Whangārei mayor slams move to 'mass medicate' council drinking water with fluoride

 Government moves towards ‘mass medicating’ council water supplies with fluoride have come under fire from Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai.

“People who drink water from the tap will be mass medicated [with fluoride] whether they want to be or not,” she said.

None of Northland’s 17 reticulated council water supplies across Whangārei District Council (WDC), Kaipara District Council (KDC) and Far North District Council (FNDC) is fluoridated.

Mai’s comments come as the Government last week stepped into the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill debate, wanting to become the centralised decision-maker on the controversial mineral’s addition into New Zealand’s council drinking water supplies................................