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A retired dentist says the public, not Moreton Bay Regional Council councillors, should decide if the region continues to pipe fluoridated water into homes. Peter Houston, a supporter of fluoridation, said a referendum could be held at the same time as the federal election on September 14. Mr Houston, a former Redcliffe City councillor, said […]

NINE councils have ruled against fluoridation since the Queensland Government gave local governments the chance to have their say earlier this year. The controversial issue came before Rockhampton Regional Council’s Water Committee yesterday. Councillors were given a report on fluoridation, but opted to make their decision in April on whether council should continue to put […]

Meetings will be held in the Whitsundays in north Queensland to discuss whether the region’s water supply should be fluoridated. Representatives from Queensland Health will attend the public meetings, which will be held in Proserpine and Bowen in the next fortnight. Earlier this year, the State Government gave councils the power to stop fluoridation. Whitsundays’ […]

The University of Adelaide issued the following news release: An international study conducted by researchers at the University of Adelaide has resulted in the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults. In the first population-level study of its kind in the world, researchers have found that fluoridated drinking […]

WHILE the fluoride debate rages on throughout Queensland, Whitsunday Regional Council is yet to make a decision on whether to fluoridate the potable water supply or not. Councillors recently voted to take up an offer from the director of the Public Health Unit to visit the region and discuss the benefits of fluoridation in a […]

MARK COLVIN: A new study builds on decades of research on the dental health benefits of fluoride by saying they extend into adulthood. Researchers from the universities of Adelaide and North Carolina say they’ve shown that adding fluoride to water prevents tooth decay, not just in children but in people of all ages. Some councillors […]

WE have been told that fluoridated water is the answer to dental problem. So why is our Federal Government giving Tasmania $12 million  specifically to help them because they are in dental crisis? Tasmania has been fluoridated for 48 years with 91 per cent of the population “medicated with fluoridated water”. A year or so […]

Lawrence Springborg, the Health Minister of Queensland has said that he was not at all concerned about the councils which are not considering water fluoridation. He expressed his support for the process but at the same time, he said that the decision relies completely on local governments. It is learnt that a total of nine […]

Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) will initiate talks with Unitywater and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council over removing fluoride from drinking water supplies. Mayor Allan Sutherland said while MBRC had yet to make a decision on whether to stop fluoridation, it should find out what would need to be done. Councillors have recently heard from […]

MACKAY Regional Council is undertaking a review to improve its communication in the wake of a “breakdown” that this week had the mayor scrambling to explain why she was unaware that fluoride dosing in the city stopped seven months ago. Mayor Deirdre Comerford did not confront the media at a press conference following yesterday’s council […]