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Why has Gunnedah’s fluoride project been pushed back yet again?
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Thousands of Cabonne residents still don’t have fluoride in their water supply. Why?
The Australian Dental Association NSW (ADA NSW) is calling on Cabonne Shire Council to make 2023 the year it ensures all residents have access to fluoridated drinking water. “We want to see action from the council to urgently resolve the issues and get the local water supply fluoridated,” said ADA NSW president Dr Rohan Krishnan. […]
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Mark McGowan defends Early Childhood Education Minister Sabine Winton over fluoride in drinking water comment.
*Original full-text article online at: https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/mark-mcgowan-defends-early-childhood-education-minister-sabine-winton-over-fluoride-in-drinking-water-comment-c-9172968 Print PDF
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Countless reports show water is undrinkable in many Indigenous communities. Why has nothing changed?
Tap water in more than 500 remote Indigenous communities isn’t regularly tested and often isn’t safe to drink, according to a water industry report released last week. In some communities, drinking water contained unacceptable levels of uranium, arsenic, fluoride and nitrate. While these findings are dire, they aren’t news to us. There have been myriad […]
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Dubbo residents shocked to discover no fluoride has been added to water for years
Residents of an inland city have been shocked to learn their drinking water has not had fluoride added to it for three-and-half years. Key points: Dubbo Regional Council has revealed there has been no fluoride added to the city’s water supply since January 2019 The equipment failed and the council hopes to have the new […]
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Why fluoridate Heathcote’s water?
WHEN Heathcote Health CEO Dan Douglass took on the role in 2012, he didn’t realise the town’s water supply wasn’t fluoridated. Since then, there’s been almost a decade of oral health promotion and advocacy to the State Government led by the community. Mr Douglass said a few years ago students from La Trobe University completed […]
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Fluoride ‘on tap’ in Dalyellup, with Bunbury, Capel and Donnybrook to follow
The South West community of Dalyellup will benefit from having fluoride added to drinking water this month, with Bunbury set to receive fluoridated water next year. The Department of Health announced today that Capel and Donnybrook will also benefit from fluoridated water supplies by November 2024. The move follows water fluoridation of neighbouring communities, Eaton […]
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ABx kick-starts lab reactors for high-end aluminium product
Alcore’s new laboratory reactors use oleum and smelter waste to recover fluorine. Credit: File ABx Group subsidiary Alcore has completed the commissioning of three laboratory reactors in its efforts to produce a high-value essential ingredient for aluminium smelting from a smelter waste product. Its smelter waste, or “excess bath” process, if successful, would deliver bonus […]
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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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