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Rous Water: NSW Greens call for fluoride inquiry
Party says people remain concerned about the chemical after court rejected campaign to stop it being added to drinking water The New South Wales Greens will press the state government to hold a public inquiry into the safety of fluoridated water, after the NSW Court of Appeal ruled against an anti-fluoride campaigner’s bid to prevent [...]
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Mount Isa: Call for fluoride debate balance
WHILE the Mount Isa City Council is still deciding on whether to add fluoride to the city’s water supply, anti-fluoride protesters are outraged at the lack of information provided to residents. In March this year, two fluoride advocates from Brisbane Dental Hospital director Doctor Michael Foley and Queensland Health water program director Doctor Greg Jackson [...]
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Fluoride to return to Mackay’s water supply
Council was forced to stop adding the chemical after equipment at the treatment plant failed, just a fortnight after council voted to keep fluoridating supplies. It was previously revealed it had not been added to the town’s water supplies for several months due to concerns about dust issues in the dosing room. Council chief executive [...]
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Banana Shire: Council yet to decide on fluoride despite installation
FLUORIDATION equipment worth $738,652 will be installed at Biloela and Moura’s water treatment plants but council still hasn’t decided if they will turn the equipment on. The design and construction of fluoridation dosing systems will be funded from a State Government grant but Banana Shire will have to pay the costs to operate the system [...]
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Fluoridation of Fraser Coast water will stop on Thursday
SUPPORTERS of fluoride should stockpile water on Wednesday because fluoridation of Fraser Coast water is set to stop on Thursday. The decision came after the council voted to cease the controversial practice 8-3 at a February ordinary meeting. It was a vote made possible following an LNP decision late last year to remove the mandate [...]
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PFOS: Checks for Victorian firies over toxic fish
THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) will conduct health checks on Victorian firefighters who ate fish caught in a contaminated lake at its training college at Fiskville. The CFA said the lake contained residues from firefighting foams previously used in training exercises. Testing of flesh from four fish showed it contained PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate), a chemical [...]
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Mount Isa: Last council standing
MOUNT Isa City Council is the odd one out in the state’s fluoride debate – the only Queensland council yet to make a decision on medicating the city’s water supply. Fourteen regional councils in Queensland have opted to remove fluoride from its water supply, but the Mount Isa City Council is yet to decide on [...]
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Sunshine Coast: Council to hear fluoridation debate
The Sunshine Coast council will be briefed on the pros and cons of fluoridation of the water supply at a strategic forum today. Earlier this year, the State Government gave councils the option of removing fluoride from the water supply, with some around the state deciding to opt out. Queensland Health experts and those opposed [...]
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Mackay: Fluoride remains in the limelight
JUST when we thought the fluoride issue had sunk below the surface, it’s managed to stick its ugly head back into the limelight – again. Due to a mechanical failure there is no fluoride currently being added to Mackay’s water supply. The issue is a completely different problem to the Workplace Health and Safety issue [...]
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Gladstone: Fluoride still flows in city as council considers issue
THE fluoride in Gladstone’s drinking water looks like it will stay for now, with council making no plans to vote on removing it. Earlier this week Gladstone Regional Council members met in a private briefing to hear from senior Queensland Health dentist Dr Michael Foley. Anti-fluoride group Queenslanders for Safe Water also supplied material. “Now [...]
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