Australia - Council calls for report into ditching fluoride

Moreton Bay Regional from water supply
by: Glenn Roberts, Northern Times From: Quest Newspapers

Moreton Bay Regional Council may stop fluoridation of drinking water after a councillor described fluoride as 'poisonous''.
At Tuesday's co-ordination committee meeting, Cr James Houghton (Division 5) said the council should opt out ``because we were never given the choice to opt in''.
``I've seen so much evidence about the (dangers of) fluoride they put in our water,'' Cr Houghton said.
He won the support of his colleagues to have a report on fluoridation presented to a councillors' workshop.
Cr David Dwyer wanted the report broadened to include other additives to the water supply.
``We don't need to treat all the water to such a standard,'' Cr Dwyer said.
After the meeting, Cr Houghton told the Times he did not want to go into detail until the matter came back to the council when he would produce ``a lot of evidence'' as to why water should not be fluoridated.