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Tucson dentists: Fluoridate water now
A broken Tucson promise is damaging the health of our children, say angry Tucson dentists, who want it fixed. That promise — made 13 years ago but never fulfilled — was to fluoridate Tucson’s water to reduce childhood tooth decay, still one of the most common and costly health problems afflicting local youngsters. Tucson’s City […]
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Acid spill downtown sends 16 to hospitals
A truck traveling through Phoenix leaked more than 110 gallons of hydrofluorosilic acid on Friday, closing a significant part of downtown and keeping residents inside. Sixteen people – the truck’s driver, 11 police officers and four civilians – were taken to hospitals for evaluation because they may have stepped into the liquid. Three firefighters also […]
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S. Phoenix pollution tests in doubt because of rain
Air samples from a south-central Phoenix neighborhood confirm residents’ complaints that a hazardous air pollutant is hovering in the area. But distrustful residents doubted the results, revealed last week by state environmental officials at the initial meeting of a project to reduce toxic exposure in south Phoenix. Rain on three of the five testing days […]
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Verbal bricks tossed at plant
Residents and activists who turned out for a public hearing this week on the Phoenix Brick Yard’s air-pollution permit didn’t have kind words for the long-running operation. The 11 people who offered formal testimony to Maricopa County air-pollution officials blamed the plant for harming their health, unleashing truck traffic in their south-central neighborhood and even […]
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Residents give concerns at brick yard meeting
PHOENIX – Neighbors of the only brick yard operating in the state complained about pollution and dust from the facility at a public hearing Tuesday night. About 30 people attended the meeting, held as part of the Phoenix Brick Yard’s quest to get a permit regulating its operation as a major source of hazardous air […]
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County will regulate brick plant
The Phoenix Brick Yard, operating south of downtown Phoenix for 67 years, is being pulled into the 21st century by air-quality regulations and some agitated activists. The brick-making operation, at Seventh Avenue and Mohave Street, has been classified as a major source of hazardous air pollutants. The plant is among the last batch of operations […]
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Flagstaff Voters Flush Fluoride
Out of 11,545 valid ballots received by 7 p.m. Tuesday, 6,717, or 58 percent, opposed fluoridating the water supply, vs. 4,828, or 42 percent, in support. Turnout was 44.4 percent of the city’s 26,530 registered voters — 12 percentage points higher than the turnout for the May 2000 City Council election. Another 244 ballots were […]
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Flagstaff council says yes to fluoride; referendum likely
FLAGSTAFF (AP) – The City Council’s 4-3 approval of adding fluoride to the city’s water may lead to a voter referendum. The council had given the proposal tentative approval two weeks ago, and nothing changed in Tuesday’s vote and the reasoning lead to it, officials said. About 50 people addressed the council before the vote, […]
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Fluoride Accumulations Killing Fish, Pine Trees, and Poisoning Environment
Although the first public drinking water supply in this country was fluoridated 56 years ago, the impact of fluoride on the environment has only recently begun to be studied. Unlike health impacts, which have been the subject of hundreds of research articles by university scientists published in academic journals worldwide, the buildup of fluoride in […]
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Gilbert, Arizona votes for fluoridation
Gilbert may have lost its standing as the last major Valley municipality not to fluoridate its water, but residents aren’t likely to get the cavity-fighting chemical through their taps until late next year. Councilman Dave Crozier said it will take months to install and test fluoridation equipment, and he predicts it will cost more than […]
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