
About six months after a controversial fluoridation stoppage was discovered at Gilbert’s North Water Treatment Plant, the town has the system repaired and back online, fulfilling a voter mandate to pump small doses of the cavity-fighting chemical into the public water supply. Gilbert spent $235,000 to fix the fluoride system after hazardous conditions prompted officials […]
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Mediator orders reinstatement of fired Gilbert water official
The Gilbert water manager who was fired last fall amid a controversial shutdown of the town’s fluoridation system will likely have his job back after a hearing officer on Tuesday declared his dismissal “arbitrary and capricious.” Chris Ochs was terminated in September after upper management discovered voter-mandated fluoridation had been halted at the town’s North […]
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Mining concern to pay $60K fine for Marana spill
Silver Bell Mining also to spend $50K to fix water-quality violations An Asarco mining operation has agreed to pay a $60,000 fine and take preventive steps valued at $50,000 to resolve water-quality violations caused by a June 2010 pipeline spill at the Silver Bell Copper Mine near Marana, state regulators said Tuesday. The consent judgment […]
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Editorial: Fluoride lecture takes Mesa back in time
Residents of Mesa and the Southeast Valley are getting to see history relived. As reported by The Republic’s Gary Nelson, Mesa Councilwoman Dina Higgins, who chairs the sustainability and transportation committee, gave Mesa resident Virginia Salas the floor recently to discuss what she called “the awful truth” about fluoridated drinking water. Really? This is the […]
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Gilbert water treatment problems identified
An independent audit of Gilbert’s water-treatment operations found the town is meeting bare-minimum standards for safety and quality while struggling to deal with vacant positions, insufficient training and a sometimes-intentional lack of communication, officials told the Town Council on Tuesday. Colorado-based CH2M HILL Engineers conducted the audit, which was ordered by the council after town […]
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Foes of added fluoride speak out in Mesa
An issue that Mesa residents may have thought was settled 12 years ago resurfaced last week in a City Council committee meeting. Councilwoman Dina Higgins, who chairs the sustainability and transportation committee, gave Mesa resident Virginia Salas the floor Thursday to discuss what she called “the awful truth” about fluoridated drinking water. Mesa fought a […]
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