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RACP submission to the Health Select Committee on the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, on the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill.
The RACP works across more than 40 medical, a national
fluoridation programme to be established would be more effective; however, we
acknowledge, direction. Giving DHBs the authority to mandate the fluoridation of local water
supplies firmly places the issue of fluoridation into the public health arena and ensures it is
linked to local health, the prevalence and severity of dental decay and
consideration of the cost effectiveness of fluoridation