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Auckland: Super city candidate wants fluoridation poll
A candidate for the Auckland mayoralty says there should be a binding referendum on whether to remove fluoride from the water supply. Colin Craig says evidence is growing which suggests fluoride causes health damage, so he says Auckland should follow the European approach and remove it. The Auckland District Health board, which supports fluoridation, says […]
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Kapiti: Pressured council cuts coast’s fluoride dose
Public pressure has led Kapiti Coast District Council to reduce fluoride dosing in its town supply. A deeply divided council decided in June to retain the use of fluoride in the water supply for Waikanae, Paraparaumu and Raumati, but voted on Thursday to reduce its use of the chemical. The council voted to cut its […]
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New Plymouth: Candidates want more information on fluoride issue
Like a rotten tooth, the issue of fluoridating New Plymouth’s water supply has flared again. The issue bared its fangs again this week when former New Plymouth district councillor and anti-fluoride campaigner Russell Gilmer had to remove posters put up illegally by the Fluoride Action Network New Zealand. A story in yesterday’s Taranaki Daily News […]
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Hastings: Concern for babies sees reduction in fluoride
Levels of fluoride in Hastings tap water are to be reduced after a European Union health study found high levels of fluoridated water were risky for babies under 6 months old. According to the European Union’s Scientific Commission on Health and Environmental Risks, infants’ milk formula should not be made with water that had a […]
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Christchurch: Oral health becomes election issue
The controversial issue of fluoridation has become a mayoral hot potato. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker claims his main rival, Jim Anderton, wants to take decisions over whether fluoride should or should not be added to the city’s water supplies, out of the hands of ratepayers and councillors. But Anderton today fired back, saying the issue […]
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Fluoride levels ‘too high’ for bottle-fed babies
Fluoride levels in some New Zealand districts are too high for bottle-fed babies, according to figures from the European Commission. Infants’ milk formula should not be mixed with water fluoridated at a level higher than 0.8 milligrams per litre of water, the commission’s scientific committee on health and environmental risks said. Its report said over-exposure […]
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Kapiti council keeps fluoride
A deeply divided Kapiti Coast District Council has retained the use of fluoride in the water supply for Waikanae, Paraparaumu and Raumati. Councillors who voted to retain it say anti-fluoride campaigners intimidated them late at night this week in a bid to sway their votes. Mayor Jenny Rowan voted against continuing to add fluoride to […]
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Hastings: Fluoride debate flares up
Hastings could head to a referendum to decide whether it should continue dosing its district water supply with fluoride. The possibility of a referendum was prompted after differing opinions at the Hastings District Council’s annual plan hearing, over the health benefits and impacts of continuing to mix the chemical into our water. The last referendum […]
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Editorial: Talk is not enough, Minister
Fluoride is a risky topic to write an editorial about. No matter which way you fall on the issue, the opinion will spark vitriolic reader feedback. It will come mostly from the anti-fluoride brigade and will be full of questionable claims. If you print too much of that feedback, it bores the majority of readers […]
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Dunne critical of decision to end fluoridation
Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne is critical of a decision by the Far North District Council to end fluoridation of water in Kaikohe and Kaitaia. Mr Dunne says the decision is a failure of civic leadership and is nothing short of disgraceful. He says Far North children have the worst oral health in the country […]
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