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Letter | Look at the recent history of fluoride in Lithgow
I HAVE been visiting Oberon over the last month attending meetings with the people in Oberon who oppose fluoridation. Similar resistance was expressed in Lithgow at the time of putting fluoride into the drinking water in 2012. I detail the events that happened in Lithgow as it is in the local area with many similarities to Oberon. At […]
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Oberon: Council says no to health study before fluoride vote
A FURTHER delay before a decision on putting fluoride in Oberon’s water has been rejected by Oberon Council. Councillor Brenda Lyon moved a motion at Tuesday night’s council meeting seeking a health study before council makes a call on the contentious issue. Her motion was for council not to proceed with the fluoridation of the town water […]
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Fluoride headed for Quirindi water
Overview: The Liverpool Plains Shire Council is considering fluoridation of the public water supply. A consultation process will take place in the coming months. NSW offered to fund the feasibility study and the Liverpool Plains Shire Council has accepted the offer. The timing is good as the Quipolly Water Project is underway. *Listen to full […]
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Toxic Secrets: Where the sites with PFAS contamination are near you
On a rise surrounded by bushland in Sydney’s north-west, members of the Westleigh Rural Fire Service have spent years training, putting out blazes in preparation for the real thing. It is a peaceful spot, on the site of the old dog pound. Down the slope lies a walking trail and a creek, while the flat […]
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Toxic Secrets: Professor ‘bragged about burying bad science’ on 3M chemicals
As a leading international authority on toxic chemicals, Professor John P. Giesy is in the top percentile of active authors in the world. His resume is littered with accolades, from being named in the Who’s Who of the World to receiving the Einstein Professor Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Giesy was credited with […]
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Liverpool Plains Shire Council will investigate adding fluoride to its regional water supply
Liverpool Plains Shire Council (LPSC) will consider fluoridation of the local water supply. Council has resolved to begin an investigation process, which will involve extensive community consultation. It comes after NSW Health contacted the council urging it to consider fluoridation of the regional water supply and offering it’s support to do so, including the provision of design […]
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Teeth bared as anti-flouridation campaign heats up
The NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, has rejected calls to force towns like Oberon and Byron Bay to fluoridate drinking water, saying consultation was more effective than forcing compliance with a “baseball bat”. Mr Hazzard said local and state governments had a “duty of care to try to win the debate,” and convince councils to […]
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Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) Chairman’s Review of 2017 and Recent Developments
Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) provides the Chairman’s Address to AGM 2018. Welcome to the 9th Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Australian Bauxite Limited (“ABx”). ABx has supplied to date 78 thousand tonnes of cement-grade bauxite and six thousand tonnes of fertiliser grade bauxite to our repeat customers. ABx remains ready to sell metallurgical grade […]
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Oberon: Two towns are 48kms apart. One has twice as much tooth decay
For 40 years, dental therapist Jennifer James has had the “unique experience” of treating children in Bathurst, which has fluoride in its water, and 48 kilometres away in Oberon, which doesn’t. “The difference out here working is that you see twice as much tooth decay in children, twice as many fillings, twice as many extractions. […]
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Spring Hill and Lucknow: Village residents will have reason to smile with pipeline’s water
Spring Hill and Lucknow residents will soon have reason to smile when they switch to Orange’s fluoride-enriched water system. The 61-kilometre Orange-to-Carcoar pipeline will be commissioned in the coming weeks after a year-long construction process which was delayed by a costly vandalism attack in July last year. The bore water currently supplied to both villages does not contain […]
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