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# Mackay Victory, Ontario Mandate Threat, & Major Teleconference
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/mackay_victory_ontario_mandate_threat_1012160740/
- Published: 2016-10-12T10:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T18:41:42.000Z
- Description: Mackay, Australia's council voted 6-5 to end water fluoridation after forums, hearings and a survey in which 46 percent of residents opposed the practice and 39 percent favored it. Only 24 of Queensland's 77 councils still fluoridate. FAN's October teleconference audio is posted.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

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# [OCTOBER 12, 2016 ](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ref=foodconsumer.org#m%5F-4793735792757103191%5F)

***How To Win Your Campaign*** **\-- Teleconference Audio Available**

If you missed the October International Fluoride Free Teleconference held this pastSunday, you can now listen to the audio at home or on your mobile device. The call featured campaign advisor Rick North sharing data from the two post-election surveys conducted after the significant victories in both Portland and Newport, Oregon. This audio is highly recommended for anyone interested in knowing the most effective messaging and target audience to end fluoridation. [Click here to learn more and listen to the audio](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aaRf9sMKDdV%2BXajHWKE8NV7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org). 

To register for the November 2016 teleconference (topic TBA) [click here](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4TUhTWGxgTsqFwvc%2B5ie6V7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org).

**Latest Fluoride-Free Victories & Campaign Updates**

- [Mackay, Australia](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2BJzhDvZY67dapPYJj8Ae17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) \-- FAN would like to congratulate the residents of Mackay, especially the hard-working and brilliant fluoride-free campaigners, who made this vote and victory possible! Prior to voting 6-5 to end fluoridation, the city council held forums, debates, public hearings, and did their own extensive research. They also [conducted a survey](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yFLIdrJW7sJE0WCegOENrl7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) that found a majority of residents--46% opposed versus 39% in favor--wanted an end to the practice and felt "very concerned" about the negative impact fluoride could have on their health. Since the state of Queensland ended their fluoridation mandate in 2012, numerous councils have removed fluoride chemicals from their public water systems, including Cairns, Rockhampton, and Gladstone regional councils. Now, only 24 of Queensland's 77 councils still artificially fluoridate their drinking water. You can [watch a great presentation](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NchacVlTDsCn1VxenwTBXl7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) on why fluoridation should end by Australian scientist Merilyn Haines, which was part of the longer Mackay fluoridation forum, which is [also available for viewing](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F%2BzqJVnPRy3LjZ41f8ljZF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org). Sadly, councilors who voted in favor of resuming Mackay's fluoridation have already expressed a desire to [reverse the vote](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fLeqlFBm2Vh5F%2BFwMyYrUF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org). For more information, visit [Fluoride Free Australia](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sDSHoPx711w1nd840c%2B6hF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org), [No Water Fluoridation in Mackay](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=w97CUvMFCbCO1HmgH3eYSF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org), or Merilyn Haines of Fluoride Action Network Australia: [contact@fluoridealertaustralia.org](mailto:contact@fluoridealertaustralia.org)
- [Patton Borough, Pennsylvania](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d7pyBPeKo1DuaZQBCp1sNF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) \-- Another town has continued the growing trend of ending fluoridation due to the corrosion and metal leaching caused by the chemical additive. According to Borough water engineer David Cunningham, of Keller Engineers, "because Patton has older water lines, the added fluorosilicic acid seemed to be loosening sediment and causing corrosion. 'The fear is that you're going to raise lead and copper levels,' he said. The notice added that the fluoride also seemed to be increasing the water's iron content." Learn more about how fluoride chemicals fill our public water supplies [with lead and other dangerous toxins](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IpyJlW9%2BA6rceuC7euQfxoZ0iE8f6Xtb&ref=foodconsumer.org).
- [Fluoride Expert in Ontario](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=voPz5HE37kJfPidZcgAA517jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LjFcqbMLtP2GDKBppMvXi17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=khcZDCWvgSLdTUzSSYt7E17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) \-- World-Renowned scientist [Dr. A.K. Susheela](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gC7A8hYrNeOGD98xdJ4vml7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org), PhD, FASc, F.A.M.S., will be speaking in Oakville, Ontario on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 on the **“**Harmful Effects of Fluoride on Human Health*”.*Visit [Fluoride Free Peel](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S6ESiYzDKLbqQ8Pt3%2FQXM65nOKm1IjBG&ref=foodconsumer.org) for more information.
- [Kennebunk, Maine](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7ZmZ%2FPO711RKLxWOxWMmCF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ecvBm0S8CJ7uj0gjNzrlzV7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ihRakqMHPkVA4jRG1XEnol7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) – Voters in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit, Arundel, and portions of Biddeford and York, Maine will have the opportunity to end fluoridation on election day in November. The water district has come out [in opposition to adding fluoride](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oJljN0vZDZeIM131eFep217jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) additives, and [a campaign has been organized](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OaJBBtFfpFKApBREW1Nls17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) to win the ballot vote.
- [Healdsburg, California](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QuiODPvZkrd4kGsvQZK9ll7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wFMnQ8G%2BkONH8pJ2DyVigF7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)[](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jbAqr59%2FWi0viRc%2FRBlbu17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) – Residents will be voting in November on ballot question T, which if approved (with a “Yes” vote), will require the city council to suspend fluoridation if the manufacturer supplying the fluoridation chemicals cannot provide an accurate list of contaminants in each batch, toxicological data on the additive, and a written statement verifying the chemical’s safety for ingestion by all water consumers, once introduced into the water supply. Visit [Clean Water Sonoma-Marin](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=I0El7O0IdVsL6UBPv0lUt4Z0iE8f6Xtb&ref=foodconsumer.org) to learn how you can help pass this precedent-setting measure.
- [National Academy of Sciences Petition](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cEABijE95%2BwpEB77FF6mN17jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org) \-- We have it on good authority, that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is still struggling to respond to Erin Brockovich’s [April 2015 letter](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o43KSMsJCEXXE3wE2lpRXV7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org). If you haven’t already done so, help the NAS and their Health and Medicine Division (HMD), formerly known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM), make up their minds. Please [sign this petition](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yhCLKCyibWcTslaBAVwD8V7jkYvEu%2FR0&ref=foodconsumer.org)demanding Congress, NAS, and IOM/HMD start paying attention to 21st century science on fluoride.