Australia - Call for State Government to control fluoride in water following Mackay Regional Council ban

DENTISTS are demanding the State Government take over responsibility for the fluoridation of public water supply following another council opting to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water.

Mackay Regional Council yesterday voted to stop fluoridation. Mayor Greg Williamson said a lot of councillors were “quite passionate” about the decision. “Everybody made a decision based on their research and the people they’ve spoken to along the way.”

The motion was passed six votes to five. According to Queensland Health figures, the move places Mackay alongside another 52 councils out of the state’s 77 that decline to add fluoride................................