Dear Mayor and councillors We are pleased that you will be discussing fluoridation at your meeting on Monday 26th August 2024. We have read the report provided by Council officers and would like to draw your attention to a number of areas that we believe needs further consideration. Our intention, like yours, is to provide the best outcome…
Fluoride Free New Zealand has launched a parliamentary petition calling for an end to water fluoridation. The aim of the petition is to make decision makers aware of the depth of feeling that exists in New Zealand against fluoridation. This has become very evident since 14 councils were directed last year to fluoridate their water…
The office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor and the Director General of Health, Dr Diana Sarfarti, have dismissed the growing evidence from around the world that fluoride is a neurotoxin, preferring instead to rely on the findings from a very low quality New Zealand study. The Broadbent study was published in the American…
Another significant study on fluoride harm in humans has just been published. This is the first human study to provide the mechanism by which fluoride is causing harm. This adds to the ever growing database of human studies finding fluoride causes harm to the developing brain. See our page Research since the 2014 NZ Fluoridation Report…
1. Promoters say fluoride works on the outside of the teeth but then say everyone must have it in their drinking water. 2. Even though fluoridation chemicals are added to the water supply for a claimed therapeutic purpose, they are exempt from the Medicines Act. Fluoride pills, fluoride toothpaste and fluoride mouthwashes are not exempt.…
Summary as at the 29th of July 2024 Fluoridation is still legal in New Zealand but there is an ongoing court case. Council Action. Awaiting ruling on an important U.S. court case. Ongoing Court Case – New Health New Zealand (NHNZ) vs Director General of Health (DGH) Not for profit group, NHNZ is challenging the legality of…
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 at 12:16 pm Two New Studies Show Association between Fluoride Intake,Chronic Pain and Arthritic Disease Press Release by Lead Author, Declan Waugh3rd July 2017 A collaborative group of international scientists, academics and medical practitioners have banded together without any funding to publish two major research studies addressing shortcomings in how public health…
As at 26th July 2024: 350 total Health Professionals including 21 Dentists & 45 GP and Medical Doctors plus 15 Ph.D Scientists support Fluoride Free New Zealand. New Zealand Doctors Speaking out with Science is opposed to fluoridation. They have some great articles. The Hidden Dangers of Fluoride in Water: How to Protect Your Health…
With councils around the country being ordered to implement fluoridation programmes, members of the public are asking “why do they need to this?”. Is dental health in their area worse than fluoridated areas? And if the Government wants to improve dental health, there are plenty of other ways to do it. However, when all is said…
It is now known that fluoride does not work by swallowing so adding it to the water supply is like adding sunscreen to drinking water in an attempt to prevent sunburn. Fluoridation was originally based on the theory that fluoride should be swallowed while children’s teeth were growing, so that it could be incorporated into…
Dr Hans Moolenburgh led the fight against fluoridation in the Netherlands.
For more information see Evidence Based Medical Science Used To End Policy Of Fluoridation Of Drinking Water In The Netherlands
With fluoride chemicals recently added to the Oamaru water, research from the Netherlands suggests some people could have acute symptoms over the next few months. Dr Hans Moolenburgh was a Medical Physician, Cancer Specialist, and Clinical Ecologist who led a team of medical doctors and researchers in the 1970s. Using double blind trials they showed…
