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POOR diet, not a lack of fluoride in drinking water, caused childhood tooth decay, a public forum heard last night. US emeritus Professor Paul Connett, from New York’s St Lawrence University, said the latest yet-to-be-published data from his country showed children from poor families had worse teeth than those from wealthy homes, regardless of whether […]

BARWON Water board chairman Stephen Vaughan yesterday accused anti-fluoride groups of scaremongering and running a “guerrilla campaign” of misinformation. Speaking ahead of a public meeting on fluoride, Mr Vaughan said anti-fluoride groups used a “raft of unsubstantiated claims” to try to frighten people about fluoride in the water supply. Mr Vaughan said there was overwhelming […]

WARRNAMBOOL’S water supply will be fluoridated and the decision will not be made via a public vote. Victoria’s chief health officer, John Carnie, yesterday said he was in Warrnambool to outline the facts and dispel the myths about water fluoridation. Dr Carnie defended the State Government’s policy. Although in the city on the day of […]

FLUORIDATION is a gamble with an inadequate margin for safety, according to one of the world’s leading fluoride opponents. Dr Paul Connett, the executive director of the Fluoride Action Network and professor of chemistry at St Lawrence University in New York, addressed about 120 invited guests last night at the Warrnambool Fluoride Action Group meeting. […]

“In public meetings I always end up persuading the audience, but politicians and bureaucrats just won’t debate the issue with me,” said Paul Connett, a committed opponent of adding fluoride to drinking supplies. Prof Connett, who was in Kempsey last week as part of a speaking tour taking in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, retired last […]

FLUORIDE should never be added to Ballarat’s water supply, a public meeting was told last night. The meeting was addressed by New York’s St Lawrence University Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett and former South Australia Dental Association president Dr Andrew Harms. Both men are against fluoride being added to water supplies, saying the chemical had […]

An academic from an American university is calling for residents of Ballarat to ask for a referendum to decide if the city’s water supply should be fluoridated. The Victorian State Government is pushing to add fluoride to the region’s water supply. Professor Paul Connett told a meeting of about 150 residents last night, that scientists […]

WARRNAMBOOL’S doctors and dentists look set to snub tomorrow night’s fluoride forum. Organisers have not received any responses from the health professionals about the think-tank with international anti-fluoride expert Dr Paul Connett. “It is quite troubling and concerning…It is pretty ordinary, given it is the doctors’ and dentists’ job to look after residents’ health,” co-organiser […]

A new group has called a community meeting to vote on whether the water supply in Mount Gambier, in the south-east of South Australia, should be fluoridated. Choice Mount Gambier will hold the meeting in the middle of November and has invited speakers both for and against adding fluoride. The State Government says fluoridation will […]

A WARRNAMBOOL councillor has called on the State Government to address the city’s rising anger over water fluoridation. The city council has been strongly criticised for its lack of action with an anti-fluoride group claiming it is ignoring its ratepayers. The depth of fury over fluoride was shown last week, when more than 95 per […]