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CAIRNS medical professionals have revived a once-powerful representative body with the aim of convincing the city that fluoride should be added to the water supply. The Cairns Local Medical Association, which was at its peak in the 1990s, met at the weekend and agreed to generate a petition to council signed by local doctors stating […]

COUNCILLORS are staying very tight-lipped about how they will vote when regional water fluoridation comes before Mackay Regional Council at the end of the month. “I want to bring the debate to council for a resolution this month, most likely at the monthly ordinary council meeting at the end of August,” Mayor Greg Williamson said. […]

SITTING in a wheelchair outside the council chambers Dell Darrach had never been happier. Dell campaigned since 2013 to remove fluoride from Gladstone’s water supply and today the battle ended as councillors voted to remove the “toxic chemical”. “I’ve never been happier in all my life,” she said of the decision. “Within a few months […]

Fluoride has been added to some drinking water supplies to help prevent dental cavities for over 50 years, but it has become a contentious issue, with many arguing they hate the idea of what they consider is mass medication. Back in 2008 the Queensland Labor Government introduced mandatory fluoridation of water supplies, but just four […]

A TOOTHBRUSH and toothpaste may be the best medicine for maintaining dental health but as of next week those relying on fluoride may be out of luck. At the next general council meeting, the continuation of adding fluoride to Gladstone’s water supply will be addressed. A notice of motion will be tabled by councillor Kahn […]

HUNTER Water copped a lashing in the NSW Land and Environment Court this month from Justice Tim Moore. He fined the state-owned water authority $187,500 and ordered it to pay the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s legal costs of $75,000. At the bottom of his lengthy judgment, published on Tuesday, Justice Moore issued a final direction – that […]

A TOXIC flow of fluoride water from a Dungog treatment plant in 2014 was a known risk for more than 18 months, a NSW Land and Environment Court judge ruled before convicting Hunter Water of serious environmental breaches and ordering penalties of more than $250,000. The state-owned corporation knew from late 2012 that upgrades at […]

HUNTER Water has pleaded guilty to four offences in the Land and Environment Court where it was fined $187,000 on Friday for leaking fluoride from a distribution pipe in Dungog over a five-month period between April and August in 2014. Acting chief executive Jeremy Bath said Hunter Water had pleaded guilty and apologised to the […]

July 2 is fast approaching and many Aussies are still unsure who they will vote for. But anyone in New South Wales considering signing away a donkey vote this coming election should be aware of the Health Australia Party’s political stance before they get to the ballot box. Why? Well, the Health Australia Party just […]

When government policy takes over, science flies out the window. – Dr Maria Claudianos More than 70 people have turned out to anti-fluoridation forums in Merimbula, Bermagui and Eden in the last week. A fourth forum will be held at 1pm tomorrow at the Bega Valley Shire Council’s civic centre. The forum will be addressed Cambridge University graduate […]