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Alarm as anti-fluoride group eyes Wellington
Wellington will be the next major target for anti-fluoridation campaigners after their controversial triumph in Hamilton. With Hamilton City Council voting on Wednesday to remove fluoride from the city’s water, what seems like an eternal debate has been reignited. Anti-fluoride campaigner Mark Atkin said Wellington might not be the next city to go fluoride-free, but […]
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Kapiti Coast Council consult again over fluoride
Kapiti Coast District Council will again consult with the community about whether to continue adding fluoride to local water supplies. Fluoride is currently added to public water supplied to Waikanae, Paraparaumu and Raumati but not Otaki or Paekakariki. As part of Annual Plan discussions, Council considered a number of submissions from residents who want fluoride […]
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Hamilton: First water objectors considered ‘nutters’, says councillor
Hamilton city councillor Dave Macpherson remembers submissions from disgruntled locals against fluoride in their water in the late 1990s. “You could probably loosely call them the usual suspects – just a few locals for the first three or four years. People thought they were nutters at the time or quite obsessive and some of these […]
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Mary Byrne: Against fluoride
Fluoride Action Network NZ applauds the decision of Hamilton city councillors to stop adding hydrofluorosilicic acid to their water supply. Councillors heard 3 days of evidence from both sides and came to a measured decision based on the facts. Any open-minded person would come to the same decision if they heard this evidence. There were […]
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‘Absolutely gutless’: Judith Collins slams Hamilton over fluoride
The Hamilton City Council has been blasted by a senior Cabinet minister for its “absolutely gutless” decision to dump fluoride from the city water supply. Justice Minister Judith Collins – a former Waikato resident – launched a stinging reprimand of the decision this week to stop fluoridation, describing a council plea for central government to […]
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Wellington: Fluoridation a hot issue
A petition calling for the removal of fluoride from the water supply was presented to Wellington City Council during draft annual plan submissions last month. The strategy and policy committee also heard a strong case from science advocacy group the Royal Society of New Zealand in favour of fluoridation. Fluoride is added to the water […]
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Group to continue lobbying for fluoride removal
A group that helped to convince the Hamilton City Council to remove fluoride from its water supply says it will continue lobbying other councils throughout New Zealand to do the same. Fluoride Action Network New Zealand spokeswoman Mary Byrne praised a Hamilton City Council special tribunal decision yesterday that voted 7 to 1 in favour […]
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Fluoride to be removed from Hamilton’s water supply
Fluoride will be removed from Hamilton’s water supply within two weeks. A huge victory for the anti-fluoride lobby has seen the city council vote 7-1 to make Hamilton the second-largest unfluoridated population in the country. The decision, just reached after less than an hours’ debate, followed a lengthy tribunal which heard the weight of public […]
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Hamilton: Pull-outs tip balance in fluoride vote critics
Hamilton looks likely to remove fluoride from its water in a vote from which at least five city councillors say they will abstain. A Hamilton City Council tribunal examining the topic has re-ignited intense public debate on the issue, with 89 per cent of the 1,557 submissions made to it in favour of stopping fluoridation. […]
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Hamilton: Fluoridation debate reaches climax
Hamilton’s Fluoride Tribunal hearing got under way on Tuesday. The four-day hearing will help Hamilton City councillors decide whether fluoride will continue to be added to Hamilton’s water. A decision will not be made before next week. Council received 1557 submissions on the issue – 1385 of those want council to stop fluoridation. There were […]
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