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Should Rotorua’s water be fluoridated?
Rotorua could have its say on whether to fluoridate the city’s water in this year’s local body elections. A referendum may be held in October. If it goes ahead, it’s unclear whether the results would be binding. Submissions on fluoridation were heard by Rotorua district councillors during annual plan hearings in May. Among them was […]
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The Southland and Otago district health boards want public to decide on fluoridation
The Southland and Otago district health boards are calling on the public to decide whether fluoride should be added to Southland district’s drinking water to improve oral health. Otago District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau said the health boards were aiming to have a referendum as part of Southland District Council local body elections […]
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Anti-Fluoride Group Delighted With Ashburton Referendum
The group which campaigned against the fluoridation of Ashburton’s water supply is delighted with the town’s majority vote against fluoridation. Fluoride was withdrawn in 2002 following a public campaign, but health officials were seeking to reinstate it, citing rising tooth decay rates. But in a binding referendum on the issue, 55 percent of over 7,000 […]
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Ashburton water to stay unflouridated
Ashburton people have voted against fluoridating the town’s water supply. Fluoride was withdrawn in 2002 following a public campaign, but health officials were seeking to reinstate it, citing rising tooth decay rates. More than 7000 residents took part in a binding referendum, and just under 55% voted against. The three-week poll was open to 11,000 […]
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Infant Formula Warning Applies in New Zealand Just as Much as the USA
It’s official! “The issue isn’t the infant formula itself, but the [fluoridated] water it’s reconstituted with”. This statement was made recently by Professor John Stamm, spokesman for the American Dental Association (ADA), and William Maas, the Oral Health Director for the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in confirming the ADA’s warning of November […]
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Dental study used in anti-fluoride campaign
A South Island wide study of dental decay in 12-year-olds is being used by anti-fluoride campaigners to push the case of keeping fluoride out of Ashburton’s community water supply. The information was presented at a meeting on Thursday night, called by anti-fluoride campaigners, and is part of a package of data being used to ensure […]
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Should Ashburton Fluoridate? – Advice from an Expert
(Dr. Limeback was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA’s Standards.” Dr. Limeback is an associate professor of dentistry and head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto) My Familiarity […]
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Puzzling Decline in Kids’ Teeth
Something started going wrong with Waikato preschoolers’ teeth in the late 1990s and health authorities aren’t sure why. Statistics presented to a recent Hamilton seminar showed that from about 1998, young Waikato children’s teeth started deteriorating — at odds with the rest of the country where there has been little change. A measure of the […]
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Fluoridation in the Spotlight (Ashburton)
The refluoridation of Ashburton’s water supply could come back into the public arena after the Ashburton District Council adopts its work plan for the coming year. An impassioned plea for the fluoridation of the town’s water supply was made by the Canterbury District Health Board during last week’s hearings on the council’s Long Term Council […]
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“Tooth decay soars after flouride removed”
Tooth-decay rates in Ashburton six- year-olds have increased 25 per cent since fluoride was taken out of the reticulated supply four years ago, says the Canterbury District Health Board. The controversial subject of fluoridating water may be back on the Ashburton District Council’s agenda after a submission to its long-term plan yesterday by the South […]
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