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Maniototo: Fluoridation decision delayed
The Maniototo community will have another chance to voice its opinion on the sticky issue of water fluoridation after its community board decided more consultation and disbursement of information was needed. At its meeting this week, board members were expected to make a decision on whether or not to continue with their December 2011 resolution […]
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Hamilton. Robinson Report: Fluoride for panel or kangaroo court
Unless it cleans up its blatant conflicts of interest, Hamilton City Council’s fluoridation tribunal will be leaking credibility like a sieve. Despite careful plans designed by staff to maximise citizen participation and fairness in council’s public consultation and hearings process, four councillors with blatant conflicts of interest will be fully involved when it comes down […]
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Tooth decay rates higher in Maoris, Pacific Islanders
The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research New Zealand reveal that Maoris, Pacific Islanders and people from the lowest socio-economic quintile have a higher rate of tooth decay than other Kiwis. If, to paraphrase Don Quixote, every tooth in a person’s mouth is worth more than a diamond, then certain segments of the New Zealand […]
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Dunedin: Anti-fluoridation clarification sought
A United States campaigner against fluoridation has been invited to make a submission to the New Zealand Dental Journal for peer review. Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, a chemistry professor who taught at St Lawrence University in New York for 23 years, and wrote, with two other retired professors, a book called The Case Against Fluoride, […]
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Robinson Report: Time to clean up Hamilton water
It’s time for Hamilton City Council to stop playing doctor. After years of citizen struggle to end the city’s old habit of adding fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid) to public drinking water, a “tribunal-style” process is under way that should result in a firm council decision within months on whether to terminate or continue the highly controversial […]
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Invercargill: PHS fine with fluoridation
AN anti-fluoridation campaigner says she is “not surprised” the Invercargill City Council (ICC) will continue fluoridating the city’s water supply. The Ministry of Health promotes fluoridation as a safe and effective means of improving oral health, but the anti-fluoridation lobby says adding fluoride to water is ineffective in preventing tooth decay and equates to mass […]
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Gore: No fluoride blamed for toddler’s rotten teeth
Note from FAN: Fluoridation cannot help baby bottle tooth decay. It was highly unprofessional for dentist and fluoridation proponent, Tim Mackay, to suggest otherwise in the article below. A Gore toddler whose rotting teeth had to be surgically removed might have avoided such bad decay if water in the Gore district was fluoridated, a southern […]
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Hawera: US campaigner condemns fluoride
The debate over adding fluoride to South Taranaki’s water again bubbled to the surface last night. New York-based anti-fluoride campaigner Paul Connett spoke to about 40 people at the Hawera Community Theatre Lounge as part of his nationwide tour against fluoride. The South Taranaki District Council voted to introduce the chemical into Patea and Waverley’s […]
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Hamilton: The Case Against Fluoride
Hamiltonians are being slowly poisoned by a toxin which causes brittle bones and brain damage. That’s the claim of New York based St Lawrence University chemistry professor Paul Connett, author of The Case Against Fluoride, who was in the city last night. The controversial chemist is here at the invitation of the Fluoride Action Network […]
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FANNZ challenges NZ doctors to defend fluoridation in public
On Wed Feb 20, the Royal College Australian Physcians (RCAP) renewed its strong support for the outdated practice of water fluoridation. They offered no sound science why the modern studies that demonstrate it is neither safe nor effective should be ignored. Professor Paul Connett, co-author of the book “The Case Against Fluoride” who is currently […]
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