US Government says ingestible fluoride NOT safe for most children
Council Meeting Wednesday 18 December 2024
In response the the Council’s decision on the 28th of November to reject the fluoridation directive, Dr Diana Sarfati, Director-General of Health, wrote to the Council and reiterated that it was an offence to not comply with the directive and she had the legal authority to impose severe fines on the council if she wished.
This panicked the CEO who called for an extra-ordinary meeting to get fluoridation back on the table and for the decision to be reversed. However, the councillors voted instead to write to the DG again, asking for an extension to the date they are being told to fluoridate by, until the outcome of the New Health New Zealand v the Director-General of Health is known. If they DG refuses the extension, then the council would seek agreement from the Governor General to stay the directive, and failing that the council would seek an Interim injunction on the grounds that the potential harm from fluoridation makes it unlawful for the Council to implement it pursuant to section 23 of the Health Act 1956 and that on the balance of convenience the risk of harm far outweighs any minimal possible benefit to oral health.
Council Meeting Thursday 28 November 2024
In a tense meeting today, Whangarei councillors voted seven to six (with one abstainer) to reject the Director-General of Health’s (DGH) directive to start fluoridation. Fluoride Free New Zealand congratulates the councillors for protecting their community from the undeniable harm caused by fluoridation.
Last week the Surgeon General of Florida (population 22 million) advised all communities in Florida to stop fluoridation. He stated unequivocally that “fluoridation is public health malpractice” and he said that putting a neurotoxin in the drinking water was not an answer to dental health.
Whangarei District Council is one of 14 councils that was directed by the former DGH, Ashley Bloomfield, to start fluoridation or face severe penalties of up to $200,000 plus $10,000 a day every day thereafter if they do not comply. However, the seven councillors that voted against it chose that no amount of blackmail could make them deliberately add a poison to the drinking water that they knew full well would most likely harm many people in their community.
Cr Gavin Benney, in particular, is to be congratulated, for bringing the motion to the council with the backing of Mayor Cocurullo. His notice of motion simply states that “the Whangarei District Council resolves NOT to fluoridate the district’s water supply as required by the directive from the Ministry of Health”.
Cr Benney’s action should serve as a shining example of what people need from their local representatives. Someone who will do the indepth research that an issue like this requires, and has the integrity and fortitude to bring the issue to table.
Fluoride Free New Zealand expects that this decision will embolden other councils to also reject the unscientific and immoral directive being imposed on them by the DGH. The issue will be discussed at the next Nelson City Council meeting on the 5th December. The Horowhenua District Council requested staff bring a report to them at their next meeting, on the 11th December, as to what their options are including seeking an Interim Injunction if the DGH were to seek enforcement.
The councillors that voted to reject the directive were Cr Benney, Mayor Cocurullo, Deputy Mayor Halse, Cr Golightly, Cr Ruka, Cr Olsen and Cr Reid.
It remains to be seen what action, if any, the Ministry of Health will take. If the Ministry do take action it will only serve to alert more people to the issue of fluoridation and the more that people know about fluoridation the more likely they are to oppose it.
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What a strange decision. Flouride is safe, healthy and natural. Just get on with it.
Andrew, I suggest you start reading the posts on this website to find out more information on this topic. People can have fluoride if they want, no one is stopping them. Forcing it onto others is another story.
It’s really not! Lots of latest info out from the US – and much of Europe won’t have it in their water – we are going backwards in NZ…not to mention costs to ratepayers with all the admin and monitoring of this neurotoxin.
Dear Andrew,
Read ‘The Fluoride Deception’ by Christopher Bryson and ‘The Case against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There ‘ by Paul Connett..
Fluoride causes heart disease, stroke and sudden death: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293593658_Fluoride_causes_Heart_Disease_Stroke_and_Sudden_Death
Andrew Langton needs to do some research !!
He is correct in saying that fluoride is a natural occurring mineral,,however he does not identify what type of Fluoride (not flouride) he is referring to. Calcium fluoride does occur naturally, Sodium fluoride is added to toothpaste and is what they propose to add to our drinking water, this byproduct is highly toxic to all living life forms.
Sadly Tauranga has a team of Gutless people who will suck up to the Govt so as not to rock the boat and maybe get rejected from any loans in the future, to get us out of the incredible dept we owe.
That dept was generated by a bunch of over paid labour party stooges .
We also caved on the maori seat decision, its hard to figure where their brains are.
Regards
David