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Palmerston North: Mayor wants ministry to review fluoridation stance
Amid calls for Palmerston North to dump fluoridation of the city’s water, Mayor Jono Naylor wants the Ministry of Health to review its stance on the matter. Anti-fluoride campaigners have made the issue the major theme of submissions on the city council’s draft Annual Plan, which will be debated on Wednesday. About one-third of the […]
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Hamilton: Ex Dental Association President Fronts Fluoridation Tribunal
Dr Andrew Harms, former president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Dental Association will be joining New Zealand doctors and dentists in a bid to inform Hamilton councillors of the need to stop adding harmful fluoride chemicals to the community water supply. Dr Harms will be joined by local doctor Peter Scanlon and […]
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Fluoride Free Thames Sights Victory
The outcome did not reflect the dramatic events in Thames Coromandel District Council Chambers this week when two hours of volatile deliberations finally came to a head with Mayor Glenn Leach using his casting vote to break a 4/4 deadlock. This allowed a motion aimed at retaining the status quo on water fluoridation to go […]
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Thames to continue water fluoridation – for now
It came down to the wire, but Thames will continue to have fluoridated water for now after Mayor Glenn Leach used his casting vote to retain the status quo this week. The Thames water supply is the only water supply on the Coromandel Peninsula that is fluoridated after it was added when the town’s treatment […]
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Palmerston North: ‘Rid our water of fluoride’
Calls for a review of the fluoridation of Palmerston North’s water supply make up the biggest single issue facing the city council in consultation on its draft annual plan. The council has received 31 submissions calling for a review of the mass-medication practice and four supporting its continuation. Opponents say the community has never been […]
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Dunedin: Council’s fluoride decision sparks debate
A decision to reduce the amount of fluoride added to Dunedin’s drinking water is a case of councillors ”running scared” in the face of immense pressure from anti-fluoride campaigners, Prof Murray Thomson says. The comments come after the Dunedin City Council on Tuesday decided to drop the amount of fluoride being added to the city’s […]
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Dunedin: Council opts to drop fluoride level
The amount of fluoride being added to Dunedin’s drinking water is to be reduced within days, after city councillors opted to play it safe despite lingering doubts over the science behind the debate. The decision, pushed for by Cr Kate Wilson, came despite a warning from council staff, who said the change could result in […]
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Invercargill: Public may decide on fluoridation
Invercargill City councillors appear to be hesitant about making a decision on whether to continue fluoridating the city’s water supply, with one suggesting they leave it to the public to decide. The council received about 400 submissions to its draft annual plan this year, of which about 300 were about fluoridation. The vast majority of […]
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Robinson Report: Little support for Hamilton fluoride
The public rejects fluoridation by a wide margin. There is no other choice. Hamilton fluoridation has to end. As its tribunal date fast approaches, Hamilton City Council faces little choice but to turn off the tap and end its practice of drinking water fluoridation once and for all. With public opinion tilting heavily against addition […]
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Dunedin: SBHB chairman questions fluoride referendum
A Dunedin referendum on fluoride would stir up old arguments which have been settled by science, Southern District Health Board chairman Joe Butterfield says. Mr Butterfield, of Timaru, said ”sadly” the additive was taken out of his own city’s water supply, and he did not want the same to happen in Dunedin. A large number […]
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