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1080: Pest control company pleads guilty after chemical poisoning leaves man in coma
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, click here Stacy Squires/Stuff Firefighters decontaminate ESR investigators testing the Bromley site in June 2019 after a serious incident left a worked in an induced coma a month earlier. A pest control company’s worker ended […]
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An Insult To Everyday Kiwis
First they gave us only 9 days to make submissions to the Select Committee on changes to the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill. In spite of this, 2,434 New Zealanders and Groups had made a submission. The vast majority of these submissions are opposed to fluoridation. Only one day is being allowed for […]
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Fluoride: here next year?
Adding fluoride to Waipa’s four water supply schemes and six water treatment plants will cost ratepayers $1.2 million upfront and about $60,000 a year. The spend has not been budgeted by the council but could come as early as next year following the passing of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill in Parliament […]
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Chief Science Advisor Appears To Deliberately Mislead On Fluoride Science
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor has released a document purporting to show the latest science on fluoridation. However, among the many mistakes and reliance on out-of-date science, the most glaring issue is that she refers to two of the best studies ever carried out on fluoride and IQ (Mexico and Canada) as “having high […]
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Columnist: It is time to brace for fluoridation anger, by Mike Houlahan
Columnists like to give the impression of being oracles, but it does not take prophetic powers to figure out what is going to happen after this week’s effort rolls off the presses. That is because this column is on water fluoridation, and past experience offers plenty of evidence what to expect. Although I am not […]
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Health Committee Calling For Public Submissions On Supplementary Order Paper No. 38 (Fluoridation of Drinking Water)
The Health Committee has initiated an inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) No. 38 on the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, so it can seek public feedback on the changes proposed by the SOP. In 2017, the Health Committee of the 51st Parliament presented its report to the House on the Health (Fluoridation […]
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Letter: Fluoridate or be fined, by Ross Forbes
This week the House will debate the second reading of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, which if enacted, has the potential to mandate fluoridation nationwide. Implementation will be solely at the discretion of the Director-General of Health and if a local (authority) refused to comply it will initialy be fined $200,000 and […]
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Mayor not sure about fluoridation
The Southern District Health Board’s enthusiasm for extending water fluoridation is being resisted by Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult, who says he is yet to be convinced the region needs it. The SDHB last week resolved to support Government efforts to increase use of fluoridation — Parliament will today have the second-reading debate on the […]
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Chief Science Advisor Releases Pure Propaganda
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA) has just published a new page on fluoridation which is pure propaganda, ignoring or misrepresenting the current scientific knowledge. We have no doubt that the sole purpose is to provide a basis for the back door mandatory fluoridation Bill currently before Parliament, and the profluoridation decision expected from […]
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Statement by NZ Dental Association on new review of fluoride in drinking water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This press release is on the new report on fluoridation by the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor. Do not count on the information in this report until you read the critiques of it as this report contains serious misinformation. Because of its length, a critique by FAN […]
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