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Saturday, September 06, 2008

NZ - Roxburgh's water not to be fluoridated

Roxburgh's water not to be fluoridated
By JOANNE CARROLL - The Southland Times
Saturday, 06 September 2008
The Roxburgh Community Board has decided not to fluoridate Roxburgh's water supplies.
The board members voted unanimously against fluoridation at their meeting in Roxburgh yesterday. Chairman Stephen Jeffery said the community did not give the board a mandate to go ahead with fluoridation so the decision was straightforward.
Roxburgh residents voted against fluoridation, by a majority of 13 votes, at the referendum held with the local body elections last year.
A report to the board by Central Otago District Council assets and contracts manager Murray Washington says fluoridation of public water supplies generated significant public interest with often extreme views for and against.
Otago District Health Board senior public health dentist Dorothy Boyd recommended fluoridating the water to improve the community's oral health.
Overall, 49 percent of voters in Southland, Central Otago and South Otago were against fluoridation.

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