Priya Alexander

And I should have said because their level is higher than baseline.

Fluoride and water, it continues to be in the news.

There's a new study that has looked at adolescents, their IQ, and fluoride and water.

And can we just point out as well that a lot of the studies that people will often cling to are looking at fluoride levels way above what is actually in the community water, right?

It is safe.

Equity issue, agree.

Also in the news, it is coming up to cold and flu season and this is the time, Norman, that patients say to me, Priya, what are you taking to prevent?

And I say, well, I've got my flu vaccine and I'm exercising and eating, you know, fruit and veggies and doing all these things.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration, the TGA, has started consulting on a proposal to remove a specific ingredient called andrographis paniculata.

which is a common substance found in Chinese and other herbal cold and flu remedies.

It's often combined with echinacea, which is another thing that I have an issue with because it can also cause allergic reactions in some people.

But the TGA has said, look, we're asking consumers, healthcare professionals, pharmacists, everybody on feedback because they're considering removing it off the permitted ingredients list, which means that if it's included in a product, the product is considered or deemed low risk and popped on a shelf.

Yes, and I think we need to be clear.

The reason they're even opening up the discussion is because people are having allergic anaphylactic reactions.

Someone has actually died and this could happen.

An allergic reaction could happen on the first time you take it, Norman, the 10th time.

It could happen at any point.

So a lot of these things also, and I know we always say this, but a lot of the stuff marketed at this time of year lacks evidence when it comes to prevention of colds and flus.

And wastes your money.

And wastes your money, Norman.