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West Manchester water supplier looks to remove fluoride from water
A West Manchester Township water authority aims to remove fluoride from the drinking water, and township officials say there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Shiloh Water Authority submitted an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection in November requesting that it be allowed to stop adding fluoride to its water. The authority provides water to […]
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OSHA Fines Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery $132K for PSM Hazards
Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) was issued several citations and fine of $132,600 this week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a massive fire and series of explosions at its refinery in Philadelphia, PA last June. An investigation of the firm’s Grand Point Refinery complex revealed shortcomings in the […]
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Pennsylvania Third-Grade Students Invited to Enter Dental Health Contest
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) invites third-graders across Pennsylvania to show their creativity this February in celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM). The theme for 2020 is: “Fluoride in Water Prevents Cavities!” This year marks the 75th anniversary of community water fluoridation. Those who participate in PDA’s […]
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Shiloh Water System: Debate over fluorinated water resurfaces
West Manchester Township, Pa. — As the Shiloh Water System moves to remove fluoride from its water supply, discussions about the effectiveness of the element are back the spotlight. Like most municipalities in the U.S., The West Manchester Township Authority added fluoride to the water in 1963, the middle of the Cold War. Fluoride was […]
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Montrose Borough and Bridgewater Township to end fluoridation
Excerpt: Bridgewater Township held its annual reorganization meeting Monday, Jan. 6, with new supervisor Russell Breeze coming on board, before the first monthly meeting of 2020. … A letter was received from the Pennsylvania America Water Company to ask for the township approval of their discontinuation of the policy of adding fluoride to the drinking […]
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Water supplier for township in York County starts process to drop fluoride
Fluoride has long been regarded as one of the best ways to fight cavities. More than 60 years ago, suppliers started adding it to public water to protect children’s teeth as they matured. Over the years, fluoride started to pop up in more and more products – toothpaste, dental rinses, mouthwashes – and cities, towns […]
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Opinion: Shiloh Water wants to stop adding fluoride: Here’s why you should oppose that
We are writing to encourage West Manchester Township residents to oppose the Shiloh Water System’s decision to cease fluoridating their water supply – a decision that will negatively impact the health of their customers. Concerned residents need to submit comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) by Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Shiloh Water […]
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Montrose requests fluoride removal from water
Montrose Borough Council has submitted a proposal to PA American Water Company to eliminate fluoride from the town’s drinking water system. The move was approved at the November borough council meeting. According to the PAWC website, the company has a neutral position on the addition of fluoride to drinking water and – in systems where […]
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Many voices with one mission: Seeking a safer future for PES refinery site
Signs are held up as a standing room only crowd listens to testimony given by environmental experts, community activists and residents during a community meeting regarding the future of the site of Philadelphia Energy Solutions in August 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) South Philadelphia residents, labor leaders, health and environmental experts, planners and municipal […]
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Point Breeze residents protest refinery meeting, saying they’ve been left out of planning process
Shara Dae Howard/KYW Newsradio PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Residents in Point Breeze protested a meeting discussing Sunoco’s Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery clean up program Thursday evening, saying they’ve been left out of the process. Dozens of protestors shouting “We have a right to breath” blocked the doors of a meeting held by the city and […]
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