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Western Springs Residents Concerned About Fluoride
Proponents of the two most-public populist causes in Western Springs each gave a single prepared speech at Monday night’s Board of Trustees voting meeting, in stark contrast to the two-issue, hour-long back-and-forth that dominated the meeting of two weeks ago. Speaking in support of the Openlands proposal to preserve Timber Trails Unit II as open […]
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Western Springs: Fluoride complainants extract pledge of more data
A string of concern over the potentially-negative influence of fluoride in Village drinking water has been moving through Western Springs in recent weeks with the growing knowledge that the hard Well No. 4 water currently in circulation as the plant is being renovated contains 2.1 mg/L fluoride, enough to potentially cause fluorosis in children. But […]
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Western Springs: Blending water may diminish fluorosis concern
A concern expressed by some Western Springs residents about the fluoride level in the village’s water during the rehabilitation of the water plant could be eliminated by Feb. 11. The concern is about fluorosis, a condition that could affect adolescent children. This condition occurs in developing permanent teeth before they erupt from the gums, according […]
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Western Springs: An overview of reverse osmosis in the new water plant
By now, most Western Springs residents are aware than an approximately $8 million project—the most expensive in Village history—is underway to completely transform the Village water-treatment plant at 614 Hillgrove Ave. into a reverse-osmosis system, one which will provide Village residents with higher-quality water than ever before. (See photos of the progress here.) And at […]
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Hazmat crews respond to chemical spill at Rock Island water treatment plant
ROCK ISLAND— It was just before one o’clock Thursday afternoon when hazmat crews were called to the Rock Island water treatment plant for a chemical spill coming from a tanker truck. “It’s a corrosive agent that the water treatment plant uses, overflow caused spillage out of the building onto driveway behind me” said Rock Island […]
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Honeywell locks out 220 union workers from its uranium conversion plant
Union workers at the nation’s only uranium conversion plant, in Metropolis, Ill., have erected 42 crosses nearby in memory of workers who died of cancer. Twenty-seven smaller crosses symbolize workers who have survived the disease. The memorial is a fitting backdrop for the contentious labor dispute that has shaken Metropolis — the self-proclaimed hometown of […]
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U.S. panel to investigate chemical leak at Channahon plant
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has dispatched a four-member team to investigate the cause of the release of a toxic chemical at an oil refinery last week near Joliet. Two employees — one of them in critical condition — were transported to the hospital in the accident. Their conditions today are not available. ExxonMobil said […]
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Hydrofluoric acid release at Exxon’s Joliet refinery
TORONTO, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said it had an upset at an alkylation unit at its 238,600 barrel per day refinery in Joliet, Illinois, on Thursday which resulted in two people being taken to the hospital. Exxon Mobil said the cause was a propane leak at about 12:30 p.m. CDT (1730 GMT) […]
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Thousands of low-income children and adults in Illinois suffer from untreated dental disease.
NOTE FROM FAN: FLUORIDATION is state mandated in Illinois. The most recent statistics state that 98.9% of the population on community water systems receive fluoridated water. __________________________________________________________________________________ Title: Support Bill HB 388 for dental care Thousands of low-income children and adults in Illinois suffer from untreated dental disease. They can’t eat or sleep properly, do […]
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All smiles for fluoride levels
State recognizes several water system companies in Jo Daviess County JO DAVIESS COUNTY-The state honored five water companies serving Jo Daviess County. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) along with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) presented fluoridation awards to 435 community water systems throughout the state for maintaining state-mandated fluoride levels every month […]
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