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Fluoridation a heated issue at Lithgow meeting
It seems that most Lithgow districts residents hold no strong opinions one way or the other on the issue of water fluoridation. But the few who do see it as an issue are very passionate in pressing their viewpoint, to the point of engaging in a public shouting match. Although only a small number of […]
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Lithgow: Better late than never for fluoride meeting
Several weeks ago there was a resolution adopted in Lithgow Council calling for a public meeting to be arranged as ‘a matter of urgency’ to enable district residents to have their say on the issue of fluoridation of the water supply in the Council area. ‘Matter of urgency’ is also clearly a ‘matter of interpretation’ […]
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Fluoride session fails
TWO Moyne Shire councillors are disappointed their questions about fluoride were not answered by government officials in a closed information session. Bruce Couch and Jim Doukas, who represent communities where fluoride is about to be added to drinking water supplies, said the session had failed to give them a balanced view. The session in Mortlake […]
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Koori poll on fluoride
GUNDITJMARA Aboriginal Co-operative has denied it is pro-fluoride and is planning a members’ poll to determine its stance on the controversial issue. A Victorian Government advertisement in The Standard last Friday stated the co-op was one of several agencies that supported water fluoridation in Warrnambool. “We want to distance ourselves from that statement,” chairman Brian […]
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Poverty and diet to blame, not lack of fluoride
POOR diet, not a lack of fluoride in drinking water, caused childhood tooth decay, a public forum heard last night. US emeritus Professor Paul Connett, from New York’s St Lawrence University, said the latest yet-to-be-published data from his country showed children from poor families had worse teeth than those from wealthy homes, regardless of whether […]
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Geelong fluoride `fright’
BARWON Water board chairman Stephen Vaughan yesterday accused anti-fluoride groups of scaremongering and running a “guerrilla campaign” of misinformation. Speaking ahead of a public meeting on fluoride, Mr Vaughan said anti-fluoride groups used a “raft of unsubstantiated claims” to try to frighten people about fluoride in the water supply. Mr Vaughan said there was overwhelming […]
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Victoria’s chief health officer: Fluoride `will happen’
WARRNAMBOOL’S water supply will be fluoridated and the decision will not be made via a public vote. Victoria’s chief health officer, John Carnie, yesterday said he was in Warrnambool to outline the facts and dispel the myths about water fluoridation. Dr Carnie defended the State Government’s policy. Although in the city on the day of […]
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It’s a gamble, says US professor
FLUORIDATION is a gamble with an inadequate margin for safety, according to one of the world’s leading fluoride opponents. Dr Paul Connett, the executive director of the Fluoride Action Network and professor of chemistry at St Lawrence University in New York, addressed about 120 invited guests last night at the Warrnambool Fluoride Action Group meeting. […]
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Fluoride leaves a bitter taste with prominent New Yorker
“In public meetings I always end up persuading the audience, but politicians and bureaucrats just won’t debate the issue with me,” said Paul Connett, a committed opponent of adding fluoride to drinking supplies. Prof Connett, who was in Kempsey last week as part of a speaking tour taking in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, retired last […]
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Ballarat Fluoride Debate
FLUORIDE should never be added to Ballarat’s water supply, a public meeting was told last night. The meeting was addressed by New York’s St Lawrence University Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett and former South Australia Dental Association president Dr Andrew Harms. Both men are against fluoride being added to water supplies, saying the chemical had […]
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