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The Country Alliance is opposing a Victorian Government decision to fluoridate Horsham’s water. The alliance is backing the Nationals’ opposition to introducing fluoride to regional water supplies without community consultation. Fluoridation began at Robinvale a fortnight ago, despite vocal opposition from some residents. The Country Alliance spokeswoman Fiona Hilton-Wood says regional Victorians should not be […]

The new Sustainable Water Strategy document recommends a Melbourne-Geelong pipeline as a longer term supply strategy. Minister Thwaites confirmed this and possible fluoridation for Geelong in the Advertiser (20/4). The DSE document though, and Jim Cousins’ discussion of it (Advertiser 5/5) were deafening in their silence on fluoridation, the chief obstacle to the interconnection. The […]

A STUDY that links fluoridated drinking water with a rare bone cancer in boys has further fuelled the anti-fluoride debate. The Gippsland Safe Water Alliance (GSWA) says the study is evidence that fluoridation is dangerous. GSWA spokesperson Shane Elson said the study by Harvard University scientists should at least raise a red flag and stop […]

GIPPSLAND Safe Water Alliance (GSWA) members will join concerned citizens from across Victoria this weekend to develop a state-wide strategy opposing fluoridation. Alliance spokesperson Shane Elson said in response to the Bracks Government’s refusal to consult with and listen to community concerns about artificial fluoridation, a state-wide, coordinated approach to the issue would be organised. […]

WODONGAS anti-fluoride campaigners are angry that Victorian Government representatives failed to show up at a debate on Tuesday night. The event was cancelled, despite two speakers having travelled from Geelong to talk about the negative impacts of fluoride. Debate organiser Marilyn Edgar, from the Fluoride Education Awareness Team, said the no-show proved the Govern-ment couldnt […]

A FLUORIDE debate is raging across Queensland and parts of northern NSW, where health chiefs have joined those in Victoria in seeking to force the introduction of fluoride. North East Water has been instructed by the Victorian Government to fluoridate Wodonga and Wangaratta water supplies as soon as possible. It is expected the necessary works […]

A fluoride-intolerant man from Wodonga, in north-east Victoria, says he will be forced to move house when the chemical is added to the city’s water. Last month, it was announced fluoride would soon be put into Wodonga and Wangaratta’s supply. Andrew Shadbolt says he breaks out in eczema and headaches when he has contact with […]

THE fluoride debate was reignited at a community forum in Ballarat last night. About 80 people gathered to witness debate on the fluoridation of Ballarat’s water supply at the Ballarat: A Learning City forum, held at BRACE Education, Training and Employment. Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership policy and development officer Tracey Wilson told the crowd […]

The head of the bottled water industry in Australia has rejected claims bottled water is to blame for an increasing incidence of tooth decay in children. Giving evidence to an Upper House inquiry into dental services in New South Wales, the executive director of the Australian Bottled Water Institute, Tony Gentile, says while some dental […]

THE debate about fluoride in drinking water is a “gutless” attempt by the State Government to avoid scrutiny over its health system failures, according to former Labor lord mayor Jim Soorley. Mr Soorley, a vehement and long-standing critic of adding fluoride to water, accused Premier Peter Beattie of creating a distraction from the problems of […]