GLADSTONE residents have mixed feelings about fluoride in the water supply, with an Observer poll showing some support for keeping fluoride. While 54% of people support removing fluoride from Gladstone’s water, 45% are keen for it to stay. Comments on The Observer’s Facebook page also have been mixed. But residents can rely on getting a […]
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Charters Towers: Fluoridation a ‘no-brainer’
About 50 Charters Towers residents attended the town’s fluoridation information session last night. The council is set to vote, at the next council meeting, on whether to fluoridate its water supply. Councillors will also be provided with the results of a phone poll of 500 residents who will be asked for their views on fluoridation. […]
Gladstone council to consider fluoride removal in April
GLADSTONE residents can rely on getting a dose of fluoride in their drinking water for at least another few months, with Gladstone Regional Council set to consider removing it in April. State Health Minister Lawrence Springborg gave councils the go-ahead to stop adding fluoride to town water in November, despite widely-accepted dental health benefits. Gladstone […]
Mackay: Mayor admits council’s fluoride cover-up deceitful
WHILE the turbulent fluoride debate raged around them, the Mackay Regional Council kept quiet about the fact there has been no fluoride added to the city’s water supply since July. An ongoing workplace health and safety issue at the Nebo Road Water Treatment plant has been blamed for residents in the Mackay city and urban […]
Cloncurry rejects fluoride
CLONCURRY Mayor Andrew Daniels says a lack of public support was behind the decision not to fluoridate his town’s water supply. “More than 90 per cent of people in Cloncurry don’t drink our water anyway,” he said. Cr Daniels said the cost of fluoridation was also another factor in the decision after the Newman government […]
Mackay: Staff concerns lead to temporary shutdown of fluoride dosing
Dust emanating from the purpose built facility that houses the fluoride equipment at Mackay’s Nebo Road Water Treatment Plant has resulted in council stopping fluoridation in the city’s urban supply until the issue can be rectified. Council initially stopped fluoride dosing July last year due to a mechanical failure of the dosing equipment. A series […]
Queensland: MP gnashes teeth over fluoride cuts
The six Queensland councils removing fluoride from drinking water are “making a terrible mistake”, according to the state’s highest-profile dentist – Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek. Mr Langbroek said the councils were ignoring the dental health of children in their regions. “These councils are making poor, ill-judged decisions that are having long-term ramifications for their children,” […]
Fraser Coast: Health minister slams Queensland council for removing fluoride
THE decision by another Queensland council to remove fluoride from its drinking water has been slammed by federal Health Minister Tania Plibersek. Fraser Coast is the sixth council in Queensland to make the controversial decision. Ms Plibersek has challenged Premier Campbell Newman to take control back from regional councils. “This will mean people will have […]
Anti-fluoride vote a winner on the Fraser Coast
CHEERS of victory erupted from councillors and the public gallery when the Fraser Coast Council voted to scrap fluoridation. Just two years previously, the former State Government outlaid $2.4 million to install fluoride equipment in the Fraser Coast. On Wednesday, an 8-3 vote decided to put that equipment to rest. Fraser Coast Mayor Gerard O’Connell, […]
Toowoomba: Councillor says time to leave fluoride debate behind
A Toowoomba councillor says it is time to move on from the fluoride argument on the Darling Downs. Council has formally voted to continue fluoridating Toowoomba’s water supply. Nancy Sommerfield voted against the practice but says she has accepted council’s decision. “Quite frankly we all look forward to moving forward because we all get on […]