Fluoride Free NZ is surprised to hear you refer to those of us who take an active concern of clean pure drinking water as parasites. We find your comments baseless and insulting to the majority of international scientists and world governments, who have rejected fluoridation as ineffective, unsafe, and unethical. It also seems a rather…
Dear Mr Coffey, Fluoride Free NZ invites you to hear your community’s concerns about water fluoridation at the Informed Dentists and Doctors Event at 4pm on Saturday 26 July at the Sudima Hotel. Listen to the Dentists and Doctors who have reviewed the current information on fluoridation and get a second opinion and become fully informed. Like…
Waikato University Science and Engineering Department Google Hang Out Monday 14 October 2013 12pm In October 2013, some Waikato University faculty got together and held a live streamed Google Hangout. They were attempting to show the science on fluoridation but what they showed was that they were ignorant of the science. The fact that they…
Read detailsEnamel defects and dental caries among Southland children Mackay T D, Thomson W M, NZ Dental Journal 101, No. 2, June 2005 (p35-43) Key findings from this study were as follows. Dental fluorosis incidence There were no socioeconomic differences in relation to dental fluorosis The prevalence of diffuse opacities (and therefore the overall prevalence of…
Read detailsPrevalence of enamel defects and dental caries among 9-year-old Auckland children. Schulter PJ, Kanagaratnam S, Durward CS, Mahood R NZ Dental Journal December 2008 (p145-152) Summary This study found that water fluoridation increases the incidence of dental fluorosis, but has no lasting benefit in reducing tooth decay. The study concluded that there had not been…
Read detailsAs parents we are responsible for what goes into our children’s bodies. Fluoride Free NZ has serious concerns about children, in particular infants, consuming fluoride. Parents should never use fluoridated water to mix infant formula for babies who need it. See our page about this very important information here. Fluoride is not an essential nutrient. The…
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…
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