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The Taranaki District Health Board’s head dentist says more children under five years old are being referred to have rotten teeth extracted. New Plymouth stopped fluoridating its water supply in 2011. Dr David Antunovich said he had pulled the teeth of 78 children aged five years old and under over the past 12 months and […]

The Wanganui District Council has no intention of getting the fluoridation debate back on its agenda any time soon. This comes on the back of a high-level panel finding “no adverse effects” of fluoridation of public water supplies. The review, Health Effects of Water Fluoridation: a Review of the Scientific Evidence, was commissioned by the […]

Marlborough will not be getting fluoridated drinking water any time soon, the mayor says. Alistair Sowman said a report of top scientists supporting fluoridation gave clear direction on the contentious issue but a decision on the political hot potato should be up to central government, not district councils. Sowman voted in favour of devolving the […]

Councillors are calling for fluoride to be put back in New Plymouth’s water supply after a report by scientists ruled there were no health risks associated with the chemical. Councillors Gordon Brown and Richard Handley have spoken out against the previous council’s 2011 decision to remove fluoride from the district’s water supply. However, New Plymouth’s […]

Most New Zealand children and many at risk adults are exceeding the upper toxic limits for chronic ingestion of fluoride (0.05 mg/kg body weight/day), fluoride crosses the placenta but it’s effects on the unborn child is unknown. The total fluoride intake at the individual level is unknown and uncontrolled.  The MOH considers it acceptable to […]

Last week we had Dirty Politics this week we have Laundromat Science A “review” of fluoridation published yesterday (22nd August) was chaired by committed fluoridationists Professors Peter Gluckman and David Skegg. Both of these men had already hung their hat on the fluoridation wagon. It is obvious that this review was set up to allay […]

A high-level panel has found “no adverse effects” of fluoridation of public water supplies, following a review of scientific evidence. The just-released review, titled Health Effects of Water Fluoridation: a Review of the Scientific Evidence, was commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman and the Royal Society of New Zealand president […]

The level of fluoridation added to water in New Zealand creates no health risks and provide cost-effective protection against tooth decay, a review has found. The review of scientific evidence, released on Friday, was commissioned by the prime minister’s chief science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman and Royal Society of New Zealand president Sir David Skegg. […]

The secret ‘review’ of water fluoridation will only look at research that supports fluoridationists’ belief in ‘the safety and efficacy of fluoride in water’, says Sir Peter Gluckman, co-chair of this thereby-admitted ‘kangaroo review’. It is no wonder that scientific studies showing water fluoridation is neither safe nor effective have not been sought for this […]

THE region’s general practitioners have backed calls to put fluoride in Cairns’ drinking water, saying it would prevent long-term health problems and possibly chronic disease. A survey by FNQ Docs, a representative group comprising private GPs, showed that almost every one of its members wanted Cairns Regional Council to review their decision to remove the […]