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07-19-2009, 11:19 PM | #1 |
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Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0716-dmj1.html
Bottled water wins fluoride battle July 16, 2009 Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months in a move that has irked anti-fluoride crusaders. Australia's food safety authority decided to allow the voluntary addition of fluoride into packaged water on Thursday after lengthy appeals by the Australasian Bottled Water Institute. Bottled water companies argued lifting restrictions would increase consumer choice. It is understood several will now move to include the chemical, which boosts dental health, in their products. The first bottles will hit shelves in less than six months. Anti-fluoride advocate Keith Oakley renounced the move, saying it would make it harder for him and his colleagues to access water. He said the move would also backfire. "If they want to put fluoride in there, then that's their problem. But bottled water sales will go down," he told AAP. "It's a bit disappointing but at the very least it should be labelled so I can still buy non-fluoridated water." Mr Oakley is a resident of Geelong where the most recent fluoride battle took place last month. He said the options available to opponents of fluoridation were getting smaller. Since the introduction of fluoride into tapwater last month, he has been buying bottled water and is trying to install a rainwater tank at home. The Bottled Water Institute, which has been advocating fluoridated bottled water since 2006, said their campaign was driven by a need to offer customers with non-fluoridated water supplies a choice. "We're expecting any sort of negative response to be limited ... but ultimately the market will sort itself out," chief executive Geoff Parker said. Food Standards Australia New Zealand will permit the addition of fluoride to non-carbonated packaged water to between 0.6 and 1.0 mg on the proviso that clear labels are also provided. Meanwhile, the ongoing fluoride debate has been described as reaching levels of "health terrorism" in Victoria. Anti-fluoride extremists have been blamed for a hand-delivered death threat to local state MP Lisa Neville. Police are also investigating threats to blow up the city's water infrastructure. All state capitals have fluoridated water. Brisbane was the last to introduce it into the system earlier this year. Opponents argue fluoride is a poisonous industrial by-product of fertiliser with lasting and harmful side-effects. |
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07-20-2009, 02:36 PM | #3 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
Yep-its here too, if you dont read it, youll drink it- its in Crystal Alp, along with several other brands!!! EEKS!!!!!
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07-20-2009, 05:10 PM | #4 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
Look at list:
http://www.poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/h...al_waters.html Is this fluoride added to water, or is it there naturally? And if added, what is the official reason for doing this? |
07-20-2009, 06:06 PM | #5 | |
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07-20-2009, 09:48 PM | #6 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
uhmmm.....
go into your grocery store now.... look on the shelves with water... youll clearly see some already labeled "with flouride". been that way for years. this is nothing new. lol |
07-20-2009, 11:43 PM | #7 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
They can hit the shelves and we should just leave them there, on the shelf.
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07-21-2009, 11:42 PM | #8 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
or wait.........
so this is new in Australia then? damn... its been on the shelf for years in amerikkka. |
07-22-2009, 12:09 AM | #9 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
There is some here too in Canada but I`ve just recently purchased 6 cases of water with no Fluoride at all in fact there are several brands with out it still Cases were sold for $1.97 and sale is on for the whole week so I`ll be going back and getting more
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07-23-2009, 12:20 AM | #10 |
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Re: Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months
yea,
i always buy the stuff without it. lol yet everytime i go..i look at the poison on the shelf.. and i think... who the fk would buy that!?!? lol |
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