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Water Fluoridation: Risky Business for Council – Address to Oberon Council (New South Wales, Australia)
7 March 2018 Abstract of presentation by Michael Lusk at the Oberon Council My address places Council on notice that the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (CTH) (“TG Act”) regulates manufacturing in Australia of fluoridated drinking water. The TG Act applies because several government agencies and two industry lobby groups represent that fluoridated drinking water is […]
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1080: State Government baiting program targets wild dogs and foxes in Yarra Ranges
Note from FAN: 1080 is the common name for Sodium fluoroacetate, a highly toxic and non-discriminatory pesticide that can impact all species where it strewn. This horrid pesticide should be banned from use everywhere. See info on its adverse effects. Molecular formula: WILD dogs and feral foxes are being targeted by a State Government baiting […]
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Residents share their thoughts on fluoride in the Brogo-Bermagui water supply
There are mixed opinions from those hooked up to the Brogo-Bermagui town water supply regarding Bega Valley Shire Council’s decision to add fluoride to the system. On Wednesday, February 21, council voted to seek approval from the NSW Department of Health to add fluoride to the Tantawangalo-Kiah and Brogo-Bermagui town water supplies. Fluoride has been added to the Bega-Tathra water […]
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Bega Valley: Dentists urge ‘big picture’ view of fluoride in shire water
Wednesday’s decision that council would be fluoridating the remainder of the shire’s public water supply met with heated debate both inside and outside of the council’s chambers. There were loud disruptions in the chamber with Mayor Kristy McBain rising on several occasions to ask for respect from the public members. Then, only a few hours later, online forums lit […]
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Bega Valley: Threat of legal issues fails to stop fluoride ‘yes’ vote
General manager at Bega Valley Shire Council Leanne Barnes said council will be taking the next steps to have the fluoridation program extended to Tantawanglo-Kiah and Brogo-Bermagui water supplies following the council meeting on Wednesday, February 21. “We will now go back to the Secretary of NSW Health to say council has resolved to add fluoride to […]
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Bega Valley Shire Council votes for fluoride
A ten-month debate at Bega Valley Shire Council came to an end this afternoon with councilors voting to add fluoride to the shire’s remaining water supplies. Council has been adding fluoride to the Bega-Tathra system since 1963, today’s six – two result in the chamber will see it added to two of Council’s remaining water […]
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Fluoride funding for Macedon Ranges preschool kids
A recent announcement has had local children and parents smiling. Macedon Ranges preschool children will receive free fluoride varnish to prevent tooth decay as part of a new state government program. Macedon Ranges towns are non-fluoridated – meaning the protective chemical fluoride is not present in the water supply. The varnish has proven to be […]
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It’s Ok to Say No to Fluoride in Gunnedah’s Water administrator Wendy Carpenter challenges new fluoride legislation proposed by NSW Labor
MEMBERS of anti-fluoride groups have responded to new fluoride legislation proposed by NSW Labor’s shadow health minister Walt Secord. Labor’s proposed legislation will bring laws into effect which will give the NSW health minister additional powers to direct local councils and water authorities to add fluoride to their drinking water supply. The proposed changes follow Gunnedah Shire […]
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Letter | We should be looking closer at fluoride facts
FELLOW residents, I’m a little worried. Having waded through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) much-touted cornerstone documentation into fluoridation, I’ve gone on to research a highly critical review of that reporting prepared by Merilyn Haines of Fluoride Action Network (FAN) Australia. Her review, written in August last year, has identified over 20 major issues […]
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Bega Valley targeted in NSW Labor’s Fluoridation Bill
Anti-fluoride groups have been placed in the crosshairs of potential State Parliament legislation that aims to give additional powers to the NSW Health Minister. Shadow health spokesman Walt Secord introduced legislation on Tuesday, February 13, which, if passed, would give the minister additional powers to direct local councils and water authorities to add fluoride to their […]
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