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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
