NZ - They get a referendum.
Waikato fluoride referendum called for 08 February 2006
By GEOFF TAYLORFluoride opponents have called for a referendum on the issue as the Waikato District Health Board begins a mass letter-drop to persuade people to support fluoridation.
Hamilton City Council has commissioned a phone survey of residents starting tomorrow before it considers at a meeting next month whether to continue putting fluoride in water. Anxious to continue the practice which has gone on in Hamilton since 1966, the health board has paid nearly $5800 so 48,000 leaflets can be delivered before the survey starts.
It is the latest in the board's campaign to persuade the public of the value of fluoridation. Last week the board warned of the dangers of thousands of extra cavities in children's teeth and the extra cost to the community.
By GEOFF TAYLORFluoride opponents have called for a referendum on the issue as the Waikato District Health Board begins a mass letter-drop to persuade people to support fluoridation.
Hamilton City Council has commissioned a phone survey of residents starting tomorrow before it considers at a meeting next month whether to continue putting fluoride in water. Anxious to continue the practice which has gone on in Hamilton since 1966, the health board has paid nearly $5800 so 48,000 leaflets can be delivered before the survey starts.
It is the latest in the board's campaign to persuade the public of the value of fluoridation. Last week the board warned of the dangers of thousands of extra cavities in children's teeth and the extra cost to the community.
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