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Explosion, large fire at Texas City plant
A large fire broke out Thursday afternoon at a Texas City plant, city officials said. The explosion was reported at the Valero plant on Loop 197 in Texas City, officials said. Witnesses said the explosion happened around 4:45 p.m. The fire has been contained but fire crews will remain on site until it is fully […]
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Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph finds levels of fluoride above drinking water standards
JBSA-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph drinking water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, customers have a right to know what happened, what they should do and what has been done to correct this situation. The flight routinely monitors for the presence of drinking water contaminants. […]
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Missouri: Houston City Council fluoride meeting 5:30-6:30 p.m. April 16 at the City Hall
Excerpt: The Houston City Council members —Heard from an Upton man, George Sholtz, who said the government was adding “medicine” to the city’s water supply. Sholtz opposes the addition of fluoride — which the city says is a chemical and not medicine — to the city’s water supply that was approved unanimously by the council in […]
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Appellate court reverses injunction in Inhance Technologies trade secret ruling
HOUSTON – The Texas 1st District Court of Appeals has reversed a permanent injunction and remanded a lower court’s ruling of injunctive relief for further proceedings in a trade secrets lawsuit. The court, however, upheld the district court ruling Jan. 9 awarding Inhance Technologies LLC $4 million in reasonable royalty damages and $10,500 in lost […]
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NDG Readers Respond: Is Dallas water too dangerous to drink?
The debate is heating up over Dallas’s water fluoridation program and concerns local activists and some in the scientific community have regarding possible negative health effects associated with adding fluoride to public water. Several readers of our recent article have shared their differing points of views on this issue. We have referenced a few here […]
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Athens officials continue to fluoridate water
Reverberations continue from an Athens City Council meeting in December on whether the city should add fluoride to the water supply, as it has for more than 30 years. “The city continues to fluoridate its water until our current fluoride supply is exhausted,” City Managing Director of Public Services Ryan Adams said. “While the issue […]
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Guest Op-Ed: What can we do about the unsafe Dallas water?
The Fluoridation Program needs to end. It is that simple. A vote from the Dallas City Council can get this done! There is nothing redeemable about adding neurotoxins to drinking water. It would be criminal for a citizen to add arsenic and lead to municipal drinking water but the DWU (Dallas Water Utilities) adds these […]
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Is Dallas water too dangerous to drink? Part One.
While fluoride exists naturally in water, cities and municipalities have been adding more of it in drinking water to combat dental cavities, prevent tooth decay, and improve overall dental health. Dallas has been doing this for decades and for the past 5 years, a group of dedicated activists has been fighting what they see as […]
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Stubbs was folk hero to many
Excerpts: Clauis Alden “C.A.” Stubbs, whose banjo strumming and organizational skills made him a local folk hero and feared anti-taxation crusader, is remembered by many as a champion of the oppressed, having twice backed efforts in the 1990s to defeat the proposed Applewhite reservoir. “He fought for the common man,” said his sister, Theda Yager […]
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Athens City Council discusses fluoridation
Citing personal reasons, Athens City Council member Joe Whatley resigned on Monday following a five-and-a-half hour meeting. Whatley was first elected to the Place 3 seat in 2014. He previously served on the Athens Municipal Water Authority board. Whatley is the second council member to resign since October, when Place 1 council member Tres Winn […]
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