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Mount Gambier: Fluoridation protester a free man
A Mount Gambier man has walked free from court after being arrested for obstructing access to Mount Gambier’s water pumping station. The man chose to stand trial, rather than pay a $21 fine. Alex Young was arrested for obstructing the path of contractors on their way to build a fluoridation plant at Mount Gambier’s Blue […]
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Walden board to reconsider fluoridating village water
WALDEN — Three months after voting to take fluoride out of village water, the Village Board will consider a law Tuesday that reintroduces it. Weeks after the April decision, which was prompted by concerns about worker safety and corrosive effects on the plant, local dentists asked the board to reconsider. The American Dental Association and […]
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Mount Gambier: Chained protester fights fluoride plan
A protester has chained himself to the gates where Mount Gambier’s fluoridation plant will be established in the south-east of South Australia. Alex Young collected thousands of signatures on a petition opposing the change. He says Health Minister John Hill has not responded but needs to answer to the people of Mount Gambier. “This action […]
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Ballina and Lismore: Anti-fluoride campaigner heads to court
A veteran North Coast environmental campaigner is taking court action in a bid to stop the fluoridation of parts of the Rous Water supply. Al Oshlack has lodged documents with the Land and Environment Court which seek to have approval for five fluoride plants overturned. Mr Oshlack says he’ll also seek to have decisions by […]
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Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: monitoring and delivery
Abstract: This paper, the second of two reviewing the Childsmile programme, describes monitoring arrangements and summarises monitoring data covering the period 2006-2009. By mid-2009, around 28,000 infants in deprived areas of the West of Scotland had been given caries risk assessments by Health Visitors; 14,000 were enrolled with 142 Childsmile practices or clinics; and over […]
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Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 1: establishment and development
Abstract: This paper is the first of two reviewing the Childsmile programme. It sets out to describe the development and implementation of this national oral health improvement programme for children in Scotland over its initial three-year period (January 2006 to December 2008) and into its second phase of development. It outlines the context in which […]
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Sandpoint drops fluoride from water
SANDPOINT — Residents here will no longer be able to gargle with city water to get fluoride on their teeth. The city council voted 4-2 this week to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system, which serves communities from Kootenai to Dover, including Sandpoint. After being tabled for two years, the glass tipped against […]
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Southampton: Conservative New Forest MP Julian Lewis expresses anger at fluoride silence
ANOTHER Tory Hampshire MP has attacked his own party for failing to deliver its promises to change the law on fluoridation. Julian Lewis, pictured, is furious after senior Conservatives have refused to comment on the scheme, and backed away from election pledges to look at the rules surrounding how the chemical is introduced to water. […]
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Rous Water: Legal threat halts fluoride bids
THE threat of legal action yesterday forced Rous Water to reject all tenders for the construction of its fluoride dosing plants. Anti-fluoride campaigner Al Oshlack, of Lismore, says he will commence proceedings against Rous Water in the NSW Land and Environment Court tomorrow. This came just as the water authority was preparing to accept a […]
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Burwell: Error causes Burwell recall attempt to start over
A Burwell man trying to recall three elected officials is starting the process again. There was an error in the number of signatures Donald M. Jones was told he needed to collect, said Linda Heermann, Garfield County election commissioner. Jones is trying to recall Burwell Mayor Charles Cone, Ward 1 Council Member Terry Cone and […]
United States, Nebraska