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Fluoride – it’s a cow of a topic
FLUORIDATED water might keep the teeth of cows healthy, but it could be milking them of their intelligence. These observations were offered during an animated discussion in State Parliament about the arguable benefits of introducing fluoride to the water supplies of regional cities. The Democratic Labor Party’s Peter Kavanagh — who maintains that fluoride lowers […]
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800 people rally against Warrnambool fluoridation proposal
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners have vowed to keep fighting after an estimated 800 people attended a protest rally last night on the Warrnambool Civic Green. The strong numbers gave protesters renewed confidence to push ahead with their bid to ask Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to intervene and stop fluoride dosing plants being installed in water supplies throughout […]
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Ballarat targeted for fluoridation
THE FIRST step has been taken towards fluoridating Ballarat’s water supply. An information booklet, distributed by the State Government, will begin arriving in residential mail boxes today. The move signals the start of the government’s “community engagement” process, which must occur before the compound is added to the city’s water supply. It is not yet […]
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Rally Cry in Warrnambool
A PUBLIC rally in Warrnambool on Wednesday will urge Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to intervene in a last-ditch attempt to stop the city’s water being fluoridated. Organisers are hoping to attract at least 2000 people to the rally at the Civic Green from 6pm – just two hours after tenders close for the fluoridation plant. […]
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Fluoride furore begins
Just one mention of the word fluoridation and you can almost hear the collective tapping of keyboards across the Sunshine Coast. The Daily was inundated with emails yesterday following premier Anna Bligh’s announcement on Thursday that the Sunshine Coast would have fluoridated water by the end of next year. Joan Stanfield, of Noosaville, believes fluoride […]
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Fluoride battle lines drawn in Queensland
Anti-fluoridation groups are preparing to lobby government to reverse the state government’s decision to add fluoride to Queensland’s water supply. And with the Sunshine Coast now likely to build a fluoridation plant at Lander’s Shoot next year, the emotional debate will gain momentum over the coming weeks. Merilyn Haines, of the Queenslanders against Water Fluoridation […]
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Top global dentist backs fluoridation decision.
Fluoridated water is an “absolutely great thing” for Queenslanders, according to a leading UK professor in children’s oral health. Professor Raman Bedi, of London’s Kings College, is in Australia for three days for the annual meeting of the Australasian Global Child Dental Health Taskforce. Professor Bedi, who directs the global taskforce into children’s dental health, […]
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Cooloola council urges fluoride referendum
The Cooloola Shire Council, in south-east Queensland, says the State Government should hold a referendum to gauge public opinion before fluoride is added to the water supply. The Government says it will work with councils to roll out the introduction of fluoride in an effort to cut the high level of tooth decay among Queenslanders. […]
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Queensland will fluoridate drinking water
QUEENSLAND is to join the rest of Australia’s states and territories in adding fluoride to its water supply. Premier Anna Bligh said the move would tackle the poor condition of Queenslanders’ oral health. Ms Bligh said 80 per cent of Queenslanders would be drinking fluoridated water within two years, growing to more than 90 per […]
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Queensland’s bitter fluoride fight
FORMER Queensland premier Peter Beattie could spin journalists, calm an angry mob, and sell just about anything. But even Beattie wasn’t game to push through mandatory water fluoridation in Queensland, so divisive has the issue become. Councils have long had responsibility for fluoridating water supplies, leaving Queensland with the lowest water fluoridation rate in Australia […]
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