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Sandusky: Is there fluoride in our water?
Sandusky water superintendent Doug Keller provided the following response: Yes, we do add fluoride to the drinking water. The city of Sandusky voted to fluoridate their drinking water in the early 1970s. Lake Erie has a natural fluoride level of 0.15 to 0.20 mg/L. We add hydrofluosilicic acid to increase the fluoride level to 1.0 […]
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Burning truck hauling nuclear load flies under radar
Nuclear regulators were never notified of a fire on board a truck hauling a radioactive cargo from Canada to the U.S. Late on the night of Aug. 22, Brian and Alexis Hanson found themselves on the busy I-75 highway near Troy, Ohio in a flaming truck with a radioactive cargo. The story has a safe […]
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C8 Lawsuit Lawyers from Wright & Schulte LLC Will Meet with Residents In Mid-Ohio Valley Who Wish to File a C8 Lawsuit Against DuPont
The 3C8 lawsuit lawyers at Wright & Schulte LLC, an experienced personal injury law firm, will be meeting with mid-Ohio Valley residents who would like to discuss filing a C8 lawsuit against DuPont in September. If you would like to attend a meeting please call 1-800-399-0795 or contact us through our FREE case review form […]
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Stain-resistant chemicals linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy
Darrow, LA, CR Stein, K Steenland. 2013. Serum perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations in relation to birth outcomes in the mid-Ohio Valley, 2005-2010. Environmental Health Perspectives. Mothers’ exposure to chemicals that make consumer products stain- and water-resistant was linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy in an analysis of highly exposed communities in West […]
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Ohio-WV: C8 medical panel decides protocol
Medical monitoring protocols have been established by the three-member C8 Medical Monitoring Panel. … The six affected water districts that were part of the C8 lawsuit are Belpre, Little Hocking, Pomeroy and Tuppers Plains in Ohio and Lubeck Public Service District and Mason County PSD in West Virginia. The original class action was filed in […]
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Ohio: Honeywell ramping up to reopen; Metropolis plant will start up in June
Honeywell is calling back employees for a scheduled June reopening of its Metropolis plant. The chemical plant converts uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride, UF6, a compound used to produce enriched uranium for use as fuel in nuclear power plants. About 135 salaried and 135 hourly employees will be in place when the Metropolis Works facility […]
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Ohio Valley: Bilott DuPont largely ignored EPA on C8 issues
OHIO VALLEY — Many questions remain about the C8 contamination that has spread through the valley as a result of industrial activity at DuPont Washington Works near Parkersburg, West Virginia. For instance, the controversy began with the deaths of an entire herd of cattle, yet the company is so far refusing to provide EPA-requested testing […]
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Columbus Fluoridation: Fifty Years Ago Today, January 30, 1963
Fluoridation The Muscogee County Medical Society last night overwhelmingly endorsed fluoridation of the water supply here for the sixth successive time. Monday, City Commission passed an ordinance by 3-2 vote which stated that the City of Columbus will not fluoridate the water supply here. Print PDF
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Ohioans’ lawsuits blame diseases on DuPont
26 lawsuits here cite chemical that plant discharged into river Hundreds of people in southern Ohio who say a DuPont chemical plant across the Ohio River contaminated their water and caused their health problems are suing the company in federal court in Columbus. They say that C8, a chemical used to make Teflon at the […]
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Fairborn: Council orders materials for new year
Excerpt: FAIRBORN — Cities often join with other cities for purchasing large quantities of needed material at a lower price. To that end Fairborn joined with the Southwest Ohio Purchasers for Government (SWOPAG) in soliciting bids for bulk quantities of water treatment chemicals for 2013. According to Karen Hawkins, utilizes supervisor the needed chemicals included […]
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