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Local councils cast doubt over fluoride plan
A Sunshine Coast Mayor says there is little point in fluoridating public water supplies because only a small percentage of water is used for drinking. There has been a mixed reaction from councils to a Queensland Government plan to provide $6 million so larger councils can build the infrastructure to fluoridate water. But Maroochy Shire […]
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Fluoride debate a ‘gutless’ diversion
THE debate about fluoride in drinking water is a “gutless” attempt by the State Government to avoid scrutiny over its health system failures, according to former Labor lord mayor Jim Soorley. Mr Soorley, a vehement and long-standing critic of adding fluoride to water, accused Premier Peter Beattie of creating a distraction from the problems of […]
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Councils hit fluoride ‘cop-out’
THE State Government has been accused of abrogating its responsibility on the water fluoridation debate by dumping it in the laps of local government. Councillors from southeast Queensland’s major local government authorities yesterday gritted their teeth over Premier Peter Beattie’s decision to force individual towns and cities to decide whether to fluoridate their water or […]
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Mandatory fluoridation proposal for Queensland
LOCAL councils will have five years to take up State Government funding to introduce water fluoridation or face it being forced on them, according to Premier Peter Beattie. The Premier yesterday reopened the long-running fluoridation debate by announcing financial and legislative support for local councils to add fluoride to water supplies. He said the law […]
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Not in My Water Supply
Somebody put a dead rat in Curtis Smith’s mailbox. Someone else has made anonymous phone calls accusing him of trying to poison his neighbors. And all around the usually placid university town of Bellingham, Wash., activists from a group called Citizens Against Forced Fluoride have planted lawn signs adorned with skull and crossbones. “I had […]
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Cavistat Toothpaste – “More Effective Than Fluoride”
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y.– Ortek Therapeutics Inc. announced today that CaviStat®, an experimental fluoride-free cavity fighting complex based on saliva chemistry, was significantly more effective than fluoride in a two year, 726 patient toothpaste study. These results were published in the most recent issue, Volume 16, Number 3, of The Journal of Clinical Dentistry, a peer […]
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BBC: Government ‘pushes fluoridation’
The government has written to health chiefs reminding them they have the power to order water companies to add fluoride to water supplies. The move is being seen as a concerted effort to push for more fluoridation of drinking water. Supporters, including the British Dental Association, say fluoridation help to cut tooth decay significantly. But […]
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Poorest areas will be targets of fluoridation
The Government’s attempt to extend water fluoridation across England is likely to focus on the most deprived 20 per cent of the population, which experiences 80 per cent of the nation’s dental disease. Dentists say that in countries where water fluoridation is widespread, such as America, Australia and New Zealand, dental health is far superior […]
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Government ‘pushes fluoridation’
The government has written to health chiefs reminding them they have the power to order water companies to add fluoride to water supplies. The move is being seen as a concerted effort to push for more fluoridation of drinking water. Supporters, including the British Dental Association, say fluoridation help to cut tooth decay significantly. But […]
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Greymouth residents say no to fluoride
Caught in the middle of an increasingly ugly debate between health officials and the anti-fluoride lobby, the Grey District Council put it to residents to decide whether to dose public water supplies with sodium fluoride to help reduce dental decay. Their answer, in a binding referendum, finally puts the issue to rest: 4228 against and […]
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