Series 9 - Fluoridation Inquiry


Date Range1973 - 1986
ProvenanceAlbert Lloyd George Rees
Description

Reports and submissions, meeting minutes, agendas and notes, publication reprints, press releases, newspaper clippings and professional correspondence.


Inventory Listing

9-1 Committee of Inquiry - Meetings and Correspondence, Part 1

Minutes for Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies Meeting, 24 April 1979. Information Notes and Reports: V.D. Plueckhahn, Curriculum Vitae and Publications List, c1979; Data on which Health (Fluoridation) Act 1973 was based; Act to regulate the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies and for other purposes, no.8506, 11 December 1973; Extracts from the Legislative Council records, 28 November and 5 December 1973. Correspondents include: R.G. Paddick; G. Wallace; G. Trevaks; R.J. Hamer; V.D. Plueckhahn; G.R. Dunn; G.S.R. Walker; V. Houghton; J.E. Kastenbein. Newspaper Clippings: Advertisement for Terms of Reference and Submissions, with Drafts; 'Loaded Terms?', editorial, Geelong Advertiser, 14 May 1979; G.S.R. Walker, 'Fluoride', Geelong Advertiser, 30 May 1979; 'Fluoridation freedom still applies in Britain', Geelong Advertiser, 1 June 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-1
Date range 1973 - 1980    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-1 Series 9
9-2 Committee of Inquiry - Meetings and Correspondence, Part 2

Agenda for Committee of Inquiry Meetings, 16 May 1979 to 19 December 1979; Reports for Committee of Inquiry Meetings, 24 April 1979 to 19 December 1979. Information Notes and Reports: Submissions received after 5 July 1979; R.G. Paddick, Fluoridation Inquiry Advertisement, Distribution. Correspondents include: R.G. Paddick; R.J. Hamer; E. McLenehan; D.M. Myers.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-2
Date range 1979    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-2 Series 9
9-3 Committee of Inquiry - Meetings and Correspondence, Part 3

Agenda for Committee of Inquiry Meetings, 30 January 1980 to 8 April 1980; Reports for Committee of Inquiry Meetings, 16 January 1980 to 30 April 1980. Information Notes and Reports: Press Release, G.S.R. Walker, Anti-Fluoridation Association of Victoria, 'Why be a loser?', 15 July 1980. Correspondents include: V.D. Plueckhahn; R.G. Paddick; G.S.R. Walker; D.M. Myers; E. McLenehan. Reprints: 'Opponents of Fluoridation Sense Change', Lancet, 16 August 1980; A.H. Smith, 'An Examination of the relationship between fluoridation of water and cancer mortality in 20 large US cities', New Zealand Medical Journal, vol.91, 11 June 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-3
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-3 Series 9
9-4 Transcript of Proceedings before the Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies

29 June 1979 (First Day).

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-4
Date range 1979    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-4 Series 9
9-5 Committee of Inquiry - Correspondence, Background Information and Reports

Fluoridation Expenditure, C. Derbyshire, 19 November 1979; Naturally occurring fluoride concentrations in Victorian water supplies; E.J. Underwood, Fluorine as an essential trace element in nutrition; Fluoride Meters and Electrodes, Equipment Brochures, Macaskill Instrument Company. Correspondents include: R.G. Paddick; R.J. Hamer; D.M. Myers; J.E. Roach; G.S.R. Walker; E.J. Underwood; M. Macaskill. Reprints: E. Newbrun, 'Systemic fluorides: An overview', Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, no.1, 1980; J.G. Riess and M. Le Blanc, 'Perfluoro Compounds as Blood Substitutes', Angewandte Chemie, vol.17 no.9, September 1978. Newspaper Clipping, 'Not a caries in the world', Australian, 25 January 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-5
Date range 1978 - 1980    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-5 Series 9
9-6 Fluoridation Correspondence

Water Fluoridation, House of Representatives, Answers to Questions, 13 October 1983; Comments on 'Fluoridation - The Benefits' by the Health Commission. Correspondents include: V.D. Plueckhahn; J. Best; G.S.R. Walker; D. White; P.R.N. Sutton; D. Henshaw. Reprints: L.H. Weinstein, 'Fluoride and Plant Life', Journal of Occupational Medicine, vol.19, January 1977; 'Danger! The law at work', Practitioner, vol.227, 1983; 'Inquiry Into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies', Medical Journal of Australia, 27 December 1980; 'Parliament - Fluoridation a local decision', British Medical Journal, vol.284, April 1982; G.N. Jenkins 'Recent changes in dental caries', British Medical Journal, vol.291, November 1985; M. Diesendorf, 'Fluoride: New Risks', Search, vol.16, 1985; R. Deitch, 'Commentary from Westminster: Another ferocious but unavailing stand against fluoridation...', Lancet, 26 January 1985. Newspaper Clippings: G.S.R. Walker, 'Health Hazard', Geelong Advertiser, 30 November 1983; D. Henshaw, 'Fluoride', Geelong Advertiser, 25 November 1983; 'Fluoride protest', Geelong Advertiser, 21 November 1983; 'A good chance fluoridation won't go ahead', Geelong Advertiser, 15 September 1982; 'Fluoride in 1985', Geelong Advertiser, 27 September 1982; 'Fluoride: Don't take risks,' Geelong Advertiser, 14 November 1985; P. Schumpeter, 'Stop fluoridation, says former advocate', Geelong Advertiser, 25 May 1986; C. Muestead, 'Education's role in dental health'; C.C. Danach, 'Fluoride question'; P.R.N. Sutton, 'Fluoride failed'; G.R. Oakley, 'Dentist defends fluoride', Progress Press, 29 October 1986; P. Speller, 'Perils of fluoridation', Progress Press, 15 October 1986.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-6
Date range 1980 - 1986, reprints 1977-1985    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-6 Series 9
9-7 Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies, for 1979-1980

Two copies of Report by D.M. Myers, V.D. Plueckhahn and A.L.G. Rees.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-7
Date range 1980    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-7 Series 9
9-8 Committee of Inquiry Report

Draft Chapters 6, 13 and 16.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-8
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-8 Series 9
9-9 Committee of Inquiry Draft Report
Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 9-9
Date range 1980    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-9 Series 9

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, June 2004
With support from Marion Rees, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology, Ian Potter Foundation and The University of Melbourne
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