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EPA meeting to be held in Questa July 31
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing in Questa, Wednesday (July 31) to receive comments on Chevron Mining’s draft permit to discharge into the Red River. The revised permit concerns water discharges from the Questa molybdenum mine and tailings facility. According to information from the EPA, the hearing will include a presentation […]
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Mount Isa’s fluoride debate is set to continue
MOUNT Isa’s fluoride debate is set to continue after less than 10 per cent of the city’s population voted in last week’s referendum, which ended on Saturday. Mount Isa Mayor Tony McGrady said for the vote to be mandated, at least half of the city’s voting population, 5352 people, needed to take part. Of the […]
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Are “Acid Jobs” a Bigger Environmental Threat than Fracking for Oil and Gas?
They haven’t made a Hollywood movie about them yet, or even an independent documentary, but so-called “acid jobs” are starting to garner the kind of attention that hydraulic fracturing, otherwise know as “fracking,” has been receiving the past few years. California regulators are currently working on rules, and the state is pondering legislation, which would […]
United States, California Fracking -
Hamilton: Mayor takes lead in fluoride referendum
Mayor Julie Hardaker had the casting vote when it came to deciding on the wording for the referendum on fluoride to be held during the October local government elections. With councillor Angela O’Leary absent, votes were equally split on the motion to word the question “should Hamilton City public water supply be fluoridated?” at last […]
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Peninsula foes of fluoride petition high court
PORT ANGELES — Those opposed to adding fluoride to city water supplies on the North Olympic Peninsula have once again petitioned the state Supreme Court to clarify whether fluoridated city water supplies should be considered drugs. If so, those behind the petition claim cities would need approval from the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, […]
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Wallula: Is there a fix for global warming under our feet?
After nearly a decade of preparation, the experiment that started last week near the banks of the Columbia River seems almost anti-climactic. Four cylindrical tanks, each containing about 40 tons of carbon dioxide, sit tethered by pipes and tubes to a hole in the ground. There’s a faint hum of machinery as a pump forces […]
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Debate | Fluoride battle heats up in Ireland as campaigners strip to back Sinn Féin bill
The Girl Against Fluoride (Photo: http://www.thegirlagainstfluoride.com/) The 50-year-old battle to get fluoride(s) out of the Irish water supply kicked into high gear this summer as (impromptu) strippers thronged St. Stephen’s Green in support of a Sinn Féin bill, which is currently before the Dáil, to ban the controversial practice. Leading the campaign is Aisling Fitzgibbon, […]
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City of Wolfforth installing new system for clean water
WOLFFORTH, TX (KCBD) – The City of Wolfforth is gearing up for a major improvement in the way it handles its water supply… Wolfforth is embarking on a $6.7 million multi-phase project to improve the treatment of the city’s water supply. Wolfforth City Manager Darrell Newsom says, “The biggest bulk of the cost would be […]
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Sheridan: City moving closer to water fluoridation
SHERIDAN — The city of Sheridan began conventional upgrades to its two water treatment plants earlier this month. The overall purpose of the upgrades is to address new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, Utilities Manager Dan Roberts said. The city will make other minor improvements at the same time, including the addition of necessary equipment to […]
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CDC names new oral health director
Katherine Weno, DDS, JD, a dentist and lawyer who heads the bureau of oral health at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), has been selected as the new director of the division of oral health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Dr. Weno joined the KDHE as bureau […]
United States, National USA CDC