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Bega Valley dentists question use of fluoride in water supplies
Several Bega Valley dentists have spoken out against water fluoridation in a meeting with Bega Valley Shire Councillors. On Monday, at a meeting run by Clean Water for Life attended by Crs Cathy Griff, Mitchell Nadin and Jo Dodds, they discussed what they saw as the dangers of fluoride. Senior adviser to the Fluoride Action […]
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Bega Valley: Fluoride ‘Have Your Say’ deadline extended by one month
Bega Valley residents have been given an extra month to have their say on the possible extension of fluoridation to drinking water supplies across the shire. The original cut-off date for submissions was Friday, March 10, but Bega Valley Shire Council manager of water and sewage services, Jim Collins, confirmed on Monday that the public consultation […]
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Hexafluorosilicic acid. Lithium Australia denies using toxic chemicals to develop technology
Lithium Australia wants to bust a myth that a process it is developing for lithium recovery uses toxic reagents. The Perth-based company is developing a technology called Sileach, a hydrometallurgical process aimed at enhancing the recovery of lithium from hard rock. Lithium Australia managing director Adrian Griffin said there had been “a lot of speculation […]
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Fluoride Free WA has eye on Yanchep water
STEVE Smith is a financial advisor but despite citing economic reasons for taking fluoride out of public water, his biggest concern is its effect on people’s health, especially children. That’s why the North Metropolitan candidate and his party are keeping a close eye on Yanchep which presently doesn’t have hexafluorosilicic acid, commonly known as fluoride, added […]
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Australia to get its first dental check-up in over a decade
Australian adults are about to get a major dental check-up in the first national oral health study in more than a decade. Fifteen-thousand Australians will be randomly selected for a free dental examination as part of the $5.8 million study to be conducted over 2017-18. Researchers will consider the effect of sugar, tobacco and fluoride […]
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Party set to hold debate on fluoride
WA’s Fluoride-Free political party is upping the stakes during this year’s election, with a community debate about fluoridation of public water supplies set for this weekend. The local leg of the “Great Fluoridation Debate” with fluoridation expert Professor Paul Connett takes place at Margaret River Community Centre on Sunday at 2pm. Dr Connett is a […]
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Fluoride Free Yanchep and Two Rocks committee hosting public meeting
ANTI water fluoridation campaigners are preparing to bare all at a Yanchep meeting this week. The Fluoride Free Yanchep and Two Rocks committee will host a talk by Professor Paul Connett tomorrow. The group formed in response to the Department of Health’s decision last Septemberto start fluoridating Yanchep’s water supply in 2017 as it shifts […]
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Kununurra: Fluoride back in debate
An American anti-fluoride advocate is coming to Kununurra as residents push to stop the introduction of increased fluoridation in the town’s water supply. Paul Connett, a former chemistry professor, is coming to the Kimberley to outline why it should reject fluoridation. Mr Connett is the founder of the Fluoride Action Network and has written books […]
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WA anti-fluoride candidate may be elected
Fluoride Free WA representative John Watt could be elected in the upper house with less than 1000 votes, based on preference deals. Preference “whisperer” Glenn Druery has defended the deal he brokered between the minor parties that could deliver an upper house seat to the Fluoride Free WA Party. Preference deals between micro-parties could also […]
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WA Election 2017: Anti-fluoride candidate may be elected
UPDATE: PREFERENCE “whisperer” Glenn Druery has defended the deal he brokered between the minor parties that could deliver an upper house seat to the Fluoride Free WA Party. Preference deals between micro-parties could also see Liberal Democrats, Vote Flux, Family First and Daylight Savings Party members elected to represent other upper house regions. Political analysts […]
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