Australia - Opponents gather to plan fluoride fight

A Lismore councillor wants Rous Water to suspend the fluoridation of the region’s water supply.

Greens councillor Vanessa Ekins has announced she will lodge a motion at the next meeting of Rous Water on 16 September.

Her motion is that ‘Rous Water suspend the addition of fluoride to the regional water supply until the National Health and Medical Research Council has completed the review into reducing fluoride concentrations from 1mg per litre to 0.7mg per litre’.

Her motion comes as anti-fluoride protesters are holding an ‘urgent, emergency community meeting to organize and strategise last stand activitites to stop fluoridation.

The meeting will be held at the South Lismore Bowls Club today, September 1, at 5.30pm.