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Dentists call for fluoride in bottled water
BOTTLED water should be fluoridated to the same concentrations as public drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay, according to a revised policy by Australia’s top dental body. The Australian Dental Association has reinforced its existing stance in favour of fluoridation, saying there is now “clear solid scientific evidence” that the practice is effective […]
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Fluoride debate was a ‘fizzer’
After the lengthy and at times heated debate in the months leading up to crunch time in Lithgow Council’s decision to fluoridate the water supply, when the final debate came it was all very much a non event. When it came to the vote the opponents both in the gallery and around the Council table […]
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Rebuff for doctors on fluoride query
AN anti-fluoride petition signed by 21 south-west doctors has angered a State Government spokesman and sparked a speedy response from the state’s chief health officer. The Standard reported on Monday the petition had been mailed to Department of Human Services chief health officer John Carnie. The doctors argued in the letter it was “imprudent” to […]
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Lithgow Council to adopt fluoridation
After decades of debate the Lithgow Local Government area is to get a fluoridated water supply. Council at this week’s monthly meeting voted by a 5-3 majority to adopt fluoridation, rejecting a concerted campaign by anti fluoride lobbyists from Australia and overseas. With the decision Lithgow Council is to join the considerable majority of Councils […]
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Upper House passes fluoridation vote bill
Geelong is closer to having a vote on fluoridation after Victoria Upper House MPs passed a bill on Wednesday night calling for regional referendums before adding fluoride to water supplies. Upper House members voted 21 to 19 in favour of the Democratic Labor Party bill. The bill will now go to the Lower House for […]
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HEALTH (FLUORIDATION) AMENDMENT BILL: Comments by DLP Member Peter Kavanagh
Parliament of Victoria LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL [Pages 78-81] Mr KAVANAGH (Western Victoria) – I would like to explain in some detail why I believe that it is wrong, regardless of the opinions of affected people, to fluoridate new areas of Victoria and therefore why all members should vote for the Health Fluoridation (Amendment) Bill. I will […]
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Director of UK Fluoride Information Centre moving to Australia
Professor Anthony Blinkhorn OBE is retiring from the University of Manchester and as director of the National Fluoride Information Centre (NFIC). He is retiring from NFIC, England’s only independent information centre for fluorides and fluoridation, after three years for a new life in Australia as chair of Population Oral Health at Sydney University. Professor Robin […]
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Doctors sign anti-fluoridation petition
TWENTY-ONE south-west doctors have signed an anti-fluoride petition arguing it is “imprudent” to add the chemical to public water supplies. The doctors have declared their collective concerns about the “efficacy and safety” of water fluoridation. With the exception of Dr Janet Van Leerdam, who practices in Cobden, the remaining 20 are based in Warrnambool. In […]
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The pros and cons of fluoride
The week after I arrived in Warrnambool about three months ago, 1,000 people attended a public meeting about the proposed introduction of fluoride to the water supply here. For a town the size of Warrnambool, that’s a lot of people… Having come from Canberra via Melbourne I was surprised to find that fluoride wasn’t already […]
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Letter: Accountability needed from water and health authorities on fluoridation
The science showing fluoridation to be neither safe nor useful cannot be dismissed in the cavalier manner of Stephen Vaughan, chairman of Barwon Water (Geelong Advertiser 26/10). Vaughan labelled opposition as a guerrilla campaign of misinformation and scaremongering when asked about the Geelong fluoride forum of 25/10. He did not attend and apparently offers no […]
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