By SONJA KOREMANS
FOR most, the public controversy over fluoridating the local water supply is a distant memory, ending late last year with a ratepayer vote to remove it.
But some Southern Downs skeptics want proof that the fluoride tap was in fact turned off in Warwick, Stanthorpe, Allora and Yangan after the November decision.
Several have contacted Southern Free Times to raise the question. And we can confirm – from both sides of the debate – our water supplies are fluoruide-free and have been for months.
Save Our Shires chairman Bob Johnson, who petitioned the Southern Downs Regional Council to stop fluoridating water supplies, told Southern Free Times the group was in no doubt that the mineral was no longer being added.
“We followed it up with council soon after the decision was made and were told it (fluoride) would be out within a few weeks by January at the latest,” Mr Johnson said.
“That was also ratified by the sale of the area’s fluoridation equipment.”
Southern Downs Regional Council issued a statement confirming that fluoridation ended in January.
Quandry solved. Send your council-related queries to sonja.koremans@freetimes.com.au
