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  • Corpus Christi: CITGO findings disputed

    The Texas Sierra Club on Friday disputed the findings of a CITGO-hired botanist who said that toxic gas did not escape into the neighborhoods after the May 12 refinery explosion because vegetation in the area wasn’t damaged. Neil Carman, the Sierra Club’s clean air program director, said he found lots of brown plants. After hearing […]

  • The future of the f-word

    An investigation into the secretive world of fracking and what it means to California Red dots indicate hydraulically fractured wells as shown on a FracTracker.org map. Click on the image for a larger version. MAP COURTESY OF FRACTRACKER ALLIANCE/WWW.FRACTRACKER.ORG About this story: This story was first published in a similar version on ChicoSol.org, a bilingual online […]

  • Portland. Fluoride Lobby Fumbles at Public Debate

    Wednesday night’s debate to discuss the pros and cons of adding fluorosilicic acid (aka fluoride) to the Bull Run water supply that Portland depends upon saw an excess of 240 concerned citizens pack the Matt Dishman Community Center’s auditorium.  The event was sponsored by the Multnomah County Democrats.  Moderator Teddy Keizer, Chair of the Mult-Co Dems opened […]

  • Vote Against Fluoridation of Water in Oregon

    I have just read a report that the citizens of Portland, Oregon rejected adding fluoridation chemicals to their water by a 61% to 39% margin. These voters agreed, like most western nations, that there are safer, more effective and less intrusive ways to promote oral health than adding to the water supply a chemical linked […]

  • New Jersey Threatened with Mandatory Water Fluoridation – Science and Residents Ignored

    Despite objections from environmentalists and utility officials, New Jersey is under threat of mandatory fluoridation, which is the addition of fluoride chemicals into the public drinking water ostensibly to reduce tooth decay. Despite admission by the Federal Government that American children are fluoride over-exposed and that fluoride’s benefits are primarily topical, New Jersey legislators are […]

  • Calif. commission launches probe of offshore fracking

    The California Coastal Commission yesterday launched an investigation into how much hydraulic fracturing is happening offshore and what power the agency has to control it. At a meeting yesterday in Santa Cruz, agency aides said they needed to find out more about the implications of fracking in the Pacific Ocean, following a news report that […]

  • The Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury: Report on Fluoridation

    FLUORIDATION: WHERE DO YOU STAND? SUMMARY The Grand Jury received a citizen complaint concerning a proposal under discussion by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to fluoridate public water through dispersal by the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA). The Grand Jury recognizes this topic is highly controversial. Research on both sides of the issue […]

  • Feature: No fracking way!

    Marin is pumping for a ban on hydraulic fracturing You may not have heard of Mainstreet Moms or 350Marin, but you will feel the heat, and soon. The Moms, along with 350.org and its associated nonprofits, are tangling with big oil companies to ban fracking in California. You don’t know from fracking? Fracking allows oil […]

  • Environmentalists seek testing of South Jersey water

    PAULSBORO Environmentalists are calling on the federal government to investigate their concerns that a South Jersey chemical plant may be contaminating drinking water with carcinogenic chemicals, and accusing state officials of years of inaction on the issue. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, an advocacy group that seeks to protect the river’s watershed, says public health is […]

  • Wellington Could Reconsider Water Fluoridation Policy

    An old debate has been rekindled in Wellington as council members prepare to discuss the necessity of fluoride in the village’s drinking water. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, council members will discuss a resolution to eliminate fluoridation of Wellington’s public drinking water supply. The village has added fluoride to its drinking water since 1999, when council […]