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NZ: Wairarapa mayors back ‘consumer choice’ on fluoride
The mayors of two Wairarapa districts facing water fluoridation as default both said they would prefer consumer choice on the issue. Last week, the Government announced plans to amend the Fluoridation Bill, first introduced in 2016. Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said adding the chemical to drinking water would boost the nation’s oral health. […]
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An Open Letter To NZ Scientists And Educators
Any scientist or educator who has followed the science of fluoride’s toxicity – especially its potential to damage the developing brain – must be stunned to hear that the NZ government is set to introduce mandatory water fluoridation into the whole country. Either NZ scientists and educators have not kept up with the science or […]
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NZ: Whangarei Mayor slams Government moves to ‘mass medicate’ council drinking water with fluoride
Whangarei’s new $30 million Whau Valley water treatment plant at Whau Valley is one of the Northland water supplies where fluoride would be added if a Government plan proceeds. Government moves towards “mass medicating” council water supplies with fluoride have come under fire from Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai. “People who drink water from the tap […]
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NZ: Dental Association Welcomes Pragmatic Resolution To Community Water Fluoridation Decisions
The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) welcomes the Government’s announcement that the decision-making process for community water fluoridation will sit with the Director General of Health. The NZDA is very pleased with the news, having advocated on behalf of the dentists and their patients to the health select committee in 2017 that community water fluoridation […]
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NZ: Big Tick For Fluoridation Decision – More Brave Action Needed – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists is welcoming the Government’s legislative decision to hand over control of water fluoridation to the Director General of Health but is urging even stronger action to improve the oral health of New Zealanders. ASMS represents senior doctors and dentists in public hospitals. Executive Director Sarah Dalton says tooth decay […]
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NZ: What is water fluoridation and how does it work?
Note from Fluoride Action Network: With the rollout of fluoridation propaganda in preparation for mandatory fluoridation, this journalist covered all the angles in her report, unfortunately relying on government officials as sources throughout. Under the question “Is it Safe” the journalist wrote: “there is no evidence linking fluoridation with any adverse health effects, health officials […]
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Hunua 1080 drop: Auckland Council liquidating Friends of Sherwood Trust over legal challenge
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, go to http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/sodium.fluoroacetate-page.htm An anti-1080 charity with more than three decades’ experience could soon be extinct after failing to pay the nearly $30,000 it owes Auckland ratepayers over a failed legal challenge. In 2018, the […]
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NZ: Moving responsibility for fluoride in water to health a ‘victory for science’ says GPs
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Where are the published studies to affirm that “there is strong scientific evidence to support drinking water fluoridation as a safe, effective measure to maintain oral health, prevent tooth decay, and reduce health inequities”? Has anyone in this august body read the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies? These studies reveal that the […]
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NZ: Dentists praise fluoridation call; Christchurch councillors want to see the money
Dr Arun Natarajan, a paediatric dental specialist at Christchurch Hospital, says research shows poverty is linked to poor oral health. (First published in 2020 Canterbury dentists have praised the Government’s decision to take responsibility for water fluoridation from councils, saying it will reduce child tooth decay. The announcement was “a huge step forward” for equity, […]
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NZ: Proposed law will centralise water fluoridation decisions – Expert Reaction
Note from Fluoride Action Network: All three individuals asked to comment below are fluoridation proponents: • Professor Barry Borman: 2012 response to Choi; 2015 study • Matt Hobbs: 2020 study • Professor Murray Thomson: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago; Comments in 2013 and in 2017; Expert comment supplied by Science Media Centre The SMC […]
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