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…
Read detailsA shameful day it was, for those Whakatane District Councillors who voted to reverse the decision to stop fluoridation. The Council decision to support the District Health Board in starting a targeted dental health programme, based on the successful Scottish CHILDSMILE programme, was also reversed. Non-fluoridated Scotland has cut the number of general anaesthetic surgeries…
Read detailsAfter 44 years of water fluoridation, Whakatane District Council has voted to end the out-dated practice. Instead, they will consider providing funds to the District Health Board for targeted oral health programmes, like CHILDSMILE, which has been successful in Scotland for more than a decade. Because of this programme, Scottish children now have better teeth…
Read detailsMassey 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…
Read detailsFluoridation in New Zealand is the topic of the US Fluoride Action Network’s 26th of December bulletin. See below… The fluoridation issue has continued to heat up in New Zealand over the past year with local councillors, responsible for fluoridation, becoming increasingly concerned that fluoridation is neither safe nor effective. According to a local Wellington…
Read detailsThe US Government’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) is set to conduct new studies looking at fluoride’s adverse effects on the developing brain. The NTP is expected to ratify these studies within the coming months. Results could mean the end to fluoridation world-wide, and definitely should put a halt to any plans to start fluoridation in…
Read detailsAuckland Council Rejects Fluoridation for Onehunga in Landslide Auckland Councillors overwhelmingly voted to reject a proposal to add hazardous fluoride chemicals to the drinking water of Onehunga residents, voting 18 to 3 against the motion. The vote is in keeping with councils around the country not wanting to take responsibility for the fluoridation debate. Currently…
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…
Read detailsJohn Pfahlert, Water New Zealand’s CEO, has made repeated calls to roll out nationwide mandatory fluoridation, over-riding communities that have already rejected the outdated practice, or have remained happily free from fluoridation. Water New Zealand is an industry lobby group, formed from the now dissolved New Zealand Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association, so it comes as no surprise that…
Read detailsFluoride Free NZ’s new publication made the mainstream media today. See the article here. We are sure people will find this publication extremely interesting and engaging. Described by a top CEO as “exceptional”. The publication is a collection of useful articles and compelling information about water fluoridation. They may challenge some people’s beliefs, but will certainly…
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