The Victorian Country Fire Authority’s (CFA) training facility at Fiskville, north-west of Melbourne, has been closed indefinitely after chemical residue was found in the water supply. The chairman and chief executive of WorkSafe Victoria have also resigned after concerns about the agency’s handling of complaints made about the site. The facility, located near the town […]
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New push to block Ballina fluoridation plan
BALLINA councillor Jeff Johnson wants a poll conducted to find out if residents support the addition of fluoride to their water supply. He has a notice of motion going before council on Thursday to have a poll run at the next local government election in September 2016. “A handful of councillors and a bureaucrat in […]
Clean-water campaigner Erin Brockovich urges people to question water fluoridation while visiting Australia
Erin Brockovich, the internationally renowned clean-water campaigner who is visiting Australia to talk about water contamination, has urged her Facebook followers to question water fluoridation. In several posts, the most recent of which was added on Thursday morning, Ms Brockovich posted anti-fluoride material and urged her followers to read research claiming that fluoride is dangerous. […]
Fluoride fiasco: Byron residents downstream of plant
A number of Byron Shire households face the possibility of being forced to drink fluoridated water or having their supply cut off after Rous Water realised they live downstream of a new Clunes fluoridation plant that was intended to dose only Lismore LGA residents. The problem, which was only discovered after construction of the Clunes […]
Hawks Nest: Fluoride to flow in Tea Gardens water supply
TEA Gardens Hawks Nest residents may soon notice a slight change in the taste of their water with MidCoast Water to introduce fluoride into the town’s supply. MidCoast Water will begin putting fluoride in to the Tea Gardens water supply on Tuesday, February 17. Robert Loadsman, general manager for MidCoast Water, said the company did […]
Doomadgee decides against fluoride
DOOMADGEE Shire Council is one of the first in the North West to have made a decision about fluoridated water, while Mount Isa City Council remains sitting on the fence. The council announced last week the decision had been made not to fluoridate the town’s water supply, stating the reasoning as not being in the […]
Southern Downs : Oral health experts give advice after fluoride taken out
FOLLOWING the Southern Downs Regional Council’s decision to cease water fluoridation, local experts are advising residents that there are a number of things they can do to ensure they maintain good oral health. Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Southern Downs Principal Dentist Dr David Griffiths said eating a balanced healthy diet and avoiding sweet, sticky foods and […]
Clunes: Fluoride dosing plant protests
The first in a series of major campaigns to halt the construction of four proposed dosing facilities in the northern rivers kicked off Monday morning in Clunes. Campaigner Al Oshlack said, ‘Notwithstanding the overwhelming scientific documentation of adverse health impacts of fluoridated water to the the community, a recent spill in Dungog [in the upper […]
Banana Shire Council considers petition to stop fluoridation
BILOELA and Moura ratepayers may get to decide whether fluoride continues to be added to their drinking water. At last month’s Banana Shire Council meeting, a 500-signature petition calling for fluoridation of drinking water to cease until the council holds a referendum on fluoridation in Biloela and Moura was presented by Mayor Ron Carige. The […]
Brewarrina council investigates fluoride in water supply
Brewarrina Shire Council is investigating the feasibility of putting fluoride in the town’s water supply, following calls from New South Wales Health. The council was approached by the Health Department in 2009 to improve the town’s dental services and implement fluoridation through the town’s water treatment plants. However, until last year, a lack of funding […]