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Shelter-in-place order lifted in Texas City after hydrogen fluoride detection at Marathon Refinery
The shelter-in-place was for the area around Marathon’s Texas City refinery. GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — A shelter-in-place order was issued for about an hour Tuesday for a portion of Texas City. The City said a “chemical release from the industry sector” caused the order to be issued. It was lifted at about 5 p.m. It […]
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TODAY- Webinar: Fluoride for Texas Launch “Community Water Fluoridation Communication – Lessons learned from the Texas Fluoridation Campaign”
Jan 29, 2021 1 pm Central time 2 pm East Coast time 5 pm West Coast time Register here Access to information via the internet has dramatically changed the dynamics of health information and has amplified the spread of misinformation. Communication techniques have changed over the last decade, especially with the popularity of social media […]
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CDC gives Corpus Christi ‘Water Fluoridation Quality Award’
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have awarded the City of Corpus Christi Water Utilities with the Water Fluoridation Quality Award for the 3rd consecutive year. “Water fluoridation is important in fighting tooth decay in our community and is one of public health’s greatest accomplishments,” said Nueces County Director […]
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Port Arthur Water Department recognized for help preventing tooth decay, improving oral health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented the Port Arthur Water Department with a Water Fluoridation Quality Award. Texas Department of State Health Services sent a letter addressed to Mayor Thurman Bartie, informing him of the award. Bartie read the letter during this week’s city council meeting with Water Department Director Donnie Stanton […]
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Monitoring Environmental Parameters with Oil and Gas Developments in the Permian Basin, USA.
Abstract This study evaluates the groundwater qualities and environmental changes to obtain information on the groundwater contamination in the Permian Basin, Texas. Coupled with the U.S. government’s open data, these analyses can identify regions where environmental change could have affected groundwater quality. A total of thirty-six wells were selected within the six counties: Andrews, Martin, […]
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City of Fredericksburg: Fluoride limitation fails
A fright about fluoride led by activists brought out voters, who agreed with their dentists and rejected a City of Fredericksburg charter amendment that sought to prevent the city from putting a fluoride additive into its water supply. Opposed by the entire local dental community and many doctors, voters turned out to vote “no” to […]
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Archives: Acid leak over Texas City sends 800 to the hospital in 1987
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As trick or treaters prepared to hit the streets of Texas City on Halloween of 1987, an accident occurred at the Marathon Petroleum plant sending a cloud of hydrofluoric acid streaming over the city. More than 3000 people across 50 city blocks were evacuated. More than 800 people went to the […]
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Fredericksburg Could Be The Next City In Central Texas To Ban Fluoride From Drinking Water
Fredericksburg residents will be asked to weigh in on a city charter amendment banning the city from adding fluoride to the public water system. The measure will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, along with state constitutional amendments. If passed, Fredericksburg will be joining cities such as Buda and San Marcos – where voters also voted to ban fluoride […]
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2019 Texas Oral Health Conference: July 24-26
The Conference starts on July 24 FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM SPEAKING UP FOR BETTER ORAL HEALTH JOHNNY JOHNSON, DMD, MS; MATT JACOB, BA Course Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has praised community water fluoridation (CWF) as one of 10 “great public health achievements of the 20th century,” […]
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Texas Dental Association-backed fluoridation bill signed by governor
Austin, Texas — Dr. Matt Roberts, a general dentist in Crockett, Texas, heard from other dentists that some water engineers in the state had been unilaterally turning off the fluoride in their community’s water supply, with the public or even some local government officials unaware. So Dr. Roberts, chair of the Texas Dental Association’s Council […]
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