The Rotorua District Council has decided not to fluoridate the city’s public water supply. The council voted unanimously this week not to support a request from Rotorua health professionals to make fluoridation a priority in its long term plans for the city. Councillors also ruled out holding a referendum on the issue. Instead, they agreed […]
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Fluoridation alternative suggested
GORE could be the location for a pilot programme aimed at improving the appalling oral health of its children without adding fluoride to water, a meeting was told yesterday. Southland District Health Board planning and funding general manager Graeme Savage said it had been decided to take a different approach with the Gore District Council, […]
FAN NZ responds to fluoridation push
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) NZ, would like to thank Auckland DHB chair Wayne Brown for bringing the contentious subject of water-fluoridation into the public arena (NZ Herald, 1/06/04). Although disappointed that his initial public stance is in support of the practice, they are not surprised. “He will not have been properly informed on the topic. […]
Health boards want to bite councils in pocket
Health boards intend to hit anti-fluoridation city and district councils in the pocket. Auckland District Health Board chairman Wayne Brown said yesterday that he favoured billing the Auckland City Council for a 2001 fluoridation decision that was keeping dental treatment costs unnecessarily high. The council in 2001 voted narrowly against adding fluoride to the water […]
Low Tooth Decay with No Fluoridation
WINTON — The pros and cons of treating water supplies with fluoride were debated at length in Winton on Monday night. A crowd of 57 attended the meeting, which was one of a series called by the Southland District Council to hear submissions on introducing fluoride to town water supplies throughout the district. The number […]
Huia says no to fluoridation
Fluoride will not be added to the Huia Village water supply, in accordance with the wishes of the majority of local residents who responded to a survey on the issue. Properties supplied by the Huia Village water treatment plant were recently surveyed by the Huia/Cornwallis Local Water Agenda Group on whether or not they supported […]
Fears over level of toxic fluoride: Homegrown produce threatened by emissions
After years of feeding her family with homegrown vegetables, Ravensbourne resident Ruth Bayne is questioning whether she has been doing the right thing. It was with horror she read in the Otago Daily Times last week that tests on vegetables from several Ravensbourne gardens recorded fluoride levels many times the recommended safe maximum as a […]
Concerns over high levels of fluoride
Ravensbourne residents hope a new $2.5 million “hygiene scrubber” at the Ravensdown Fertiliser works will make their vegetables safe to eat. Emissions from the works mean vegetables in Ravensbourne gardens have recorded fluoride levels many times the recommended limit. Works manager Craig Hendry said yesterday the plant would shut down on Sunday for a month […]
Greens say no to fluoridation
Fluoridating Christchurch’s water supply would be unethical, and a form of mass medication, the Green Party says. The Greens health spokeswoman, Sue Kedgley, said yesterday a worldwide trend existed away from fluoride in water, and the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) was pursuing the “wrong demon” if they thought fluoridating Christchurch’s water was the way […]
Christchurch targeted
The fluoride debate looks set to rage in Christchurch with the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) announcing it wants fluoride in the city’s water supply. The CDHB is formulating a policy which will support fluoridation. CDHB chief executive Jean O’Callaghan said Canterbury tooth decay rates were high compared to other parts of New Zealand and […]