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Fluoride pause in Methven
Fluoride is about to run out in the Methven water supply, and it won’t be added again until the new $9.6m treatment system is operational. Fluoride has been added to the town’s water supply since the 1970s to help with dental health. The pause on the Ashburton District Council’s only fluoridated supply is an issue […]
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West Coast councils baulk at fluoride cost
Big bucks and reluctant ratepayers mean mayors are lukewarm about the Health Ministry’s water-supply directive West Coast councils say ratepayers will be facing yet another cost they can’t afford if they’re forced to fluoridate their public water supplies. The power to direct fluoridation now rests with the Director General of Health after a 2021 law […]
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Fluoridated water likely for Northlanders within 18 months.
Fluoridated drinking water for up to 100,000 Northlanders could be coming out of their taps within 18 months. Last July then Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ordered Government-mandated fluoridation for council drinking water plants servicing Whang?rei, Bream Bay, Kait?ia and Kerikeri and affecting 65,250 people. In November the Government indicated further mandated fluoridation […]
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Further 27 councils being considered for mandatory fluoridation order.
Councils across the country may be ordered to fluoridate a further 93 water supplies. In November the director general of health wrote to 27 councils, from the Far North down to Queenstown, informing them one or more of their water supplies were being considered for fluoridation. It comes as the nine of the 14 councils […]
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Northland town with no dentist likely to be forced to add fluoride to water.
A town with no dentist looks set to be forced to add fluoride to its water supplies to prevent dental decay. Small towns – including dentistless Dargaville in Northland – may need to take the step after Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati wrote to 27 local councils last month. Sarfati told the councils their […]
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Levin & Ohau Water Supply To Be Fluoridated By 31 July 2023
Horowhenua District Council is one of 14 local authorities that have received a directive from the Director-General of Health under The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021 to start fluoridating its drinking water supply by 31 July 2023. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2021 shifted decision-making on fluoridation from local […]
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Christchurch water fluoridation decision delayed until next year.
A decision on fluoridating Christchurch’s water has been delayed until at least April despite calls for urgency in the face of concerns at childhood tooth decay. The Christchurch City Council earlier said a decision about whether the Government would require the city to fluoridate would be made by the end of this year. But now, […]
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No plans for fluoridation in North Canterbury.
North Canterbury’s three councils have no plans to introduce fluorideinto drinking supplies. The issue of fluoridation has been hotting up around the country since the passing of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Act 2021. The new legislation gives the director-general of health the power to direct councils to fluoridate drinking water supplies, but no […]
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Gisborne falling behind in water fluoridation.
Gisborne’s water is some of the least adequately fluoridated in the country, recent research has uncovered. The findings, released by the University of Otago and the University of Canterbury, found councils around the country only achieved fluoride targets for drinking water 54 percent of the time over the last 30 years. Even the best performing […]
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Three Waters will ensure fluoride is correctly added to water supplies, NZ Dental Association hopes.
A new report obtained by Newshub revealed councils weren’t fluoridating water properly, with some only having correct levels for 4 percent of the year – meaning more than 1 million Kiwis are missing out on the benefits of fluoride. Dental Association spokesman Rob Beaglehole said councils were lacking when it came to protecting the health […]
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