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Koalas grazing near Portland Aluminium smelter suffering bone, tooth defects from fluoride exposure
Koalas grazing on gum trees close to the smelter are ingesting high levels of fluoride.(ABC Rural: Kim Honan) Fluoride emissions from an aluminium smelter in Victoria’s south-west are causing koalas grazing nearby to develop an irreversible and sometimes fatal condition, a study has found. Key points: American aluminium giant Alcoa concedes fluoride exposure from emissions at its […]
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Gunnedah Shire: Water treatment facility taking shape
Construction at Gunnedah Shire Council’s $8 million Water Treatment Facility on Kelvin Road has reached a milestone stage. The major components of the facility are now constructed and all electrical work has been completed at the new plant that will allow for consistent water treatment across Gunnedah and Curlewis. It will also allow the introduction […]
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ALCORE Receives A$7.5 MM Grant From Government To Build Aluminium Smelter Bath Recycling Plant In Tasmania
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) said this week that it’s subsidiary ALCORE Limited has received a grant of A$7.5 million from the Australian Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative towards its A$16.4-million aluminium smelter bath recycling plant in Bell Bay, Tasmania. ABx says the proposed plant will be the first site in the world to recycle aluminium smelter […]
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Dalyellup to receive fluoridated drinking water in June 2022
OVER 30 residents opposed to fluoride in their drinking water have vented their concerns just months before fluoride is set to be rolled out in Dalyellup’s water supply. On Friday, March 25, members of the Fluoride Free Bunbury group met at Guppy Park to discuss possible next steps in deterring the roll-out which follows Eaton […]
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Mineral Commodities delivers breakthrough graphite tech
Mineral Commodities has produced a high-purity graphite anode material comparable in efficiency and capacity to industry standards. Credit: FIle ASX-listed Mineral Commodities has delivered a breakthrough in the purification of large flake graphite for use in battery anode material without the use of traditional and highly toxic hydrofluoric acid. Electrochemical testing of graphite sourced from […]
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ABx kicks off aluminium recycling pilot plant
ABx Group’s 87 per cent-owned chemical refining subsidiary, Alcore, has commenced construction of a pilot plant that will look to produce precursor chemicals used to recover fluorine from aluminium smelter waste known as “excess bath”. The Sydney-based company believes Alcore’s proprietary technology for recycling excess bath into high-value products, such as aluminium fluoride, could deliver […]
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85,000 adults waiting for dentists in NSW
Some 85,000 NSW adults are currently on the public dental waiting list in NSW and it could be two or three years before they see a dentist. Of those, about 30,000 are in rural, remote or regional areas. A parliamentary inquiry investigating health outcomes and access in rural and regional NSW heard on Friday there […]
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Australia: fluoridated and non-fluoridated cities and towns
For a quick overview, this comes from Michael Dolan, editor of the Fluoridation Review, November 2021. Note: The following lists were provided by Colin Varian of Fluoride Free Australia from various government agencies. The Northern Territory Fluoridated cities and towns, added: Angutugu, Darwin, Katherine, Maningrida, Umbakumba, Wadeye, and Wurruniyanga (Nguiu). Fluoridated cities and towns, natural: […]
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Fluoridated water rollout set for 2023 in Bunbury, 55 years after Perth
The Australian Dental Association says fluoridated public water is the most equitable way to protect against tooth decay, and while 92 per cent of West Australians have access to this public health service, the state’s biggest regional centre is still waiting. Key points: Perth residents have had access to fluoridated water for decades The community of Bunbury won’t […]
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Port Macquarie council resumes fluoridation, but dentists worry about impact of pause
The oral health impacts of an almost two-year pause on water fluoridation in the Port Macquarie area, on the NSW Mid North Coast, will not be seen for years, according to a dentist with more than 30 years’ experience. Key points: Dentists say water fluoridation is important for strengthening children’s teeth while teeth are forming in […]
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