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| Subject: OZschwitz council will remove fluoride from drinking water, saying it amounts to "involuntary medication" of residents - YaY! Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:22 am | |
| THE Cairns council will remove fluoride from its drinking water, saying it amounts to the "involuntary medication" of residents.
But Cairns Regional Council says it won't be doing anything to determine if there's broad community support for fluoridation to continue.
“If people want to have access to fluoride, they need to take that up with their dentists,” a council spokeswoman told AAP on Wednesday.
“The decision has been made ... it shouldn't be forced on people without consent.”
The Queensland government last year changed laws that had required bigger communities to add fluoride to their water supplies.
That was despite warnings from the Australian Dental Association that would cause major dental health problems.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/cairns-to-halt-water-fluoridation/story-e6frg6nf-1226565022459 |
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