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Fluoride in pet food: The link to osteosarcoma
TERRE HAUTE — The most common type of bone cancer in dogs, cats and humans is osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is more common in the larger breeds of dogs such as Rottweilers, greyhounds, golden retrievers, etc. Eighty-five percent of all major bone tumors in dogs and 70 percent in cats are osteosarcoma. Approximately 5 percent of all […]
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Alabama: Bailey-PVS closure result of Nucor dispute
Excerpts: The recent default on bond and lease payments by Bailey-PVS Oxides, and the company’s closure before that, were the results of a contentious dispute with Nucor Steel Decatur… A lawsuit Bailey filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama outlines the controversy that led to its demise. Bailey’s main customer […]
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Norphlet Chemical, Arkansas: Chemical cleanup operation begins in Norphlet
Authorities say workers have begun removing 7,800 gallons of hydrofluoric acid improperly stored at a chemical plant in Norphlet. Yancey Kyle, Union County’s emergency management coordinator, says workers began removing the acid from the plant yesterday morning. Kyle says the cleanup operation likely will last three or four days. Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds declared […]
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Norphlet Chemical, Arkansas: Schools closed due to chemical concern
Norphlet – The Norphlet School District was closed Friday after federal inspectors found that a 7,800-gallon tank of hydrofluoric acid was being stored improperly at a nearby chemical plant. Officials say the school was closed as a precaution, and a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality says there’s been no chemical leak. Union […]
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Bolton, Conn. Manufacturer Settles for Failure to Report Chemical Inventories
(Boston, Mass. – April 10, 2009) – EPA recently settled its claims against Simoniz USA, Inc. for violations of the Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and violations of the Clean Air Act. Simoniz manufactures vehicle cleaning products at its facility in Bolton, Conn. Last September, EPA filed an administrative complaint alleging that Simoniz, because […]
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Fluorspar Prices are Likely to Stabilise as Environmental Pressures Moderate Demand
The Economics of Fluorspar (10th Edition 2009) is available at GBP2400 / US $5000 / 4000 Euros from Roskill Information Services Ltd, 27a Leopold Road, London SW19 7BB, England. Email: info@roskill.co.uk http://www.roskill.com/reports/fluorspar Spot prices for acid grade fluorspar, landed in the USA, increased four fold between January 2003 and November 2008 as the market responded […]
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Hydrofluoric acid spill evacuation ends for 5,000 Pennsylvania residents
Some 5,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania were allowed to return to their homes Saturday afternoon, some 12 hours after they were evacuated when a tractor-trailer carrying 33,000 pounds of toxic hydrofluoric acid overturned after the driver tried to avoid a deer, authorities said. State police identified the driver as Raymond Leblanc, 54, of Harrow, Ontario, […]
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Helena Chemical, New Mexico: Plan would investigate, clean up pollution
LAKE ARTHUR — The state Ground Water Quality Bureau has received a plan to investigate and clean up groundwater contamination at Helena Chemical Co.’s facility in Lake Arthur. Environmental Protection Division Director Jim Norton says the plan ensures the company will investigate and clean up pollution. State officials say the southern New Mexico facility were […]
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Sodium monofluorophosphate as a source of fluoride added for nutritional purposes to food supplement
For citation purposes: Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food on a request from the Commission on disodium fluorophosphate added for nutritional purposes to food supplements. The EFSA Journal (2008) 886, 1-18. Question number: EFSA-Q-2006-277, EFSA-Q-2006-295 Adopted date: 27 November 2008 Summary Following a request from the European […]
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Proposed EPA rules may effect Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park may have problems with air quality if new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules are passed. The Washington Post reported that the EPA is finalizing new air-quality rules that would allow oil refineries, coal-fired power plants and other polluters near national parks. The Clean Air Act protections for Class 1 Areas would be […]
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