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Palmerston North is proposing to keep on fluoridating city water supplies and is finding out the cost of extending treatment to the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn. The city council’s planning and strategy committee on Wednesday confirmed its pro-fluoride stance. It asked for information on the cost of fluoridating the villages’ supplies so it could […]

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has failed to make a submission on a controversial fluoridation bill because disagreements meant it ran out of time. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill proposes to take the decision to fluoridate away from councils and give it to district health boards (DHBs). The bill passed its first reading and was open […]

The Christchurch City Council wants to retain the power to fluoridate drinking water. A bill is making its way through Parliament proposing to take the decision to fluoridate away from councils and give it to district health boards (DHBs). In a draft submission published earlier this week, the council wanted the Director General of Health, not DHBs, to make the […]

The decision to add fluoride to drinking water should be made by the Government, not district health boards, the Christchurch City Council says. The council is calling for national leadership on the issue, as a bill makes it way through Parliament proposing to take the decision to fluoridate away from councils and give it to district health boards (DHBs). The […]

Adding fluoride to Christchurch’s drinking water could cost the city about $10 million, according to a preliminary estimate. It has some questioning whether the health benefits of fluoridation outweigh the cost. Councils decide whether to fluoridate their public drinking-water supplies, but a bill making its way through Parliament would hand that decision-making to District Health Boards (DHBs) – although councils […]

Most of the wider Manawatu region could have fluoride added to its water within the next two years – a controversial move not supported by everyone. Palmerston North has fluoride in its water, but Horowhenua, Tararua and the Manawatu District Council region, excluding Feilding, do not. However, new legislation could see that change. The Ministry of […]

The Maori Party has joined the ranks of those casting doubt on fluoridation. A poll on its website asks members whether they want fluoride in their drinking water The page says a law is before Parliament to put fluoride in drinking water supplied by local councils to thousands of homes throughout the country. In fact […]

A new Bill that gives District Health Boards (DHBs) the responsibility of managing the fluoridation of local government water supplies has had its first reading in Parliament. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill has been referred to the Health Select Committee for consideration, and the public will be invited to make submissions. “Moving […]

Health experts and ‘smarty pants’ scientists have brainwashed the public over fluoride, says a newly elected city councillor who claims she knows better. Siggi Henry has urged Waikato District Health Board members and fellow councillors to take up the anti-fluoride cause. The move comes only weeks after she was elected in a campaign in which she downplayed her […]

The Government introduced a new Health Bill (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) to Parliament on the 14th of November with the intention of shifting the power of fluoridation from the local councils to the District Health Boards (DHBs). This was the first reading of the Bill in Parliament and the issue is now due to go […]