NZ "if they understood that they would not have voted for it."
Hodgson happy with Hamilton referendum
Posted at 5:33pm on 14 May 2006
Health Minister Pete Hodgson says cities that do not add fluoride to their water should consider voting on the issue.
Mr Hodgson says he is delighted with the preliminary results of a Hamilton referendum, which closed on Saturday, in which 70% of those who took part voted to keep putting fluoride in the city's water.
He says there are proven benefits in the reduction of dental decay.
Mr Hodgson says at the moment, Northland, Tauranga, Rotorua and Wanganui are not flouridated, and neither is most of the South Island, except for Dunedin.
He is urging local bodies in those areas to put the issue to a vote.
But a group opposed to fluoridation is disappointed in Hamilton's decision.
Caren McConnell, of the Fluoride Action Network, says people are drinking industrial waste, and if they understood that they would not have voted for it.
She says adding fluoride to the water is discriminatory.
Posted at 5:33pm on 14 May 2006
Health Minister Pete Hodgson says cities that do not add fluoride to their water should consider voting on the issue.
Mr Hodgson says he is delighted with the preliminary results of a Hamilton referendum, which closed on Saturday, in which 70% of those who took part voted to keep putting fluoride in the city's water.
He says there are proven benefits in the reduction of dental decay.
Mr Hodgson says at the moment, Northland, Tauranga, Rotorua and Wanganui are not flouridated, and neither is most of the South Island, except for Dunedin.
He is urging local bodies in those areas to put the issue to a vote.
But a group opposed to fluoridation is disappointed in Hamilton's decision.
Caren McConnell, of the Fluoride Action Network, says people are drinking industrial waste, and if they understood that they would not have voted for it.
She says adding fluoride to the water is discriminatory.
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