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Lismore: Fluoride fight is far from over, activists warn
Anti-fluoride activists are hoping the newly-elected Lismore City Council will take a fresh look at the fluoride issue, and have welcomed the decision by the Mackay City Council in Queensland to discontinue fluoridating their water supply. The Mackay council, which was forced to fluoridate by the Queensland Government in 2011, has now joined two thirds of […]
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Townsville: No plan for fluoride ban
FLUORIDE will continue to be added to Townsville’s water supply, with Mayor Jenny Hill pledging not to go the way of other local governments in Queensland. It comes as data shows dental outcomes for children were better in the city than in nearby non-fluoridated areas. Townsville is now the state’s only major regional centre outside […]
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Queensland councils abandon water fluoridation en masse, against dentists’ advice
IF THE legacy of former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is his famous slogan, “the smart state”, that legacy of one of his successors could be far less salubrious. Queensland: The toothless state could well one of former LNP leader Campbell Newman’s key achievements, after he, among a litany of controversial decisions in his three years […]
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Queensland: Push to stop adding fluoride to council water supply worries dentists
DENTAL experts have flagged concerns that “extremist” anti-fluoride groups could pressure more regional councils into removing the naturally occurring compound from drinking water. Australian Dental Association chief fluoride expert Dr Michael Foley raised the concerns after two councils recently decided to stop adding it to the water supply. Mackay Regional Council voted on the move […]
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Mackay council votes 6-5 to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Townsville will be the only major Queensland regional centre outside the south-east to fluoridate its water, after Mackay voted narrowly today to stop adding fluoride to its drinking supply, following the same decision by Gladstone in July. The issue was a divisive one for the Mackay Regional Council with six councillors voting to end fluoridation […]
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JCU (James Cook University) fluoride experts snubbed
Cairns councillors have turned down the chance to hear from dental experts regarding water fluoridation at an ordinary meeting this week. Division Five Councillor Richie Bates proposed James Cook University’s dental faculty present fluoridation research via resolution to full council on Wednesday. But none of the other eight councillors seconded the motion causing it to […]
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Mackay Regional Council votes to end water fluoridation
BREAKING 11.29am: FLUORIDATION of Mackay’s water supply will be stopped, following a landmark decision by Mackay Regional Council [population 123,724 as of 2015]. In front of a packed gallery, Mackay Regional councillors voted to stop putting fluoride in Mackay’s water supply in a 6-5 vote. So who voted to remove it? Mayor Greg Williamson Deputy mayor […]
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Mackay: Do you support fluoridation? Let council know ahead of crucial vote
MACKAY Regional Council will decide on the future of water fluoridation in the region in just over a week. The council issued a statement this morning, confirming the vote will be decided at its next monthly Ordinary Meeting on September 28. Meanwhile, the council has reminded residents time is running out for them to have […]
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Fluoride in water opponents to present 6500-strong petition to WA government
Water fluoridation opponents plan to present the West Australian government with a petition calling for an end to the practice, coinciding with new research reinforcing its benefit for children’s oral health. Fluoride Free WA – which plans to form a political party for the March state election and currently has more than half the members […]
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Fluoride in water doesn’t lower IQ or cause cancer, says health agency
Australia’s chief health and medical research agency says fluoride in drinking water does not lower a person’s IQ, cause cancer or cause any other negative health effects. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) analysis of more than 60 years of scientific research and 3,000 studies has backed adding fluoride to public drinking supplies […]
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