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High radium level found under Inverness Middle School
INVERNESS – Soil beneath Inverness Middle School has higher than normal levels of a radioactive element called radium, which caused the high levels of the cancer-causing gas found in the school last summer, recent tests show. The tests of soil taken from just under the school’s floor revealedlevels of radium as high as three times […]
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San Marcos shuts off the fluoride spigot at water plant
SAN MARCOS —The crews at the San Marcos Water Treatment Plant have stopped adding fluoride to the city’s water supply, following the will of city voters who approved a referendum Nov. 3 to halt the practice. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, which runs the water plant, stopped adding the fluoride on Thursday. It will take a […]
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Somerset. Chairman: Water is completely safe
SOMERSET — Because of a question that was asked at last Thursday’s candidates’ forum for the annual town election, Somerest Water and Sewer Commission Chairman Charles Fisher II and Water Superintendent Robert Lima said they wanted to address any concerns there might be about fluoride being in the public drinking water supply. “We don’t want […]
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Homes evacuated after train carrying toxic chemicals derails in Galveston County, Texas
SANTA FE, Texas — A handful of homes were evacuated and 2-mile stretch of State Highway 6 near the Galveston County line was shutdown Saturday night after a train pulling tankers of hydrogen fluoride and other chemicals derailed. A railroad spokeswoman said that 12 tank cars left the tracks near Mustang Road not far from […]
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Volcanic pall shows no signs of disappearing
LONDON — The miasma of volcanic ash hovering over Europe showed no sign of dissipating Saturday, keeping thousands of forlorn travelers stranded across the continent for a third day and worsening economic losses. The cloud of grit from the still-erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland began creeping as far south as Italy, forcing authorities to shut […]
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Brayton Point Report: Power plant costs high
The organization Coal Free Massachusetts has released results of an analysis that found that the emissions from Brayton Point power plant has caused premature deaths and millions of dollars of health care costs that burden the economy. According to the organization, 15 to 39 premature deaths in 2012 were caused by emissions from the power […]
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Fluoridation and cancer: The biology and epidemiology of bone and oral cancer related to fluoridation
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In vivo protective effects of gallic acid isolated from peltiphyllum peltatum against sodium fluoride-induced oxidative stress in rat erythrocytes
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Antioxidant defense systems in red blood cell lysates of men with dental fluorosis living in Tamil Nadu, India
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San Marcos Voters Say No to Fluoride in Water
SAN MARCOS, Texas — As the election results began to come in, Fluoride Free San Marcos began to celebrate. “I’m proud of the people of San Marcos for ending such an irrational policy,” said Justin Arman with Texans for Accountable Government. The effort to engage city leaders to remove fluoride from the water began years […]