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S. Korea checks more items vulnerable to Japan’s export control
The South Korean government has stepped up preparations for the possibility of Japan expanding retaliatory export curbs, a related ministry official said Saturday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in January made a list of 100 industrial products that could be targeted by Japan’s export restrictions, the official said. Three of them are already […]
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Dental fluorosis in the Vesuvius towns in AD 79: a multidisciplinary approach.
Abstract BACKGROUND: Endemic fluorosis induced by high concentrations of fluoride in groundwater and soils is a major health problem in several countries, particularly in volcanic areas. AIM: To evaluate the occurrence of dental fluorosis resulting from exposure to high levels of environmental fluoride in 79 AD Herculaneum and close Vesuvius towns. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The […]
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ABx’s ALCORE Begins Refining Bauxite Into Aluminium Fluoride
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) updated the market on Wednesday as to progress on the ALCORE Limited project, noting that it has achieved the project’s third milestone on the road to commercial production of aluminium fluoride (AlF3). ABx says the project has begun chemical refining of bauxite ore into aluminium fluoride with the removal of silicon […]
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Proposed Groundwater Regulations Could Affect Upper Cape
The Upper Cape is home to two of Cape Cod’s five sites contaminated by chemicals in the PFAS family. Already, millions of dollars have been spent acting on a health advisory issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2016, which warned of health risks associated with two chemicals in the PFAS family, PFOA and PFOS. […]
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Cape Cod: Contamination Cleanup Presents Challenges To County
Barnstable County is working with federal and state environmental protection agencies to clean up a site contaminated by a history of use of firefighting foam. Massachusetts, meanwhile, has proposed tightening regulations on those contaminants. Both the county and the Town of Barnstable have already spent millions to address the problem caused by the chemicals, known […]
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With Groundwater on the Decline, Marathwada Villages Turn to RO Plants
While villagers are happy they have access to affordable and safe drinking water, experts argue this could make the water shortage worse if not regulated. Nanded (Maharashtra): The river Manjra skirts Sagroli, a village 75 km from Nanded, on its southeast edge. It is mid-June and the sandy riverbed, almost 2 km wide, is completely […]
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Japan’s testy trade row strikes at Samsung
[HONG KONG] Samsung Electronics is caught in a new trade row. Japan has curbed exports to South Korea of vital materials used to make chips and display screens over an old wartime spat. Hardest hit may be the US$260 billion handset-maker, which for now is expecting a recovery after a dismal second quarter. The two […]
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July 10: Pittsburgh & Lancaster Community Water Fluoridation Training
Pittsburgh: Date and Time Wed, July 10, 2019 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT Pittsburgh: Location Comfort Inn Conference Center 699 Rodi Road Pittsburgh, PA 15235 View Map Lancaster: Date and Time Thurs, July 11, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lancaster-community-water-fluoridation-training-tickets-59194189414 “Speaking Up for Community Water Fluoridation” is being offered in partnership with the […]
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EDITORIAL: Time to add fluoride, Squamish?
It is time for Squamish residents to have a scientifically-informed discussion about fluoridation in our drinking water. Currently, our water doesn’t have enhanced fluoridation, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Fluoridation has been a thing […]
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The industry can stay afloat for about 4 months’
Semiconductor expert says Korea can survive on stockpile – for now Japan tightened restrictions on exporting three core materials used in semiconductor, TV and smartphone production to Korea from Thursday. On Monday, Japan said that it would make sales more difficult to Korea of fluorinated polyimide, used for displays, and hydrogen fluoride – or etching […]
South Korea Electronics Industry