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NSW chief medical officer Dr Kerry Chant threatened and accosted after fluoride ban lifted in Lismore
THE Chief Medical Officer for NSW Dr Kerry Chant was accosted and threatened in Lismore on Tuesday evening after she gave a submission to Lismore city council on the benefits of fluoride. In the car park, after the council voted to reverse a ban on fluoride, Dr Chant was told by an anti-fluoride protester: “We […]
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NSW Labor moves to end the anti-fluoride ‘circus’
Party’s health spokesman tables legislation which would force local authoritites to add fluoride to all water supplies The New South Wales opposition has tabled legislation it says would end the “anti-fluoridation circus” by forcing local authorities to add fluoride to water supplies. NSW Labor’s bill, which would take away local authorities’ veto over fluoride, follows […]
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Clarksburg editorial: Give voters last word on fluoridation
There is a move afoot across the nation to stop fluoridation of public water systems, and Clarksburg is the latest municipality to ponder the issue. Two members of the Clarksburg Water Board — Charles Thayer and Paul Howe — are leaning toward voting to end fluoridation of the city’s water. Despite the endorsement of the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the American […]
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Gormley says Fluoride Report was Suppressed
The former Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, has spoken out for the first time about the fluoride report, which he produced – and which he believes was suppressed by the Dáil committee that commissioned it. In an exclusive interview, published in the new issue of Hot Press, the ex-leader of the Green Party describes […]
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Manchester Water District considers survey on fluoride
A quiet debate over fluoride in Manchester’s water supply continues, two months after opponents of the supplement asked for its removal. … The water district commissioners on Tuesday took no action but indicated they might consider a survey of ratepayers. A survey in 1994 showed water district residents 6 to 1 in favor of continuing […]
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Lismore council switches sides in fluoride debate
LISMORE Council has voted to change its position on fluoride again after a massive three hour debate at last night’s council meeting. A rescission motion, which reversed an August 13 decision to abandon plans to fluoridate water in the council area, was successful, six votes to five, but it may not be the end of […]
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Anchorage Assembly votes 9-2 to keep fluoride in the water supply
The fluoride controversy took the main stage at the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night and after an hour and half of testimony and debate, the Assembly backed the status quo: fluoride in the water supply. The resolution, approved on a 9-2 vote, urges fluoride foes who want to keep up the fight to seek a […]
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4.2 tons of Sodium Fluoride were exported from the UK to Syria from 2004-2010
Britain issued a further five licences over the past decade for the export to Syria of so-called “dual use” chemicals, which can be used in the manufacture of weapons, it emerged on Wednesday. However, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, said that all of the licences predate the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in early […]
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Bill to regulate fracking passes California state Assembly
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A hotly contested bill that would impose California’s first regulations on fracking and other oil production practices passed the state Assembly on Wednesday, despite opposition from environmentalists and oil companies. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals underground to crack rock formations and free up […]
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Wayland Board of Health votes to reduce fluoride in water
After over three hours of debate, the Board of Health voted Monday night to lower the amount of fluoride in the town’s water supply. By a 3-1 vote, with Chairman Thomas Klem opposed and board member Elisabeth Brewer having left the meeting early, the board agreed to reduce the target concentration of fluoride in the […]
United States, Massachusetts