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Fluoride water for Queenslanders
By the end of the year South East Queenslanders will be drinking fluoridated water. It’s the first phase of the State government’s 35 million dollar program to have the entire state’s water fluoridated by 2012, in an effort to improve the oral health of residents. Queensland Health Minister Stephen Roberston unveiled the units which will […]
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Queensland: Statement by Minister for Health on fluoridation program
Minister for HealthThe Honourable Stephen Robertson Sunday, October 05, 2008 MEDIA RELEASE 5 October 2008 Southeast Queensland fluoridation program on track Works to ensure Southeast Queensland’s major water treatment plants provide fluoridated water by December are well advanced, Health Minister Stephen Robertson said today. Mr Robertson visited Wacol in Brisbane’s west today to inspect fluoride […]
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Bligh addresses Rocky Q2 forum
WATER fluoridation, crocodile-egg harvesting and youth empowerment were some of the big issues thrown at Queensland Premier Anna Bligh last night as she addressed the city’s Q2 forum at Rockhampton High School. Jetting into Rockhampton late yesterday, Ms Bligh received a mixed reception from more than 100 locals who packed the hall last night. The […]
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Anti-fluoride campaigners defy law again
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners returned to Warrnambool’s CBD yesterday, deliberately defying local bylaws. The campaigners, who are running a citizens’-initiated referendum, set up a polling booth near a pedestrian crossing on Liebig Street. It was the second time they had used the location in an attempt to win more votes to stop the fluoridation of Warrnambool’s water […]
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Warrnambool, Allansford, Koroit: Fluoride flows today; Disputed chemical in water
FLUORIDE will be added to water supplies in Warrnambool, Allansford and Koroit from today. The introduction has been welcomed by Warrnambool dentist Tony Davies who said fluoridation was a safe and effective measure of reducing tooth decay. The move to fluoridate the water supply follows a mammoth effort by Warrnambool protesters over the past year […]
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Warrnambool fluoridation fight expected to wane
Victoria’s chief health officer is confident the Warrnambool community will accept a decision to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water. Fluoride will be added to the water supply today. There has been strong opposition to the move from some community groups, which say water fluoridation is akin to forced medication. The chief health officer, […]
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Fury as anti-fluoride protesters fined for breaking bylaw in city centre
WARRNAMBOOL’S long-running anti-fluoride campaign was ordered to shut down its operations in the CBD yesterday. The city council fined campaigners $226 for illegally setting up near a pedestrian crossing in Liebig Street. But the anti-fluoride protesters, who were running a citizens’-initiated referendum, claimed their booth was legal and vowed to return today. Organiser Stephen Juhasz […]
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Margaret River: Fluoride in water
THE Health Depart-ment is seeking public comment on a plan to fluoridate the public water supply to Margaret River. Chairman of the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee Dr Richard Lugg said the proposal would bring the town into line with almost 98 per cent of the Western Australian public who received fluoridated drinking […]
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Fluoride in our water in days; Campaigners fight to the end
ANTI-FLUORIDATION campaigners will end their unofficial referendum on the same weekend as fluoride is added to water supplies in Warrnambool, Allansford and Koroit. Organisers of the citizens-initiated poll, which started on May 8, aim to have collected the views of 10 per cent of eligible voters by September 29. “We will have polled 10 per […]
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Water Fluoridation to start in Warrnambool, Allansford and Koroit.
PUBLIC NOTICE WATER FLUORIDATION IN THE WARRNAMBOOL DRINKING WATER SYSTEM DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. STATE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. Water fluoridation at one part per million helps protect teeth against decay and is the safest way of allowing everyone access to the benefits of fluoride. In particular, children who live in fluoridated areas of Victoria experience […]
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