Australia Health service plays down fluoride concerns
Monday, 1 August 2005. 10:22 (AEDT)Monday, 1 August 2005. 07:22 (AWST)
The North Coast Area Health Service is rejecting concerns raised by a Port Macquarie-Hastings councillor about the health risks posed by fluoride in the drinking water.
Councillor Lisa Intemann says she has already made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into regional dental services raising concerns about the regulation of fluoride.She says there is not enough reliable information about how much fluoride Australian consumers are ingesting. But the service's project manager for oral health, John Irving, says that is not the case.
"Ingestion levels of fluoride from the water supply or from other sources such as in the food that we eat, is well known to health authorities," he said.
"You can visit websites such as the American Dental Association, plus such as the European Food Standards Authority and so on, which clearly show what the recommended intake of fluoride is, compared with the level of fluoride that one will receive."
The North Coast Area Health Service is rejecting concerns raised by a Port Macquarie-Hastings councillor about the health risks posed by fluoride in the drinking water.
Councillor Lisa Intemann says she has already made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into regional dental services raising concerns about the regulation of fluoride.She says there is not enough reliable information about how much fluoride Australian consumers are ingesting. But the service's project manager for oral health, John Irving, says that is not the case.
"Ingestion levels of fluoride from the water supply or from other sources such as in the food that we eat, is well known to health authorities," he said.
"You can visit websites such as the American Dental Association, plus such as the European Food Standards Authority and so on, which clearly show what the recommended intake of fluoride is, compared with the level of fluoride that one will receive."
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