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  • Ballina’s dental crisis

    A SEVERE shortage of dentists and worsening oral health in the community has led to a dental crisis in Ballina. And medical experts have warned that it is only going to get worse. More than 30 community leaders were invited to a public health information session last week to discuss the crisis and possible solutions. […]

  • Tasmania: Query on fluoride ‘dental crisis’

    WE have been told that fluoridated water is the answer to dental problem. So why is our Federal Government giving Tasmania $12 million  specifically to help them because they are in dental crisis? Tasmania has been fluoridated for 48 years with 91 per cent of the population “medicated with fluoridated water”. A year or so […]

  • Dental Health: Fluoridation Debate Rages

    BALLARAT’S dental crisis could be eased by water fluoridation, ac-cording to city health workers, but staunch opposers warn the poten-tial side effects could be far worse. Ballarat and District Division of General Practice chairman Mark Churcher said the city’s prevalence of dental visitation was three times higher than Melbourne, which has fluoride in its water. […]

  • Brisbane: Fluoride overdose a triple failure

    UP to three safeguard systems failed at the Brisbane water-treatment plant that released drinking water to residents with fluoride levels that were 20 times the legal limit. The revelation came as the Queensland Government yesterday sent apology letters to the 4000 people in northern Brisbane whose water was dosed with 30 milligrams of fluoride per […]

  • Sorry, this won’t fix our health crisis

    ‘What about getting kids to exercise?’ THE long-awaited, secretly edited Forster Report with recommendations to fix the disaster called Queensland Health has now been delivered — and the dramatic solution to this mess is (surprise, surprise) to fluoridate your drinking water. This will supposedly save $1 billion a year in dental costs. Come on, mass […]

  • An open letter to Dr Kathleen Matthews, President, Australia Dental Association NSW

    Original Letter online at https://fluoridefreeaustralia.org/open-letter-ada-nsw/ On 17 February 2021, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council confirmed a community poll on water fluoridation will be held later this year. In response to this decision, Dr Kathleen Matthews, President of the NSW Branch of the Australian Dental Association, has been outspoken in the media, criticising PMH Council for its “baseless” […]

  • Dentists concerned over Bundaberg fluoride opt-out

    Dental and medical associations say they are concerned that the Queensland city of Bundaberg has refused to take part in voluntary water fluoridation being rolled out across the state. Bundaberg’s councillor in charge of water says rolling out water fluoridation will be too costly for the community and there are serious health concerns, a claim […]

  • Chronic renal failure among farm families in cascade irrigation systems in Sri Lanka associated with elevated dietary cadmium levels in rice and freshwater fish (Tilapia)

  • Caregivers who refuse preventive care for their children: the relationship between immunization and topical fluoride refusal.

    References 1. Institute of Medicine. Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2013. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2. McMahon BJ, Dentinger CM, Bruden D et al. Antibody levels and protection after hepatitis B vaccine: results of a 22-year follow-up study and response to a booster dose. […]

  • Letter to Dr. Walensky, Director of the CDC, with 112 signers. May 25, 2021.

    May 25, 2021 Dear Dr. Walensky, Here again is our letter originally emailed to you on May 3 and again on May 11, together with a hard copy sent to your office via Fed Ex. This letter has now been signed by 112 people: that is the 29 who signed on May 3 (indicated by […]