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Hamilton health experts bare teeth over fluoride in water
Hamilton’s less well-off families will be hit in the teeth – and their wallets – if fluoride is eliminated from the city’s water supply, say some Waikato health professionals. A heavyweight team of health professionals did their best to persuade Hamilton city councillors that the ongoing addition of fluoride to the supply was the best […]
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Hamilton. Fluoride opponent: It’s a done deal
Pat McNair, who heads the Hamilton Stop Fluoride Campaign, reckons the opponents to the practice have the clout to persuade the council to stop fluoridation. ”It is a ‘done deal’ as they say. We not only have the numbers, we have the scientific evidence to back it up. ”We totally refrain from using emotive tactics […]
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Hamilton: Extraordinary Council Open Agenda
Date: Wednesday 5 June 2013 Time: 9:30am Meeting Room: Council Chamber Venue: Municipal Building, Garden Place, Hamilton Purpose of the Report The purpose of this report is to present the decision options available to the Council in relation to fluoridation of the water supply, and discusses what factors the Council may wish to consider in […]
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Manawatu District: Wave of protest over fluoride
The debate over fluoride in drinking water has washed further over the region with Manawatu District the latest target of anti-fluoride campaigners. Manawatu District Council was lobbied to review its stance on the matter as part of its draft Annual Plan submissions hearings yesterday. Six of the 100-plus submissions sought a review of fluoridation in […]
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Hamilton: Majority happy with fluoride – top doc
Waikato District Health Board medical officer of health Felicity Dumble says the high number of submissions calling for the abolition of fluoride don’t tell the whole story. Dr Dumble, who is co-ordinating the board’s submission to the Hamilton City Council hearings, points to a 2006 web-based poll, telephone survey and referendum that revealed most of […]
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Fluoride tribunal kicks off in Hamilton
A beneficial aide to preventing tooth decay, or mass medication – both sides of the fluoridation debate will get their day in court this week. A Hamilton City Council tribunal considering whether or not to keep fluoridating the city’s water supply begins four days of hearings today. The council voted in December to establish the […]
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Hamilton’s fluoride tribunal starts tomorrow
A four-day tribunal hearing to decide whether to continue to add fluoride to Hamilton’s water begins tomorrow. The hearing – involving hundreds of people before city councillors sitting on the tribunal – runs from tomorrow until Thursday, then continues on Tuesday 4 June. Deliberations by city councillors and a decision whether to continue fluoridation will […]
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Palmerston North: Science will give decision bite
OPINION: Palmerston North Mayor Jono Naylor has made the right call to seek expert advice on water fluoridation after the city council was awash with submissions for the practice to be stopped. As the Standard reported on Friday, the Ministry of Health has been asked to review its long-entrenched stance on fluoridation in the face […]
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Palmerston North: Submitters have their say on fluoride in water
There’s something in the water that’s getting people complaining to their local councils: fluoride. It’s the hottest topic in public submissions made over the Palmerston North District Council’s annual plan. Most submitters on the issue want the chemical compound taken out of their water. Their council’s one of the 23 that’s followed Government recommendations to […]
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Whakatane and Ohope: Concern over fluoride levels
A change in water fluoridation policy in the United States has a Tauranga resident worried the fluoride levels in some Bay of Plenty areas are too high. In an attempt to reduce the risk of mild fluorosis, the fluoride level in US water was recently reduced [sic, should be proposed] from an optimum range between […]
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