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MANDATORY fluoridation was announced by the previous Labor premier Anna Bligh in December 2007 before the Newman government put the decision in the hands of local government in December 2012, before the rollout was completed across the state. Bundaberg Regional Council was the first to opt out and was followed by at least 16 other […]

FLUORIDATION of town drinking water has been a hot topic across Queensland. We asked Rockhampton region’s mayoral candidates where they stood on the controversial subject after the current council voted to stop fluoridation. Margaret Strelow I do not support putting fluoride in our drinking water. And it’s not because I believe the conspiracy theorists. I […]

THE CONTROVERSIAL debate about adding fluoride to the water supply of Kempsey and Crescent Head has again raised eyebrows in pockets of the community, with one local organisation strongly opposed to the plan. Last week the Macleay Argus reported that the Crescent Head water supply, which is a bore water supply, was originally earmarked to […]

FAMILIES are set to be let down by both teams vying for Cairns Regional Council, with neither wanting to commit to adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. This is despite Mayor Bob Manning of the Unity Team and mayoral candidate Jim Brooks from Connect Cairns declaring they both personally support water fluoridation. A growing […]

Caption under photo – no other mention of fluoride in the article: Mackay Regional councillors debate the pros and cons of continuing to add fluoride to the region’s water supply. The councillors voted 8-3 to continue using fluoride. See article, Council warms candidates of signage laws ahead of election

Lismore-based anti-fluoride activists are preparing a federal court challenge that they hope will ‘cripple the fluoride industry in Australia’. But in the meantime, they are having a party on Saturday night to raise further funds for their cause. Fluoride activist Al Oshlack said the money had already been raised to fund the legal challenge, but […]

Plans to fluoridate water in the northern West Australian towns of Newman and Kununurra are raising concerns for some residents. Newman resident Rob Richards organised a social media campaign when he became concerned about introducing water fluoridation to his town’s supply. Mr Richards said fluoridation was potentially toxic and not necessary for dental health. “If […]

A Lismore City councillor says there are lingering concerns about the reliability and effectiveness of the region’s fluoride dosing plants. Vanessa Ekins is one of Lismore’s two Rous Water representatives. She said the four dosing plants commissioned in September last year have been plagued by equipment failure. Cr Ekins said she supported calls by anti-fluoride […]

Anti-fluoride activists are calling on Rous Water to shut down its fluoride dosing plants and hold a public inquiry following a series of shutdowns. Members of the Fluoride Free Northern Rivers group say the Corndale plant that provides fluoridated water to Lismore and Goonellabah has broken down at least twice since it was commissioned in September […]