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Linton fluoride survey ‘very close,’ mayor says
The question of whether or not Linton will add fluoride to its water is still being debated. At Monday night’s Linton City Council meeting, mayor Tom Jones — noting that residents have a chance to show approval or disapproval of fluoridation by answering a survey question on their April utility bills — said, “It’s going […]
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Film firm challenges fluoride use in city water
VALPARAISO — In May the city’s water department was honored by the U.S. dental directors for helping prevent tooth decay by fluoridating the water for the past 50 years. In September the water board was asked to stop fluoridation because it is a danger to humans. Gary Foreman of Native Sun Productions, a Valparaiso company […]
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Fluoride Spill in Fort Wayne, Indiana
More than two hours elapsed before emergency crews were told that corrosive acid spilled into a sewer Tuesday at the Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant. About 6,000 gallons of hydrofluorosilicic acid, used to add fluoride to drinking water, drained from the lower level of the filtration plant into the sewer. Roger Hirt, acting filtration plant […]
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U.S. Steel Gets Pollution Fine Of $4 Million
The U.S. Steel Corp., the nations largest steel-maker, agreed yesterday to pay a $4 million fine in settlement of a long-standing water pollution suit brought by the federal government and the state of Indiana. The steel company, in a consent decree signed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Hammond, Ind., also agreed to pay additional […]
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