The MRC working group report: a critique by the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, member of the Advisory Panel on the York Review 1. Background 1.1 The NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination published in September 2000 its Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation (University of York Report), having been tasked by Government to answer 5 specific…
Read detailsFLUORIDE QUIZ — TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Published in the Kapiti News January 2013 If you have queries about these questions and answers please email us at Please DO NOT ring Kapiti News. Kapiti News is not able to respond to queries about this quiz. The fluoride chemical added to drinking water is approved for…
Read detailsWhy Fluoridation Should be Ended in New Zealand A statement by Professor Paul Connett, PhD, February 2014. These are my academic credentials: 1) Cambridge BA (honors) in Natural Sciences 1962. 2) PhD in Chemistry from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA, 1983 These are the details of my professional experience: 1) I taught chemistry at…
Read detailsNZ Review of Fluoridation – Dirty Politics? You decide. The original report on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor can be read here: Fluoridation Review titled Health effects of water fluoridation: A review of the scientific evidence. The corrected version of the report is found here. Left: Dr Peter…
Read detailsQuestions and Claims from the MOH Fluoride Facts website followed by the correct answers below. Q. How much difference does having the fluoride in water topped up make? MOH Claim: A lot. The most recent NZ study shows on average 40% less tooth decay for children in fluoridated areas compared to those areas without it…
Read detailsIn May 2013 Hamilton city councillors voted 7 to 1 to stop fluoridation after attending a four-day Tribunal style hearing. Unfortunately, on the 3rd July 2014 it was restarted. The Tribunal consisted of a 1.5 hour primary presentation from both sides with ½ hour for questions from the councillors after each presentation, ten minute presentations…
Read detailsFluoridation promoters now say the primary benefit from fluoride is topical not systemic i.e. it works on the outside of the teeth not from swallowing. The original theory that fluoride needed to be ingested so that it would be incorporated into the growing tooth enamel and hence make the teeth more resistant to decay has…
Read detailsDr Robin Whyman – Clinical Director Oral Health Services at Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, Chair of the NZ Dental Council and past Chief Oral Health Advisor. Transcript of Talk at Hamilton City Council 28th May 2013 “How does this actually work, basically the process of decay once you get the acid forming around the…
Read detailsNo physician in his right senses would prescribe for someone he has never met, whose medical history he does not know, a substance which is intended to create bodily change, with the advice: ‘Take as much as you like, but you will take it for the rest of your life because some people say that…
