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Fluoride used in NZ a byproduct of the fertilizer industry (6th of 12 articles in series)
FLUORIDE for use in New Zealand’s water supply is a byproduct of the fertiliser industry, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) says. In a report prepared by the NZIC and available on its website, the extraction and production of the fluroide is explained. An abridged version is presented below. Water fluoridation is an important […]
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Most councillors would vote “yes” to fluoride (5th of 12 articles in series)
IF Dunedin city councillors were asked to vote today on whether to retain fluoridation of the water supply across the city, the results would be a firm “yes”. In the light of the fluoridation debate sparked by Waitati residents, The Star asked councillors if they would vote “yes” or “no” to fluoridation? Only two councillors, […]
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Otago District Health Board active promotor (4th of 12 articles in series)
OTAGO District Health Board is an active player in the fluoridation debate in the region. During last year’s local authority elections, alongside a Vote Fluoride publicity campaign, the board sponsored a fluoridation referendum in areas of Otago and Southland where the water supply was not fluoridated. Non-fluoridated areas of Dunedin were not included because the […]
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Concerns raised at Waitati meeting (3rd of 12 articles in series)
AS work begins on the Northern Water Scheme, which will pump fluoridated water from Dunedin’s Mount Grand water treatment station to Waitati, Warrington and Seacliff, there are rumblings of discontent from residents of the seaside communities. None of the townships presently have fluoride in their water. At a public meeting in Waitati on Monday night, […]
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AGAINST: Negative health effects (2nd of 12 articles in series)
FLUORIDE in water can cause lower intelligence and chronic fatigue – so why would you want to put it in your body? Asks Dr Bruce Spittle Dr Spittle is Dunedin’s and probably New Zealand’s, leading anti-fluoride campaigner. A psychiatrist and lecturer by profession, Dr Spittle became an opponent of fluoridation after hearing Dr John Colquhoun […]
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FOR: Best way to ensure better teeth (1st of 12 articles in series)
The fluoridation issue is not complicated, Dr Dorothy Boyd says It is simply an opportunity for as many people as possible to have better teeth. Our teeth are the front line of a constant war, explains the specialist dentist who is the senior public health dentist with Publikc Health South. Acids in our mouth break […]
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Palerang to consider fluoride in water supply report
Palerang Council will consider a report at its Bungendore meeting today that recommends fluoride be added to the shire’s water supply. The report recommends the council add the fluoride to water at Bungendore, Captains Flat and Braidwood. But it says the Braidwood part of the program should be delayed until there is enough money to […]
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Editorial: Don’t surrender to those who resist fluoridation
THE ISSUE: Legislators are rejecting a bill to create a pilot program to fluoridate water in Maui County. Intimidated by a resilient band of chemophobes, legislators again are thumbing their noses at ending Hawaii’s distinctions of being the only state without fluoridated water and having the worst oral health in the country. In the latest […]
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Cobleskill: Health experts push to keep fluoride
COBLESKILL — It’s likely no minds were changed Tuesday as dentists, doctors and other health care professionals urged village officials to reconsider their decision to halt the fluoridation of village water. “I think it better framed the issue,” commented Deputy Mayor Sandy MacKay after the informal committee meeting at Village Hall. Dr. Gary Surman, a […]
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Chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation: “For our children’s sake”
IN 1970, one in three people over the age of 16 had no teeth at all. Thankfully, the picture today is very different. Quite rightly, people now have an expectation that their teeth are for life. But what has caused this dramatic improvement in our dental health? The simple answer is fluoride. Fluoride was first […]
United Kingdom, England