The question has to be asked – why after denigrating opponents of fluoridation and claiming that she has the science on her side, will Dr Dickinson not front up to a public debate like she agreed? Auckland University Professor Michelle Dickinson, aka science blogger “Nanogirl” has backed down on debating Professor Paul Connett, Senior Advisor…
In a press release last week, the head of pro-fluoride activist group Making Sense of Fluoride, Dan Ryan expressed astonishment that the Royal Society of NZ once supported keeping leaded petrol; Ryan went as far as to deny it. His confusion went further, showing he didn’t understand the difference between a discredited fluoride-IQ NZ study…
“It was petrol in the 70s and 80s – what’s the equivalent today?” presenter Petra Bagust asked on TV3’s programme The Project, which covered this week’s news about lead exposure lowering IQ by more than 4 points. “The answer is fluoride,” says Mary Byrne, National Coordinator for Fluoride Free NZ. “All of the discussion on…
Despite claims by Health Minister Jonathan Coleman this week that fluoridation is the best thing since sliced bread, the latest data from the Ministry of Health shows there is no difference between fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas. This is despite the fact that fluoridated data includes the most affluent area in the country, Wellington, and non-fluoridated…
John Pfahlert, CEO of the industry lobby group, formerly known as New Zealand Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association (NZSIWA).is urging the Government to make the addition of hazardous waste fluoridation chemicals to community drinking water, mandatory throughout New Zealand. Parliament is currently considering an Amendment to the Health Act to shift responsibility from local councils…
Fluoride Free New Zealand (FFNZ) will present evidence to the Health Select Committee when the issue is discussed in the coming months. They maintain that the evidence shows that fluoridation is outdated, unsafe and ineffective and that excellent public dental health programmes in non-fluoridated countries around the world are hugely successful. FFNZ will argue that…
NZ Dental Association water fluoridation spokesman and Nelson District Health Board Chief Dental Officer Rob Beaglehole has been cautioned again for giving misleading information. Last week, the New Zealand Dental Council made public its formal “firm caution” to Dr Beaglehole, directing that he take greater care in ensuring adherence to his professional responsibilities, particularly when…
Pro-Fluoride Lobby Threatens to Submit Fraudulent Advertising Complaints in Effort to Conceal Indisputable Facts About Water Fluoridation Proponents of the Government’s proposed legislation mandating nationwide fluoridation in NZ, have threatened to submit complaints to the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in an unethical strategic effort to keep any ads that question or raise legitimate…
Alarm bells have now been raised over the number of children needing general anaesthetic surgeries for dental decay. This must be taken seriously but, the answer is NOT more fluoridation. With only half of NZ fluoridated, and the latest New Zealand research showing there is no difference between the majority of children in fluoridated, compared…
Fluoride has been banned in China for over thirty years. China, along with Europe and Japan (where is has also been banned), know that fluoridation is archaic and dangerous. Will the many more Chinese visitors to New Zealand be told toxic fluoride chemicals are added to NZ water? Water fluoridation was banned in China…
A New Zealand study published in BMC Oral Health last month shows dental health improved the greatest extent for children in non-fluoridated areas. There is now no difference in dental decay rates between non-Maori children who live in fluoridated areas and non-Maori children who live in non-fluoridated areas, proving that fluoridation is not needed for…
The Government is planning to implement mandatory fluoridation to the whole of New Zealand. Currently, only around 50% of households are on fluoridated water, with only 23 out of 67 local councils still fluoridating, while voicing their growing concerns about fluoridation risks and dangers. In response to more and more councillors and mayors deciding against…
