New Zealand - a week to decide.
Hamilton fluoride vote rides on locals
May 7, 2006
There has been intense lobbying in Hamilton over the future of the city's fluoridated water supply, but the biggest concern is getting its citizens to vote.
Fluoridation has been in Hamilton's water since 1966 and while the issue is clear for some - the Waikato District Health Board says it should remain and others believe it should be removed - many locals, on the other hand, are yet to return postal ballots.
"It's that can't be bothered thing isn't it? I guess you've just got to tick a box and send it," says one resident.
For the Waikato DHB, the decision is simple."What we've seen happen elsewhere both internationally and here in New Zealand is that when fluoridation is taken out then the rates of decay increases and that's a lot of avoidable pain and suffering and cost we don't want to see happen," says Hamilton's Medical Officer of Health Felicity Dumble.
May 7, 2006
There has been intense lobbying in Hamilton over the future of the city's fluoridated water supply, but the biggest concern is getting its citizens to vote.
Fluoridation has been in Hamilton's water since 1966 and while the issue is clear for some - the Waikato District Health Board says it should remain and others believe it should be removed - many locals, on the other hand, are yet to return postal ballots.
"It's that can't be bothered thing isn't it? I guess you've just got to tick a box and send it," says one resident.
For the Waikato DHB, the decision is simple."What we've seen happen elsewhere both internationally and here in New Zealand is that when fluoridation is taken out then the rates of decay increases and that's a lot of avoidable pain and suffering and cost we don't want to see happen," says Hamilton's Medical Officer of Health Felicity Dumble.
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