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Monterey supervisors won’t push fluoride
Monterey County supervisors Tuesday ruled out taking an advocacy role in the sharp, public health debate over water fluoridation. On a 5-0 vote, the supervisors rejected a recommendation from the 2002 civil grand jury that the county take the lead in getting local water systems to fluoridate. “The benefits are too vague … and the […]
United States, California -
Tie vote kills fluoride issue
An effort to have Independence voters decide in November whether to put fluoride in the city’s water died Monday on a tied City Council vote. With Council Member Charlie Rich absent, the final vote was 3-3 on an ordinance to put the issue on the ballot. Voting in favor were Jason White, Jim Schultz and […]
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Kids eat too much fluoride from foods, studies show
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — Kids ingest excessive fluoride, studies show, not just from toothpaste, but from their foods, making water fluoridation unnecessary and unsafe, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). University of Indiana researchers analyzed foods typical three- to five-year-olds eat and found diet significantly contributes to children’s daily […]
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Gypsum Stacks Cleanup Costly
TALLAHASSEE – State environmental regulators say they need to spend $45 million in the coming year to pump 750 million gallons of contaminated water from a former phosphate fertilizer plant in Manatee County. Nearly 800 million gallons of acid- laden water is stored atop radioactive phosphogypsum stacks at the Piney Point plant near Port Manatee. […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry -
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 […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
C8 Study ‘Tainted,’ Group Says Governor Urged to Appoint an Independent Panel
A national environmental research group on Wednesday urged Gov. Bob Wise to appoint an independent team to investigate chemical pollution from the DuPont Co. plant in Wood County. The Environmental Working Group said that a panel that previously reviewed the chemical C8 was tainted because of its ties to DuPont and the chemical industry in […]
United States, Ohio Perfluorinated chemicals -
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 […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
When public officials refuse to obey voters
Here’s a riddle for the times: When is a binding referendum not binding? Answer: When government officials don’t want to obey the voters. This shameful situation has arisen in Plainville, where townspeople said they don’t want fluoride in their water, but officials keep delivering fluoridated water to their homes. Fluoridation continues 11 months after voters […]
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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 […]
United States, Arizona Brick Kilns -
State orders Watsonville to fluoridate its water
Last fall, after Watsonville voters approved a ban on additives to the water supply, city officials halted a plan to fluoridate the water and turned down a grant that would have paid for installing the system and running it for a year. Fluoride foes thought that ended the matter. But fluoridation is a contentious issue, […]
United States, California