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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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The role of fluoroaluminate complexes on the adsorption of fluoride onto hydrous alumina in aqueous solutions
Abstract Activated alumina (AA) has been extensively applied in the defluorination of industrial wastewaters and groundwater. Although the dissolution of AA due to formation of fluoroaluminate complexes (AlFx3-x), especially in acidic condition, has been observed, its role on fluoride uptake by alumina has not been discussed in any previous literature, most of which consider F– […]
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Fluoride removal by Ca-Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides at environmentally-relevant concentrations.
Highlights Ca–Al–CO3 layered double hydroxides showed affinity for F– at 2–12 mg/L. A higher F– removal capacity at lower pH and lower temperature was observed. Only marginal defluorination improvements by calcination/microwave treatment. Fast F– uptake during the initial 20?min and little anions competition was observed. F– removal capacity is not necessarily reflected in specific surface […]
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Public Trust in Tap Water May Hinge on Fluoride Link to Child IQ
National Academies committee to review finding that high fluoride exposure could decrease children’s IQ Final assessment could influence local governments’ decisions to fluoridate water supplies A federal agency’s preliminary finding that high concentrations of fluoride may decrease children’s IQ will, if finalized, be hard to explain to the public, scientists said Nov. 6. The National […]
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Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing
The U.S. Air Force is continuing to update its stockpile of 30,000-pound class Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker busters, or MOPs, and bring older MOPs up to the latest standard, also known as the GBU-57E/B. This comes as Iran has announced that it will begin injecting uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges at its underground nuclear facility […]
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AP Explains: Iran reopens uranium plant in its latest gamble
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – says it has restarted production at a “major” uranium facility involved in its nuclear program, though it still pledges to follow the terms of the country’s landmark atomic deal now under threat after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the accord. Iranian comments about the Isfahan plant, which produces material […]
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Fluoride campaigners call for Bedford Borough Council to hold overdue consultation
Campaigners from Fluoride Free Bedford say they have been waiting for three years for a consultation to end a contract with Anglian Water to prevent fluoride returning to the Borough’s water supply. In 2016, the borough council voted in favour of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s recommendation to adopt the precautionary principle on the issue of water fluoridation, ending the (almost) fifty […]
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North Attleboro. Editorial: Our View: Arrogance at North’s DPW
Pretend that your boss ordered you to do something. Now, pretend you ignored that order — for eight years. And you not only ignored the order, but you kept it hidden from your boss that entire time. What would you expect? You would expect to be fired, of course. We expect nothing less should happen […]
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Half empty: Officials, others dread thought of another fluoride vote in North Attleboro
A 2000 referendum on whether to put fluoride into the public drinking water tore the town apart with frequent infighting and hard feelings, and now North Attleboro may have to relive that experience. The prospect of another fluoride referendum has many town officials and residents aghast as they remember the fight over the last referendum […]
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Spirited debate but no decision on flouride at Calgary city council
Calgarians attending the hearing in the Council Chamber listen as different sides debate about bringing fluoride back into water. Photo by Andrea Wong The room was divided during Tuesday’s public hearing as city councillors listened to opposing sides of a possible decision to add fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water once again. Water fluoridation has been […]
Canada, Alberta