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Bottle-fed babies should not be given formula that is mixed with fluoridated water, according to a warning from the NSW Health Department. But instead of advertising that warning, and concerns from that too much fluoride is being added to local water supplies, Rous Water is pushing ahead with its fluoridation program. Just this week, Rous Water […]

The anti-fluoride movement has opened up a new front in the Tweed, with a new online campaign to stop adding the chemical to the shire’s water supply. Tweed Shire Council has been fluoridating its water supply for 40 years, with state health authorities claiming it prevents tooth decay and cavities in children. The outlying villages […]

The Mayor of the Indigo Shire, Bernard Gaffney, has asked the council to begin discussions with North East Water about adding fluoride to water supplies across the shire. Councillor Gaffney brought the notice of motion before the council at its meeting last night. He said Chiltern, Barnawartha, Kiewa and Tangambalanga already received fluoride in their […]

THE Clunes fluoride dosing plant has been switched off following problems with water flow. Rous Water general manager Kyme Lavelle said low water flows through the mains at the dosing plant was “making it difficult in terms of plant operation”. “All water supplied to the village has been within acceptable fluoride limits,” he said. “Whilst […]

Rous Water has begun fluoridating the region’s water supply despite warnings that protest action will continue. Rous Water general manager Kyme Lavelle yesterday confirmed that the Clunes dosing plant had been switched on, and the Echonetdaily later learnt that the Corndale plant was also operational. Plants at Knockrow and Dorroughby are also due to be switched on this […]

A PASSIONATE turnout by anti-fluoride campaigners has failed to sway Lismore City councillors into supporting a poll on fluoride at the next council election in 2016. The motion to run a poll was introduced by Greens councillor Vanessa Ekins and likened to the CSG poll run in 2012. Several residents spoke during public access, including […]

We all know the one golden rule to abide by at a dinner party; don’t discuss sex, politics or religion. Well, you should probably add fluoride to that list. Vehemently defended by both sides of the fence, the debate has been raging for over 50 years since the majority of Australia’s water supply was fluoridated […]

An email sent by mistake has revealed the level of disdain the chair of Rous Water has for anti-fluoride crusaders. Rous Water chair Sue Meehan inadvertently copied Lismore’s Greens councillor Vanessa Ekins into a message intended for Rous general manager Kyme Lavelle. The email was in response to Cr Ekin’s intention to move a motion at […]

A Lismore councillor wants a poll conducted at the next local government election to determine whether a majority of residents support adding fluoride to the water supply. Greens councillor Vanessa Ekins has lodged a notice of motion calling for the poll, which will be determined at next week’s Tuesday council meeting. ‘Just as CSG has […]

Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has stood by his decision as health minister under the previous LNP government to make water fluoridation optional, laying responsibility for a drop-off rate squarely at the feet of local governments. In 2012 Mr Springborg scrapped legislation that made fluoridation mandatory for towns with a population of more than 1,000. […]