I do not want to drink it,and I do not want my children drinking it!!!!

There are no great benefits of adding extra fluoride to the water supply. Many countries around the world are refusing it and many are actually removing it from their water supply after exposing the truth about the dangers and uselessness of this approach to teeth decay problems. These countries have their oral health improved in the same way as places with fluoride.
If we are serious about fluoride, we should legislate to have it in soft drinks, sweets, sugar, etc – as these are the things that cause decay. Also have a program to teach children to look after their teeth properly. Perhaps children (and parenting) program:
- to teach the community good oral hygiene;
- provide them with toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste (topical application is the only good use of this product) ;
- provide a bottle to be used to refill with water;
- help with proper diet (avoiding sugar);
- use topical fluoride in their annual dentist visit (using the government dentist voucher).

There are no great benefits of adding extra fluoride to the water supply. Many countries around the world are refusing it and many are actually removing it from their water supply after exposing the truth about the dangers and uselessness of this approach to teeth decay problems. These countries have their oral health improved in the same way as places with fluoride.
If we are serious about fluoride, we should legislate to have it in soft drinks, sweets, sugar, etc – as these are the things that cause decay. Also have a program to teach children to look after their teeth properly. Perhaps children (and parenting) program:
- to teach the community good oral hygiene;
- provide them with toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste (topical application is the only good use of this product) ;
- provide a bottle to be used to refill with water;
- help with proper diet (avoiding sugar);
- use topical fluoride in their annual dentist visit (using the government dentist voucher).

To understand just how irresponsible it is to mix fluoride into our water supply one has to only read The Independent headline from last week:

“Revealed: UK Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria – UK accused of giving export license for potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride.”

Yes, that sodium fluoride we find in toothpaste and that some are proposing to be poured into our drinking water is a substance used to produce not just insecticides but also chemical weapons.

Please stick by your decision that its best for the Lismore community to not have this highly toxic chemical added to our precious water. Just because its being diluted down to parts per million doesn't mean it won't accumulate in our bodies and cause health problems long term.

To name just one, Harvard School of Public Health, certainly not a conspiratorial organisation, stated there are clear indications that an elevated intake of fluoride can have a negative effect on the brain development of children. And should Lismore, Ballina or Byron councils go down the fluoridation path, that’ll be our children.

Please do not allow fluoridation.

Thank you.