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C8: The inspiration behind ‘Harry’s Project’
The funds from a $70 million class-action settlement between DuPont and Mid-Ohio Valley residents exposed to the toxic chemical C8 have set the stage for even more litigation against the Delaware chemical giant. All thanks to “Harry’s Project.” Harry Deitzler, the local attorney in the case, realized the settlement money would only provide class members with a […]
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Taking on DuPont: Illnesses, deaths blamed on pollution from W. Va. plant
Jobs vs. health Chapter 1 PARKERSBURG, W. Va. – No one in the Mid-Ohio Valley ever wanted to sue DuPont. The company employs thousands in the region and supports charities and community organizations. In some families, multiple generations owe their livelihood to the Delaware-based chemical giant. But as livestock started dying and thousands of residents contracted unexplained illnesses, evidence pointed to pollution […]
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Clark County health plan looks at fluoridating water, smoking
Public policy changes — including increasing the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes to 21 and adding fluoride to Springfield’s water — could be introduced to local municipalities this year to improve health in Springfield and Clark County. The Clark Combined Health District released its goals for improving the overall health of the community as part […]
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Fluoride, raising smoking age goals in Clark County health plan
SPRINGFIELD —Increasing the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes to 21 and adding fluoride to Springfield’s water could be ways to improve health in Springfield and Clark County. The Clark Combined Health District released its goals for improving the overall health of the community as part of the 2016 Community Health Improvement Plan at the Springfield […]
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Delta Dental Foundation Supports Ohio Community Water Fluoridation Program into 2016
Making fluoridated water available to Ohioans is the single most important step a community can take to improve the dental health of its residents, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Making fluoridated water available to Ohioans is the single most important step a community can take to improve the dental health of its residents, […]
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Wilmington: Water committee reviews billing practice, fluoride
Excerpts: Wilmington Council’s water committee met Thursday to discuss water fluoridation, the practice of billing landlords for their tenants’ delinquent bills and a $46,000 water fund appropriation for equipment… The committee held no vote and will continue to review the ordinances… • On fluoridation, Swindler said Middletown projected annual chemical costs of $8,000 a year, […]
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Wilmington council water committee discusses fluoride
Members of Wilmington council’s water committee began talks Tuesday of whether to fluoridate the city’s water. Water committee chair Kelsey Swindler said two residents brought up the fact that Wilmington is one of few Ohio cities to not fluoridate the water. One of those residents, Leslie Whitford, spoke at the meeting, saying she never had […]
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Piketon’s Heavy 60 Year Worker Death Toll, Radioactive Spills at one time ‘Routine’
A sixty year legacy of cancer and mutilation plagues the US nuclear program. It started with the Manhattan Project and the DOE still woos construction, security guards and others who will die as a result of their work. Although Jeff Wilburn and Charles Lawson’s vetted documents relate to the PGDP, there are cover ups nationwide […]
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Mobile home residents near New Lebanon never told about high fluoride levels
‘They never said anything’ Jessica Callison says when she moved into the Voyager Village Mobile Home Park two years ago, no one told her not to let her 6-year-old son drink the water. High fluoride levels have put the park of several hundred residents near New Lebanon under a water quality advisory since 2006, according […]
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Report Underlines Recent Worker Hazards at Old Weapons Plants
The toxic morass that was America’s nuclear weapons complex is no secret. Hazardous conditions in places like the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio moved Congress in 2000 to create a compensation program for former workers who developed illnesses that may have been caused by radiation or chemical exposures. The program, run by the US […]
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