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  • Under The Volcano (Part I)

    “By design, you know, you have these failures,” he says. As part of its agreement with the TNRCC, Crown put in a $1.3 million scrubber to attack the problem of excess sulfur emissions. Critics railed that the company was skirting other, costlier controls. But even Abraham concedes that Crown’s sulfur dioxide emissions are way down. […]

  • Roiling The Waters

    A bill to mandate fluoride in New Jersey’s public water supply has pitted some natural allies against each other. Can dentists, environmentalists, and other groups resolve their differences? In New Jersey Dental School’s pediatric clinic in Newark, Dr. Nanci S. Tofsky and her students peer into the mouths of very young children whose teeth are […]

  • United Steelworkers Union Calls for Industry-Wide Phase-Out of Hydrogen Fluoride in Oil Refinery Alkylation Units

    PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it is calling for the nationwide phase-out of hydrogen fluoride alkylation units. “Hydrogen fluoride is such a deadly component, and there are new and safer technologies available,” said USW Vice President Gary Beevers, who is in charge of the union’s oil sector. “It’s […]

  • Plants detail impact of toxic releases 

    An unchecked release of toxic chemicals from any one of dozens of plants in the Louisville metropolitan area — from chemical plants to a commercial bakery — could sicken thousands of residents. And the potential impact can go far beyond a company’s property, according to risk-management plans filed by the companies with the U.S. Environmental […]

  • Florida Institute of Phosphate Research Accused of Whitewashing

    BARTOW — Charging a “whitewash,” a local environmental activist has resigned from a state phosphate research agency’s environmental education panel. Marian Ryan, a Winter Haven resident active in the Sierra Club, resigned Jan. 5 from the Educational Advisory Committee run by the Bartow-based Florida Institute of Phosphate Research. But institute officials dispute that charge, saying […]

  • Phosphate industry aims to be corporate neighbor

    The phosphate mining industry attempts to promote favorable regulations and a positive image in the ways one might expect of a billion-dollar global industry. The industry lobbies lawmakers, contributes to community coffers and publishes literature that suggests phosphate mining pumps billions of dollars into the economy and leaves behind reclaimed lands in a near-pristine condition. […]

  • Will EPA Rethink Gypsum Policy?

    WASHINGTON — Recent spills of contaminated water from phosphogypsum stacks have added to pressure from a Polk County congressman for the Environmental Protection Agency to allow an alternative use of radioactive gypsum. Critics of federal gypsum policy expect the EPA to approve an experimental permit to dump 50 tons of the industrial byproduct into a […]

  • Fluoride: Disposing of Mining Waste Through Your Body

    BRADENTON — August 13 ended Fluoride Awareness Week and promotion of the documentary with numerous health experts and scientists describing examples of many maladies caused by intake of the phosphate mining/fertilizer industry’s hazardous waste. The documentary is available for free viewing on line here. The maladies from this forced pollution of your body include (but […]

  • An Environmental Professional Speaks Out on Fluoridation

    In this video, Brent Foster, the State Conservation Chair for the Oregon Sierra Club, explains why he came to oppose water fluoridation.

  • U.S. Signers (Louisiana to Montana)

    The following professionals have signed the Professionals’ Statement Calling for an End to Fluoridation. Due to the number, the U.S. signers have been divided by their state of residence. — Original signers to the Statement do not have an asterisk preceding their name. — See below for International and other U.S. signers. – Professionals can […]