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Fluoride fears spark Cairns filter rush
CAIRNS residents are giving each other water filters as Christmas presents in a rush before the Far North’s water supply is permanently fluoridated. Shopkeepers say they have been rushed off their feet with sales of filters to residents concerned about the effects fluoridated water may have upon their health. An average ceramic water filter has […]
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Cairns: Fluoride in water flowing to taps
FLUORIDE is officially flowing through the Cairns region’s water supply. Cairns Regional Council started adding fluoride to the region’s water supply last night as part of a test of equipment before the chemical is permanently added from December 31. The chemical, which Queensland Health says will strengthen residents’ teeth against the effects of tooth decay, […]
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Bundaberg region: Fluoride in two years
TIME is beginning to tick for the Bundaberg region to come on board with water fluoridation, with Bundaberg Regional Council required to have its systems upgraded within two years. Bundaberg region mayor Lorraine Pyefinch said the council had started work on preliminary measures but the region’s water needs were unique. “Our situation is fairly complicated […]
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Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water & the Public Health
Note: The author is described as a “Bioethicist and medical historian” This week’s New York Times Magazine draws attention to an article in The British Journal of Psychiatry that has been the talk of bioethical circles since May, when researchers at Japan’s Oita University reported that communities with increased levels of lithium in their drinking […]
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Orissa: Alternative sources explored to check fluorosis
BHUBANESWAR: People in 16 districts are using groundwater containing excessive fluoride, said the Orissa Government yesterday adding that alternative arrangements are being made for the habitations facing the problem. Districts like Nuapada, Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Balangir, Cuttack, Boud, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Kalahandi , Khurda, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Phulbani and Puri are badly affected by the problems […]
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Toowoomba: Fluoride delayed
FLUORIDE won’t flow into Toowoomba’s bulk water supply until the end of March. Toowoomba Regional Council Deputy Mayor Paul Antonio said the initial January deadline was not going to be met because council had been “held-up with a number of things totally beyond our control”. “We have gone to a lot of trouble to make […]
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Mildura: Fluoride referendum ruled out
Victoria’s chief health officer has ruled out the possibility of a referendum on the introduction of fluoride into the Mildura region’s water supply. Mildura Rural City Council had been asked to find out from the State Government if a referendum is possible. Dr John Carney says it is State Government policy and part of the […]
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Fluoride comes in every cuppa
CAIRNS residents have been unknowingly drinking fluoride for more than a century %u2013 in cups of tea. As Cairns Regional Council prepares to put fluoride into Far Northern water supplies within the next two weeks, a leading expert on fluoride has revealed locals have been drinking the chemical in cups of tea, without ill effect, […]
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Rockhampton: Fluoridation D-Day a flop
A MISSING part has delayed the rollout of fluoride into the water supply for Rockhampton, Gracemere and The Caves. The three centres were expected to come online yesterday. Despite the F-Day failure, Fitzroy River Water is confident fluoride will be added to the water supply before the Queensland Government’s deadline of the end of the […]
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One strike on Isfahan in 2004 might have ended Iran’s nukes
It is possible that the Iranian nuclear threat could have been resolved a few years ago, when Tehran’s nuclear program depended on a single uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan. If that facility had been bombed Iran would have lost large quantities of the raw material for uranium enrichment, setting back its nuclear program for years. […]
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