On 14 October the Tauranga City Council voted by majority to add a developmental neurotoxin to Tauranga’s water supply, permanently damaging the brains of the next generation of the children to be born in Tauranga. They did so because they voted to follow, rather than challenge, the directive from the Director-General of Health, Diana Sarfati,…
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Water fluoridation might result in 1/4 less filling per person or 3-4% more people without any tooth decay – or it might have no benefit at all! This is the finding of the latest review by the Cochrane Collaboration – internationally regarded as the gold standard in health reviews. This is consistent with two recent…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
Read detailsIn 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…
Read detailsJOINT 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…
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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…
Read detailsFluoride 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…
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