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Restless Mt Ruapehu raises risk of eruption
The likelihood of Mt Ruapehu erupting has increased – with temperature changes indicating eruptions were “more likely over the next weeks to months”. GNS duty volcanologist Steven Sherburn said yesterday temperatures a few hundred metres beneath the volcano’s crater lake were about 800C, but the lake itself was only about 20C. “This suggests the vent […]
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Bradford Stops Fluoridating Water Supply, Upsetting Dentists
A decision by Bradford Water and Sewer Commission officials to stop fluoridating the public water supply — after doing so for more than three decades — has prompted strong opposition from an Upper Valley dentist who wonders why the five-member water board did not seek medical advice before making that move. Chairman Robert Nutting, who […]
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Hamilton: Johnson wants PFOS paper trail
Councillor Brenda Johnson is repeating calls for a “paper trail” about farming in contaminated lands around the airport. The Binbrook councillor reiterated her request at Wednesday night’s council meeting for documentation that proves the farmer who leases the airport farmland knew the risks relating to the perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) pollution. She also asked city staff […]
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Gilbert water treatment problems identified
An independent audit of Gilbert’s water-treatment operations found the town is meeting bare-minimum standards for safety and quality while struggling to deal with vacant positions, insufficient training and a sometimes-intentional lack of communication, officials told the Town Council on Tuesday. Colorado-based CH2M HILL Engineers conducted the audit, which was ordered by the council after town […]
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US chemical policy: Safe until proven toxic?
It took a devastating hurricane for the health of the environment to become an election issue. But we need to be talking about more than climate change. We also need to be talking about chemicals. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the book responsible for the onset […]
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A study on the high fluoride concentration in the magnesium-rich waters of hard rock aquifer in Krishnagiri district, Tamilnadu, India
Abstract Excess fluoride in groundwater affects the human health and results in dental and skeletal fluorosis. Higher concentration of fluoride was noted in hard rock terrain of the south India, in the Krishnagiri district of Tamilnadu. The region has a complex geology ranging from ultra basic to acid igneous rocks, charnockite and gneissic rocks. Thirty-four […]
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Bundaberg: Laws pave way for a possible vote on fluoride
A REFERENDUM on the fluoride issue could be on the table after new legislation passed on Tuesday night, changing the powers of local councils and giving them the right to hold a “people’s vote” on key issues. But Bundaberg Mayor Mal Forman said the council had not yet considered whether it would hold a referendum […]
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Monto: Petition in town against fluoride
A PETITION against fluoridated drinking water is taking Monto’s main street by storm. The controversial issue has sparked heated debate across the North Burnett. Monto Residents and Ratepayers Association representative Jack Muller said his group had been campaigning against fluoridation since it was introduced this year. “We tried to push the issue at this year’s […]
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ABC11 Investigates: How safe is Fluoride in our water?
Watch online DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Corey Sturmer didn’t know much about fluoride in his drinking water until a year ago, when his dentist told him he has fluorisis, a condition that causes white spotting, yellowing and browning of the teeth, and erosion of the enamel. “I asked my dentist … is there fluoride in […]
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Questions asked over soybeans grown on toxic Hamilton land
A Hamilton city councillor wants more information about how soybeans potentially used for food ended up being grown on contaminated airport property. Brenda Johnson has asked for a “paper trail” that shows a farmer who grew soybeans on land contaminated with PFOS at the Hamilton airport understood the risks. She’s asking for information on where […]
Canada, Ontario Perfluorinated chemicals