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ALCORE Project Update – Refining AlF3 from Bauxite
Sydney – (ABN Newswire) – Bauxite producer, Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) is reporting progress on the ALCORE project in accordance with the schedule announced to the ASX on 13th November 2017. Highlights – Engineering firm appointed to design and cost the Engineering Validation Plant (“EV Plant”) – Trade financing proposals suggests the 50,000tpa production plant […]
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Fluoride supporters and opponents reach out to Gunnedah Shire Council ahead of final decision
SUPPORTERS on both sides of the Gunnedah water fluoridation debate are putting their case forward to Gunnedah Shire Council (GSC) ahead of the December meeting. A coalition of 13 leading health organisations and professional bodies, including the Australian Dental Association NSW, and the National Rural Health Alliance, have submitted an open letter to GSC. The letter composed […]
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Walt Secord’s fluoridation demand ‘delusional’, ‘playing games’ say Bega Valley councillors
Bega Valley Shire councillors have rejected recent comments made by NSW Labor health spokesperson Walt Secord on the issue of water fluoridation. Mr Secord questioned council’s move to conduct a survey of residents, and demanded state Water Minister Niall Blair intervene and introduce fluoride into the Tantawanglo-Kiah and Brogo-Bermagui water supplies. Councillor Mitchell Nadin labelled Mr Secord “delusional” over […]
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Letter: Fluoridation of water
The Australian Dental Association is entitled to its opinion on fluoridation, but when it recommends fluoridation, what the ADA wants is for Councillors to force fluoride on their community. No dentist or doctor should ever force a medication or a treatment on a single patient, yet fluoridation is both mass medication and attempted treatment of […]
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Letter: Australian Dental Association NSW supports water fluoridation
The Australian Dental Association NSW supports water fluoridation as a safe, effective and equitable way of preventing tooth decay. Since water fluoridation began in NSW more than 60 years ago we have seen considerable improvements in oral health, and no reliable evidence that water fluoridation as practised in Australia is associated with any adverse health […]
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Lismore & Ballina: Opponents say documents prove flouride plants failing
Anti-fluoride campaigners are calling for the shutdown of fluoride plants in the Lismore and Ballina areas after documents have apparently revealed a ‘litany of breakdowns and fluoride overdose spikes’. The Fluoride Free Northern Rivers (FFNR) group said documents released under Freedom of Information laws revealed breakdowns at the plants at Corndale, Knockrow, Clunes and Durroughby. […]
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Kununurra: Health department to host ‘informal’ fluoride meeting
The Department of Health is hosting an “informal session” tomorrow about increasing the level of fluoride of the drinking water in Kununurra. Currently the natural fluoride level in the town’s water supply is about 0.4 milligrams per litre. The department wants to increase it to 0.6 milligrams per litre which is the what has happened […]
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Members of the Australian Dental Association visit Gunnedah to brief Gunnedah Shire Council about adding fluoride to the water supply
Gunnedah Shire Councillors attended a closed meeting on Wednesday to be briefed by members of the Australian Dental Association (ADA) NSW regarding water fluoridation. ADA spokeswoman Dr Sarah Raphael, who hosted the briefing, shared with councillors and local dentists a report from the federal government’s National Health and Medical Research Council on water fluoridation. Dr Raphael said […]
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Bega Valley. COMMENT: ‘Greed, stupidity and mismanagement’ destroying Sapphire Coast’s gems
Tathra local Greg Otton spoke out at the recent council meeting against the fluoridation of the shire’s water supplies, but also what he sees is the destruction of the region’s pristine natural gifts. An excerpt of an opinion piece he has submitted is below. Greg’s views do not necessarily represent those of Fairfax, but we […]
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Australian Bauxite to produce aluminium fluoride
PERTH – ASX-listed junior Australian Bauxite has inked a heads of agreement (HoA) with technology provider Refined Ore Industries (ROIL) to produce aluminium fluoride from bauxite. Under the terms of the HoA, Australian Bauxite will have exclusive global rights to produce aluminium fluoride from the ALCORE project, which will apply ROIL’s patented ores-to-elements (CORE) process, […]
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