Australia - Uproar over fluoride in Melton and Moorabool
Uproar over fluoride in Melton and Moorabool
Health12 Jan 12 @ 08:00am by Ami Humpage
CALLS from Melton and Moorabool residents to choose whether their drinking water is fluoridated have been dampened by the Department for Health.
Western Water temporarily ceased fluoridation of drinking water in Melton and Moorabool shires in May 2011, but will resume the practice within the next two months.
Leader has been inundated with online comments from readers branding fluoridation as poisonous, toxic and unethical.
“Derek” called it a dying-out practice, while “Ann” said it was against medical ethics to medicate everyone. She went on to suggest that fluoride was a toxic industrial waste.
Rena Iliades suggested water fluoridation should be up to the consumer. Lesley McMillan agreed, stating it should be each individual’s choice.
Other residents like Sandra Camm say they are spending large amounts of money on filters and water tanks to remove fluoride from their drinking water.
Despite the negative response to reintroducing fluoride, Western Water and the Victorian Department of Health maintain fluoridation is safe and effective.
Department of Health spokesman Bram Alexander said there was no capacity for residents to be able to choose if their water was fluoridated or not.
“With the exception of dental fluorosis, scientific studies have not found any credible link between water fluoridation and adverse effects,” he said.
Mr Alexander said the safety of water fluoridation had been confirmed by the World Health Organisation and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Should have thought fluorosis was enough to call a halt to the practice.
Health12 Jan 12 @ 08:00am by Ami Humpage
CALLS from Melton and Moorabool residents to choose whether their drinking water is fluoridated have been dampened by the Department for Health.
Western Water temporarily ceased fluoridation of drinking water in Melton and Moorabool shires in May 2011, but will resume the practice within the next two months.
Leader has been inundated with online comments from readers branding fluoridation as poisonous, toxic and unethical.
“Derek” called it a dying-out practice, while “Ann” said it was against medical ethics to medicate everyone. She went on to suggest that fluoride was a toxic industrial waste.
Rena Iliades suggested water fluoridation should be up to the consumer. Lesley McMillan agreed, stating it should be each individual’s choice.
Other residents like Sandra Camm say they are spending large amounts of money on filters and water tanks to remove fluoride from their drinking water.
Despite the negative response to reintroducing fluoride, Western Water and the Victorian Department of Health maintain fluoridation is safe and effective.
Department of Health spokesman Bram Alexander said there was no capacity for residents to be able to choose if their water was fluoridated or not.
“With the exception of dental fluorosis, scientific studies have not found any credible link between water fluoridation and adverse effects,” he said.
Mr Alexander said the safety of water fluoridation had been confirmed by the World Health Organisation and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Should have thought fluorosis was enough to call a halt to the practice.
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