Gov. Shumlin Outlines Next Steps on PFOA Response
MONTPELIER – Gov. Peter Shumlin today provided an update on the State’s response to the detection of the chemical PFOA in southern Vermont and provided information on additional testing that will be...
View ArticlePFOA: Installation of carbon filtration systems in Petersburgh delayed
PETERSBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Some Petersburgh residents will be getting carbon filters due to the PFOA contamination, but the installation process has been delayed. Lenore Humphrey has lived in...
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It’s National Teflon Day – But Hold the Celebration
On this day in 1938, a DuPont chemist named Roy J. Plunkett in Deepwater, N.J., accidentally discovered polytetrafluoroethylene, a slippery substance remarkably resistant to water, grease and stains....
View ArticleGloversville and Johnstown: Fluoride issue affects water plan
Fulton County wants Gloversville and Johnstown to resolve a fluoride issue before the county spends money on a $255,000 water-connection project involving the cities. The project would benefit a...
View ArticlePort Angeles fluoridation panel prepping suggestions on alternatives
PORT ANGELES — To fluoridate or not to fluoridate: That’s not the question, an ad hoc committee says. An ad hoc committee considering alternatives to fluoridation will not suggest whether the practice...
View ArticleHoneywell signs R1234yf deal in China
Note from FAN: “… In a statement following a test at Mercedes’ HQ in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Walter Pütz, director of vehicle certification and regulatory affairs at Mercedes-Benz Cars said:...
View Article400 New Hampshire properties get bottled water over PFOA
Bottled water will be provided to 400 properties in two New Hampshire communities where elevated levels of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings had been found in the drinking water. The New...
View ArticleLitchfield Town Manager on PFOA: Residents Concerned About Health, Home Values
State environmental officials continue to investigate to what extent drinking water systems in southern New Hampshire have been contaminated with the chemical known as PFOA. More water sample results...
View ArticleAuckland: No consultation needed for stopping or starting fluoridation
Chair of Auckland Council’s Policy and Strategy committee decided unilaterally yesterday that a petition from Fluoride Free New Zealand could be received but not debated on. This left councillors no...
View ArticleBehind the Headlines: Water contamination, PFOA testing
Hundreds of people in the tri-state region have been given the same warning: Don’t drink the water. The discovery of a chemical that studies linked with cancer and other diseases led to households...
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