NZ - Fluoride in water supplies not subject to Medicines Act

Fluoride added to domestic water supplies is not subject to the Medicines Act, the High Court has found.

In a judgment delivered today, Justice David Collins found when fluoride was added to domestic water supply at a concentration of 1.5 milligrams per litre it could not be defined as a medicine...................

It ought to be then they would not be able to use hexafluorosilicic acid.