Bottled water is being distributed to two remote Australian Northern Territory Aboriginal communities after new research linked high fluoride levels in drinking water to lower IQs in children. Residents in Nyirripi and Alpurrurulam (Lake Nash) — Central Australian communities each with 300–400 people — have long complained about the quality of their drinking water.
Power and Water Corporation (PWC), an NT government-owned utility, this week began supplying bottled water for children aged 12 and under and pregnant women in the communities.
