University of Otago researchers want help from Oamaru children. The university is embarking on a major fluoride study in the town. Dr Sheila Skeaff said the focus of the study, taking place during the school holidays, was to monitor fluoride consumption among children between the ages of 9 and 11. The study would ask parents […]
News Archive
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Fluoride levels in Longburn water supply
Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) and Public Health Services of MidCentral Health (PHS) advise of a recent incident relating to the fluoride dosing system at Longburn. During routine monitoring at 1pm, Tuesday 3 April, elevated fluoride levels were detected in the Longburn community water supply. Laboratory testing confirmed the elevated levels at 8.7 mg/L, which […]
Letter: Fluoride evidence
JEAN Park (ODT, 5.4.18) asks if those opposing fluoridation have actually read the highly positive, robust scientific research. Could she enlighten me please as to where it is? I conclude, after reading the recent papers by Bashash et al. and Thomas et al., who found higher maternal urinary fluoride levels during pregnancy were associated with […]
Fipronil: Murchison bee deaths now a police matter
Note from FAN: Fipronil is a highly toxic Acaracide, Insecticide and wood preservative. See adverse effects • some older abstracts • 2013 EU Conclusion on the peer review of risk to bees from Fipronil • PubMed abstracts on Fipronil toxicity. The molecular formula is _____________________________________________________ Police are investigating after tests confirmed that poison was responsible […]
Sulfuryl Fluoride: Fourth bulk carrier ordered to leave NZ
Note from FAN: Sulfuryl Fluoride is a highly neurotoxic fumigant (see health effects). The molecular formula is: This little bug is causing a bit of a stink in New Zealand. The Ministry for Primary Industries has directed a fourth bulk carrier from Japan to leave New Zealand waters following the discovery of brown marmorated stink […]
Watch: Fluoride can impair intelligence says professor but former Health Minister says water fluoridation is safe, beneficial
Anti-fluoride activist Professor Paul Connett has shared his views during an interview with TVNZ 1’s Breakfast programme this morning, with a counter argument given by former Health Minister Jonathan Coleman. [Watch it here] Both gave firm arguments this morning on Breakfast around the controversial practice of fluoridating drinking water supplies. Professor Connett, who has a […]
Letter: Taking care of teeth
The January 27 Editorial claims that lobbying against fluoridation of water supplies is unscientific. This is not so. Ministry of Health data from the Community Dental Clinics, covering more than 90% of five- and 12-year-olds, shows that their dental health, as measured by decayed, filled and missing teeth, is steadily improving. And it is the […]
Sulfuryl Fluoride: Car dealers versus the stink bug
Note from FAN: Sulfuryl Fluoride is a highly neurotoxic fumigant (see health effects). The molecular formula is: Tauranga MP and National Party leadership prospect Simon Bridge’s has been called on to tackle the nasty brown marmorated stink bug. The bug has spread to the United States and Europe from Asia. They’re hard to see, hard […]
Oral health expert Robin Whyman slams claims made by fluoride critic Paul Connett
DHB clinical director for oral health Dr Robin Whyman says evidence shows fluoride can help reduce dental decay. Photo / File Fluoridating drinking water is about protecting the health interests of the wider population, a dental expert says. This comes in response to a Fluoride Free meeting held on Wednesday, where prominent critic Dr Paul […]
Fluoride in drinking water improves public health not worsens it, says Dental Association
The New Zealand Dental Association has re-iterated its support of fluoride in drinking water as a safe and effective way of improving public health. The association today responded to claims made by an outspoken critic of community water fluoridation, Dr Paul Connett, who is currently touring the country with the support of the Fluoride Free […]