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Fluoride protest hits city’s streets
DOZENS of passionate anti-fluoride protesters converged on Barwon Water’s headquarters yesterday. The placard waving ensemble marched in unison to the authority’s Ryrie St office to voice their opposition to plans for fluoride to be added to the region’s water supply. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation organised the rally in honour of former Barwon Water […]
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Geelong fluoride protest planned
ANTI-fluoride campaigners will stage a protest outside Barwon Water at noon tomorrow. The protest is in honour of the late Norman Boyce, an elected water board member in the 1980s and 1990s who was a tireless fighter against fluoridation of Geelong’s water supply. The fluoride debate heated up in December when a State Government booklet […]
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Labor bitten on bill for fluoridation vote
STATE Government’s decision to block a vote on a private member’s bill to allow referendums on fluoridation is a setback for Victoria’s parliamentary democracy. Fluoridation is obviously a very hot topic for the Government, which had to wear losing a vote on the bill in the upper house when Democratic Labor Party MP Peter Kavanagh […]
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Fluoride for Upper Lachlan water?
UPPER Lachlan Shire Councillors at the recent meeting at Gunning voiced their support for the addition of fluoride to the Shire’s reticulated water supplies. These are located at Crookwell, Taralga, Gunning and Dalton. A representative of the NSW Department of Health, Ms Shanti Sivaneswaran, gave a presentation to Council on the benefits to derive from […]
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Moyne to ask about fluoride – Residents will be surveyed
HOUSEHOLDS across Moyne Shire will be given a chance to have their say on fluoride. A mail-out survey or a public forum will be held for the council to gauge the community’s view about the contentious issue. Warrnambool, Koroit and Allansford are expected to have their water supplies fluoridated under a Victorian Government initiative. Inviting […]
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Anger at GPs’ fluoride backing
ANTI-fluoridation campaigners believe general practitioners have disgraced themselves by backing State Government fluoridation plans for Geelong. They believe the GP Association of Geelong has sold out to the Government by flagging its support and is ignoring latest scientific findings on the impact of fluoride on bones, kidneys and thyroid glands. Opponents also said the Government […]
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Condoms for Anna
Dear Premier I was wondering how I might thank you for your beneficence in the provision to me of an unnecessary drug in my water supply. I understand that the fluoridation of water has absolutely no benefits for an elderly fellow like myself, or indeed the entire adult population – at least those adults not […]
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Queensland’s Health Minister denies fluoride causes health issues
Health Minister Stephen Robertson has hit back at claims that fluoridation of the state’s water supplies could cause health problems in infants. He says an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report, which has found that Queensland children have worse teeth than children in Uganda, justifies the Government’s recent decision to fluoridate water across the […]
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Fluoride coming to Creswick
CRESWICK’S water looks set to be fluoridated. But the rest of the Hepburn Shire will have to wait. The Department of Human Services announced last week it planned to introduce the chemical in Ballarat water. Creswick is the only Hepburn Shire centre connected to the fluoride-bound Ballarat system. A spokesperson for DHS said it was […]
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Geelong doctors back fluoride in water
GEELONG general practitioners have backed fluoridation of the city’s water supply and expect benefits to reach far beyond improved oral health. The GP Association of Geelong is one of a dozen health and welfare organisations to have endorsed fluoridation for the city as the State Government prepares to distribute education booklets to residents. GPs believe […]
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