Photo: Northern Advocate / Michael CunninghamA Whangārei councillor is pushing for his council to halt its fluoridation plans as the deadline looms for adding it to the local drinking water supply. "We (NZDA) support community water fluoridation," Johnston said. However, Benney said he was strongly against what he called the mass medication of community water fluoridation. Benney said he had been contacted by councillors from around New Zealand wanting to similarly respond to their council's fluoridation directive. Fluoridated toothpaste had helped with dental disease but more needed to be done and fluoridating drinking water created a major advantage.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2024 21:39 UTC