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Restless Mt Ruapehu raises risk of eruption
The likelihood of Mt Ruapehu erupting has increased – with temperature changes indicating eruptions were “more likely over the next weeks to months”. GNS duty volcanologist Steven Sherburn said yesterday temperatures a few hundred metres beneath the volcano’s crater lake were about 800C, but the lake itself was only about 20C. “This suggests the vent […]
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Fluoridation ‘increases tooth decay’ in the Wairarapa
The New push for fluoride in water by the District Health Board (Wairarapa Times-Age 6 November) is as predictable as it is absurd, says Mary Byrne, National Co-ordinator of the health activist group Fluoride Action Network, and newly resident in South Wairarapa. This is a classic case of statements being disproved by the very statistics […]
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Patea and Waverley: Towns divided on water fluoridation
Medical and dental specialists told a public meeting in Patea that fluoridating water in the town was vital for the health of local children’s teeth. Patea Community Board chairman David Honeyfield said there was a marked difference in public reaction between Tuesday’s Patea meeting at the Old Folks’ Home and one in Waverley on Monday […]
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Cryolite: Dangerous substances on Rena lost at sea
Just over a year after the Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, containers of hazardous substances still lie beneath the water. The Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee, has confirmed the contents of three containers of cryolite, a byproduct of the aluminium smelting process, have been lost at sea. The location of […]
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Fluoride and children’s IQ – response to meta-analysis by Choi et al.
The recent article by Choi et al1 has generated much interest among those following the perennially controversial debate surrounding community water fluoridation (CWF) in New Zealand. The renown of the paper is that the meta-analysis suggests that exposure to fluoride decreases the IQ of children. The validity of that finding has been reinforced by the […]
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Fluoride to be removed from Waipukurau water
Fluoride will no longer be added to the water supply at Waipukurau – against district health board recommendations. A Central Hawke’s Bay District Council special meeting has voted six to two in favour of ending fluoridation of the town’s water after considering 149 public submissions. Only 14 asked to keep the chemical in the water […]
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Anti-fluoride campaigners bamboozle with pseudoscience
ROTORUA. 26 September 2012. Local bodies will continue to be bombarded with pseudoscience by anti-fluoride campaigners, Dr Stephen Palmer, Medical Officer of Health from the National Fluoride Information Service told the Water New Zealand conference in Rotorua today. “In the absence of clear facts, pseudoscience works well – as toxicology and epidemiology are so specialised. […]
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Patea and Waverley: Fiery debate precedes fluoride sign-off
Before the battle lines were even set over whether Patea and Waverley should have fluoride in their water, the fighting had begun. South Taranaki District Council signed off on plans for public consultation on the contentious debate on Monday night. But the sign-off only came after debate over locations to be consulted and the rules […]
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Natural fluorine provokes reaction
“Cuddle a chemist and see the reaction.” That’s a little chemistry joke that has been around for longer than I have. For chemistry is all about chemical reactions. We mix two or more substances together (we call these reactants), and they react to give new substances called products. Reactants and products are often distinctly different […]
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Fluoride issue too hot for Royal Society?
As the Ministry of Health is steadily losing the battle to keep adding hazardous waste fluoride to public drinking water, the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) decided to prepare an advisory paper on the issue. On 20 July the RSNZ said it was “preparing a statement on the risks and benefits […]
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