Currently in NZ, the decision on whether to put toxic crap in our water is in the hands of the local councils. I have been fighting our council for years, going and presenting submissions every year, to try and get it stopped.
The government are now proposing that the decision be put in the hands of the District Health Boards, who have to obey the Ministry of Health. This would mean that the areas that are unfluoridated could be forced to start fluoridating again.
We have till 5pm tomorrow night to put in submissions against (or some strange people might be for) the bill. I have just sent mine in, and now I'm knackered. Time to make some dinner and relax. But maybe I'll post my submission here tomorrow.
I'm glad it's more on a local scale for you, At least.
I hope that doesn't happen with the District Health Boards.
You should post it! I'm curious to see what happens. :( Seriously why can't they leave it up to the individual. THere are enough products out there for us to ingest it if we choose.