Australia - Cloncurry opts out of water fluoridation

Cloncurry opts out of water fluoridation
By Kate Stephens
The Cloncurry Shire Council says health and cost issues played a major role in its decision to abandon plans to fluoridate the water supply.
Mayor Andrew Daniels says councillors were very strongly against fluoridation.
He says they decided the benefit for dental health was not great enough to justify the large cost involved.
"We've done a hell of lot in the last five or six years to put our well-earned, hard-earned money into the right places and I think it's just as easy for someone to buy toothpaste as it is, you know it's a lot easier to do that than a fluoride pumping station," he said.
"The councillors were very strong about no fluoride.............