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Wednesday, 23 August 1989
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MR SPEAKER (Mr Prowse) took the chair at 10.30 am and read the prayer.
ELECTRICITY AND WATER (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1989
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Stefaniak): I call Mr Prowse to present the Bill.
MR PROWSE (10.30): I present the Electricity and Water (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) (1989). I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Who is opposed to fluoride? This is the question that has been asked on a number of occasions. It is suggested that such people are crackpots or are opposed to anything different. Nothing is further from the truth. The opposition of those of us in the community who have, over the years, objected to this mad act of pollution, this medication against the will of the people - the people have no choice - has been based on opinions of learned scientists. Both medical and dental lecturers and practitioners have written learned treatises on the issue of fluoridation. For example, Dr Hans Moolenburgh from Holland was responsible for having fluoride removed from the water supply after 20-odd years of fluoridation in that country. He was a doctor, a GP. On the results presented, he was able to persuade the government of that country to remove fluoride.
Another learned writer, Mr Glen Walker, has written a treatise on fluoridation in Australia. He was an industrial chemist who was well aware of the toxicity of fluoride. He has written many, many works and has devoted the last 10 years of his life to preventing fluoride being added to water supplies artificially. Another Australian, Dr Philip Sutton, has written a book entitled Fluoridation, 1979: Scientific Criticisms and Fluoride Dangers. He was a lecturer in dental science at the University of Melbourne, and he was violently opposed to the use of fluoride. I can go on. The list of those who are opposed to fluoride is never ending.
Dunlop came back from the Second World War opposed to it. James Killen crossed the floor to vote with the Labor Party against the introduction of fluoride into the ACT. Killen crossed the floor. It was a Labor initiative - but Mr Anthony knew better. So here we have a situation where there are people of goodwill who are concerned that fluoride is a danger to the health of the public, yet we
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