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Dentists call for return of fluoride in Moncton water
Dentists are urging Moncton to resume putting fluoride in its water after its five-year moratorium on the practice expires on Dec. 31. Suzanne Drapeau-McNally of the New Brunswick Dental Association says “a tremendous change” has occurred in the level of tooth decay in Moncton patients in the last five years. Drapeau-McNally estimates tooth decay in children […]
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Mackay council votes 6-5 to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Townsville will be the only major Queensland regional centre outside the south-east to fluoridate its water, after Mackay voted narrowly today to stop adding fluoride to its drinking supply, following the same decision by Gladstone in July. The issue was a divisive one for the Mackay Regional Council with six councillors voting to end fluoridation […]
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JCU (James Cook University) fluoride experts snubbed
Cairns councillors have turned down the chance to hear from dental experts regarding water fluoridation at an ordinary meeting this week. Division Five Councillor Richie Bates proposed James Cook University’s dental faculty present fluoridation research via resolution to full council on Wednesday. But none of the other eight councillors seconded the motion causing it to […]
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It’s in the water: The debate over fluoridation lives on in California and nationwide
Note from Fluoride Action Network: While the following article was first published on September 23 in USA today and rerun in several publications across the country, there’s a focus on California in this version that wasn’t in the original. There are also deletions and rewording of some paragraphs from the original. In the middle of […]
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Knoxville group pushes for fluoride-free water
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A group of East Tennesseans is pushing to stop fluoride from being added to the water supply. The substance has for decades been added into tap water to support better dental health. Along the way, there’s been an undercurrent of people worried the practice poses a risk. East Tennessee Medical Freedom Alliance […]
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Mackay Regional Council votes to end water fluoridation
BREAKING 11.29am: FLUORIDATION of Mackay’s water supply will be stopped, following a landmark decision by Mackay Regional Council [population 123,724 as of 2015]. In front of a packed gallery, Mackay Regional councillors voted to stop putting fluoride in Mackay’s water supply in a 6-5 vote. So who voted to remove it? Mayor Greg Williamson Deputy mayor […]
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Jefferson County pilot dental program to expand to three adjacent counties
“Keep the North Country Smiling” is expanding its efforts to treat and prevent dental diseases in young children and low-income families regionally. “Keep the North Country Smiling” began in March of 2014 as a pilot program in Jefferson County with four objectives: provide more fluoride varnishing for children through primary care, increase tooth brushing in […]
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Shrewsbury town meeting rejects effort to stop water fluoridation
SHREWSBURY – Town meeting rejected an article that would have discontinued the town’s 63-year practice of putting fluoride in the drinking water. Town meeting last year also turned down an attempt by Bryan Moss, Precinct 9 member, to stop fluoridation of the town’s drinking water. Mr. Moss and two other proponents pointed out that people […]
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Court rules fluoridation not a medical treatment
In a decision with ramifications for local authorities around the country, the Court of Appeal has ruled South Taranaki District Council’s proposal to fluoridate its water supply is lawful. The decision follows court action by a lobby group, New Health, in the High Court and Court of Appeal, where it claimed that local authorities had […]
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Lethbridge: Time to rethink fluoridation issue
The failure of the political push to re-introduce fluoride into Calgary tap water should renew pressure on Lethbridge City Council to terminate forced fluoridation here. Recently Calgary City Council voted nine to five against a notice of motion that would have re-opened the fluoridation debate. The majority of city councillors did not buy the extravagant […]
Canada, Alberta