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Fluoridation to resume in Hastings
Fluoridation of Hastings’ main urban water supply could be re-established before the new year says Hastings District Council Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst’s comments follow a ruling by the High Court, which determined orders to add fluoride to more than a dozen drinking water supplies, given by then Director-General of Health Sir Ashley Bloomfield, as unlawful. In […]
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Whangaei District Council complies with fluoridation plan despite High Court ruling
Whangarei District Council is continuing with fluoridation plans, despite a High Court ruling that a national directive to do so was unlawful. However, retired Northland dentist and longtime anti-fluoride campaigner Dr Lawrie Brett is calling on the council to halt the $4.5 million-plus drinking water fluoride implementation process following the court decision. The High Court […]
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Bazaldua Says Dallas To Continue Fluoridation
Council Member Adam Bazaldua has clarified his stance on fluoridation, saying Dallas will continue to add fluoride to its water supply after city leaders entertained arguments against fluoridation at City Hall last week. As previously covered by The Dallas Express, a heated discussion was sparked in the council chambers between anti-fluoridation advocates and members of the Dallas City […]
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Environment Southland wants change to Tiwai Point environmental management
Results of the independent monitoring undertaken earlier this year at Tiwai Point, to fill gaps Environment Southland identified in New Zealand Aluminium Smelters’ data, confirmed its initial understanding of numerous legacy and ongoing sources of contamination to the environment. The regional council wants the site to be managed as a whole to meet contemporary expectations […]
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High Court Finds Ashley Bloomfield’s Fluoride Directive Unlawful
A High Court decision issued last Friday in the New Health New Zealand vs the Director General of Health (DG) case, found that the DG acted unlawfully because he had failed to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) before he mandated 14 Councils to put fluoride into their communities’ drinking water. He was required by law […]
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Bloomfield’s fluoridation orders unlawful, court rules
Orders to add fluoride to more than a dozen drinking water supplies have been ruled unlawful by the High Court, likely delaying plans for a significant expansion of fluoridation. In July 2022, then Director-General of Health Sir Ashley Bloomfield directed 14 councils to fluoridate some or all of their drinking water supplies. He did so […]
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Branson aldermen to consider fluoride removal Tuesday
The Branson Board of Aldermen will be discussing at their Tuesday, Nov. 14 meeting the removal of fluoride from the city’s water supply. Branson city leaders held a special meeting on Thursday, July 13, to hear opinions related to fluoride in the city’s water supply, and on July 28 opened a State of Missouri required […]
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Dallas City Council Member says fluoride will not be removed from Dallas water supply
DALLAS — Despite being recommended by the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and a lengthy list of other medical experts and groups, a Dallas City Council committee recently held a briefing to discuss the city’s practice of adding fluoride to the water supply. The chair of that committee, Council Member Adam Bazaldua, […]
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Dr. Robert Dickson on water fluoridation
Calgary water fluoridation. The issue that just won’t go away.
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Fluoride’s future in doubt in Lebanon
Fluoride may face an uncertain future in Lebanon’s drinking water. That’s because the Lebanon City Council approved a motion this week to consider asking the voters next year whether the mineral should be eliminated from the city’s water supply. The motion doesn’t mean the council will automatically approve a measure for the ballot, just that […]
United States, Oregon