latest news:
Showing 10 of 17145 Articles:
-
Burdekin council votes down fluoridation
The Burdekin Shire Council has become the latest council to vote against fluoridating its water supply. Last year, the Queensland Government changed laws to give councils the option not to fluoridate local supplies. Yesterday, Burdekin councillors voted four to three not to start the practice. Mayor Bill Lowis says he wanted more community consultation. “We’ve […]
Australia -
Queensland: Fluoride scaremongering must stop: doctors
DOCTORS and dentists say scaremongering about fluoride in water must stop. The Australian Dental Association has condemned the Queensland government’s decision to let councils decide if fluoride should be added to their water supplies. Some have already opted to dump it and dentists say it will put the oral health of entire communities at risk. […]
Australia -
Council votes 6-5 to keep fluoride in Toowoomba
A SINGLE vote has swung a decision for Toowoomba to continue its water fluoridation program at Mt Kynoch. The resolution came down to the wire as each member of council’s water and waste committee made a conscience vote on the issue yesterday. Toowoomba dentist Dr Rob Sivertsen applauded the choice, but was shocked the treatment […]
Australia -
Bundy water will not be fluoridated
THE region’s drinking water will not be fluoridated, Bundaberg Regional Council has decided. At a meeting today, the council agreed to a motion by water and wastewater spokesman Alan Bush that fluoridation not go ahead. Cr Bush’s motion said the reason was the complex nature and high costs to fluoridate the 10 reticulated water supply […]
Australia -
King introduces bill that sets new criteria for water additives
LITTLE ROCK — Last week, state Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, filed Senate Bill 255, which would establish criteria for substances added to public drinking water that are not required to make it potable. This bill would pertain to chemicals like fluoride. The bill follows a long controversy in the state over adding fluoride to […]
United States, Arkansas Delta Dental -
Senator Swears He Has Nothing Against Teeth
In January, contributing columnist Susan Bigelow looked at a number of bills on tap for this session, including one from Sen. Joe Markley who wants to scrap mandatory fluoride in the water supply. She asked “What does he have against teeth?” Well, CTNewsJunkie caught up with Markley last week. It turns out his answer is […]
United States, Connecticut -
Au Gres council mulls adding fluoride to water
The Au Gres City Council agreed to research the possibility of adding fluoride added to the city’s water supply during its regular meeting Feb. 5. Dental hygienist Lisa Wiltse brought up the idea during the council’s public comments period, and said the American Dental Association has an annual grant that provides up to $24,000 to […]
United States, Michigan -
Moreton Bay Regional Council keeps quiet about future of fluoridation talks
MORETON Bay Regional Council has refused to say if it has asked controversial anti-fluoridation campaigner Dr Paul Connett to address councillors as they weigh up dropping fluoride from the region’s drinking water. The council recently heard from two Queensland Health doctors who advocated continued fluoridation. A MBRC spokesman confirmed a group associated with Professor Connett […]
Australia -
Redland: Council claims it could cost $50m to take out fluoride
REDLAND City Council is claiming it could cost upwards of $50 million to stop fluoride being put into the city’s water supply. Under the state government’s Water Fluoridation Act, passed in November, councils withdrawing from fluoride are liable for all costs incurred including those by the water grid manager, Seqwater. Redland Water and Waste general […]
Australia -
Sonoma County. Editorial: Confronting county crisis in oral health
Excerpt: An alarming 2011 county report detailed at length the deteriorating state of oral health in Sonoma County, particularly among low-income children. As the county Task Force on Oral Health underscored in its analysis, the county is seeing “a staggering burden of suffering and a growing oral health divide between rich and poor.” … Last […]
United States, California