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Queensland shouldn’t fear recycled water: Bligh
South-east Queenslanders shouldn’t fear that drinking water will soon include recycled and desalinated water as well as fluoride, Premier Anna Bligh says. Ms Bligh has launched an advertising campaign ahead of the introduction of fluoridated water, which will be available to 90 per cent of homes in the state’s south-east by the end of December. […]
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Geelong: Candidate fights fluoridation
CITY of Greater Geelong council candidate Stephen Juhasz has sought to make fluoridation an issue in the looming election. Mr Juhasz, a candidate for Corio Ward, and other candidates have been invited to address an anti-fluoride rally outside Barwon Water’s city offices on Wednesday. Mr Juhasz said he was the only candidate in Corio Ward […]
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Sunraysia: Many worried about fluoride
MORE than 300 Sunraysia residents learnt about the negative effects of water fluoridation at a public meeting on Friday night. Hosted by the Victorian Fluoride Action Group Mildura branch, the information session gave people the chance to ask experts questions about fluoridation. Guest speakers included former president of the Australian Dental Association South Australia branch, […]
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Public meeting draws big crowd to hear of Fluoride issue
Around 300 people attended a special public meeting on the dangers of fluoride being added to the Sunraysia water system held at Mildura Setts on Friday night. Both the Mildura Mayor John Arnold and Deputy Mayor Vernon Knight were no-shows but Cr Glenn Milne, who chaired the meeting, along with Cr Mark Eckel and Cr […]
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Southampton: Only 2,500 have their say on fluoridation
ONLY 2,500 people have had their say on controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s tap water. Health chiefs have revealed the disappointing figures halfway through the 14-week public consultation on the scheme, and insist they are pleased with the response. Nearly 200,000 residents in and around the city would receive water with topped-up levels of the […]
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Anti-fluoride claims criticised
An anti-fluoride lobby group has been criticised for “misleading” claims linking bone cancer and fluoridated drinking water made in a pamphlet distributed in Dunedin. The Advertising Standards Authority, in a decision released yesterday, ruled the Fluoride Action Network NZ (FANNZ) pamphlet made “unsubstantiated health claims” and used research results “in a manner which was misleading”. […]
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DuPont finds high levels of C8 in Chinese workers
DuPont Co. has found high levels of the toxic chemical C8 in the blood of workers at a new Teflon plant in China, despite company promises to greatly reduce exposures and emissions. Less than a year after the plant began operations, workers already have an average concentration of C8 in their blood similar to — […]
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Eagle voters say no to fluoridation
Excerpt: In other village ticket results, the voters in Eagle had their say on the fluoride issue. They cast 270 votes “yes” to keeping fluoride out of the town’s water supply and 139 votes “no” to prohibiting fluoride in the water.
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Hampshire Women’s Institue joins fluoride debate
FIRST it was the bid to legalise brothels – now it’s the battle to stop fluoride being added to our water. Members of the Hampshire Women’s Institute are the latest to add their weight to a growing campaign fighting plans to fluoridate the county’s water. A resolution, put forward by the organisation’s Ashurst branch, says […]
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Levin: Fluoride in water probe
Fluoridating Levin’s water could improve the state of children’s teeth dramatically, but the decision rests on the shoulders of the Horowhenua District Council. Mayor Brendan Duffy is not against the idea but would like to see MidCentral District Health’s figures. “It’s not on our radar at the moment but we need to have the issue […]
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