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Fluoride contamination and fluorosis in rural community in the vicinity of a phosphate fertilizer factory
We studied chronic fluoride intoxication in 10 villages of Udaipur receiving F emissions from phosphate fertilizer factories. Although fluoride remained below permissible limit in most of the drinking water samples, the incidence of fluorosis in adults as well as in children was surprisingly high. Khemli appeared to be the most affected village (with >48% cases) […]
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Piney Point: Water leaking from mound of radioactive waste near Port Manatee
Regulators say the leak from the former Piney Point phosphate plant can be fixed Millions of gallons of potentially contaminated water are being released into Tampa Bay in an effort to prevent the catastrophic collapse of a reservoir at the former Piney Point phosphate plant. The water — mixed with sand and likely filled with […]
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Conflict of interest discovered for Army Corps of Engineers’ phosphate mining environmental impact contractor
The Ecology Party of Florida has discovered a direct conflict of interest with CH2M Hill, the engineering firm awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) contract for preparing the Areawide Environmental Impact Statement (AEIS) on phosphate mining. The AEIS is supposed to determine all of the direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of phosphate […]
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New Mexico issues violation notice for Helena Chemical
LAS CRUCES – The state announced Thursday it has issued a notice of violation to Helena Chemical Co. in connection to its groundwater cleanup plan for a Mesquite fertilizer facility, one day after the company won a defamation lawsuit against a local community activist. In addition, the New Mexico Environment Department also said it has […]
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Zimbabwe: Public Health Vs Profits
HARARE— Residents of Zimbabwe’s major urban areas tend to take a laid-back approach to their environment and rarely raise a finger when it is polluted. It was, therefore, encouraging to hear residents of four suburbs in eastern Harare expressing their grave concerns at the environmental harm and public health impact as a result of pollution […]
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Ex-boxer takes on fertiliser giant Ravensdown
A former top New Zealand boxer started one of his biggest fights of his life yesterday seeking $1 million in damages and costs for the loss of orchards he says were ruined by emissions from the Ravensdown fertiliser manufacturing plant near Napier. Paddy Donovan, a 1956 and 1964 Olympic Games boxer and 1962 Empire Games […]
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Orchardist seeks $1m for acid damage
Acid clouds, secret payouts and protecting the brand of New Zealand apples are at the centre of a $1 million claim against New Zealand’s largest fertiliser manufacturer. Napier orchardist Paddy Donovan has taken Ravensdown to the High Court over claims that he was not paid compensation for acid and fluoride damage caused by the company’s […]
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Guizhou Wengfu to issue RMB 700 million bonds
Nov. 25, 2008 (China Knowledge) – Wengfu (Group) Co Ltd, controlled by China Cinda Asset Management Corp, said it would issue 700 million short-term financing bonds with a maturity of 365 days on the interbank market on Nov. 28. According to the company’s statement on the official Chinabond.com website, the bonds will become tradable on […]
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Waste Not, Want Not. One company’s fight against Newfoundlanders & Kanaks.
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK–The province of Newfoundland and the archipelago nation of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific seem to have little in common. New Caledonia, also known as Kanaky after the indigenous Kanaks who inhabit it, is a French colony in the southwest Pacific. Kanaky-New Caledonia separated from Australia some 85 million years ago and […]
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Fertiliser giant Ravensdown facing at least $1 million in damages
Fertiliser giant Ravensdown is defending a claim for at least $1 million in damages over orchard losses alleged to have been caused by acid and fluoride emissions from its plant at Awatoto, south of Napier. The hearing of the claim by orchardist Paddy Donovan, of Plumpton Park, an 11.3ha block at the corner of Awatoto […]
New Zealand Phosphate Industry