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Pinellas: Should Newspapers Endorse Candidates? The Case of the Fluoride Four
Should newspapers be in the business of endorsing candidates? And is there really an editorial firewall between the reporters and the editorial page of newspapers? Yes, and yes, says Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute’s Sense-making Project. Case in point: the recent coverage and editorial campaign about fluoride in the Tampa Bay Times. It started […]
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Train derailment: Workers begin unloading thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals from derailed tank cars in southwestern Louisville
With Dixie Highway closed again in southwestern Jefferson County and 31 nearby homes evacuated, the unloading of tens of thousands of gallons of dangerous chemicals from derailed rail cars began Tuesday and is expected to continue for at least three days. The evacuation and the closure of Dixie Highway from Ky. 44 to the Salt […]
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TODAY: EOHU to Bring Big Gun Dr. Paul Before Cornwall City Council
Back in September, Paul Brisebois from Fluoride Free Cornwall appeared before Cornwall CIty Council asking that the City terminate the practive of adding fluoride to the city’s municipal drinking water. In response, Cornwall city administration has invited the head of the EOHU to present his response at the Cornwall City Council meeting of Tuesday November 13, […]
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Easton: Water fluoridation was controversial in 1962
50 years ago today 1962: Water worries: An Express editorial, “To End Confusion, Doubt Over Fluoride Use,” reads in part, “Efforts to bring about fluoridation of Phillipsburg’s water supply thus far have foundered on the rock of resistance by groups who claim the use of this chemical is most everything from a Communist poison plot […]
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Greenpeace Scolds Outdoor Apparel Makers for Chemical Use
“Leave only footprints” may be the outdoor industry ethos, but Greenpeace says a study it recently conducted revealed troubling indications that the apparel made for outdoor recreation contains persistent chemicals, some of which are linked to negative health effects in both humans and animals. For the study, Greenpeace commissioned two independent labs to analyze the […]
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Student Environmental Center hosts the Asheville Fluoride Discussion
Why do we have fluoride in the public water supply and is it good for us or are there risks? A public 2 on 2 “discussion” will be held Monday, November 12th at 7:00 PM at UNCA in Asheville, North Carolina with doors opening at 6:15. The students of the Student Environmental Center (SEC) at […]
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‘High-risk components’ removed from K-25
URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has removed one of the highest risk components remaining in the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) K-25 building, with the successful crane removal of five components known as NaF traps. The NaF traps contain a material that was used to absorb uranium from the process system and were in the […]
United States, Tennessee United States Nuclear Industry -
Foes of added fluoride speak out in Mesa
An issue that Mesa residents may have thought was settled 12 years ago resurfaced last week in a City Council committee meeting. Councilwoman Dina Higgins, who chairs the sustainability and transportation committee, gave Mesa resident Virginia Salas the floor Thursday to discuss what she called “the awful truth” about fluoridated drinking water. Mesa fought a […]
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Harvard Voters Say No to Fluoride
It’s an issue we saw a lot of cities vote on back in 2008. Fluoridating city water supplies. Well, 4 years later, the small town of Harvard, Nebraska is dealing with it now. And, they don’t want it. “I mean we’re so uncertain what’s in our water today anyway. I just think adding more additives […]
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Editorial: A reason to cheer the Portland fluoride vote
By collecting enough signatures to force Portland’s fluoridation plan to the May 2014 ballot, a group called Clean Water Portland has guaranteed many months of vigorous debate. Portland residents should be happy about this. Clean Water Portland may be completely wrong about fluoridation, but its push for a public vote is exactly what’s supposed to […]
United States, Oregon