Tagged: chlorination

Is chlorine the next chemical battleground? - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • Aug 18, 2016 •

• campylobacter,
• chlorination,
• chlorine,
• public health

Hundreds of people in Havelock North are gradually returning to full health after coming down with gastroenteritis when their water supply was infected with campylobacter. The bore water many of the townsfolk were drinking wasn’t treated with chlorine, which kills bugs and viruses and would have taken care of the campylobacter – avoiding this major public health crisis. But, as with fluoridation of community … Read More

Fluoridation debate: Responding to Tom O’Connor - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jun 02, 2016 •

• chlorination,
• doubt,
• drinking water standards,
• fluoridation,
• folic acid,
• iodised salt,
• Values

Ken Perrott responds to Tom O’Connor’s post Debating fluoridation and tyranny – Tom O’Connor responds. This is the second article in the debate. I think Tom’s concept of “freedom of choice” is confused. He appears to be arguing for his own right to determine a social decision. But that is undemocratic, it imposes an individual’s wish on society. Read More