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NWHHS support fluoridation of water supplies
North West Hospital and Health Board Chair Paul Woodhouse has welcomed the growing support for the fluoridation of town water supplies. Mr Woohouse said the lack of fluoridation in local water was initially raised as a significant risk for oral health several months ago by Board Member and public health physician Dr Kathryn Panaretto. “Dr Panaretto has extensive […]
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Oberon: Letter | Resentment remains and questions are still unanswered
I ATTENDED the September Oberon Council meeting and addressed the mayor and councillors, voicing my concerns as to their response to the questions raised from my previous presentation. I must admit that I was disappointed and saddened. It appears to me that there is a disregard not only for the needs and choices of people within the […]
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Oberon: Letter | Let’s pool our efforts to find out the true fluoride support
ON September 11, 2018, Oberon Council was supplied with the raw, unedited survey data collected from a community-led door-to-door survey asking the unambiguous question: “Do you want fluoridation – yes or no?” Survey sheets were also located publicly at various businesses and other locations within the township and were notified in the Oberon Review as such. […]
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Editorial: Health benefits of fluoridation need to be sold better
One of the more eye-catching pieces of news in recent days was the call from doctors and dentist organisations for Queensland councils including Mount Isa City Council to flouridate their water supply. The call from AMA Queensland and the Australian Dental Association Queensland used very strong language said saying many Queensland councils, including Mount Isa’s were condemning […]
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SDRC to look into fluoridation
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Mayor Tracy Dobie has requested information from Queensland Health regarding water fluoridation after new evidence has emerged supporting it. This comes after reports the Australia Medical Association and Australia Dental Association would step up pressure on the Southern Downs Regional Council to start fluoridating its drinking water. Cr Dobie said there was […]
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New medical calls for Mount Isa City Council to flouridate water
Doctors and dentists are saying Queensland councils, including Mount Isa’s are condemning local communities to “a dental dark age” by failing to fluoridate their public water supplies. AMA Queensland and the Australian Dental Association Queensland have united to call on Mount Isa City Council to reverse a 2012 decision and immediately commence fluoridating water supplies. “It is a travesty that this council […]
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Attempt to reverse fluoride move proves unsuccessful at Oberon Council meeting
LAST-DITCH effort to reverse Oberon Council’s decision to add fluoride to the water was lost during a heated ordinary meeting on Tuesday night. Mayor Kathy Sajowitz had to threaten to clear the public gallery twice as tempers flared. Councillor Brenda Lyon brought a motion to the meeting that council withdraw its application to have fluoride added […]
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Should Rocky, Livingstone put fluoride in water?
A POWERFUL lobby group is putting pressure on Rockhampton Regional Council to reverse a 2012 decision and immediately re-commence fluoridating the water supply. The Australian Medical Association Queensland and the Australian Dental Association Queensland (ADAQ) have united to call on the council to reconsider its stance, citing health reasons. Rockhampton Regional Council was among the […]
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ABx Subsidiary’s Aluminum Fluoride Technology To Be Licensed Globally
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced to the market yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited will have the rights to employ ALCORE technology throughout the world. In a press release issued yesterday, ABx said that the technology, which is used in producing aluminium fluoride (AlF3), will be available to ALCORE for utilization as it builds […]
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Alcore gets license to refine
AUSTRALIAN Bauxite-subsidiary Alcore will be free to produce aluminium fluoride anywhere in the world after securing global licence rights for bauxite refining using the Alcore technology. The technology refines raw bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride and other valuable co-products such as silica fume and corethane. The global licence will pave the way for Alcore to […]
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