The ruling in the US Court case on fluoridation is out! The Federal Court judge has concluded “Plaintiffs have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that water fluoridation at the level of 0.7 mg/L – the prescribed optimal level of fluoridation in the United States – presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health…
The US National Toxicology Program (NTP) has just released its final version of a major review that finds a “large body” of evidence that fluoride exposure is “consistently associated with lower IQ in children”. The NTP represents the highest quality science on this topic in the world. Consequently there are now headlines like this around…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Nelson City councillors were advised on Thursday (7th March 2024) that the Ministry of Health has agreed to an extension to the implementation date for fluoridation because of the ongoing legal uncertainty about the directive. In a letter to the Minister on 15 February, Mayor Nick Smith requested an extension to the implementation date saying…
Fluoride on the Brain, a new documentary released by Reality Check Radio (RCR) on Monday 29 January 2024, gives an unbiased, up-to-date overview of the fluoridation issue in New Zealand today. As part of his research into the issue, documentary maker Alistair Harding, contacted both the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA). The Ministry of Health…
Fluoride Free Cambridge, a group of highly concerned Waipā residents formed to oppose the Director General of Health’s unlawful mandate to fluoridate Cambridge’s shared public water supply. Sam Hore, one of Fluoride Free Cambridge’s coordinators said that, “A petition is already circulating in the Waipa with hundreds of signatures already collected within days of its…
