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Moreton Bay Regional Council to start talks over possible fluoride removal
Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) will initiate talks with Unitywater and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council over removing fluoride from drinking water supplies. Mayor Allan Sutherland said while MBRC had yet to make a decision on whether to stop fluoridation, it should find out what would need to be done. Councillors have recently heard from […]
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Olivehurst: First 5 requests OPUD reconsider fluoride vote
Still smarting a week after the Olivehurst Public Utility District board voted to stop fluoridating water, the First 5 Yuba Commission decided Thursday to ask the board to reconsider, and also consider internally whether there was a way to ensure future grants didn’t suffer a similar fate. Some commissioners openly expressed disappointment or even anger […]
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Mackay: Fluoride issue at council to be reviewed
MACKAY Regional Council is undertaking a review to improve its communication in the wake of a “breakdown” that this week had the mayor scrambling to explain why she was unaware that fluoride dosing in the city stopped seven months ago. Mayor Deirdre Comerford did not confront the media at a press conference following yesterday’s council […]
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Gold Coast: Residents back fluoride in water supply
GOLD Coasters have rejected a push to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply, with a leaked report showing “not one” resident was willing pay the cost. A confidential briefing note exclusively obtained by the Bulletin shows 660 of 1000 residents surveyed supported keeping fluoride in the water supply, saving up to $100 million. The […]
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Arkansas House panel rejects bill on fluoride
With votes cast along party lines, a House committee rejected a bill that would let 35 water systems decide whether to fluoridate their water… The full article is available only by subscription
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Fluoride to Return to Water: Bradford, Vt., Residents Reverse Water and Sewer Commission
Bradford, Vt. — The room grew silent as the moderator leaned into his microphone to announce fluoride’s fate. Town Moderator Mark Johnson said 88 ballots were cast, with 50 water and sewer users voting in favor of re-establishing nearly three decades of water fluoridation, while 38 users voted against the reintroduction of fluoride. “The public […]
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Sonoma: County Supervisors to Spend Over $100,000 on Fluoridation Study
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors this evening voted unanimously to spend $103,000 on an engineering and design report for fluoridation of the Sonoma County Water Agency’s drinking water supply. In Sonoma County, only Healdsburg and the Fitch Mountain area have fluoridated water. The proposal to fluoridate the water is one of five approaches to […]
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Minnesota: New state study finds 55 percent of third-graders have a cavity
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 98.7% of Minnesota’s public water supplies are fluoridated More than half of Minnesota third-graders have had a cavity. That’s according to the state’s first comprehensive oral health plan, stemming from a 2010 survey of more than 1,500 third-graders in 40 public schools. Chris Carroll of Winona’s Pediatric Dental Care said […]
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Hot Press Report: Fluoride
Ireland has the sickest population in Europe. This country is also the only one in the EU which engages in mandatory flouridation of the water. Here, we present the astonishing evidence which conclusively links these two facts. So why, asks scientist Declan Waugh, have the authorities refused to address an issue that is crucial to […]
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Gladstone residents divided on issue of fluoride in water
GLADSTONE residents have mixed feelings about fluoride in the water supply, with an Observer poll showing some support for keeping fluoride. While 54% of people support removing fluoride from Gladstone’s water, 45% are keen for it to stay. Comments on The Observer’s Facebook page also have been mixed. But residents can rely on getting a […]
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