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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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• Taranaki District Health Board set to back fluoride in water

  Taranaki health officials look set to join the affirmative side of the fluoridation debate. At a Taranaki District Health Board health advisory committee meeting yesterday, members were presented with a position statement on the issue. Most backed the health benefits. Committee member Dr Peter Catt said there was a chronic oral health issue in the […]

• Taranaki: Fluoride debate flares up again

  The debate about fluoride in water is on the boil again. A hearing will be held at the New Plymouth District Council tomorrow (Thursday) in preparation for the Draft Annual Budget. Representatives from the newly formed Fluoride Free Taranaki group will make a case to the council for eliminating the chemical from water. “Our view […]

• Upper Hutt: Fluoride network pleased

  A majority decision by the Upper Hutt City Council “to lobby” Greater Wellington to remove fluoride from the region’s water supply has been hailed a major milestone by the Fluoride Action Network. The decision, taken with an unofficially recorded seven to four vote, emerged out of Thursday’s hearing of public submissions to the council’s own […]

• Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water

  WASHINGTON — Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, Environmental Working Group (EWG) today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative Report on Carcinogens, based on its ability to cause a rare form of childhood bone cancer, osteosarcoma, in boys. […]

• Whanganui: Fresh push for fluoride

  The Whanganui District Health Board’s on-again, off-again debate about fluoridation has been finalised and it will be asking the three local authorities within its borders to consider putting fluoride into their water supplies. Fluoridation had been discussed by both the community and public health advisory committee (CPHAC) and the hospital advisory committee (HAC) in August […]

• New Plymouth: Lawsuit over fluoride effects

  New Plymouth residents suddenly feeling perky after the cessation of water fluoridation are being asked to join a lawsuit action against the Health Ministry. Fluoridegate Legal Action NZ is advertising today to find people who might have had a chemical intolerance to fluoride and would be interested in joining a class action lawsuit against the […]

• Is Fluoride Really All That Safe?

  “The Fluoride Deception” reads like a whodunit. There are conspiracies, cover-ups, human casualties, and broken careers. The prime suspects in this toxic thriller are compounds of fluoride; the coconspirators represent industry, the military, and the public health community. At the book’s ending, the suspect chemicals are not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but we […]