Water treatment experts in Europe and the USA have become increasingly disturbed by the health implications of some of these chemicals when they are added to water.

At present their concern is focussed on three compounds: ALUM, CHLORINE and FLUORIDE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

• scientifically advanced and health conscious countries such as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have totally rejected fluoridation?

• there has not been any study in Australia on the safety of fluoridation?

• fluoride is a poison that accumulates in your body and that one-third of a teaspoonful of sodium fluoride is estimated to be a lethal dose?

• there has been no clinical research which proves fluoride stops dental caries, only clever and persistent propaganda?

• young children should never use fluoridated toothpaste because they have no control over the amount swallowed? In fact many children eat the stuff because it is enticingly flavoured.

• fluoridated toothpaste can contain up to 1500 p.p.m. of fluoride? There is enough in one tube to kill a child!

• nature knows best? There is virtually no fluoride in mothers' milk! A bottle-fed baby on formula food reconstituted with fluoridated water, receives 700% above N.H. and M.R.C. and W.H.O. suggested maximum daily intake of fluoride for babies. (Other world medical scientists consider the fluoride intake should be zero).

• the Tasmanian Royal Commission and the Victorian inquiry estimated 10% of young children in a fluoridated population would suffer dental fluorosis, i.e. mottled teeth?

• the British Medical Research Council and the American Medical Association and the N.H. and M.R.C. state that dental fluorosis is the first visible sign of chronic fluoride poisoning? Why is this appalling medical condition tolerated?

• there were over 100 Statutory Declarations claiming harm from fluoridation, some with Doctors' Certificates, sent to the Victorian Inquiry through our Association? Not one person was contacted or examined by the Government Committee and no mention was made in the Report so that the Premier was able to announce that "no harm was reported"!!!

• there is a "NO LIABILITY CLAUSE" in the Fluoridation Act which protects the Government from litigation. The total fluoride intake per person and its accumulation in the body is not known.

• the ANTI-FLUORIDATION ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA is fighting to rid our water supplies of this toxic chemical. The health of the community will be improved greatly without this chemical cocktail!

CHLORINE: Chlorination suspected of causing Cancer - N.S.W. Health Bulletin, June 1995;

LIME: A crude industrial quality - no chemical analysis available;

FLUORIDATION AND FLUORIDES: Fluorides have been named as Cancer causing in animal studies (N.T.P. 1990). Also in human studies - U.S., New Jersey Health Department 1994. Dr Sheila Gibson, Scotland, Burk and Yiamouyiannis studies upheld in court, other research throughout the world;

THE POLITICAL SCENE: The Victorian Government on 30th November 1994, passed a bill through Parliament altering the constitution to prohibit the Victorian Supreme Court from hearing cases against fluoridation. This action did not confirm the Government's claim of safety;