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Legacy of pain
Donald F. Metzen looks back with anger when thinking about his career, remembering all the chemicals he says he watched his company dump into Two Mile Creek. For years, he suspected those chemicals caused his wife’s death and his ailments. Today, he suspects the wastes from the defunct telephone equipment manufacturing company, Western Electric, also […]
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Coronet Working To Control Arsenic
PLANT CITY – Each time the region experiences heavy rain, settling ponds at one of the county’s oldest phosphate processing plants release arsenic and other toxins into a nearby stream. Coronet Industries, at 4082 Coronet Road on the east side of Plant City, is under orders from the state to make sure the spills don’t […]
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Canton village board delays fluoridation decision, explores referendum
CANTON – The village Board of Trustees delayed a decision Monday on whether to fluoridate the water system and will investigate whether a public referendum is possible. “We’re not sitting on our heels on this one,” Mayor Robert N. Wells Jr. said. “We just need some time.” The village has fluoridated its water since the […]
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Watsonville stands behind fluoride vote
WATSONVILLE — City voters rejected fluoridating the city’s public water supply last month. Now, the City Council says it will stand behind the vote, despite the fact that could prompt a showdown with state officials. In a letter this week to Jon Roth, executive director of the California Dental Association Foundation, City Manager Carlos Palacios […]
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Water fluoridation – a thing of the past in Watsonville
Responding to Watsonville voters, the city turned down a grant Wednesday that would have been used to fluoridate the city’s water supply. In a letter to the California Dental Association Foundation (CDA), City Manager Carlos Palacios rejected a nearly $1 million grant that was going to be used to build fluoridation facilities for Watsonville’s water […]
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Sides of fluoride debate are vocal in Canton
CANTON – About 50 critics and advocates of a fluoridated water system packed the municipal building Thursday to try to persuade the Canton village Board of Trustees to adopt their position. The board is scheduled to vote Monday on whether the village will resume fluoridation, but a decision may be delayed because trustees David P. […]
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Group Of Residents Sues Chemical Firms
Nearly 340 people filed suit Wednesday in circuit court in Madison County against three major chemical companies, claiming that they suffered poisoning from lead and other chemicals discarded as waste by the companies’ plants in Southern Illinois. Several of the plaintiffs live in Ellis Grove, Ill., in Randolph County. Other plaintiffs include Charlene Mercurio of […]
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Wichita Health Board will revisit fluoride
Physician Donna Sweet and dentist John Lewis will head efforts to revisit the idea of adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water, the Sedgwick County Advisory Board of Health decided today. Both are members of the board and will begin by talking about fluoridation with candidates for mayor and City Council. In 1999, the board […]
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Martin County water to get fluoride
Martin County residents won’t be able to taste it, but they’ll soon be fighting tooth decay with every sip of county water. The Martin County Commission on Tuesday favored adding “therapeutic levels” of fluoride to the county’s water supply. When added to drinking water, fluoride has been shown to strengthen tooth enamel and prevent decay. […]
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Report to outline benefits, downfalls of fluoride in water
The fluoride technical study group is expected today to put the final touches on its long-awaited report on the pros and cons of the continued fluoridation of Fort Collins’ drinking water supply. “All the research has been done, and the ideas are down,” said Patty Bigner, spokeswoman for the Fort Collins Utilities Department. “They’re not […]
United States, Colorado