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Yanchep: Opposition to fluoridated water
Residents met in Yanchep, north of Perth, last night to oppose a move to fluoridate the area’s drinking water supply. Yanchep and Two Rocks residents do not receive fluoridated water at present but they will when they are connected to the city’s main water supply grid. Medical experts say fluoridation significantly reduces the incidence of […]
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U.K. Parliament – Q&A on fluoridation
Fluoride Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it is his policy that future decisions about the fluoridation of water supplies shall be taken by elected local authorities following the abolition of strategic health authorities. [52429] Anne Milton: Yes. We propose that local authorities should conduct consultations and ascertain public […]
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Williams Lake: City may discontinue fluoride use
Council has agreed to fund a “public consultation strategy” to communicate the merits and drawbacks of the fluoridation of the City’s water supply. On Tuesday night, council approved up to $33,000 for Communications Solutions Inc. to develop a public education strategy around fluoridation. The move is in response to a recommendation by the City’s Water […]
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Rous Water: Fluoride ‘mini Royal Commission’
A ruling by the Land and Environment Court last week has Rous Water chair Richard Staples questioning whether Rous should continue to fight for fluoridation. Anti-fluoride activist Al Oshlack is claiming a win in the case against Rous Water, although it is far from the end of the matter. Justice Biscoe handed down a decision […]
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Groveland residents vote to maintain fluoridation of their drinking water
… Voters backed continued use of fluoride in their water 724-584. That question was nonbinding…
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Eureka Springs: Drinking water will be compromised
EUREKA SPRINGS — There is not much citizens who don’t want fluoride in their drinking water can do now that Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has signed Act 197 into law, mandating fluoride for all water systems that serve 5,000 or more customers… All 12 water operator employees at Carroll-Boone are against fluoride, he has said […]
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Watsonville: Civil rights leaders have come out against water fluoridation
In last Thursday’s Register-Pajaronian, there was a story about our county having some of the cleanest air in the state. Unfortunately, when it comes to the air emanating from the tower known as Watsonville City Hall, the air has a putrid stench to it. In a recent news article, Andrew Young, the renowned civil rights […]
United States, California -
Crescent City: The ups and downs of fluoride
Fluoride levels in the Crescent City municipal water supply have fluctuated since February due to equipment issues, according to public works officials. Levels have been a bit above the 0.7 milligrams per liter mark — which the City Council adopted as a new, reduced level Feb. 7. Before then, the city added about 1 milligram […]
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Taber: Fluoride issue coming to public
Taber town council will be asking for the public’s input on the water fluoridation question over the next month. During last week’s town council meeting, a unanimous vote decided the public-consultation issue, which had been previously tabled at the April 11 meeting following the 4-3 defeat of a motion to proceed with the water treatment […]
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Muskoka: Province’s chief medical officer warns district about loss of fluoridated water
Editor’s note: This letter was forwarded by Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, to district council and copied to the Huntsville Forester To the chair and members, Muskoka District Council: As chief medical officer of health for Ontario, I am very concerned about the loss of fluoridated water in certain communities in spite of consistent […]
Canada, Ontario