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• Villagers protest factory pollution in China

  Hundreds of demonstrators in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Sunday were camped outside a solar-panel manufacturing plant accused of contaminating a nearby river. BEIJING — In a fresh indication of growing public anger over pollution, hundreds of demonstrators in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Sunday were camped outside a solar-panel manufacturing […]

• U.S. EPA proposes to eliminate mercury pollution from dentist offices nationwide

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposal to eliminate mercury pollution from dental offices nationwide. These new Clean Water Act standards would cut discharges of dental amalgam – a mixture of mercury and other metals that dentists use to fill cavities. Under this proposal, dentists must use devices to remove mercury and other […]

• Hamilton, Ontario: Another PFOS polluted site at airport?

  The province is reviewing the history of another potentially polluted firefighting training area at Hamilton’s airport. Airport operator Tradeport is already testing for historic perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) contamination at an old firefighting training site near the southwest corner of the city-owned facility. A report on the extent of the pollution, which has been found in […]

• Hamilton: Documents show widespread PFOS pollution

  The toxic firefighting chemical polluting Hamilton’s airport has been found at more than 30 airports and military sites across Canada, according to a federal petition response. Documents provided in a response to a petition filed with the auditor general’s office by local biologist Joe Minor also say Transport Canada is still deciding whether it will […]

• “Air Is Fluoridated”

  WHEN THE TOPIC of fluoridation comes up, most people laugh at the poor unfortunate people who still think fluoridation is harmful. But most people don’t know about the seriousness of fluoride air pollution. In places like the Bay Area (San Francisco), where the air we breathe is fluoridated, it may not be a good idea […]

• The effect of small quantities of fluorine on the human body

  Based on several studies, national standard GOST 2874-54 established the maximum allowable concentration of fluorine in drinking water to be 1.5 mg/l. However, this standard cannot be considered sufficiently substantiated. Despite the fact that fluorine exhibits strong neurotropic activity, the question pertaining to the functional state of the nervous system as a result of the […]

• Landmark case exposes ArcelorMittal SA pollution

  JOHANNESBURG – In 1994 a number of people bought property in a farmland area of the Vaal known as Louisrus and Steel Valley, in the south of Johannesburg.They bought property close to the Iscor steel plant, which has now become part of ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa). Two years later residents noticed oil in their borehole […]

• Biological approaches of fluoride remediation: potential for environmental clean-up.

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• Genotoxicity of spent pot liner as determined with the zebrafish (Danio rerio) experimental model.

  References AL-SABTI K, METCALFE CD (1995) Fish micronuclei for assessing genotoxicity in water. Mutation Res Genetic Toxicology 343(2):121–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1218(95)90078-0 CAS  Article  Google Scholar ANDRADE LF, CAMPOS JMS, DAVIDE LC (2008) Cytogenetic alterations induced by SPL (spent pot liner) in meristematic cells of plant bioassays. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 71(3):706–710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.018 CAS  Article  Google Scholar ANDRADE LF, […]

• Fluoride- and electromagnetic radiation-induced genotoxicity and impaired melatonin secretion.