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Australian Bauxite’s next shipment from Bell Bay leaving soon
Bauxite mining. About 30,000 tonnes of Tasmanian bauxite are expected to be shipped from the Bell Bay port around March 1. The cement grade bauxite will be from Australian Bauxite Limited’s Bald Hill mine, near Campbell Town. The company said it had worked with the customer for three months to achieve the “optimum product specifications”. “This negotiation was longer […]
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Oil refinery operator charged for breaches
A oil refinery operator has been charged with breaching workplace safety laws after two Victorian workers were exposed to hydrofluoric acid leaks. Viva Energy Pty Ltd is charged with 11 breaches of occupational health and safety laws, following separate incidents at its Corio refinery on November 5 and December 4, 2017. The charges, which include […]
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Viva fined for failing fluoride emission target
The EPA has taken local oil refinery operator Viva to court after they released potentially dangerous levels of fluoride into the air. Viva Energy Refining Pty Ltd will pay $31,000 in fines and legal costs, after pleading guilty to four counts of breaching its EPA licence.The Corio refinery is allowed to release 140 grams per minute, […]
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Fluoride level of Alice Springs water called to account for heightened cases of child tooth decay
Alice Springs children are at double the risk of developing tooth decay in comparison to their Darwin counterparts, according to a dental expert involved in a comprehensive national survey. Current fluoride level data provided by the Northern Territory’s Power and Water Corporation suggests that for the past 14 years, fluoride levels in the territory have […]
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Doctors urge Queensland to help defeat anti-fluoride ‘conspiracy theorists’
The Australian Medical Association says the Queensland government needs to strike a new deal with regional councils to encourage them to put fluoride back in the water supply. About 800,000 people in regional Queensland do not have fluoride added to their drinking water. That represents more than half the population outside of the urban south-east, […]
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An assessment of strategies to control dental caries in Aboriginal children living in rural and remote communities in New South Wales, Australia.
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A community-led oral health service for Aboriginal people in Central Northern NSW identified the need for oral health promotion, as well as dental treatment; in three remote communities with limited access to dental services. A three-stage plan based on the Precede-Proceed model was used to develop a school-based preventive oral health program. The […]
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Tamworth Regional Council considers fluoride for village water supplies
FLUORIDE could be added to water supplies in Attunga, Barraba, Bendemeer and Nundle as the state government reviews its code of practice for NSW water supplies. Tamworth Regional Council recently received a letter from health minister Brad Hazzard which highlighted the funding available for local governments looking to fluoridate their water supplies. The Calala water treatment […]
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Thousands of young children suffering serious tooth decay, Queensland Health report reveals
Tens of thousands of Queensland children have rotten teeth by school age, a new report into public oral health care has found. The data, released by Queensland Health, looked at the 130,000 children aged between five and 14 who accessed publicly funded dental care in 2016/17. It revealed more than half of the children had […]
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More questions for Oberon Council about fluoride
THE questions kept coming about the move to fluoridate the water supply when a packed gallery attended Oberon Council’s ordinary meeting last week. Phillip Haynes, who was one of those who spoke, said no matter what council thought about the recent community-led household poll, it was clear 75 per cent of Oberon residents did not want fluoride. “I […]
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Fluoride on the agenda
Dentists in Eaton and Australind have praised an announcement from the Department of Health that fluoride will be added to the public water supply for the area in mid 2020. According to the department, residents of Burekup, Brunswick Junction, Pelican Point, Picton and Roelands will also receive water fluoridation at this time where they are […]
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