Vyvyan Howard

Dr C Vyvyan Howard, MB ChB, PhD, FRCPath, has recently retired as Professor of Bioimaging, Nano Systems Biology, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster.

Vyvyan Howard is a medically qualified toxico-pathologist with expertise on the effects of toxic substances on the foetus and infant during the developmental period of life.

He is a past president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, which is a World Health Organisation and United Nations recognised NGO representing some 30,000 medical doctors around the world. He has also served on UK Government regulatory committees, including six years as a toxicologist on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

Vyvyan states that there is scientific evidence to support nervous system damage by fluoride both via a direct neurotoxicological mechanism or by an indirect endocrine disruption mechanism and that observed epidemiological deficits in human IQ could be as the result of both mechanisms.

It is his opinion that in humans there is an indirect mechanism for fluoride developmental neurotoxicity through maternal thyroid hormone disruption that is more likely to predominate and therefore be demonstrated at the population level. and that this is primarily because of the exquisite sensitivity of the human brain to minimal hypothyroidism.

As an international expert on the link between environmental hazards and cancer, Vyvyan Howard strongly urges caution in several matters such as water fluoridation.

A brief video by Dr Vyvyan Howard on fluoride in drinking water can be seen at: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=vyvyan+howard+fluoride+video&view=detail&mid=B30BE352654622CA5740B30BE352654622CA5740&FORM=VIRE

After doing a lot of research due to feeling ill and wanting to live a cleaner lifestyle. I was disgusted to learn fluoride which has been promoted for heathly teeth is a well known toxin. And this toxin is been put in our water.

It doesn’t matter if the dose in our water is low. It is a poison!
No level of poison is safe. So while I can buy a distiller to help minimize the effects of fluoride i’m drinking ( and yes i feel better, since doing this)

We are not just putting this poison in our mouths, and in our childrens mouths. We are drinking it, we are bathing in it, we wash our food in it and we don’t have a choice, this is appauling.

It’s known to damage the thyroid. It’s known to damage bones.
Its known to cause stomach problems. It’s known to increase the risk of cancer.
Floride is a key componant in rat poison and some insecticides.

This needs to stop. If individuals want flouride for their teeth, it can be their choice. But don’t poison the rest of NZ with this toxic chemical.

If trends are anything to go by, you will notice an influx in kiwis looking for more natural products including a fluoride free toothpaste. So why would we want this in our water which we use for so much. Please stop poisoning us.

Claire Newell, Auckland