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Is the Tide Turning on Fluoride in the Water?

The town of Mount Desert in Maine has voted to remove fluoride from their drinking water supply. Usually, the news is about some town that decided not to add fluoride to their water, but to actually vote (229 vs. 42)...

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High Arsenic Levels in Eastern New England

The US Geological Survey New Hampshire and Vermont Water Science Center created a model for predicting locations where ground water will contain high levels of arsenic. This information will be used by water system planners and as an exposure assessment...

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New York City Water Tunnels Can't Be Shut Down for Maintenance

In an interview about her new book, The Works: Anatomy of a City, author Kate Ascher tells an interesting story about how the two existing tunnels that bring water to New York city are leaking. These tunnels cannot be shut...

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Can you trust municipal water systems?

A water quality manager fired by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority in 2003 was ordered reinstated and awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars yesterday by a judge who said she was improperly terminated after warning federal authorities about excessive...

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