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Beryllium producer rejects meeting with activists
The Brush Wellman beryllium company says it will not meet with environmental activists who want to discuss why workers at the firm’s plant outside Elmore continue to contract an often-fatal lung disease. Brush Wellman has told Ohio Citizen Action, the state’s largest environmental activist group, that there was no reason to meet and, furthermore, the […]
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Local Industries Release Figures on ‘Worst-Case’ Scenarios
Treading lightly on a delicate subject, leaders of industry and safety agencies disclosed details Tuesday about potential but unlikely chemical leaks that could threaten everyone in the St. Louis region. There has never been a massive vapor-release accident here and probably never will be, they emphasized. But a federal rule requires reporting worst-case scenario risks […]
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BGE may be Maryland’s largest polluter
Two of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s power plants released more than 14 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air last year, likely making it Maryland’s top polluter. The amount dwarfs the figures of the top polluters of 1997, the Westvaco paper products company in Western Maryland and Millennium Inorganics, a Baltimore chemical company. […]
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Utilities prepare for bad environmental news
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An electric utility went on the offense Thursday, anticipating unfavorable public response to data showing significant pollution from coal-fired power plants. American Electric Power sent representatives to news organizations to explain that the utility will report substantial levels of hydrochloric acid in the Toxic Release Inventory to be issued Friday. “We are […]
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Gov. Guinn signs Clark County fluoridation bill
CARSON CITY — Gov. Kenny Guinn has signed a bill requiring fluoridation of the water system in Clark County, but he wants the public to vote on the issue. The governor has asked the Legislature to send him a “trailer bill” that will allow Clark County voters to have a say on a ballot question […]
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Senate OKs water fluoridation bill
CARSON CITY — Although it died in the wake of harsh public criticism two years ago, a bill to put fluoride in public water systems serving Southern Nevada’s larger cities scooted through the Senate Wednesday afternoon with only a handful of members opposing it. The bill, passed by the Assembly earlier this month, calls for […]
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Fluoride, A Missing Ingredient
Barker Hamill’s children take fluoride pills every other day. The reason: Morrisville, Pa., where they live, does not have fluoridated water. ”Our pediatrician recommended taking them,” Mr. Hamill. ”There’s no lack of evidence that it helps to prevent tooth decay.” Mr. Hamill is not just any proponent of fluoridation. He is also chief of the […]
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Panel endorses bill to fluoridate water
CARSON CITY (AP) – A proposal to put fluoride in drinking water in Reno and Las Vegas was approved on a 26-16 vote Thursday by the Nevada Assembly. The controversial bill was backed by dentists who said they constantly see children with mouths full of cavities because Nevada is one of the few places that […]
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Fear of Fluoride
Have you read the fine print on your toothpaste tube recently? Check it out. If your toothpaste contains fluoride — which nearly every brand in the United States does — there’s a consumer advisory message that might surprise and alarm you, especially if you’re the parent of young children. The advisory, which began appearing on […]
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Molycorp regulation challenge rejected
QUESTA, N.M. – The state has turned down Molycorp’s challenge to New Mexico’s authority to regulate ground water contamination beneath the company’s molybdenum mine here. The Water Quality Control Commission on Tuesday ruled Molycorp missed – by four years – a deadline to oppose controls on the contamination. The ruling means the state will move […]
United States, New Mexico Specialty Metal Industries
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