Australia
Meeting to oppose drinking water fluoridationTuesday, 7 February 2006. 15:14 (AEDT)Tuesday, 7 February 2006. 14:14 (ACST)Tuesday, 7 February 2006. 14:14 (AEST)Tuesday, 7 February 2006. 15:14 (ACDT)Tuesday, 7 February 2006. 12:14 (AWST)
Central Victorians are being urged to join a campaign to keep their towns free of fluoride.
There will be a meeting in Melbourne later this month for groups opposing fluoridation from across the state.
Bendigo and Kyneton have fluoride in their water supplies, but it is yet to be introduced in Castlemaine and Maryborough.
The organiser of the Melbourne meeting, Norm Ryan, says there is mounting evidence fluoride is harmful and unnecessary. "I believe there is a paper sitting in the Department of Health in Melbourne showing that 30 per cent of children over the age of 12 have now got fluorosis of their teeth as a result of fluoride being in Melbourne water and why ... has Switzerland stopped taking it? Because they found it's of no benefit to teeth whatsoever," he said.
The Department of Human Services says adding controlled amounts of fluoride to water supplies is an important and effective oral health measure.
Victoria's chief health officer, Dr Robert Hall, says in places where fluoride has been introduced, there has been a 40 per cent reduction in tooth decay.
He says fluoride is used in many European countries. "Many countries are still using fluoride in the water, but there is also fluoride in other methods. Switzerland is sometimes an areas that's quoted for instance, and they now add fluoride to salt as an alternative way of ensuring that everybody has fluoride," he said.
Central Victorians are being urged to join a campaign to keep their towns free of fluoride.
There will be a meeting in Melbourne later this month for groups opposing fluoridation from across the state.
Bendigo and Kyneton have fluoride in their water supplies, but it is yet to be introduced in Castlemaine and Maryborough.
The organiser of the Melbourne meeting, Norm Ryan, says there is mounting evidence fluoride is harmful and unnecessary. "I believe there is a paper sitting in the Department of Health in Melbourne showing that 30 per cent of children over the age of 12 have now got fluorosis of their teeth as a result of fluoride being in Melbourne water and why ... has Switzerland stopped taking it? Because they found it's of no benefit to teeth whatsoever," he said.
The Department of Human Services says adding controlled amounts of fluoride to water supplies is an important and effective oral health measure.
Victoria's chief health officer, Dr Robert Hall, says in places where fluoride has been introduced, there has been a 40 per cent reduction in tooth decay.
He says fluoride is used in many European countries. "Many countries are still using fluoride in the water, but there is also fluoride in other methods. Switzerland is sometimes an areas that's quoted for instance, and they now add fluoride to salt as an alternative way of ensuring that everybody has fluoride," he said.
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