Port Macquarie-Hastings Council says Yes to a community poll on anything BUT water fluoridation

Local members of Fluoride Action Network Australia are disappointed by Neil Porter’s refusal to consider conducting a community poll on water fluoridation despite his earlier support for the idea.

Spokesperson for the group and retired dentist, Caree Alexander said that a letter from Port Macquarie-Hastings Council in December 2011 specifically addressed the question of a poll on fluoridation. She said that the Council Administrator advised that a poll could be run in conjunction with the Council elections in September if a petition with more than 1000 signatures was submitted at least three months prior to the election date.

“Clearly the Health Department is behind this sudden change of heart by Council,” said Dr Alexander who confirmed that her group would be proceeding with a petition to Council despite pressure from the Health Department.
"In legal terms, the addition of fluoride, incidentally sourced as a waste by-product of fertiliser manufacture, remains a question for council and its community to decide," Dr Alexander said.
"There is a legal precedent preventing the activity, and the Health Department has no authority to force council down this path.

"The petition will go ahead. I urge all residents who believe fluoridation should not be forced on people, to sign the petition calling for a community poll."

Download Petition Forms here....

Read Justice Biscoe's April 2011 ruling in the NSW Land & Environment Court here.....