Hope drawn from US fluoridation ruling

Waitaki residents against compulsory fluoridation are drawing hope from a United States court decision. But the director-general of health is maintaining there are “no adverse health effects” in adding fluoride to New Zealand drinking water. On September 26, in a US federal court decision, a Californian judge ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to […]

Warning: Neurotoxins in Your Water

Today we hear from dental expert Griffin Cole, DDS, NMD on the legal ruling concerning fluoride in drinking water. He discusses the science and sweeping impact of this court case, spanning across regulatory agencies, throughout the healthcare sector, among municipalities and within homes. Find out more about the “neurotoxicity” of this contaminant, how to avoid […]

Memorandum: Fluoridation Program Discontinuation

At the August Board of Directors meeting for Evergreen Metropolitan District, the operational decision was made to discontinue the voluntary drinking water fluoridation program. Fluoride is naturally occurring, however some drinking water systems with a low fluoride concentration participate in the water fluoridation program to provide a public dental health benefit. The naturally occurring fluoride […]

Fluoridation ‘paused’ after level found too high

The Waitaki District Council has “temporarily paused” fluoridation. It comes after it was informed early yesterday its dosing of the Oamaru water supply was above the threshold it had been directed to put into its public water supply. The council announced the pause later in the day. It came after a Waitaki resident provided the […]

EPA scientists retaliated against over chemical safety disagreements, watchdog finds

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency were passed over for promotions, received lower performance evaluations and got reassigned to other parts of the agency — all over disagreements about chemical safety. The EPA’s inspector general office, in a string of partially redacted reports, found managers in the EPA’s New Chemicals Division, part of the Office of Chemical […]

Multiple U.S. Cities Stop Putting Fluoride in Water Supply After Federal Ruling Acknowledges Risk to Children

Multiple U.S. cities and counties across the country have stopped putting fluoride in their water supplies after a federal judge ruled on September 24 that fluoride harms children and must be regulated. “Fluoridation is a house of cards and it’s going to fall,” Rick North of the Fluoride Action Network said speaking to Children’s Health Defense. “It’s only […]