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Portland. Hotseat: Kim Kaminski. For the strategist behind fluoride’s defeat, the fight isn’t over.
Kim Kaminski just got done burying the Portland power machine in the May 21 election, so excuse her if she’s a bit direct. Kaminski led Clean Water Portland, the campaign against fluoridating Portland’s drinking water. Outspent 3-to-1, opponents crushed the measure, 61 percent to 39 percent. In many ways, the vote had been the fight […]
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Why Reporting Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) Matters
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol now requires nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), a chemical released in some high-tech industries including electronics manufacturing, to be included in GHG inventories under the Corporate Standard, Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, and Product Standard. The amendment keeps the GHG Protocol’s reporting requirements aligned with those of the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
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Hamilton. Fluoride opponent: It’s a done deal
Pat McNair, who heads the Hamilton Stop Fluoride Campaign, reckons the opponents to the practice have the clout to persuade the council to stop fluoridation. ”It is a ‘done deal’ as they say. We not only have the numbers, we have the scientific evidence to back it up. ”We totally refrain from using emotive tactics […]
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ADEQ consent order requires Prescott to clear up water fluoride issue
The City of Prescott took the first step Tuesday in a yearlong process to improve the quality of the effluent (treated wastewater) coming out of the Airport Wastewater Treatment Plant. In a unanimous vote, the Prescott City Council approved an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADQ) “consent order” that requires the city to deal with […]
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Portland. BREAKING: State Public Health Director to Step Down
Oregon’s public health director is leaving the position, amid a threatened lawsuit and accusations the agency colluded with pro-fluoride advocates on the release of an oral health report. Dr. Mel Kohn today sent an e-mail out to colleagues at the Oregon Health Authority, saying he’ll step down as head of the OHA’s Public Health Division […]
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Worse than fracking? California environmentalists terrified by acid jobs
Only one of the 10 legislative fracking bills addresses acid jobs, which has some environmentalists concerned. Companies are not required to report their use of acid, which allows them to pump large quantities of this substance into the ground with no regulation. “These are super-hazardous, poisonous chemicals and we have no idea what they are […]
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Hamilton: Extraordinary Council Open Agenda
Date: Wednesday 5 June 2013 Time: 9:30am Meeting Room: Council Chamber Venue: Municipal Building, Garden Place, Hamilton Purpose of the Report The purpose of this report is to present the decision options available to the Council in relation to fluoridation of the water supply, and discusses what factors the Council may wish to consider in […]
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Does fluoridated water offer dental benefits or health risks?
The ongoing debate on fluoridation –the practice of adding fluoride to our tap water to prevent tooth decay– re-ignited as the City of Portland, Oregon, voted on this measure (the proposal failed by outstanding majority). While most of us take it for granted and it is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction
May 28 (Reuters) – As California sets the ground rules for drilling in the Monterey oil formation, a hard-to-reach shale reserve that is the largest in the United States, some environmentalists worry that politicians, regulators and fellow activists are fighting the wrong battle. The state regulator is hammering out rules for hydraulic fracturing, while the […]
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Hogenakkal water for Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri districts from tomorrow
A drinking water supply project, conceived nearly 50 years ago for water-starved and fluoride-hit people of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts in north-western belt, is to become a reality on Wednesday when Chief Minister Jayalalithaa formally commissions through video-conferencing. The project, now called Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project, was originally mooted when K. Kamaraj […]
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