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Prof in bid for fluoride study funds
More government-funded research is needed to investigate health concerns arising from fluoridation, says a United States anti-fluoride campaigner, who visited Dunedin recently. Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, an environmental chemist, of St Lawrence University, New York, outlined the “case against fluoride” at a public meeting attended by about 60 people. He is director of the International […]
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New Plymouth: Fluoride ‘can affect brain’
New Plymouth will have fewer geniuses and more “mentally handicapped” people if the town keeps fluoride in its water supply. Those are the findings of Cambridge University graduate professor of chemistry Paul Connett, a director of the international Fluoride Action Network. He has travelled the world spreading his message that fluoridation of water supplies is […]
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Hamilton: Fluoride back on agenda
The policy of adding fluoride to Hamilton’s drinking water is again up for discussion this week, after four councillors’ attempts to remove it earlier this year were defeated. The issue is back as councillors hear presentations canvassing differing opinions on water fluoridation at a workshop on Thursday. Councillors stopped short of making a quick decision […]
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Dunedin: Campaigner against fluoride to speak
A United States campaigner against fluoride, Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, will outline the “case against fluoride” at a public meeting in Dunedin tomorrow. Prof Connett, of St Lawrence University, New York, will speak at the Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Hall, at 262 Moray Pl, at 2pm. An environmental chemist and director of the International Fluoride […]
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Anti-fluoride activist sees ‘religious crusade’
Health officials backing fluoridation have squared off against a visiting professor who compared their message to “a religious crusade”. More than 60 people gathered at the Hastings District Council chambers yesterday for a workshop in response to a petition received by the council last month in which 250 people requested that the council reconsider its […]
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Hastings: Campaigner weighs into fluoride feud
A debate over fluoride was heard at Hastings District Council yesterday with Mayor Lawrence Yule indicating councillors may reconsider holding a public referendum. Anti-fluoride activists and Hawke’s Bay District Health Board representatives presented both sides of the debate on adding fluoride to the district’s water supply. The water supply in Hastings currently has fluoride added. […]
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Hastings: To fluoridate … or not?
That’s the question before the Hastings Council, which Tuesday hosted a packed-chamber smack-down between American anti-fluoride campaigner, Paul Connett, and three representatives on behalf of the Hawke’s Bay DHB — Dr Robin Wyman of the NZ Fluoride Information Service, Michael Beasley from the National Poisons Centre, and Dr David Marshall, HBDHB’s principal dental officer. Connett, […]
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Academic trio add substance to fluoride debate
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Lack of health studies into fluoride in water’s effects is ‘troubling’
Anti-fluoride campaigner Dr Paul Connett, who gave a speech to the Kapiti Coast District Council regulatory management committee on Thursday, says there were now 24 published studies that indicated moderate to high exposure to fluoride is associated with lowered IQ; there were more than 100 animal experiments which showed fluoride can damage the brain; three […]
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Paul Connett Speaking Tour of New Zealand: March 19 April 26
Dr. Paul Connett is the Director of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), and the Executive Director of its parent body, the American Environmental Health Studies Project (AEHSP). He has spoken and given more than 2,000 presentations in forty-nine states and fifty-two countries on the issue of waste management. He holds a bachelors degree from the […]
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