Australia - Walt Secord’s fluoridation demand ‘delusional’, ‘playing games’ say Bega Valley councillors

 Opposition health spokesman Walt Secord (left) during a recent visit to the South East Regional Hospital with Labor leader Luke Foley and Labor MLC Courtney Houssos. Bega Valley Shire councillors have rejected recent comments made by NSW Labor health spokesperson Walt Secord on the issue of water fluoridation. Mr Secord questioned council’s move to conduct a survey of residents, and demanded state Water Minister Niall Blair intervene and introduce fluoride into the Tantawanglo-Kiah and Brogo-Bermagui water supplies.

Councillor Mitchell Nadin labelled Mr Secord “delusional” over the comments.

“If the NSW government had every intention to override what the community wants, then why the bloody hell did they ask us to get an accurate measurement of what the community wants in the first place?” Cr Nadin said.

“Almost 90 per cent of submissions we received from the community were negative [towards fluoride]. My question to Mr Secord is, why do you hate democracy?”