Fluoridation

Springvillejournal
Is the science on fluoridation really settled?
New Zealand Doctor Online
Health authorities in New Zealand, Australia, the USA and a few other countries endorse fluoridation in glowing terms, proclaiming the science is settled, and the benefits enormous. Opponents are accused of misinterpreting the science, peddling ...
Masterton council slammed over fluoride useWairarapa Times-Age
Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the waySacramento Bee
Springville residents: Sink your teeth into fluoride's health benefitsSpringvillejournal
Cosmetic Dentistry Guide (press release) -Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald -Sydney Morning Herald
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Springvillejournal
Portland is an odd duck on fluoridation
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
When it comes to drinking water, Portland is an odd duck. Since 1956, voters have consistently rejected adding minuscule amounts of fluoride to their water supply to prevent tooth decay. They again flocked to the polls in May to kill the latest ballot ...
Springville residents: Sink your teeth into fluoride's health benefitsSpringvillejournal
Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the waySacramento Bee
'Waste of money': calls for fluoridated water inquiry rejectedSydney Morning Herald
VEXNEWS -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Hamilton must vote again on fluoride
Stuff.co.nz
The Hamilton City Council has ample evidence to suggest it supported a vocal minority when it voted by seven votes to one to remove fluoride from the city's water supply. To begin with, it has overturned the result of the 2006 referendum when 38 per ...

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Adding fluoride to water proven harmful
WatertownDailyTimes.com
This is in response to the article by Craig Fox on the subject of water fluoridation. There now exist many valid scientific studies, peer reviewed articles and much literature illustrating the negative impact of drinking water treated with fluoride ...

VEXNEWS
'Waste of money': calls for fluoridated water inquiry rejected
Sydney Morning Herald
The Minister for Health and opposition have balked at a suggestion from a NSW Greens MP for a parliamentary inquiry into the safety of fluoridated water, labelling the move a "waste of money" that could suggest there are unsubstantiated health risks ...
Portland is municipal fluoridation's odd duck | BrunellBonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
DECAYING: Greensparty indulge fluoride conspiracy theorists with call for inquiryVEXNEWS

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VEXNEWS
DECAYING: Greensparty indulges fluoride conspiracy theorists with call for inquiry
VEXNEWS
Their notorious NSW branch, dominated by its de facto leader Senator Lee Rhiannon, best-known for her Soviet-training and vehement opposition to live-music venues, has demanded an expensive taxpayer-funded inquiry into fluoride in water for the ...
Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the waySacramento Bee
Portland is municipal fluoridation's odd duck | BrunellBonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
'Waste of money': calls for fluoridated water inquiry rejectedSydney Morning Herald

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Key supports fluoridation
Radio New Zealand
The Prime Minister supports adding fluoride to water but says the Government won't force councils to fluoridate. Last week, Hamilton City Council voted to stop fluoridating its water supply, a move strongly criticised by health experts. Speaking at the ...

Key supports fluoridation as benefiting health
Radio New Zealand
The Prime Minister supports adding fluoride to water but says the Government won't force councils to fluoridate. Last week, Hamilton City Council voted to stop fluoridating to its water supply, a move strongly criticised by health experts. Speaking at ...

Portland is municipal fluoridation's odd duck | Brunell
Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
When it comes to drinking water, Portland is an odd duck. Since 1956, voters have consistently rejected adding minuscule amounts of fluoride to their water supply to prevent tooth decay. They again flocked to the polls in May to kill the latest ballot ...

The Guardian
NSW Greens call for fluoride inquiry
The Guardian
The New South Wales Greens will press the state government to hold a public inquiry into the safety of fluoridated water, after the NSW Court of Appeal ruled against an anti-fluoride campaigner's bid to prevent the chemical being added to drinking water.

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Fluoride supporters unwilling to debate
WatertownDailyTimes.com
In response to the editorial on June 9 regarding fluoride. The simplest way that promoters of fluoridation could demonstrate that their case for fluoridation was strong and scientifically-based would be take on qualified opponents of fluoridation in ...

Key plays down anti-fluoride claims
Stuff.co.nz
Speaking to the media at the National Fieldays today, Key said he supported fluoridation of water supplies, but it was a matter for local councils to decide. "In my view, the evidence strongly supports that fluoride actually stops tooth decay, overall ...

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GM pig feed, fluoride debate, Tuatara genome sequencing
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Hamilton City Council last week voted 7-1 to stop fluoridating the city's water supply. Hamilton councillor Ewan Wilson, who is on the Waikato District Health Board and did not participate in the fluoride vote on legal advice, is now pushing for a ...

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Orange water authority votes to continue fluoridation
Durham Herald Sun
After hearing speeches from six impassioned anti-fluoridation citizens, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors unanimously passed a motion Thursday to continue the fluoridation of its drinking water. The board accepted the ...

Call for people power to push fluoride referendum
Stuff.co.nz
A Hamilton City councillor still short of the numbers to force a debate on holding a fluoridation referendum hopes people power will work if he fails. Councillor and Waikato District Health Board member Ewan Wilson has launched a bid to trigger a ...

Push for fluoridation referendum in Hamilton
TVNZ
After four days of submissions Hamilton City Council voted seven to one last week to remove fluoride from the public water supply. But councillor and Waikato District Health Board member Ewan Wilson said the tribunal was blinded by "nutters" who ...
Hamilton may go to referendum on fluorideSouthland Times
Hamilton Council's fluoride removal concerns NZ physiciansScoop.co.nz (press release)
Hamilton councillor seeks fluoridation referendumNewstalk ZB

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Hamilton Council's decision to remove fluoride concerns New Zealand physicians
New Zealand Doctor Online
"Not only will the removal of fluoride result in an increase in the prevalence of dental caries and its associated effects on physical health; it will add to the burdens of inequity and inequality amongst our children and youth, with the greatest ...

Fluoridation vital, expert says
Northern Advocate
The Far North and Whangarei District Councils have voted not to fluoridate their supplies in the past decade, but Northland District Health Board is keen on water fluoridation, saying it is the most cost-effective, practical and safe means for reducing ...
Chch mayor says no to fluorideStuff.co.nz
Fayette commissioners have their doubts about fluoridating our waterThe Citizen.com

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Fight against fluoride in water comes to Orange and Durham counties
News & Observer
A practice that most North Carolinians do without thinking much about it – drinking fluoridated water from local systems – has become a controversial topic in parts of the Triangle. On Thursday, the Orange County Water and Sewer Authority will hear ...
Fluoride debate heats upEMC Almonte/Carleton Place

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Local anti-fluoride battle may be lost but the war continues
Northern Star
DRINKING-water across the Northern Rivers will be fluoridated within 18 months after anti-fluoride campaigner Al Oshlack lost his final legal bid to stop the construction of five fluoride-dosing plants. The NSW Court of Appeal yesterday unanimously ...
Fluoride to flow on far north coastABC Online

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