TSX-V: RES VANCOUVER, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rare Element Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: RES) is pleased to announce further progress in rare-earth-element (REE) metallurgical test results on oxide samples from the Company's 100%-owned Bear Lodge property, Wyoming, USA.

The Bellaire, Ohio, water department is warning residents to avoid contact with tap water after hydrochloric acid was mistakenly added to the system. Kirk Baker, superintendent of the water department water department said Monday emergency crews were at the city water treatment plant after a supplier mistakenly gave the plant hydrochloric acid instead of fluoride, WTOV-TV, Steubenville, Ohio, reported Monday. Baker said about 40 pounds of the acid was added to the water supply by workers Sunday and the error was not noticed until Monday morning, when crews noticed the low fluoride levels. It looks like it was caught in time and nothing major has happened at this time, Baker said. He said crews were working Monday to flush the entire water system. It could have been a serious situation we want everybody to know the guys have been great.

MORE than 40 workers at a jam factory needed treatment yesterday after a chemical spill. Twelve people were taken to hospital and 39 were treated by paramedics after the acid spill at Wilkin & Sons in Tiptree, Essex. Ambulance crews said most victims suffered breathing problems.

Text of report in English by the website of Bhutan's autonomous national newspaper Kuensel on 29 May [by Tandin Wangchuk] 29 May: Potassium permanganate purifies water but can also purify cocaine.

By Brian Bowling In Allegheny County, living near a river often means living within breathing distance of a source of toxic chemicals.