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An act to lower the required minimum amount of fluoride in fresh water
Excerpt: 33rd Legislature of the Virgin Islands Senate Calendar Tuesday, August 17, 2021 10 a.m. Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services Committee on Finance Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room Agenda: The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider bills. Bill No. 34-0051 — An Act amending Title 19, Virgin Islands […]
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Hydrochemical and radiometric evaluation of fresh and thermal waters from Araxá city (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Abstract This paper reports the hydrochemistry and activity concentration of the natural radionuclides 238U, 234U, and 210Po for three compartments of the hydrological/hydrogeological system in Araxá city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: 1) mineral waters from the prominent springs Dona Beja (DBS) and Andrade Júnior (AJS), occurring at Barreiro area; 2) surface waters from Barreiro area […]
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Groundwater Nitrate New Concern For Arsenic-Hit Bengal
Excerpt Nine of the 23 districts in West Bengal suffer from severe arsenic contamination in groundwater and three other districts had reported fluoride contamination. Geographically, arsenic contamination has been found in the districts belonging to the lower Gangetic alluvial plains, while fluoride concentration was found in the southwestern districts that are topographically part of the […]
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Regina city council approves fluoridated water (source: Western Standard)
Regina City Council approves fluoridated water, but won’t be added until 2025. A motion to put the issue to a referendum was voted down. Regina City Council voted 10-to-1 to fluoridate its water. The fluoridation can’t take place until upgrades to the Buffalo Water Treatment plant are completed, which is scheduled to finish in 2025. […]
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Groundwater quality assessment and hydrogeochemical processes in typical watersheds in Zhangjiakou region, northern China
Abstract It is of significance to elucidate the groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical processes for sustainable utilization of groundwater resources in water shortage regions. A total of 256 groundwater samples were collected in typical watersheds in Zhangjiakou, northern China. The hydrochemical parameters, conventional ions, and trace elements were measured, and ?D and ?18O data were collected […]
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Regina city council passes motion to add fluoride to water supply (Source: 980am CJME)
Fluoride will be added to Regina’s water within the next four years. The motion to add fluoride was passed by city council Wednesday in a vote of 10-1, with Ward 10 Coun. Landon Mohl being the only one to oppose the decision. “Should more than 200,000 residents in Regina be made to ingest a substance […]
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Port Macquarie-Hastings: Fluoride poll undermines responsible oral health
It is time to call out those local government politicians responsible for undermining the oral health of our community with their meaningless, misleading and expensive poll question regarding water fluoridation. Claims that fluoride is “poison” are laughable. Just about any substance given in sufficient dose is toxic, including sterile water. Chlorine has been used […]
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Chemical supplier loses certification after nearly contaminating Michigan community’s drinking water
Michigan on Wednesday blacklisted a chemical distributor that’s been blamed for nearly contaminating a Metro Detroit community’s drinking water with sulfuric acid. PVS Nolwood, a Detroit-based company that provides chemicals to as many as 10 municipal drinking water suppliers in the state, accidentally shipped four 55-gallon drums of sulfuric acid to New Baltimore with labels […]
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Chemical manufacturer first to commit at north Phoenix TSMC ‘supplier site’
Enlarge An aerial site plan shows the Mack Innovation Park in north Phoenix, including the 17 acres Mack sold to Sunlit Chemical, the first supplier to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to commit to a site in Phoenix. The first semiconductor manufacturing supplier to locate in one of the “supplier sites” designated to serve Taiwan Semiconductor […]
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Human health risk assessment of metals and anions in surface water from a mineral coal region in Brazil
Abstract Coal mining releases high concentration elements to the environment, which can be deposited in surface water, causing several human health problems. Candiota mine in the south of Brazil is the largest coal reserves in the country, representing approximately 40% of total national coal reserves. Therefore, the present study aimed to estimate the chronic daily […]
Brazil Coal Industry