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Justice David Collins has taken it upon himself to advise the NZ Ministry of Health’s legal team on how best to circumvent the Judicial Review before him, regarding fluoridation in New Zealand. It appears the Judge is well aware that the appeal by New Health New Zealand would be bound to find that fluoridation chemicals […]

Ministry of Health propose to exempt toxic industrial waste products used in water fluoridation from the Medicines Act 1981 New Health NZ urges anyone who is concerned about the risks of water fluoridation to human health, to have their say on a Ministry of Health proposal that is out for public consultation over the Christmas […]

Hastings has its first purpose built, non-fluoridated drinking fountain/bottle filling station. The facility has been installed at the Eastbourne St bore at the intersection of Warren and Eastbourne Streets. Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says “A referendum in October 2013 resulted in 63 per cent of those who took part, voting to keep fluoride in the […]

A new code of practice for the use of fluoride in drinking water supplies has been released by Water New Zealand. The code was partially funded by the Ministry of Health, and includes measures such as having independent checks of water fluoridation plants and an automatic shutdown if fluoride exceeds 1.2 milligrams per litre of […]

Thames Ward voters will have a binding referendum in 2015 to determine whether or not their water supply will continue to have fluoride added. The decision, made by the Thames-Coromandel District Council at its final meeting for the year, fulfilled the expectation by many in the community that the full Council consider the matter again. […]

Concerns have been raised about oral health within South Canterbury’s Maori community with more debate about fluoridation encouraged. Maori Health Advisory Committee (MHAC) chairwoman Raeleen de Joux spoke yesterday to the South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) about issues raised in an earlier presentation on oral health. That was made by Community and Public Health’s […]

The Ministry of Health is seeking submissions, by 9 January 2015, on a proposed amendment to the regulations (Medicines Regulations 1894) made under the Medicines Act 1981. The proposed amendment would have the effect of providing legal clarity that the fluoride substances used to treat drinking water are not medicines. Background and rationale for the […]

A NZ report on the science of fluoridation conducted this year by the NZ Royal Society at the request of concerned city councils was of poor quality and misleading, according to an international critical review released today. Contributors and peer reviewers of the critique include international experts in fluoridation science, toxicology, and risk assessment, some […]

New Zealand local councils have a clear legal power to fluoridate public water supplies, a right devolved to them by Parliament when it revised local government law in 2002, a court has been told. That is the gist of arguments put to the High Court in New Plymouth today by South Taranaki District Council in […]