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Government considers water fluoridation policy, says Andrew Little
Health Minister Andrew Little has a taste for adding fluoride to the nation’s water supplies, confirming to Stuff the Government’s intention to strip councils of their fluoridation powers and hand them to DHBs. In a move that’s sure to enrage local anti fluoride activists, Little confirmed that a proposal in 2016 that the decision-making powers […]
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Balclutha, Milton, Kaitangata, Tapanui: Fluoridation to resume in June 2021
South Otago dentists have reacted with delight to the news drinking water fluoridation will resume next year in four of the area’s towns. Fluoridation in Balclutha, Milton, Kaitangata and Tapanui lapsed in October last year, after Clutha District Council contractor Citycare Water identified health and safety concerns with their fluoride dosing systems. Last Thursday, the […]
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1080 factory’s warehouse still holds chemicals 18 months after worker poisoned
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm A Christchurch factory where a worker was poisoned and left in an induced coma was housing chemicals that can be used to make the 1080 pest poison. However, the factory owner says […]
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West Coast council bails out of controversial 1080 pellet factory
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm Department of Conservation.PCR manufactures a variety of pesticide baits, including the pellets containing 1080. (File photo) The West Coast Regional Council has cut its losses and sold its share in a […]
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Dental Schemes Delivering Dramatic Results And Bringing Healthy Smiles Back To Eastern Bay Students
Dental pain isn’t just a health issue for young Eastern Bay students, says one high school principal, it affects their education and their futures. Addressing that issue is just one of the motivating factors behind some innovative dental health schemes launched at schools across the region. The work is yielding impressive results. Murupara Area School […]
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Dentists plead for fluoridation and pain relief service as infections increase.
More people are suffering potentially life-threatening brain, lung and heart infections as a result of severe and untreated tooth decay, dentists say. Christchurch Hospital special needs dentist Juliet Gray said she had received 33 referrals for patients hospitalised with lung, brain and heart infections caused by bacteria from decayed teeth in the last year. The […]
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Election 2020: Fluoridation of water supported by both Labour and National, but progress not guaranteed
Labour and National party leaders have both agreed fluoridation of water is needed, but Jacinda Ardern has stopped short of promising it will happen. The consensus emerged during The Press Leaders Debate hosted by Stuff on Tuesday night, when both leaders were asked if they would progress the Fluoridation Amendment Bill, which has stalled in […]
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Christchurch candidate’s secret fluoridation claims ‘ludicrous’
Claims the Government has secretly fluoridated parts of Christchurch have been slammed as “ludicrous”. New Zealand Public Party Christchurch East candidate Glen McConnell said water supplied to east Christchurch had been secretly fluoridated for almost a decade. McConnell posted the claim on his Facebook page, which has 297 followers, on September 17. “…does East Christchurch […]
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National promises $30 million a year expansion of kids’ dental programme
National leader Judith Collins says the existing children’s dental policy is underfunded and not comprehensive. Photo / Mark Mitchell National has promised to spend an additional $30 million a year on a children’s dental programme the party says will improve kids’ oral health. The scheme would mean every New Zealand child would get a fresh […]
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Canterbury children record high levels of tooth decay
About 18 per cent of Christchurch 5-year-olds in 2018 and 2019 had an average of six teeth that were either decayed, already pulled out or repaired with a filling. Local reporting is vital to a thriving and connected community. Help us keep telling Canterbury’s stories bymaking a contribution. Nearly 20 per cent of Canterbury’s 5-year-olds […]
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