In July 2022 the Director-General of Health (DG) sent directives to 14 councils around New Zealand to start fluoridation by a given timeframe or face serious financial penalties – $200,000 plus $10,000 a day for every day thereafter. But at a court hearing yesterday the DG’s lawyer stated she has no intention of seeking these fines. Councils are…
Fluoridation…the bad news – and a plan of action. If you have not already heard, we have very bad news – Waitaki water will be fluoridated by the end of this month. Council’s Press release: Director General of Health confirms fluoridation for Ōamaru If you have the Waitaki App see yesterday’s article: Fluoride in Ōamaru…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE FROM FLUORIDE FREE NEW ZEALAND AND NEW ZEALAND DOCTORS SPEAKING OUT WITH SCIENCE. Last week the High Court in Wellington heard the case that the Hastings District Council had implemented an unlawful directive to start fluoridation. Yesterday Justice La Hood ruled that the council was allowed to continue because the unlawful directive…
Pre-natal fluoride exposure has serious consequences for mental health, according to another major study just published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). According to Tracy Bastain, senior author of the study and an associate professor of clinical population and public health science “Our results showed that higher fluoride levels in mother’s…
Angela Hair and Lizzie Freeman present petition to Hastings District Council to stop fluoridation – 2 May 2024
Fluoride Free New Zealand (FFNZ), along with New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS), filed for an Injunction against the Hastings District Council in the Wellington High Court yesterday (9 April 2024). FFNZ and NZDSOS consider the Hastings District Council’s decision to resume fluoridating Hastings community water supplies to be unlawful, unscientific, undemocratic and…
A protest is planned for tomorrow, Friday 5 April outside the Hastings District Council in Lyndon Road East. The protest is in response to the Council’s decision to start fluoridation without any public consultation and without completing a New Zealand Bill of Rights analysis as required by a High Court ruling in November last year. Fluoridation was…
Letter sent to Far North District Council, Hastings District Council, Kawerau District Council and Tararua District Council 14 March 2024. Dear Mayor and Councillors On Thursday last week (7/3/24), the Nelson City Council received agreement from the Director General of Health that fluoridation implementation could be delayed until 31 December 2024 (was due to start…
