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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Australia - Residents attack fluoridation consultation

Residents attack fluoridation consultation
Posted Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:46am AEST
A Castlemaine group has accused the Department of Human Services (DHS) of providing little consultation on the fluoridation of drinking water supplies in the area.
The Castlemaine Safe Water Action Group says the decision to fluoridate supplies from the end of the month has shocked residents.
Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Fryerstown, Maldon and Elphinstone will be among 10 towns affected.
The group's convenor, Debbie Smith, says two information sessions on the plan were poorly advertised and attended.
She says research on the benefits of fluoridation for dental health are inconclusive.
"The DHS have been stretching the truth all the way down the line on fluoridation, on its safety and its efficiency, all those sort of things, it [is] annoying people and thinking people especially," she said.
Meanwhile, dentists say there is strong data to support the fluoridation of drinking water supplies in the Castlemaine area.

The Australian Dental Association of Victoria says a nationwide survey has found big differences in dental health between fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas.

The president, Dr Mark Bowman, says there is an improvement in dental health of up to 66 per cent among seven-year-old children in fluoridated areas.

"Just anecdotal evidence. I've even had patients who have had children in Melbourne, they've moved rural, they've seen their first children grow up without cavities and then had their children in a non-fluoridated area grow up with cavities and then been utterly convinced themselves," he said.

66% now! Funny how the York review didn't find that evidence

1 Comments:

  • It's disappointing to see the opposition of the majority of people in our area (in Victoria, Australia) presented by the media in this article alongside the views of a small minority (dentists) as if both positions have equal weight.

    The percentage improvement given by the dentist here is questionable alright. The government says improvements in dental health from fluoridation are up to 36%, this dentist gives 66%, and the York systematic review of fluoridation gives "in the order of 15%".

    The government says "almost 5000 children a year including 250 2-year-olds" have life-threatening general anaesthetics to treat dental decay in Victoria. This is meant to make people gasp and feel guilty enough to agree to fluoridation.

    But they don’t say that the vast majority of those children live in the state capital of Melbourne. And Melbourne has been fluoridated for 30 years.

    See our blog for our response to being told we will be fluoridated in two weeks -
    www.safewater.tk

    Debbie Smith

    By Blogger Clean Water, No Fluoride, at 18 June, 2008  

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