A match box containing a blob of mercury, a potent neurotoxin to take home. An ingredient of amalgam that had been inserted into a young mouth. This was the norm and reward for a visit to the school dental nurse when I was a lad. Amalgam fillings have surreptitiously been replaced by composite materials where…
Read detailsHutt City Council has sent this info-graphic to the Ministry of Health for an explanation and asked for a briefing on the matter of fluoridation. The Ministry have been asked to provide material and also present at the fluoridation workshop that is planned for Hutt City Council. Council’s request was initiated as a…
Read detailsThe Waikato Regional Council is responsible for ensuring the environment is protected from pollutants. As a part of that responsibility WRC issues resource consents to local body councils for their waste water to ensure that protection. Within the WRC’s area, 5 councils undergo fluoridation which is the addition to the public water supply of the hazardous…
Read detailsLake Taupo’s reputation as a pristine and protected environment is being contaminated by fluoride chemicals being flushed into Lake Taupo. Hydrofluorosilcic Acid is the toxic chemical that Taupo District Council uses to fluoridate Turangi’s public water supply. According to Point 12 of the safety data sheet under Ecological Information, it states: Ecotoxicity- Avoid contaminating waterways. It is even more revealing under Point 13…
Read detailsLake Taupo is one of the most pristine bodies of water in the world. Taupo District Council is charged with ensuring it remains that way. However, they have admitted that fluoride chemicals are not being removed in Turangi’s Waste Water Treatment Process and are being added to the Hangarito stream that feeds Lake Taupo. This…
Read detailsFluoridation Permanently Damages Tens of Thousands of Kiwis’ Teeth: Gold Standard International Cochrane Review Group Confirms A review of the efficacy of fluoridation published on Thursday by the internationally renowned Cochrane Review Group has further exposed the failings of Fluoridation. Once again, science tells us that fluoride does not work by swallowing, but instead…
Read detailsA post written by Jess Berentson-Shaw on Gareth Morgan’s blog appeared on 26 May 2015. Read it here. This is Fluoride Free NZ’s response to that post. Jess Berentson-Shaw begins by stating that she is finding out what makes life good for all children, not just some of them. Well considering fluoridation doesn’t work,…
Read detailsErin Brockovich has called for an immediate repeal of all laws that require or enable fluoridation; holding of Fluoridegate hearings; and for professional associations and advocacy groups (who have never studied the science) to rescind allowing their names to be used to endorse fluoridation. Erin Brockovich is famous for her work in bringing litigation against Pacific…
Read detailsThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has today issued an announcement that ALL water supplies that are fluoridated should reduce the amount of fluoride chemicals being added to their water to a concentration of 0.7ppm regardless of where it was previously set. The previous target was a range of 0.7ppm – 1.2ppm.…
Read detailsFluoride Free Auckland will be at the Auckland Go Green Event this weekend at the ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane. Dentist Dr Lawrie Brett will be speaking at 1pm on Saturday and 2.30pm on Sunday. Come along and support his presentation. Lawrie is one of many NZ Health Professionals Against Fluoridation. We have a growing number of health professionals taking a stand against fluoridation…
Read detailsFluoride Free Auckland will again be active at the Auckland Go Green Event on the 18th & 19th of April at the ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane. Fluoride Free Auckland volunteers will be joined by Dentist Dr Lawrie Brett to continue the campaign to End Fluoridation in Auckland and New Zealand. Dr Brett will be speaking at 1pm on Saturday and Sunday 2:30pm at the…
Read detailsWhat is more serious, one dental filling or thyroid disease? Mr Dunne thinks a dental filling is more serious. Associate Minister Peter Dunne, says that the new peer reviewed research from the UK, which showed that fluoridation increased the rate of hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid) by 60% “not to have shifted the balance of health benefit…
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