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  • FAN did the “Impossible”

    january 1, 2013 At 9:43 pm last night FAN accomplished the “impossible” by reaching $100,000 – the goal of our 2012 fundraiser. Our current total stands at $101,287 from 523 donors. Yesterday was a truly remarkable day. We started with $83,225 and together with those who had pledged $8,425 (which kicked in when we reached $90,000) […]

  • Laois County: Calling time on fluoride

    Laois county councillors want to abolish the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. At their monthly meeting last week, Cllr Alan Hand requested the Council to call for the end of water fluoridation, as he had done the previous year. “Aproximately €4 million is spent nationally, 97 per cent of the EU doesn’t add […]

  • Nuclear energy: Radical reactors

    For decades, one design has dominated nuclear reactors while potentially better options were left by the wayside. Now, the alternatives might finally have their day. Back in 2000, when Kirk Sorensen was a NASA engineer looking at nuclear-power options for future colonies on the Moon, he came across a book that described the molten-salt reactor: […]

  • Council votes to continue fluoridation of Gympie’s water

    GYMPIE region residents will be denied the chance to make their own decision on continued fluoridation of council water supplies, despite concerns by the Local Government Association of Queensland. A motion by Cr Ian Petersen to suspend fluoridation pending a referendum, drew ridicule from many councillors and was only supported by Mary Valley councillor Julie […]

  • Columbia: Citizens raise concerns about fluoride

    Columbia is joining a long list of U.S. cities taking another look at the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. It’s a debate that has resurfaced from time to time across the country over the past several decades. In recent years, the practice has come under fresh scrutiny from activists armed with […]

  • Darien. Water Worlds Part 2: A look at hot issues within the treatment process

    When we open up our faucet and let water pour out, we’re engaging in the miracle of modern plumbing that began hundreds of years ago and today remains a staple of civilization. For Darienites connected to the public water supply, the process of bringing water from its source and to homes and businesses involves numerous […]

  • “Get it Out!” (Fluoride Protest Song)

    GET IT OUT! Come gather around people listen to my song It’s about fluoridation don’t take very long Got to get it out, get it out Out of my water, I don’t want to drink it no more. Fluoridation started in 1952 The years have passed its up to me and you To get it […]

  • HFO-1234yf: Mercedes faces off with Honeywell, DuPont over coolant safety

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) — When engineers at Mercedes-Benz tasked with field-testing a new refrigerant watched it ignite in a ball of fire before their eyes, it took a while for the significance of their discovery to sink in. The discovery suggested the new product posed a risk to car passengers. It has set off a battle […]

  • Niagara Falls Water Board lowers fluoride level 20 percent in tap water

    Most Americans take it for granted that their public water contains added fluoride. We drink, cook, and bathe in water with added fluoride, a group of compounds that are composed of naturally occurring fluorine and one or more other elements. There is ample evidence that shows fluoride works to reduce tooth decay from the outside […]

  • United States and Czech Republic Join Together to Announce Bilateral Nuclear Energy Research and Development Efforts

    PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the ?ež Nuclear Research Institute, the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Texas A&M and the Czech Nuclear Education Network (CENEN) to announce a series of bilateral nuclear research and development programs that will help to advance safe and secure nuclear energy technologies in both […]