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Ecostore removes ‘nasty’ fluoride claims from toothpaste marketing
DAVID WALKER/STUFF – The complaint was in relation to marketing for Ecostore’s Complete Care toothpaste. Ecostore has removed anti-fluoride marketing from its website after a complaint to the advertising watchdog accused the company of “scaremongering”. In July Ecostore launched a range of fluoride-free natural toothpaste, which included three products. Marketing relating to one of the products, […]
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Letter: Flawed practice
In responding to the recent release by the Ministry of Health of 2017 oral health statistics for Year 8 (12 year olds) Northland DHB oral health advisor Neil Croucher in referring to the relatively poor state of oral health in Northland, said, “If we did have fluoride in the water here in Northland it would […]
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Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Note from Fluoride Action Network: An Australian dentist told FAN that a professor at dental school taught students that what was important to maintain good teeth was brushing and whether one used toothpaste or not was irrelevant. (EC) The rising popularity of fluoride-free toothpaste could usher in an epidemic of dental decay, dentists say. Ecostore launched its range of natural […]
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NZ’s Priority chemicals list contains 7 fluoride pesticides, a PFOA, and an “inert” used in Sulfuryl fluoride.
Our priority chemicals list identifies the chemicals we believe are most in need of review here in New Zealand. The chemicals on the priority list make up part of the larger screened chemicals list, which were screened using our FRCaST screening tool. The chemicals on the priority list are categorised as either Group A or […]
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Canadian studies prompt researcher to voice grave concerns
Last week three new studies were published on fluoride adding more weight to an already overwhelming body of evidence that fluoridation is not safe. “I have grave concerns about the health effects of fluoride” said Ashley Malin, lead author of the Canadian Fluoride-Thyroid study and a researcher at the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public […]
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Eight cattle dead after 1080 drop in Waikato video
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080) The Department of Conservation says the animals appear to have entered an operational zone. Eight cattle found dead in the Waikato appear to have entered a 1080 drop zone through a broken fenceline, the Department of Conservation says. DOC is investigating the animal […]
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Our dangerous addiction
Excerpts: Growing Pain: New Zealand’s dangerous addition to fertilizer … For many decades, much of the phosphate from Banaba and Nauru was shipped to New Zealand and Australia, well below the market rate, and spread on farms by planes piloted by war veterans. New Zealand enjoyed decades of cheap phosphate, which became lucrative meat and […]
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1080 operation in northern Remutakas continues despite nationwide protests
Note from FAN: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080) Days after nationwide protests calling for a ban on the use of 1080 poison in forests, a 24,000 hectare bait drop was launched in the Remutaka Ranges. A break in the weather has allowed OSPRI to carry out a pre-feed pellet drop […]
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More on fluoride
THE University of Otago appears to be losing its way as the conscience of society with respect to preventing IQ loss in children from water fluoridation. Although academics were criticised, by Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, for not attending the recent public lecture on fluoridation and children’s IQ and engaging in debate (ODT, 6.9.18), university staff […]
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Infant And Fetal Pathologist Warns All Women to Avoid Fluoride Before And During Pregnancy
About three hundred people turned up to Otago University on Tuesday night to hear three overseas experts talk about the evidence and the potential mechanisms of how fluoride effects the brain. The three experts were unanimous in their recommendation that fluoride is a developmental neurotoxin that lowers the IQ of children and warned that evidence […]
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