Last week Dr Shane Reti admitted that his support for fluoridation was based on “his science” and “his belief”. Fielding a question from the audience at the National Party meeting “Let’s Talk Health”, Dr Reti was unable to answer why fluoridation should be continued despite a top US Government scientific body confirming that fluoride does…
Read detailsOn the 28th of March 2023, New Zealand mainstream media outlet Stuff, published an article titled “The Whole Truth: Water fluoridation – at recommended levels – is safe and beneficial.” Stuff’s article was in response to the release of the US Government’s National Toxicology Program’s Monograph titled “NTP Monograph on the State of the Science Concerning…
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The decision to direct Councils to fluoridate water supplies appears to have been made without Dr Bloomfield considering any of the matters he was legally required to consider before giving a direction, an Official Information Act reply reveals. The Government was losing the scientific argument so it passed the power to a political bureaucrat who would…
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The revelation that Wellington water was not being fluoridated at times over the past six years provides unexpected health benefits. Fluoridation was stopped completely at Te Marua’s Twin Lakes in February 2021 and at the Gear Island station in December last year. This has meant many residents in the Wellington region have been receiving non-fluoridated…
Read detailsTooth decay has decreased in New Plymouth since fluoridation ceased in late 2011, and at the much same rate as still-fluoridated Stratford and Hawera. This is according to the official data obtained from the (former) Taranaki DHB. This is consistent with other communities that have ceased fluoridation, such as Timaru, Ashburton and Tauranga. For 5-year…
Read detailsThe Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, has advised all local councils with unfluoridated communities that he intends issuing an instruction to fluoridate their water. The decision on fluoridation has always rested with local communities, upon the advice of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Fluoridation in 1957. However, the last National Government and this Labour…
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The revelation that fluoridation levels in Wellington and Upper Hutt water supplies has been below, and often well below, “recommended” levels, yet tooth decay rates have been unaffected, confirms that water fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay. Parents can be reassured that the drop in fluoridation levels has not caused their child to have tooth…
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The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor has released a document purporting to show the latest science on fluoridation. However, among the many mistakes and reliance on out-of-date science, the most glaring issue is that she refers to two of the best studies ever carried out on fluoride and IQ (Mexico and Canada) as “having high…
Read detailsThe Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA) has just published a new page on fluoridation which is pure propaganda, ignoring or misrepresenting the current scientific knowledge. We have no doubt that the sole purpose is to provide a basis for the back door mandatory fluoridation Bill currently before Parliament, and the profluoridation decision expected from the Director-General of…
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