Do you oppose adding fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid) to our water? Are you aware that promoters now say the primary benefit from fluoride is topical rather than systemic (i.e. it needs to be applied to the surface of the tooth rather than swallowed)? Are you aware of other successful public dental health programmes such as CHILDSMILE…
Read detailsFluoride does not work by swallowing The 1940s theory that fluoride needed to be incorporated into the tooth enamel by swallowing it, has been thoroughly discredited by both supporters and opponents of fluoridation. It is not even touted anymore by those pushing fluoridation today. Fluoride promoters now claim that if there is any benefit from…
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…
Fluoride Free NZ’s presentation of the Franklin Ward Petition to Auckland Council Regional Strategy and Policy Committee meeting 7 April 2016 Video recording can be watched here. Time From: 2m 23sec To: 12m 11sec Transcript: Kane Titchener: Thank you. I have handed in the petition and the signatures. I would also like 2 information sheets distributed…
Read detailsOpen Letter to New Zealand Associate Health Minister (see item on NewstalkZB) The Honourable Peter Dunne Fluoride Information Network for Dentists Presented Friday 11th March, 2016 HEALTH RISKS TO NEW ZEALANDERS FROM FLUORIDE While our public health authorities and their advisors consider dental fluorosis to be the only side effect of water…
Auckland Council’s water supplier Watercare has quietly gone about reducing the level of fluoride in Auckland’s tap water. Without announcement or fanfare from Watercare or Auckland Council, the clandestine move was instead included in an Information Report prepared by Watercare for Auckland Council after the November Auckland Council Regional Strategy and Policy Committee meeting. Auckland’s…
Massey University analyst Caroline Fyfe and Massey University Professor, Barry Borman have recently published a paper in the New Zealand Medical Journal which claims that fluoridation is cost effective In New Zealand. We believe the analysis was poorly conducted and failed to consider some of the most basic aspects. Therefore we have sent the authors…
News 1 Mar 2016 Non-fluoride tap gets go ahead Radio New Zealand. 1 Mar 2016 Non-fluoridated water on the table Wairarapa Times-Age Masterton is the only fluoridated township in Wairarapa. According to MoH statistics, five year old children living in nonfluoridated Wairarapa have the best teeth in the country. In response to submissions to the…
Read detailsFluoride Free New Zealand (FFNZ) rejects NZDA propaganda ahead of Thames Vote. Claims by David Crum, CEO of the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) are incorrect and designed to mislead the public ahead of the Thames referendum on water fluoridation, says FFNZ spokesperson Mary Byrne. Mr.Crum accused those opposed to fluoridation of having “outdated, poorly…
