Fluoride Action Network (FAN) are the preeminent group opposed to fluoridation in the world. FAN are our “parent” group. Prof Paul Connett was the Director of FAN for many years and was instrumental in forming Fluoride Free New Zealand in 2003. At that time we called ourselves Fluoride Action Network NZ but changed to Fluoride…
Most people don’t realise, but 50% of fluoride ingested is stored in the bones and soft tissue. Accumulation of fluoride can cause a disease called skeletal fluorosis. The first symptoms of skeletal fluorosis are identical to osteoarthritis. “Long-term accumulative exposures to fluoride even at low levels carries a risk of sub-clinical or stage-1 musculo-skeletal fluorosis…
The late Dr John Colquhoun is a New Zealand hero. He was an ardent advocate of fluoridation and instrumental in it being introduced in most of the big cities in New Zealand. However, he ended up studying the facts and finding the data did not support what he was saying. He is one of those…
Wellington resident, Paul Wedel, explains to Wellington city councillors the economic madness of fluoridation. This was at a meeting in Wellington on the 8th of August 2012.
Up until 2021 local councils were responsible for deciding whether their area was fluoridated or not. However, in 2021 the Labour Government introduced the Fluoridation of Drinking Water Amendment to the Health Act. This put all decision making into the hands of the Director-General of Health. This move happened as a result of increased debate…
If you or your child have white spots on the teeth, or the tips of your teeth have white marks, this is probably a condition called dental fluorosis. In 2017, Fluoride Free New Zealand ran some billboards to try and alert the public to the issue. The only way a person gets dental fluorosis is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGy9kSskhY Sir Iain Chalmers was one of the scientists invited to participate in the York Review, a U.K. Government review of fluoridation in 2000. A number of studies, particularly those published between the 1930s and 1970s, purported to demonstrate very large benefits from drinking fluoridated water. In 2000, these studies were critically reviewed by an expert…
Linda Birnbaum is a former National Toxicology Program (NTP) Director. Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., is one of the most highly-respected scientists in the USA. A board certified toxicologist and microbiologist, she served as a federal scientist for 40 years. “We lowered the recommended levels from 1.2ppm to 0.7ppm. I think they need to go way down…
Doctors in the USA and the Netherlands found out many years ago that some people are acutely sensitive to fluoride. Everyone who is exposed to fluoride is having their health compromised, since fluoride is not a nutrient it is a poison, but some people are spending their lives being seriously unwell because of this poison.…
Not all dentists agree with fluoridation. It is assumed by many that they do, as it is the dentists who are the most vocal about supporting fluoridation. The New Zealand Dental Association is the main fluoridation promoter in the country. In 2012 , local dentist John Jukes, spoke up about fluoridation and helped get fluoridation stopped…
In July 2022 the then Director-General of Health (DGH), Ashley Bloomfield, sent 14 councils a directive to start fluoridation at one or more of their water supplies. The DGH is allowed to do this under the Amendment to the Health Act 2021 which gives the DGH the ability to direct councils to fluoridate or not…
Fluoridation has been rejected in just about every country in the world. Yet, here we are in New Zealand, extending fluoridation across the country. No country in continental Europe has fluoridation. Some countries in Europe did start fluoridation many years ago but have all since stopped. The last place to stop was the Basque region…
