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Cairns council to stop fluoridating water
The Cairns Regional Council has voted to stop fluoridating its water supplies by early next month.
Mayor Bob Manning says it recognises involuntary 'mass medication' must not proceed without community consent.
The Queensland Government last year changed laws to give councils the option not to fluoridate local water supplies.
"It costs about $300,000 or $400,000 a year to fluoridate all the supply, so that won't occur but this is not an issue of cost and we're not talking about millions of dollars here," councillor Manning said."We should have the process completed, the taking out of the fluoridation, by about mid-February."
The Cairns Regional Council has voted to stop fluoridating its water supplies by early next month.
Mayor Bob Manning says it recognises involuntary 'mass medication' must not proceed without community consent.
The Queensland Government last year changed laws to give councils the option not to fluoridate local water supplies.
"It costs about $300,000 or $400,000 a year to fluoridate all the supply, so that won't occur but this is not an issue of cost and we're not talking about millions of dollars here," councillor Manning said."We should have the process completed, the taking out of the fluoridation, by about mid-February."
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