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In a strange act of synchronicity, on the day New Zealand was announcing that our children have some of the worst teeth in the Western world the United States Environmental Protection Agency hosted a science forum on fluoridation. It was intended to confirm the effectiveness of fluoridation. But on the day, despite an overflowing house […]

Hamilton City Council will debate the fluoridation of water following a meeting between pro- and anti-fluoridation groups yesterday. Fluoride Action Network representatives Siggy Henry, Val Sandford and Christine Cave said at a briefing for councillors that hydrofluosilic acid, a fertiliser byproduct put into the water, is a waste product and should not be used. The […]

Catherine was off her food for weeks before finally admitting to a pain in her mouth. When she opened wide, the culprit seemed obvious: an adult molar blocked by an undislodged baby tooth was pushing sideways through the 10-year-old’s gum. But when her mother phoned the dental clinic at her central Auckland school to arrange […]

Plans to fluoridate Wairoa’s water supply have been canned, amid jubilation from anti-fluoridation campaigners and bitter disappointment from health workers. The Wairoa District Council has voted 5-4 to rescind a decision made last October, in which the council voted equally narrowly to introduce fluoridation. Wairoa resident Sylvia Cole, whose anti-fluoridation petition had gathered more than […]

To have better behaved citizens we could legislate putting Valium in the town water supply, or aspirin and cholesterol drugs to reduce heart attacks, and hormones to regulate birth control. Not a silly idea? Of course it is! It violates Nuremberg laws as well as basic individual freedom to choose. So why is it that […]

The Timaru District Council will receive half the setting up cost of fluoridating its water supply under a new Government public health measure. But while the Ministry of Health wants all local bodies to fluoridate their water, Timaru mayor Wynne Raymond has signalled such a move is unlikely here because of the strength of public […]

Whangarei voters have given fluoridation the thumbs down in a council opinion poll. Only 38% of residents voted on the Ministry of Health proposal to put fluoride in drinking water in a bid to reduce serious dental decay in children. More than 11,000 voters opposed the move while more than 6,000 were in favour. Whangarei […]

Health authorities are prepared to parrot other people’s studies to back fluoridation but are too scared to debate the issue, visiting American lobbyist Paul Connett says. Chemistry professor Dr Connett, who spoke to a Timaru audience last night about the perils of fluoridation after a talk in Methven at the weekend, said yesterday that health […]

A religious-type fervour continues to keep some people committed to putting fluoride in water supplies, American chemistry lecturer and anti-fluoride campaigner Paul Connett said in Timaru yesterday. He said there was rational scientific argument that fluoride did not achieve the results against tooth decay that dental associations and some governments said they did. “Firstly, the […]

Dear All, NYSCOF has forwarded us two articles containing information about three victories (Inglewood, Kaitake and Timaru) against fluoridation in New Zealand. The second article below is full of irony. Ms. Karen Poutasi of the NZ Ministry of Health, is quoted as saying, that she had “access to the best of information and analysis” and […]