YANCHEP tapped into Perth’s main fluoridated water supply several weeks ago. A Health Department spokeswoman confirmed this month that fluoridation of the suburb’s drinking water supply started in December. Yanchep resident Melanie Waldron said she felt “bitterly let down” because Water Corporation had promised a public announcement as to when the fluoridation would take place. […]
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Letter: Fluoride survey
The survey conducted by the Bega Valley Council on fluoridating our water supply was flawed. The question asked if you want fluoride in the water to prevent tooth decay. It didn’t ask if you want poor health as a consequence. I didn’t receive a phone call about the survey nor did anyone I know. The […]
Bega Valley. OPINION: Fluoride survey results released by council
Bega Valley Shire Council released the results of their NSW Health funded community survey on adding fluoride to drinking water late on Monday. The region has spoken. Well, the ANU’s Social Research Centre has at least provided an outline of what residents thoughts are on the topic, via a telephone survey, where some residents were […]
South Australia first state to ban fluorinated foams
South Australia has become the first state to ban potentially hazardous fluorinated foams used for firefighting. The foams, which contain compounds that do not disintegrate over long periods of time, pose a threat of contamination to waterways and groundwater. Once used in a number of manufacturing processes and to extinguish fires, the foams were largely […]
Bega Valley. OPINION: Fluoride survey results are in but debate will go on.
Bega Valley Shire Council released the results of their NSW Health funded community survey on adding fluoride to drinking water late on Monday. The region has spoken. Well, the ANU’s Social Research Centre has at least provided an outline of what residents thoughts are on the topic, via a telephone survey, where some residents were […]
Gunnedah Shire Council have reached out to NSW Health to start water fluoridation process
GUNNEDAH could have fluoride in its water by 2020 after Gunnedah Shire Council (GSC) commenced the process to fluoridate the towns water supply. The decision to accept a proposal to add fluoride to the water supply was passed in December when council resolved to write to NSW Health to commence the water fluoridation process. GSC’s infrastructure […]
Protesters push for councils to remove fluoride from water
Some councils are holding out on adding fluoride to water after being lobbied by anti-fluoride protestors. The Australian Dental Association is rolling out its own campaign to combat the “fear-mongering” of protestors. Paediatric dentist, Dr Sarah Raphael, tells Warren Moore decades of studies have shown the benefits of fluoridated water. “It’s difficult to believe there […]
Breaking: Gunnedah Shire Council votes to fluoridate town water
GUNNEDAH Shire Council has approved plans to fluoridate the town’s water supply on the back of “overwhelming community support”. The matter has drawn the ire of opponents since it came before council in 2009, 2012, 2014 and again in 2017. But in a packed council chambers on Wednesday night, councillors voted in favour of requesting approval from […]
Gunnedah: The Fluoride Action Network hosts an anti-fluoride information session
COMMUNITY members gathered at the Gunnedah Services and Bowling Club for an anti-fluoride workshop on Wednesday evening. Fluoride Action Network’s Meriyln Haines hosted the workshop, which followed a closed workshop given to Gunnedah Shire Council earlier that afternoon. The community workshop comes on the back of a pro-fluoride council workshop hosted by the Australian Dental […]
Bega Valley Shire fluoride survey underway
Bega Valley Shire Council has confirmed a NSW Health-funded survey gauging the community’s views on the addition of fluoride to drinking water has begun. Respondents are being asked if they “agree with adding fluoride to the public drinking water supply to try to prevent tooth decay?” The survey, sent to residents above 18 years old, asks for […]