Talk on fluoridation at leagues club

A talk on fluoridation by St Lawrence University Professor of Chemistry Dr Paul Connett will be held at the Woy Woy Leagues Club of Sunday, October 21, at 2pm.

Dr Connett is also the director of the Fluoridation Action Network.

Dr Connett has been invited to the Central Coast by the Wyong Shire Ratepayers' Association.

A representative from the North Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service has also been invited to address the meeting.

"Members of the public have suggested to us that water fluoridation is being conducted in NSW and Australia without the benefit of any of the recommended health and safety studies having been done.

"As such, it is being conducted in an unsafe and unregulated manner," said association secretary Ms Sylvia Turner said.

"UNICEF rates Australia as one of the countries with the highest degree of dental fluorosis (mottled teeth) in the world.

"It is important that the general public become aware of the issue."

Press release, 17 Sep 2007 Sylvia Turner, Wyong Ratepayers and Residents Association