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Ballarat targeted for fluoridation
THE FIRST step has been taken towards fluoridating Ballarat’s water supply. An information booklet, distributed by the State Government, will begin arriving in residential mail boxes today. The move signals the start of the government’s “community engagement” process, which must occur before the compound is added to the city’s water supply. It is not yet […]
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Rally Cry in Warrnambool
A PUBLIC rally in Warrnambool on Wednesday will urge Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to intervene in a last-ditch attempt to stop the city’s water being fluoridated. Organisers are hoping to attract at least 2000 people to the rally at the Civic Green from 6pm – just two hours after tenders close for the fluoridation plant. […]
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Ashland: Fluoridation hearings on horizon
Town officials plan to hold public hearings early in the new year to discuss adding fluoride to Ashland’s public water supply, which is drawn from the Hopkinton reservoir. “We want to offer public hearings for those in favor and against it,” allowing the Board of Health to take all sides into consideration, said the town’s […]
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Villagers fight deadly fluoride
PARLAKHEMUNDI: For the villagers of Jogipadu and Padampur under Gumma block, the only source of drinking water is a ‘nala’, which is located 5 km away from their villages. Ironically, these villages have over 10 borewells and are just a few kilometres away from the district headquarters. The reason that has kept them away from […]
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Fluoride furore begins
Just one mention of the word fluoridation and you can almost hear the collective tapping of keyboards across the Sunshine Coast. The Daily was inundated with emails yesterday following premier Anna Bligh’s announcement on Thursday that the Sunshine Coast would have fluoridated water by the end of next year. Joan Stanfield, of Noosaville, believes fluoride […]
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The need to provide technologies to tackle fluoride, arsenic, and other contaminants in drinking water
Union Minister for Rural Development Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has called for ensuring the availability of safe drinking water in rural areas of the country. Addressing a two-day long National Rural Workshop on Water supply and Sanitation in Rural India here today Dr. Singh stressed the importance of development of suitable technologies for addressing drinking […]
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Cooloola council urges fluoride referendum
The Cooloola Shire Council, in south-east Queensland, says the State Government should hold a referendum to gauge public opinion before fluoride is added to the water supply. The Government says it will work with councils to roll out the introduction of fluoride in an effort to cut the high level of tooth decay among Queenslanders. […]
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Top global dentist backs fluoridation decision.
Fluoridated water is an “absolutely great thing” for Queenslanders, according to a leading UK professor in children’s oral health. Professor Raman Bedi, of London’s Kings College, is in Australia for three days for the annual meeting of the Australasian Global Child Dental Health Taskforce. Professor Bedi, who directs the global taskforce into children’s dental health, […]
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Fluoride battle lines drawn in Queensland
Anti-fluoridation groups are preparing to lobby government to reverse the state government’s decision to add fluoride to Queensland’s water supply. And with the Sunshine Coast now likely to build a fluoridation plant at Lander’s Shoot next year, the emotional debate will gain momentum over the coming weeks. Merilyn Haines, of the Queenslanders against Water Fluoridation […]
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Othello council discusses high fluoride levels in Well 6
OTHELLO – The Othello City Council listened to a presentation concerning an effort to find the source of high fluoride levels in well number six Monday night. The city contracted to have the well investigated last month to determine where the fluoride is originating from. “In the end, they were unsuccessful in completing the work,” […]
United States, Washington State