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Alarm as under-5s are losing teeth
MORE than 5100 children under five in NSW were forced to endure tooth extractions last year and another 13,000 were given fillings as dentists warned the high numbers could be due to parents shunning tap water. Official Health Department figures for its publicly-funded dental program also show 778 pre-school youngsters had teeth problems so severe […]
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Eurobodalla: Fluoride jaw-fests ahead
THERE are four possible ways Eurobodalla Shire Council can go on the fluoride debate – vote yes, vote no, defer a decision to the State Government or put the decision to the community by a referendum. After listening to water cycle officer Harvey Lane at a workshop on Tuesday, councillors decided to do nothing at […]
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Protesters to picket Queensland parliament over fluoride laws
QUEENSLAND will take the first step towards fluoridating its water when the state government introduces new laws into parliament this week. However a community group has warned it will protest against the move tomorrow when state parliament resumes for the year. Labor Premier Anna Bligh in December announced plans to add fluoride to water supplies, […]
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Fluoride claims misleading, unscientific, it’s safe
By • JOHN CARNIE, Chief Health Officer, Department of Human Services • MARK KENNEDY, GP Association of Geelong • MICHAEL SMITH, Director of Dentistry, Barwon Health DISCUSSION and debate about issues like water fluoridation is important but it is also important that information presented to the community is factual and supported by scientific and medical […]
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Premier Bligh puts fluoride stamp on Queensland government
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she wants her government to reconsider a range of issues set aside by her predecessor Peter Beattie. Ms Bligh made the comment while addressing her 58 Labor caucus colleagues at a $150 a night Surfers Paradise hotel for a two day planning retreat. The MPs, who will dine on a […]
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Rally fuels fluoride protest
ANTI-fluoride protesters stormed Parliament House yesterday demanding the Brumby Government scrap its plans to fluoridate Geelong’s water. They were part of a mass rally yesterday, which also included protesters from groups campaigning against the State Government’s plan to deepen Port Phillip Bay and residents from the Goulburn Valley voiced opposition towards a pipeline proposal to […]
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Health chief ‘bewildered’ on fluoride
VICTORIA’S chief health officer Dr John Carnie has promised to investigate new medical information on fluoridation given to him yesterday by Warrnambool campaigners. Dr Carnie and four of his staff members gave 135 minutes to a deputation from the Warrnambool Fluoride Action Group which presented a variety of scientific data on the health risks of […]
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Eurobodalla council considers fluoride
Debate will get underway soon on whether the Eurobodalla Shire Council should introduce fluoride to local water supplies. Public forums are planned across the area, in south-east New South Wales, over the next three months to gauge people’s reaction to the controversial measure. Mayor Neil Mumme says the council has to weigh up the benefits […]
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Government steps in as protesters prepare
PEOPLE would have to drink a bathtub of fluoridated water in a day to be poisoned, the State Government said yesterday. As it prepares to start adding the anti-tooth-decay compound to Queensland’s water at the end of the year, the Government is taking steps to reassure the public that it is safe. Health Minister Stephen […]
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Authority ‘powerless’ on fluoride Return to sender
ANTI-fluoride protesters delivered their message to the wrong address when they marched on Barwon Water this week, according to chairman Roger Lowrey. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation supporters rallied outside the authority’s Ryrie Street headquarters before delivering about 600 letters expressing non-consent to fluoridation to Mr Lowrey and managing director Michael Malouf. About 100 […]
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