A guest post on Whale Oil by a Mr David Whyte appeared a couple of weeks ago. Read here . This is our response to David. David Whyte’s arguments for fluoridation proved to suffer from exactly the same criticisms he levelled at the arguments against fluoridation. “Most, but not all, fall under the title…
Read detailsPress Release: Fluoride Free NZ 1 December 2014 An international panel of science and medical professionals has published a critical analysis of the 2014 New Zealand fluoridation report, Health effects of water fluoridation – A review of the scientific evidence. The peer reviewed critique published today outlines the failures of the Fluoride Report published…
Read detailsPress Release: Fluoride Information Network For Dentists 1 December 2014 A NZ report on the science of fluoridation conducted this year by the NZ Royal Society at the request of concerned city councils was of poor quality and misleading, according to an international critical review released today. Contributors and peer reviewers of the critique…
Read detailsFluoride Free NZ speakers presented to a good local crowd of 60 people on Saturday 15 November in Taupo. Those in attendance heard health professionals (one retired doctor, three dentists and an ex school dental nurse) give evidence as to why Taupo and Turangi residents need to demand an end to fluoridation. The speakers…
Read detailsJustice David Collins said the issue of dose was what troubled him most about the water fluoridation case heard this week at the High Court in Wellington. He is asked to decide if the fluoride chemicals added to the water supply, for the claimed therapeutic purpose of reducing dental decay, should be regulated as a…
Read detailsThe Advertising Standards Authority says it is not clear whether the statements on a flyer we, at Fluoride Free New Zealand, used to advertise a public meeting in Rotorua this year, were fact or opinion. We wish to rule out this ambiguity and assure people that we stand by the statements, which are supported by…
Read detailsFluoride Free NZ shares the Green Party’s concern for the environment and New Zealand’s “clean, green” image to protect, not only New Zealand’s environment, but also its economic wellbeing. You are correct in stating that “The first step to cleaning up our rivers is to stop adding more pollution”. So it is strange that the…
Read detailsAugust 28, 2014 Paul Connett, PhD, Director, Fluoride Action Network Background When historians write about our age they will be very puzzled by the fact that for over 60 years health agencies in a handful countries (particularly English-speaking countries like Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US) have pursued with such vigor…
Read detailsAugust 27, 2014 Paul Connett, PhD, Director, Fluoride Action Network This is the first of a two-part series on the whitewash reviews which are produced by pro-fluoridation governments in an attempt to defuse the growing efforts to end this foolish practice worldwide. Part 1 is on the whitewash review produced by the NZ government a…
Read detailsLast week we had Dirty Politics this week we have Laundromat Science A “review” of fluoridation published yesterday (22nd August) was chaired by committed fluoridationists Professors Peter Gluckman and David Skegg. Both of these men had already hung their hat on the fluoridation wagon. It is obvious that this review was set up to allay…
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