OPEN LETTER Dear Michelle, Your incredulous reaction to Prof Paul Connett’s appearance at Parliament on the 30th January Newshub piece is in stark contrast to your response to being asked to participate in a debate against Prof Connett in April 2017. You said, “As you know I do a lot of media, so would be […]
News Archive
Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
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Professor Paul Connett argues against fluoride in water
Professor Paul Connett, executive director of the American Environmental Health Studies Project [Fluoride Action Network is a project of the AEHSP], says water and fluoride don’t go together. He chats to Mark Story ahead of his visit to Napier. What are your three primary objections to the compulsory fluoridation of public drinking water? a) It […]
NZ: federal control of fluoridation would be a nightmare
So would censoring debate on the issue For the past year or so, I’ve been following a critical situation in New Zealand, where local communities decide whether to fluoridate their water supplies. A number of communities have said no. A bill in the national parliament would change all that. If the bill passes, the decision […]
Why is Coleman so afraid of latest science on fluoridation
Why is Coleman so afraid of the latest science on fluoridation? National Health spokesperson, Jonathan Coleman, is castigating the Government for allowing the latest science on fluoridation to be aired. “This is now going to unfairly colour the debate and raise questions in people’s minds, especially MPs who are going to vote on these Bills” […]
Nats slam Government MPs over plan to host anti-fluoride group at Parliament
The Prime Minister has been forced to clarify Labour’s stance on fluoridation, after it was confirmed two Government MPs plan to host an anti-fluoride group at Parliament. Prominent US anti-fluoride campaigner Paul Connett is understood to be briefing MPs at Parliament in the coming weeks, hosted by Labour backbencher Duncan Webb and NZ First MP […]
Govt MPs to host anti-fluoride briefing
Opposition health spokesman Jonathan Coleman says it’s disappointing to see Government MPs hosting promoters of “junk science” at Parliament. Labour’s Duncan Webb and New Zealand First’s Jenny Marcroft are hosting an “expert briefing” from Fluoride Free New Zealand this week. Health Minister David Clark said he will not be attending the briefing, but it was […]
NZ Health Officials Proven Wrong on Mercury Amalgam Fillings
They are Wrong about Fluoride too! Finally, NZ health officials are moving to stop mercury amalgam fillings. The Waikato DHB announced today that it was no longer going to use mercury amalgam fillings after the European Union announced it was banning amalgam fillings for children. But instead of admitting that these fillings will have caused […]
It’s time to chlorinate New Zealand’s drinking water
At the artesian drinking-water fountain in Petone, there’s often a small queue of people waiting to fill big bottles with the famously crisp Wellington water. The district’s town water supply has long been chlorinated: hence the Petone fountain’s attraction. We value water purity and taste and will go out of our way to get the […]
Mosgiel to switch to city water supply
The changeover means Mosgiel residents will receive treated water from the Mount Grand treatment plant. This water, which is chlorinated and contains fluoride, is used throughout the city. Fears over the potential contamination of Mosgiel’s drinking water means the Dunedin City Council will switch the township to the city’s supply, to minimise potential health risks. […]
Bill to protect fluoridation from politics
The new chair of parliament’s health select committee is looking forward to making progress on some major pieces of legislation. Louisa Wall says the committee tends to set aside party political interests as memberrs strive for a health system that works for all New Zealanders. On the table is a government bill that will make […]