18 Mar 2021

Shifting fluoridation reponsibility to the Ministry of Health

From Lately, 10:20 pm on 18 March 2021

10:20 Shifting fluoridation reponsibility to the Ministry of Health

The Government today announced that local Councils will no longer be in control of the country's water fluoridation, with Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield making the decisions from here on in. Water fluoridation is the controlled adjustment of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay. Dr Matthew Hobbs is a senior lecturer in Public Health at the University of Canterbury and a senior research fellow at its Geohealth laboratory.

Water tap

Water tap Photo: AFP