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Let community decide on fluoridation: unions
SECRETARY of the Ballarat Trades Hall Graeme Shearer has backed calls for a referendum on the introduction of fluoride into Ballarat’s water supply. Mr Shearer said it was necessary to have broad community consultation before such a move occurred. “We have never tried to be experts on the benefits versus the not benefits of fluoride,” […]
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Groundwater contamination from Australian phosphate plant
THE Department of Environment wants Wesfarmers CSBP to take urgent action to stop further groundwater contamination from the polluted site of its former fertiliser plant in Bayswater. A consultant’s report has detected contaminated groundwater up to 400m from the former Cresco plant in Railway Parade. The report, submitted to the department on May 15, found […]
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Victoria Premier Pushing Fluoridation in Ballarat
PREMIER Steve Bracks said he would expect the Ballarat community to support the introduction of fluoride it’s water if a vote was taken on the issue today. But the Premier gave no commitment on whether a referendum would play a part in the State Government’s planned community consultation process on introducing fluoridation in Ballarat. The […]
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Brisbane targeted with fluoridation
FLUORIDATION of the state’s water supply is one of the first issues the new Australian Medical Association of Queensland president intends to put back on the political agenda. Dr Ingrid Tall, 38, became the youngest AMAQ president when she took over from Dr Russell Stitz yesterday for her first day in office. Dr Tall said […]
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Fluoridation in Wangaratta: It’s our choice
FLUORIDATION of Wangaratta’s water supply will only take place if the community wants it, Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said yesterday. And the community may well be asked that question this year, as Minister Pike ups the ante on water fluoridation to combat the decaying public dental health system. Ms Pike wants water authorities and communities, […]
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Public poll may decide fluoridation issue in south-west Victoria
THE State Government is planning a public consultation program and will consider a poll to decide if south- west Victoria’s water should be fluoridated. However, a spokesman for Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said the Government would not be imposing fluoridation without the support of local communities. South-west dentists and medical officials have long campaigned for […]
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Fluoride back on agenda for Ballarat
THE State Government is again considering introducing fluoride into Ballarat’s water supply. A spokesman for Health Minister Bronwyn Pike yesterday said the government planned to undertake a consultation process that would gauge community sentiment on the issue. The spokesman, Ben Hart, said the State Government was “setting the scene for debate in the community”. “We […]
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Fluoride battle brews in towns
Anti-fluoride activists yesterday vowed to fight any bid by the State Government to force rural communities to fluoridate their water. Roy Grange, of the Ballarat Anti-Fluoridation Association, said adding fluoride to water was akin to compulsory mass medication. “Doctors can prescribe a medication but they can’t force a patient to take that medication,” Mr Grange […]
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Debate continues over fluoride water
The director of business services at the Wodonga Regional Health Unit, Greg Pearl, says there have been indications of benefits from adding fluoride to the water system. Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike says the Government could legislate to force some water boards to add fluoride to water supply systems, including Wodonga. Mr Pearl says issues […]
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Fluoridation not without its risks
RECENTLY I attended the 25th international conference on fluoride research, where several papers revealed that fluoridation of water supplies is both ineffective in reducing tooth decay and potentially harmful to health. Yet, on the basis of out-of-date notions and discredited results, North East Water, based in Albury-Wodonga, is being pressured to implement fluoridation of all […]
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