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Heads yet to roll at Wellington Water despite fluoride failure
Heads are yet to roll at Wellington Water, despite a damning report revealing water in the region hasn’t been fluoridated properly for six years. There has, however, been a new appointment to the water company’s board, after it was found none of the directors had practical or leadership experience in water services. A review was […]
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Opinion: Fluoride foul-up makes 3 Waters more attractive
Dave Armstrong is a playwright and satirist based in Wellington. OPINION: Oh dear. I get up, and it’s cold, raining and the leaves and litter in the street have blocked the drains. I do my civic duty with a broom handle and clear them, tripping on the uncollected recycled bottles put out the morning before. […]
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What’s in the water? Not fluoride
South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] declined to comment on Wellington Water’s [WW] inquiry into the fluoridation failure in Wellington because it has never fluoridated its own water. WW chair Lynda Carroll apologised for the company’s failure, saying WW had a responsibility to put fluoride into the water, and it did not do it consistently. “When […]
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‘Onerous’ dental contracts slammed
A Dunedin dentist is refusing to re-sign what he calls an “utterly onerous and loss-making” government contract to provide free dental healthcare to children, and others are calling for it to be rewritten. Three-year Dental Benefits contracts were due to be re-signed earlier this month, but many dentists are holding out. One Dunedin dentist, who […]
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Regulator didn’t raise concerns over Wellington fluoride failure
Regional Public Health (RPH) was aware Wellington’s water wasn’t being fluoridated properly since 2016, but the regulator did not raise any concerns. An independent inquiry, made public last week, reveals the extent of the region’s fluoride failure stretches back many years and across several organisations. Wellington’s tamariki will likely bear the consequences, with one doctor […]
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New Plymouth grandmother lobbying for immediate reintroduction of fluoride back into district’s supply
A New Plymouth grandmother is lobbying her district council to bring back fluoride now for the sake of those who can’t look after their teeth themselves. In November the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021 was passed, taking the right to make decisions on community water fluoridation away from councils and giving it […]
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New Zealand Dental Association statement On Wellington Water Fluoridation Inquiry
Dr Rob Beaglehole, water fluoridation spokesperson, New Zealand Dental Association: The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) is disappointed at the events that have led to today’s Inquiry on Wellington Water’s fluoridation mistakes. Although the inquiry should improve delivery and governance issues around water fluoridation for residents in Wellington it should be remembered that poor communication, […]
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Scathing review finds fluoridation ‘not a priority’ for Wellington Water
A scathing review has found fluoridating water was “not a priority” for Wellington Water, and there were no plans to reinstate fluoride into the two cut-off water stations. After revelations earlier this year that two of Wellington’s water treatment plants had ceased fluoridation for months, an internal review was launched and its findings released this […]
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Wellington fluoride failure treated with a ‘lack of urgency’
Note: See original article for video Wellington Water chair Lynda Carroll announces an independent inquiry into the fluoridation of water, and says Wellington’s water supply has not been fluoridated for up to ten months. The inquiry into the failure to fluoridate Wellington’s water supply says fluoridation was not a priority Wellington Water treated fluoridation issues […]
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Wellington’s water has been inadequately fluoridated for six years, review finds
A review has found water in the Wellington region hasn’t been fluoridated properly for at least six years. The report, which has been made public this afternoon, said fluoridation for oral health was not a priority within Wellington Water – which has apologised for the failings. This was partly due to weak regulatory settings. Regulation […]
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