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There are better ways to safeguard children’s teeth than putting fluoride in drinking water, says Wanganui Mayor Annette Main. The Government is being urged to give district health boards the final say on putting fluoride in town water supplies. The parliamentary health committee this week recommended investing in a nationwide oral health campaign, and transferring […]

The Health Select Committee has proposed, effectively, mandatory fluoridation for New Zealand via the back door. They have recommended that the decision over fluoridation be taken away from local councils and put in the hands of the District Health Boards. This would mean the public will have no say-so over the decision and fluoridation could […]

Fluoride will stay in Hastings’ drinking water and Hawke’s Bay District Health Board chairman Kevin Snee is delighted. At the board’s monthly meeting last week he said he was pleased voters in a referendum held in conjuction with last month’s local body elections “had seen through the nonsense and pseudo-science”put out by those opposed to […]

The Kapiti Coast District Council is facing judicial review over its 2010 decision to retain water fluoridation. Kapiti Coast resident, Mike Woods, lodged a Judicial Review with the High Court in Wellington on Tuesday. The legal challenge is to the Kapiti Council’s decision that it allowed a councillor with a conflict of interest to vote. […]

Dietitians New Zealand qualifications do not impress in the debate on Water Dietitians New Zealand are misguided in their support of water fluoridation and the value of their post-graduate qualifications credibility will be called into question over that support. They certainly do not understand the concept of informed consent to dental treatment by calling for […]

A complaint against an advertisement supporting water fluoridation has been upheld, with the Advertising Standards Authority ruling the ad made an unsubstantiated claim. Harley Dentistry claimed in a newspaper advertorial that water fluoridation reduces decay by 20 per cent. As “an absolute claim of fact”, that was not substantiated, the authority’s Complaints Board has ruled. […]

Hypothyroidism (under active thyroid) is one of the most common causes of weight gain and depression in New Zealand. Prescriptions for thyroid medication have sky-rocketed over the past 40 years, with thyroxine now being the 19th most commonly prescribed medication. The NZ Dietitians Society have made the outrageous suggestion that fluoride chemicals should be forcibly […]

Hypothyroidism (under active thyroid) is one of the most common causes of weight gain and depression in New Zealand. Prescriptions for thyroid medication have sky-rocketed over the past 40 years, with thyroxine now being the 19th most commonly prescribed medication. The NZ Dietitians Society have made the outrageous suggestion that fluoride chemicals should be forcibly […]

A top New Plymouth dentist is calling for the newly-elected council to put fluoride back in the water, but new mayor Andrew Judd says it’s not a priority. Taranaki District Health Board dental clinical director Dave Antunovic said referenda in other cities showing support for fluoridated water should send a message to the council. “The […]

In light of the overwhelming support for water fluoridation at the weekend local elections, Dietitians NZ calls on the Ministry of Health to mandate the fluoridation of drinking water as part of the safe water supply for New Zealanders. Dietitians New Zealand strongly supports fluoridation of water as a safe and cost-effective means of reducing […]