Brisbane Water supply fluoridated from Dec 2, 2008

FLUORIDATED water will begin flowing from Brisbane taps in December after a deluge of publicity to convince consumers the water is safe.

Consumers in the greater Brisbane area and Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast will be the first to drink the treated water forced on them by the State Government.

- Brisbane to get fluoridated tap water in December, Courier-Mail, July 3, 2008

This in spite of the conclusions of the Lord Mayor's Taskforce:

A small majority of Taskforce members (52%) stated that they were opposed to the fluoridation of Brisbane’s water supply. A significant proportion of members (23%) who had initially been supportive of fluoridation had changed their opinion to opposition by the end of the Taskforce process.
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Many Taskforce members were unconvinced by assurances that serious risks to health were negligible or non-existent. In particular, there was concern about ambiguous scientific evidence of an association between water fluoridation and higher levels of hip fracture.

- THE LORD MAYOR’S TASKFORCE ON FLUORIDATION BRISBANE CITY, AUSTRALIA. FINAL REPORT

My commentary:

What knucklehead drinks tap water anyway?