NZ - Lone Waikato DHB board member says no to fluoride

A health board member has broken ranks to accuse his colleagues of pushing through what he calls a "rubber-stamp" statement supporting water fluoridation.

Andrew Buckley unsuccessfully opposed the re-adoption of the Waikato District Health Board's position statement on fluoridation, dubbing it "flawed decision-making", but chairman Bob Simcock said the board was simply following the science and Buckley was a lone voice.

Local councils, not the health board, decide whether or not to put fluoride in the water. But many, including Hamilton City Council, have been the subject of campaigns to remove it and have looked to the DHB for a stance on it when making their decision.....................