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NZ: National MPs vote against Judith Collins, Shane Reti on fluoride policy in rare move for caucus
Newshub can reveal yet more discord in the National Party, this time over fluoridation – in an extremely rare move, MPs voted down the leadership on a key health policy. The Government has proposed making Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield responsible for fluoride in water to protect Kiwis and their kids’ teeth, rather than […]
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NZ: Fluoride call could mean changes
A move to give the Director General of Health the power to determine whether fluoride goes into water supplies has the potential to create divisions in Waikato. Only Hamilton City and Waikato District fluoridate all their supplies. The fluoride free website lists those councils not fully fluoridating as Waipa, Hauraki, Waitomo, Matamata-Piako, Otorohanga, Thames-Coromandel (apart […]
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NZ: Timaru dentist hopes government will act swiftly to fluoridate water
John Bisset/Stuff Timaru dentist Mark Goodhew is hoping Timaru’s water will be fluoridated as soon as possible after the announcement Central Government will take control over the decision from councils. (File photo) A Timaru dentist is backing central Government moves to take decisions relating to the fluoridation of drinking water away from district councils. Mark […]
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NZ: Wairarapa mayors back ‘consumer choice’ on fluoride
The mayors of two Wairarapa districts facing water fluoridation as default both said they would prefer consumer choice on the issue. Last week, the Government announced plans to amend the Fluoridation Bill, first introduced in 2016. Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said adding the chemical to drinking water would boost the nation’s oral health. […]
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An Open Letter To NZ Scientists And Educators
Any scientist or educator who has followed the science of fluoride’s toxicity – especially its potential to damage the developing brain – must be stunned to hear that the NZ government is set to introduce mandatory water fluoridation into the whole country. Either NZ scientists and educators have not kept up with the science or […]
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NZ: Whangarei Mayor slams Government moves to ‘mass medicate’ council drinking water with fluoride
Whangarei’s new $30 million Whau Valley water treatment plant at Whau Valley is one of the Northland water supplies where fluoride would be added if a Government plan proceeds. Government moves towards “mass medicating” council water supplies with fluoride have come under fire from Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai. “People who drink water from the tap […]
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NZ: Dental Association Welcomes Pragmatic Resolution To Community Water Fluoridation Decisions
The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) welcomes the Government’s announcement that the decision-making process for community water fluoridation will sit with the Director General of Health. The NZDA is very pleased with the news, having advocated on behalf of the dentists and their patients to the health select committee in 2017 that community water fluoridation […]
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NZ: Big Tick For Fluoridation Decision – More Brave Action Needed – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists is welcoming the Government’s legislative decision to hand over control of water fluoridation to the Director General of Health but is urging even stronger action to improve the oral health of New Zealanders. ASMS represents senior doctors and dentists in public hospitals. Executive Director Sarah Dalton says tooth decay […]
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NZ: What is water fluoridation and how does it work?
Note from Fluoride Action Network: With the rollout of fluoridation propaganda in preparation for mandatory fluoridation, this journalist covered all the angles in her report, unfortunately relying on government officials as sources throughout. Under the question “Is it Safe” the journalist wrote: “there is no evidence linking fluoridation with any adverse health effects, health officials […]
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Hunua 1080 drop: Auckland Council liquidating Friends of Sherwood Trust over legal challenge
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm An anti-1080 charity with more than three decades’ experience could soon be extinct after failing to pay the nearly $30,000 it owes Auckland ratepayers over a failed legal challenge. In 2018, the […]
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