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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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New Zealand councils that fluoridate water failing to do so properly
Newshub can reveal that every single council in New Zealand that fluoridates its drinking water is failing to do so at the proper level. A new report shows councils are only putting correct doses of fluoride in the water 50 percent of the time which means more than one million Kiwis are missing out on […]
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Agreement to rehabilitate polluted land
Restoration of land at Tiwai Peninsula is set to begin after an agreement was reached between Murihiku Runaka and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) and Rio Tinto Aluminum Ltd. A detailed site investigation report commissioned by NZAS revealed last month that a range of contaminants of concern had […]
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No fluoride plan for Queenstown, yet.
Queenstown’s council doesn’t have any plans to introduce fluoride to the district’s water supplies, but its Three Waters team is planning for it as part of any projects in the design phase. In July, former Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield directed 14 local authorities to fluoridate all or some of their water supplies under the […]
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Fluoridation returned to Wellington after ‘dental disaster’.
FAN NOTE: The real disaster here is Wellington ignoring the science and continuing to add a confirmed neurotoxin to its water. Residents in the Wellington Region once again have effective levels of fluoride in their water, after a damning report found it hadn’t been administered properly for six years. An independent inquiry was launched in […]
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Fluoride rates will be ‘safe’.
FAN NOTE: The best available evidence shows fluoride is not safe to add to water at the level used for fluoridation. Anti fluoride residents were at this week’s district council service delivery meeting to express their opposition. Photo: Benjamin Wilson. The Prime Minister’s chief science advisor has told Waip? District Council the amount of fluoride […]
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Council committee rejects fluoride warning
FAN Note: A deeply irresponsible move by the Waipa District Council. A Council Committee has rejected a request from the Te Awamutu Community Board to add a health warning about fluoride to water rates notices. On August 9, the Te Awamutu Community Board passed a Notice of Motion seeking a warning be added to the […]
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Anti-fluoride group loses court challenge (New Zealand)
The High Court has thrown out a challenge attempting to stop water fluoridation in Wellington. The group New Health Ltd challenged the decision to reintroduce fluoride into the water supply, bringing a judicial review case against Wellington Water, Wellington City Council, and Hutt City Council. They asked the court for interim orders to stop fluoride […]
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