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Basel, Switzerland, Halts decades of Water Fluoridation
New York — April 30, 2003 –Over forty years of water fluoridation failed to reduce tooth decay in Basel, Switzerland, where children’s cavity rates increased from 1996 – 2001, according to a Swiss Government Report(1). Basel, the only Swiss city adding fluoride to water supplies, halted fluoridation(1a) on April 9, 2003, on the advice of […]
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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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Woman wants fluoridaton stopped in Prescott
PRESCOTT – Heidi MacDonald doesn’t think Prescott residents should have to wait three and a half years to vote on water fluoridation. “That’s a big responsibility and a big wait,” the science and special education teacher said Monday night after learning council has decided to continue putting fluoride in the water and a referendum will […]
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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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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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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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EPA: Revised approach for Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities Project
[Federal Register: April 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 81)] [Notices] [Page 22368-22369] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr28ap03-41] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice of Change in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance Approach for the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities Project AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of revised […]
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Onlookers mum on Watsonville fluoride suit
WATSONVILLE — No group supporting or opposing fluoridation of the city’s water supplies has weighed in on Watsonville’s lawsuit against the state Department of Health Services. Not yet, anyway. The arguments of these groups could determine whether a judge forces the city, against the will of the voters, to comply with the state’s mandate to […]
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New push to put fluoride in rural water in Australia
The State Government may compel rural communities to put fluoride in their water in a bid to cut tooth decay and counter a burgeoning demand on the public dental system. Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said if water boards in areas such as Geelong, Ballarat and Wodonga failed to introduce fluoride, the Government could be forced […]
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New push to put fluoride in rural water
The State Government may compel rural communities to put fluoride in their water in a bid to cut tooth decay and counter a burgeoning demand on the public dental system. Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said if water boards in areas such as Geelong, Ballarat and Wodonga failed to introduce fluoride, the Government could be forced […]
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