"Airborne fluorides have caused more worldwide damage
to domestic animals than any other air pollutant." - US
Department of Agriculture. Air Pollutants Affecting the Performance
of Domestic Animals. Agricultural Handbook No. 380. Revised. 1972.
p. 109.
"Certainly, there has been more litigation on alleged
damage to agriculture by fluoride than all other pollutants combined."
- Weinstein LH. (1983)."Effects of Fluorides on Plants
and Plant Communities: An Overview." In: Shupe JL, Peterson
HB, Leone NC, (Eds). Fluorides: Effects on Vegetation, Animals,
and Humans. Paragon Press. Salt Lake City, Utah. pp. 53-59.
Between 1957 and 1968 "fluoride was responsible for
more damage claims against industry than all twenty [nationally
monitored air pollutants] combined." - Groth E. (1969).
Air is Fluoridated. The Peninsula Observer Jan 27 - Feb 3.
GENERAL:
- Fluorides
in the Air Environment April 1973
- Fluoride: Commie Plot
or Capitalist Ploy? Covert Action Quarterly Fall 1992
- Why
Fluoride is an Environmental Issue Gar Smith, Earth
Island Journal 1998
- Fluoride, Teeth & the Atomic Bomb
Joel Griffiths & Chris Bryson, Waste Not 414, 1997
- "Air
is Fluoridated" Edward Groth III, Peninsula Observer,
Jan-Feb 1969
- Fluoride
Pollution Edward Groth III, Environment, April/May
1975
- Environmental
Fluoride National Research Council of Canada, 1977
- Fluoride Versus Sulfur Oxides in Air
Pollution Dr. George Waldbott, Fluoride, October 1974
- The Ecological
Aspect of Fluoride John Marier, Fluoride, April 1972
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES with FLUORIDE POLLUTION:
- St.
Regis Syndrome Science News July 19, 1980
- Air
of Death Canadian Broadcasting Company 1967
- The
Town that Refused to Die Good Housekeeping January
1969
- Ecological
Russian Roulette Los Angeles Times November 22, 1994
- Shattered
Dreams in the Town that Cannot Smile Scotland
on Sunday March 22, 1998
- Tajik
Aluminum - Environmental Disaster Area in Central Asia
Compilation of articles, 1991-2001
- Chinese
Steel Plant Belches Poison China Daily August 8, 1998
- Russian aluminium
giant evades paying for environmental damage
BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union June 30, 2001
- Nalco
smelter fluoride damages Orissa crops Indo-Asian
News Service October 14, 2003
- Sick
Cows, Human Fears in Maryland County The Washington
Post August 7, 1977
- Fluoride Pollution in Polk
County Florida excerpt from Terracide: America's Destruction
of Her Living Environment 1970
- Corporate Country
William Rodgers, Jr., Rodale Press, 1973
- Air Pollution from
Stauffer Chemical Phosphate Plant Ombudsman
Report, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, December
29, 2000
- Fluoride-tainted
Pasture Grass May Harm Cattle Tampa
Tribune February 16, 1984
- Companies
skewed Pensacola pollution evidence Fort Worth
Star September 9, 2003
- What
Lies Beneath Affects Rising Homes The Tampa
Tribune July 13, 2003
- 2
dairy farmers sue chemical plant over fluoride in Montco, PA
The Philadelphia Inquirer September 5, 2001
- Mexicans
fear DuPont's Hydrofluoric Acid plant could cause 'Next Bhopal'
Los Angeles Times November 20, 1991
- Fluoride
pollution from aluminum plant in Tibet Compilation
of material, 2001
- Lung Cancer in a Steel City
Fluoride July 1990
- 2,000
Forced to Flee Hydrofluoric Acid Cloud at Texas Refinery; 100
Injured Los Angeles Times October 31, 1987
HEALTH EFFECTS in FLUORIDE-EXPOSED WORKERS:
"Workers exposed to a constant intake
of fluorine compounds in one form or another should be examined at intervals
and temporarily taken away from the work at the first sign of intoxication."
- Roholm K. (1937). Fluoride intoxication: a clinical-hygienic study
with a review of the literature and some experimental investigations.
London: H.K. Lewis Ltd.
"In
conclusion, potroom asthma appears to occur in the United States at the
studied aluminum smelters. There was a significant statistical
relationship between the incidence of asthma and the mean gaseous fluoride exposure in the study population." -
Taiwo OA, et al. (2006). Incidence of asthma among aluminum workers.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48(3):275-82
"A close relationship between the levels of fluoride exposure and work-related asthmatic symptoms has been observed."
- Soyseth V, et al. (1994). Relation between exposure to fluoride and
bronchial responsiveness in aluminum potroom workers with work-related
asthma-like symptoms. Thorax 49(10): 984-989.
"Occupational exposure to fluoride has a harmful effect on the higher functions of the central nervous system, negatively
influencing both cognitive and autonomic functioning. There is a
definite relationship between the damage caused by fluoride and the
level of exposure." - Guo Z, et al. (2001). Study on neurobehavioral function of workers occupationally exposed to fluoride. Industrial Health and Occupational Disease 27:346-348.
"The
fluoride exposed workers had a higher frequency of joint pain
and stiffness than the control group. This joint pain resulted
in disability in some cases." - Boillat MA, et al. (1980). Radiological
criteria of industrial fluorosis. Skeletal Radiology 5:
161-165.
"The occupational standard
for fluorides in the United States has not changed to any major extent
since the late 1940s... Only recently have data become available
suggesting not only that these standards have provided inadequate protection
to workers exposed to fluorine and fluorides, but that for decades
industry has possessed the information necessary to identify the
standards’ inadequacy and to set more protective threshold levels of
exposure." - Mullenix PJ. (2005). Fluoride poisoning: a puzzle with hidden pieces. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 11(4):404-14.
See also:
FLUORIDE's EFFECT on FISH:
"Because, in soft waters with low ionic content, a fluoride concentration
as low as 0.5 mg/l can adversely affect invertebrates and fishes, safe levels
below this fluoride concentration are recommended in order to protect freshwater
animals from fluoride pollution." - Camargo JA. (2003). Fluoride toxicity to acquatic
oganisms: a review. Chemosphere 50(3): 251-264.
"An interim water quality guideline of 0.12 mg F/L is recommended for
the protection of all stages of freshwater life against the adverse effects
of total inorganic fluorides."
- Environment Canada. (2001). Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the
Protection of Aquatic Life: Inorganic Fluorides. National Guidelines
and Standards Office, Environmental Quality Branch, Environment Canada,
Ontario.
"The results of our behavioral experiments suggest
that fluoride concentrations of about 0.5 mg/L adversely affect the migration
of adult salmon and that 0.2 mg F/L may be near or below the threshold for fluoride
sensitivity in chinook and coho salmon."
- Damkaer DM, Dey DB. (1989). Evidence for fluoride effects on salmon
passage at John Day Dam, Columbia River, 1982-1986. North American
Journal of Fisheries Management. 9: 154-162.
"Sublethal concentrations may have adverse effects on fish behavior or
reproduction, which could be ecologically significant. Research findings are
few and not confirmed, but trout eggs seem to be delayed in development and
hatching by 1.5 ppm fluoride." - Groth E. (1975). Fluoride Pollution. Environment. 17(3): 29-38.
"Inorganic fluorides at low concentrations in the acquatic environment
can elicit slight effects that are statistically and ecologically relevant.
Sensitive characteristics for fish include survival, growth, reproduction, and
behavioural endpoints." -
Environment Canada. (2001). Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the
Protection of Aquatic Life: Inorganic Fluorides. National Guidelines
and Standards Office, Environmental Quality Branch, Environment Canada,
Ontario.
FLUORIDE's EFFECT on VEGETATION:
"Fluoride is the most phytotoxic of the common air pollutants."
- Haidouti C, Chronopoulou A, Chronopoulos J. (1993). Effects of
Fluoride Emissions from Industry on the Fluoride Concentration of Soils
and Vegetation. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 21(2): 195-208.
"Fluorine derivatives are the most aggressive among toxic
compounds polluting the atmosphere." - Rozhkov AS, Mikhailov TA. (1993). The Effect of Fluorine-Containing Emissions on Conifers. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
"Depending on plant species and on concentration, hydrogen fluoride is 10 to 1000 times more harmful than sulfur dioxide."
- Guderian R. (1977). Air Pollution: Phytotoxicity of Acidic Gases and
Its Significance in Air Pollution Control. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
"Some
forms of vegetation are so sensitive to fluoride exposures that to
avoid injury air concentrations must be maintained below 1 part per
billion." - Hodge HC, Smith FA. (1977). Occupational fluoride exposure. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 19: 12-39.
“As research in air pollution and plant life advanced, it became clear
that of the major airborne pollutants, inorganic fluoride was clearly
the most toxic. Whereas
threshold concentrations for ozone or sulfur dioxide that will produce
an irreversible effect were found to be generally above 0.05 ppm for
exposure periods of about 7 days, and more than double that
concentration and time for nitrogen dioxide, gaseous hydrogen fluoride
could cause a metabolic or physiologic change and produce lesions on
leaves of the most sensitive species at 0.001 ppm (1 ppb v/v, or 0.8
ugHFm3) or less for similar durations of exposure. Only
peroxyacetylnitrate, a constituent of photochemical smog, can rival this extreme phytotoxicity."
- Weinstein LH. (1983). Effects of Fluorides on Plants and Plant
Communities: An Overview. In: Shupe JL, Peterson HB, Leone NC, eds.
(1983). Fluorides: Effects on Vegetation, Animals, and Humans. Salt
Lake City, Utah: Paragon Press.
Fluoride "is the most phytotoxic of known
air pollutants on the basis of atmospheric concentrations required to injure
plants. This is largely due to the tendency of fluoride to accumulate in plant
foliage. Leaves are extremely efficient absorbers of gaseous fluorides entering
through the stomata. When once it is inside the leaf, little fluoride is translocated
out of the organ by the way of the conducting tissues." - Heggestad HE, Bennett JH. (1984). Impact of Atmospheric Pollution
on Agriculture. In: Treshow M, ed. (1984). Air Pollution and Plant Life.
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
"Gaseous
fluorides, such as hydrogen fluoride (HF) or silicon tetrafluoride
(SiF4), are among the most toxic of all pollutants important to
agriculture." - McCune DC, Weinstein LH. (1971). Metabolic Effects of Atmospheric Fluorides on Plants. Environ. Pollut. 1: 169-174.
See also:
- Toxicity of Hydrogen Fluoride
Versus Other Acid Gases A.S. Rozhkov & T.A. Mikhailova,
Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 1993
- The Effect of Fluorine-Containing
Emissions on Conifers A.S. Rozhkov & T.A. Mikhailova,
Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 1993
- Fluorides
and Sulfur Dioxides as Causes of Plant Damage Fluoride
Vol. 3 No. 3 1970
- Air
quality criteria for the protection of plants from visible injury
caused by gaseous fluoride Alan Davison, University
of Newcastle, & Leonard Weinstein, Boyce Thompson Institute,
Cornell University.
- Visible symptoms of fluoride injury.
Alan Davison, University of Newcastle, & Leonard Weinstein,
Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University.
- Environmental
Fluoride (Section 2) National Research Council of Canada
1977
- Cytogenetic Effects of Gaseous Fluorides
on Grain Crops Fluoride Vol 26 No.1 23-32 1993
- The Influence of Fluorine Compounds
on the Biological Life near an Aluminum Plant Fluoride
January 1969
FLUORIDE's ROLE in ACID RAIN (Fluoride Enhances Toxicity of Aluminum in Acidic Soils & Waters)
"Fluoride is a ligand which forms complexes with Al3+ in natural waters with relatively low pH, and may play a role in processes causing dead fish."
- Saether OM, Andreassen BT. (1995). Amounts and sources of fluoride in
precipitation over southern Norway. Atmospheric Environment. 29:
1785-1793.
"This study has provided the first documented evidence that acid rain and fluoride may act synergistically in inhibiting plant growth via soil deposition."
- Horner JM, Bell JNB. (1995). Effects of fluoride and acidity on early
plant growth. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 52: 205-211.
"The results of this study support our hypothesis that the toxicity of aluminum is enhanced in acidic environment contaminated with fluoride."
- Rai LC, Husaini Y, Mallick N. (1996). Physiological and biochemical
responses of Nostoc Linckia to combined effects of aluminum, fluoride
and acidification. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 36: 1-12.
"Aluminum-fluoride complexes could be a
very important factor...
in the toxicity of aluminum to Atlantic salmon in some streams." - Hamilton SJ, Haines TA. (1995). Influence of fluoride on aluminum toxicity
to Atlantic Salmon. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 2432-2444.
"Our experiments suggest that the toxic aluminuim species were aluminum fluoride (AlF) compexes... Thus, AlF complexes in the natural acidic environment may be important
toxic agents where AlOH complexes are not prevalent." - Clark KL, Hall RJ. (1985). Effects of elevated hydrogen ion and aluminum
concentration on the survival of amphibian embryos and larvae. Can. J. Zool.
63: 116-123.
"fluoroaluminate could play a role in the mechanism of aluminum toxicity and inhibition of plant growth observed in acid soils."
- Facanha AR, Meis L. (1995). Inhibition of Maize Root H+ -ATPase by
Fluoride and Fluoroaluminate Complexes. Plant Physiology. 108: 241-246.
See also:
FLUORIDE's EFFECT on ANIMALS:
"Airborne fluorides have caused more worldwide damage
to domestic animals than any other air pollutant." - US
Department of Agriculture. Air Pollutants Affecting the Performance
of Domestic Animals. Agricultural Handbook No. 380. Revised. 1972.
p. 109.
"Another
difference between effects of fluoride and those of sulfur and chloride
is that, after accumulation of fluoride in fodder plants, injury to
animals can occur. Extensive economic losses to agriculture occur from
fluorosis, especially of cattle, which is presently the most important
disease directly traceable to air pollutant effects." -
Guderian R. (1977). Air Pollution: Phytotoxicity of Acidic Gases and
Its Significance in Air Pollution Control. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
"The
most important problem concerning damage to animals by air pollution
is, no doubt, the poisoning of domestic animals caused by fluorine in
smoke, gas, or dust from various industries; industrial fluorosis in livestock is today a disorder well known by veterinarians in all industrialized countries."
- Ender F. (1969). The effect of air pollution on animals. pp. 245-254.
In: Air Pollution - Proceedings of the First European Congress on the
Influence of Air Pollution on Plants and Animals, Wageningen, April 22
to 27, 1968. Centre for Agricultural Publishing & Documentation,
Wageningen.
See also:
FLUORIDATED GREENHOUSE GASES:
"Unlike
the other ‘main’ greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and
methane) F-gases have no natural sources4. They are called ‘F-gases’
because they contain fluorine. The ‘F-gases’ are sometimes also called
PIGGs, or Potent Industrial Greenhouse Gases, because they are much
more powerful atmospheric heaters than carbon dioxide on a
weight-for-weight basis. F-gases or PIGGs are present in the atmosphere
at low levels, and in most cases have only been produced in recent
years. Their emissions are however rising very rapidly and some of the
gases (SF6 and PFCs) persist in the atmosphere for a very long time (as
do the greenhouse gases N20 and CO2)." - Multisectorial Initiative on Potent
Industrial Greenhouse Gases, 2002
FLUORIDE's ROLE in AIR POLLUTION DISASTERS (Meuse & Donora):
VIDEO: "Industrial Fluoride Pollution: A Historical
Perspective" - A video, produced by Len Greenall of
British Columbia and narrated by Stanley Burke of the CBC, discussing
the impact of fluoride air pollution. Produced in the 1980s, the
video is now accessible online for the first time. The video is
available in 3 formats:
Fluoride Pollution: News Articles
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Aluminum Industry
- "Nalco plant: Experts to
study crop damage" NewIndPress.com August 13, 2005
- "Kaiser
agrees to clean some polluted land" The Associated Press
August 12, 2004
- "Eastalco
claims EPA numbers are wrong" The Gazette July 1, 2004
- "UNC
senator sounds warning on La Brea smelter site" Trinidad
& Tobago Express June 3, 2004
- "Nalco
smelter fluoride damages Orissa crops" Indo-Asian News
Service October 14, 2003
- "Health,
Environment in Danger from Russian Region's Metal Works"
BBC Monitoring International Reports June 9, 2003
- "Group
Of Residents Sues Chemical Firms" - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 13, 2002
- "Salmon
farmers threaten to leave if aluminum smelter is built"
- Business News Americas October 9, 2002
- "Aluminium
smelting plant should not be used to justify Bakun" -
Friends of the Earth - Malaysia, August 24, 2002
- Salmon
producers, doctors, environmentalists, criticize Noranda's proposed
Aluminum plant in Chile - Compilation of articles
- "Russian
aluminium giant evades paying for environmental damage"
- BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union June 30, 2001
- "Cyber
warrior" - The Age (Australia), February 27, 2001
- "State
Ecology Department hits Kaiser with $388,000 fine" -
The Associated Press September 22, 2000
- "Tajik
Aluminum: Environmental Disaster in Central Asia" - Compilation
of Articles
- Fluoride
Pollution from Aluminum Smelter in Kurri Kurri Australia -
Compilation of articles
- "Brazilian
Communities tackle Aluminum industry" - Drillbits &
Tailings April 17, 1999
- "Speaking
out against aluminum giants" - Inter Press Service March
31, 1999
- "Shattered
Dreams in the Town that Cannot Smile" - Scotland on Sunday
March 22, 1998
- "Russians
Who Give A Damn" - Reader's Digest (Australia) November
1996
- Animal
poisoning raises controversy near Irish Aluminum Smelter -
The Irish Times April 15, 1995
- "Ecological
Russian Roulette" - Los Angeles Times November 22, 1994
- "Tarnished
Aluminum Plant (but a Shiny Future?)" - The New York
Times October 24, 1994
- Nadvoitsy
Aluminum Plant's Fluoride Pollution Decays Teeth, Causes Joint
Disease - Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, April 13,
1994
- "My
Life as a Dump: Risking Life and Lung in the Toxic American Century"
- Washington Post March 28, 1993
- "Aluminum
Firm Gets Qualified Approval To Dump Wastes in Latest Dispute
With Frederick Residents" - Washington Post May 24, 1983
- "Skawina
Aluminum Factory to be Closed Because of Pollution" -
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. January 22, 1981
- "St.
Regis Syndrome" - Science News July 19, 1980
- Fluoride
Pollution at Akwesasne Reservation - Macleans Magazine. July
30, 1979
- Eastalco
Aluminum Sued Over Fluoride Emissions - The Washington Post,
Compilation of articles
- "Sick
Cows, Human Fears in Md. County" The Washington Post
August 7, 1977
- "Corporate
Country: Aluminum's Alloys" - William Rodgers, Rodale
Press, 1973
Phosphate Industry
- "Phosphate
spill endangers once-thriving lake" Mobile Register,
July 3, 2005
- "Wastewater
Dump Seen As `Lesser Of Two Evils'" The Tampa Tribune
February 19, 2005
- "Famed
Activist To Meet Coronet Complainants" The Tampa Tribune
January 23, 2005
- "Tribes
object to Simplot plan" Idaho State Journal January 14,
2005
- "In
Shadows Of Coronet, Questions On Health Persist" The
Tampa Tribune January 10, 2005
- "Cargill
Was Told Thin Berm A Threat" The Tampa Tribune September
8, 2004
- "
Spill corrodes reputation for aiding environment" St.
Petersburg Times September 8, 2004
- "Agrium
gets OK to expand" CBC Calgary August 10, 2004
- "Cattle
Suffered Due to Fluoride" The Ledger June 21, 2004
- "Top
10 findings of Escambia Co. Grand Jury" Pensacola News
Journal May 6, 2004
- "Panel
raps state, federal, local agencies on Pensacola pollution"
The Associated Press May 4, 2004
- "Survey
Focuses On Health Woes, Not The Causes" The Tampa Tribune
April 18, 2004
- "Medical
Mystery" The Tampa Tribune April 18, 2004
- "Larry
Gosnell, 1923-2004" Playback April 12, 2004
- "ConocoPhillips
to pay $70 million to settle Florida pollution suits"
Associated Press April 6, 2004
- "Emotional
week for area residents" Fort Saskatchewan Record March
5, 2004
- "Heartland:
“a pollution ghetto” Fort Saskatchewan Record
February 27, 2004
- "Residents
fight Agrium expansion; want controls" Edmonton Journal
February 24, 2004
- "Brockovich
Firm Takes Case On Coronet Health Concerns" The Tampa
Tribune September 16, 2003
- "Coronet's
Problems Were Kept Quiet For Far Too Long" The Tampa
Tribune" August 1, 2003
- "Plant
City Officials Blast Regulators Over Coronet" The Tampa
Tribune July 30, 2003
- "Official
Urges Coronet Probe" The Tampa Tribune July 18, 2003
- Study
to Address Cancer, Bone Problems, & Other Health Concerns
Near Coronet Phosphate The Tampa Tribune July 13, 2003
- "Samples
Of Soil Cleared At Plant" The Tampa tribune September
9, 2003
- "Companies
skewed Pensacola pollution evidence" Fort Worth Star
September 9, 2003
- The Phosphate Fertilizer Industry:
An Environmental Overview Fluoride Action Network May 2003
- "What
Lies Beneath Affects Rising Homes" The Tampa Tribune
July 13, 2003
- "Neighbors
fear health effects of blowing gypsum" The Edmonton Journal
June 14, 2003
- "Fears
over level of toxic fluoride: Homegrown produce threatened by
emissions" Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) June 9, 2003
- "Concerns
over high levels of fluoride" - Otago Daily Times (New
Zealand) June 4, 2003
- 600
million gallons of industry wastewater to be dumped into Gulf
- Tampa Tribune February 22, 2003
- Investigation
into Buffalo deaths near Phosphate plant - The Hindu December
9, 2002
- "Superfund
site might pose greater risk, legal fight shows" - Pensacola
News Journal September 15, 2002
- Oswal
Phosphate Plant facing Closure due to Fluoride Contamination
- India Business Insight June 13 & 18, 2002
- "Hamilton
County: Death in the Air" - George Glasser April 2001
- "Air
Pollution from Stauffer Chemical Phosphate Plant Ombudsman Report"
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, December 29,
2000
- Regional
planners OK Fort Meade phosphate gypsum stack - Tampa Tribune
August 23, 1994
- Polk
firm engineers new technology to capture HF- Tampa Tribune
April 17, 1994
- "A
host of roasted daffodils" - The Guardian December 15,
1988
- "Keysville
air quality to be monitored" - East Hillsborough Tribune
January 20, 1986
- "In
Acrid Brazilian Factory Zone, A Fear of Disaster" - The
New York Times. May 18, 1985
- "Fluoride-tainted
Pasture Grass May Harm Cattle" - Tampa Tribune February
16, 1984
- "Terracide:
America's Destruction of Her Living Environment" - Ron
M. Linton, Little, Brown and Company, 1970
- "The
Town that Refused to Die" - Good Housekeeping January
1969
- "Air
of Death" - Canadian Broadcasting Company 1967
Oil Refineries
- "Refiners
unnecessarily put millions at risk" San Diego Union Tribune,
August 5, 2005
- "Population
Explosion" Philadephia Weekly April 13, 2005
- "Groups:
Chemical should be phased out" The Times-Picayune March
17, 2004
- Refineries
contend hydrofluoric acid is under control" Davis County
Clipper October 23, 2003
- "Group
is urging oil refineries to stop using deadly chemical"
The Times Picayune October 15, 2003
- "Oil
Refineries Pose Avoidable Risk To More Than 15 Million In U.S."
US Public Interest Research Group October 14, 2003
- "Activists
push to ban hydrofluoric acid in refineries" Houston
Chronicle October 14, 2003
- "In
the Shadow of Danger: The Chemical Plant Peril" - Philadelphia
Inquirer April 20, 2003
- "Local
refinery accident sends 13 to hospital" - KSTP News (St
Paul, Minnesota) March 3, 2003
- "Refinery
agrees to phase out use of lung-searing chemical" - The
Associated Press February 10, 2003
- "Local,
international activists unite against Shell" - The Natal
Witness (South Africa) November 12, 2002
- "Artesia
man suffers burns at Navajo Refining" - October 15, 2002
- "Under
The Volcano" - Houston Press February 14, 2002
- "Crown
chemical leak sends six to area hospitals" - The Pasadena
Citizen December 6, 2001
- "Refinery
plans for worst case: Marathon Ashland says accident could spread
25 miles" - The Beacon Journal (Ohio) February 12, 2001
- "Fluoride
Release from Refinery Leads to Evacuation of Texas Neighborhood"
- IFIN Bulletin #319 July 10, 2001
- "Hidden
Dangers at Hudson Oil" - Hazardous Materials Management
October/November 1999
- "Local
Industries Release Figures on Damage 'Worst-Case' Chemical Leaks
Could Cause" - St Louis Post-Dispatch June 9, 1999
- "Refinery
Paints Disaster Scenes for Residents" - The Times-Picaune
November 14, 1998
- "Refinery
Reopening Plan Raises Concerns" - Los Angeles Times October
18, 1998
- "Torrance
Residents Wary of Mobil Plan to Lessen Risk of Toxic Cloud"
- Los Angeles Times February 7, 1995
- "A
'Toxic Tour of Texas'" - The Houston Chronicle January
19, 1992
- "Congressman
Proposes EPA Study on Cutting Hydrofluoric Acid Use" -
Los Angeles Times March 30, 1990
- "Deadly
risks of lead-free petrol" - New Statesman & Society
October 1988
- "Change
of Acid at Refinery Would Reduce Risk, Report Says" -
Los Angeles Times February 10, 1988
- "Refinery
Blast Sparks Warning on Possibility of Poisonous Gas"
- Release Los Angeles Times February 2, 1988
- "Acid
Leak in Texas Leaves a Residue of Questions" - The New
York Times December 20, 1987
- "Alert
Sounded on Potentially Lethal Refinery Chemical" - Los
Angeles Times December 5, 1987
- "2,000
Forced to Flee Acid Cloud at Texas Refinery; 100 Injured"
- Los Angeles Times October 31, 1987
Coal Industry
- "Shut
Nanticoke and other coal-fired generators, group urges" The
Hamilton Spectator February 12, 2004
- Canadian
polluters increased chemical releases by 20% from 1995 to 2001
Canada News Wire June 19, 2003
- In
Virginia, slowdown in cutting toxic waste from
factories - The Associated Press May 6, 2002
- EPA
questions state permit for Peabody Energy - The Associated
Press March 1, 2002
- "Ohio
Leads in Pollution by Utilities" - The Cleveland Plain
Dealer May 12, 2000
- "Power
plants proving worst violators of pollutants" - The Associated
Press June 7, 1999
- Niagara
Mohawk plants among New York's top polluters - The Associated
Press June 15, 1999
- BGE
may be Maryland's largest polluter - The Baltimore Sun June
5, 1999
- "Utilities
prepare for bad environmental news" - The Associated
Press June 3, 1999
- "Fluoride
Poisoning Strikes Over 45 Million Chinese" - Associated
Press Worldstream September 22, 1994
Chemical Industry
- "Plants
detail impact of toxic releases" The Courier-Journal
June 10, 2004
- "DuPont
agrees to $1.1 mln settlement
over HF leak" - Reuters February 28, 2003
- "Blue
Danube's Murky Future: A year after war, famed river facing toxic
time bomb" - San Francisco Chronicle August 12, 2002
- "Building
America's Anti-Terror Machine" - Fortune Magazine July
22, 2002
- "EPA
helps city protect water from terrorists" - El Paso Times
July 11, 2002
- "Bridges
stay open, but on highest alert" - El Paso Times October
8, 2001
- "Quimica
Fluor Speaks About Safety Issues and April Matamoros Acid Spill"
- Frontera NorteSur June 2001
- "Citizens
Protest Re-Opening of Acid Plant" - Frontera NorteSur
J uly 2000
- "Norfluor
Waste Shouldn't Pave The City" - Frontera NorteSur April
2000
- "Norfluor
S.V. Under Investigation" - Frontera NorteSur December
1999/January 2000
- "Poison
cloud fears grow as Allies bomb chemical sites" - The
Observer May 9, 1999
- "Hazardous
trades bring pollution and health fears down Mexico way"
- Financial Times June 6, 1997
- "Mexico's
Futuristic Nightmare" - The Toronto Star March 13, 1993
- "Profits
of Doom on the Border of Blight" - The Guardian August
21, 1992
- "Border
Town Mystery: Why are so many Brownsville babies being born brainless?"
- New York Newsday July 12, 1992
- "Mexicans
fear DuPont's Hydrofluoric Acid plant could cause 'Next Bhopal'"
- Los Angeles Times November 20, 1991
- "Mexicans
air concerns to Du Pont" - Wilmington News Journal June
7, 1991
- "Mexico
Plant's Acid Leak was Worse than AQMD Model" - Los Angeles
Times March 4, 1990
Nuclear Industry
- "Nuclear death probe - but
family in the dark" - The Star August 12, 2005
- "None
hurt in INEEL gas leak, evacuation" Idaho State Journal
June 25, 2004
- "NRC
blames radioactive leak on human error" Associated Press
January 7, 2004
- "Cause
of Radiation Leak Unknown" The Southern Illinoisan December
22, 2003
- "Paducah
plant workers receive medical testing" The Courier Journal
July 14, 2003
- "More
good news for Piketon" - Chillicothe Gazette (Central
Ohio) December 19, 2002
- "New
Recycling Facility Will Convert Uranium
Waste Cylinders in Paducah, Ky" - The Paducah Sun September
19, 2002
- "Officials
Say Cleaning up Plant Site will take Years" - St Louis
Post-Dispatch February 11, 2002
- "Congress
Limits Survivor Benefits" - New York Times May 25, 2001
- "Poisoned
Workers & Poisoned Places" - USA Today September
6-8, 2000
- Cleanup
resumes at Paducah plant - The Associated Press July 13, 2000
- "Some
Paducah workers were used in uranium experiments" - The
Associated Press February 7, 2000
- "Fluoride,
Teeth & the Atomic Bomb" - Joel Griffiths & Chris
Bryson, Waste Not 414, 1997
- "Huge
Tanks of Nuclear Waste Rusting Away" - The Columbus Dispatch
March 10, 1996
- "Radioactive
Material Leaks into Air for Three Weeks" - The Associated
Press January 12, 1986
- "Lethal
Acid is Product of Chemical that Leaked" - New York Times
January 6, 1986
Steel Industry
- The
Donora Death Fog: A Secret History of America's Worst Air Pollution
Disaster - Earth Island Journal, 1998
- "Steel
Plant Belches Poison" - China Daily August 8, 1998
- "Feds
Probe Steel Plants: Alleghany Ludlum Accused of Violating Pollution
Regulations" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette August 13, 1996
- "EPA
sues Ludlum over wastewater" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 29, 1995
- "Burbank
Admits to Lax Enforcement of Toxic Waste Rules" - Los
Angeles Times May 5, 1991
- "Stop
polluting Whitby's sewers, residents urge" - The Toronto
Star September 7, 1989
- "EPA
Charges Armco With Violations" - The Journal of Commerce
October 22, 1987
- "Two
Down and 22 to Go" - Washington Post May 24, 1982
- "U.S.
Steel Gets Pollution Fine Of $4 Million" - Washington
Post June 17, 1977
- "Fluoride
Kills Ponderosa Pines" - Herald Dispatch April 30, 1970
Specialty Metal Industries
- "Soil
test demand at school blocked" The Detroit News August
26, 2004
- "Farmers
persist in fight with chemical company" Philadelphia
Inquirer July 19, 2004
- "Renfrew
firm named No. 3 water polluter" The Ottawa Citizen March
23, 2004
- "Farmers
sue Cabot Corp. for alleged metal fluoride poisoning"
Chemical Week September 17, 2003
- "Judge
rules farmers' suit against chemical company can proceed"
- The Mercury (Pennsylvania) January 18, 2003
- "EPA
fines Cabot $167,000 for faulty reports" - The Pottstown
Mercury (Pennsylvania) October 15, 2002
- "2 dairy farmers sue chemical plant
over fluoride in Montco, PA" - The Philadelphia Inquirer
September 5, 2001
- "Civil
lawsuit filed against recycling company" - The Associated
Press September 11, 2000
- "Pakistan:
Tainted Water Cripples Villagers" - Inter Press Service
September 7, 2000
- "Recycling
company added to EPA 'significant violators list'" -
The Associated Press May 10, 2000
- "EPA
reports no environmental threat to farm area" - The Associated
Press March 22, 2000
- "Molycorp
regulation challenge rejected" - Associated Press January
13, 1999
Electronics Industry
Brick Kilns
Incinerators
Miscellaneous
- "Endangered birds at risk
after pipeline leak" The Sunday Tribune May 15, 2005
- "Derailing
fish health" Valley News Dispatch February 6, 2005
- "Neighborhood
saved by water" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review February 1,
2005
- "Toxic
gas leak" Valley News Dispatch February 1, 2005
- "Poisonous
acid leakage controlled in east China" Xinhuanet May
17, 2004
- "Warning
on danger of stolen power pole rods" The Mercury Mach
1, 2004
- "Yellowstone
Elk Die Early from Excessive Fluoride" Montana State
University February 12, 2004
- "Hydrofluoric
acid suspected in worker's death" The Oregonian January
14, 2004
- "City
holds its breath as volcano bubbles" The Boston Globe
December 13, 2003
- "Area
evacuated over gas leak fear" The Japan Times August
6, 2003
- "Plant
workers flee acid threat" - The Rockingham News May 16,
2003
- HF/Asthma
Controversy in England - Compilation of articles, 2002
- "ASG
Charged with violations of EPA regulations" - Nevada
Appeal December 7, 2000
- "Executive:
Dayton plant blast did not release toxic gases" - Nevada
Appeal August 5, 2000
- "Boeing
blames gas leak on use of wrong tank" - The Baltimore
Sun November 7, 1995
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