What are they fluoridating with

Help us complete this list by contacting your local council or water treatment facility and finding out:

1. which compound is used to fluoridate your water

2. the target dose of fluoride

3. the annual cost of operation (materials, training, equipment maintenance, etc.)

4. the supplier (company and country)

5. chemical composition, including levels of known contaminants.

Materials Safety data:

Hydrofluorosilicic acid (H₂SiF₆)

Sodium fluorosilicate (Na₂SiF₆)

Sodium fluoride (NaF)

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Treatment Plants for Fluoride 47 plants supplying 2,273,970 people in 129 zones within 48 communities.

Any Council that is fluoridating above 0.7ppm is out of step with the US DHHS recommendation on target fluoride concentration announced in April 2015. Auckland Council followed this recommendation in January 2016. Fluoride Free NZ’s recommended concentration target is 0ppm.

Location	Sodium fluorosilicate	Sodium fluoride	Hydrofluorosilicic acid	Target F Conc. (mg/L or ppm)	Ann. Approx. Tonnes & Cost	Supplier

	(Na2SiF6)	(NaF)	(H2SiF6)
Auckland			x	0.7	$200k – $300k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Balclutha		x		0.85	$15k	Kauri NZ
Dunedin	x			0.75	$38k	DC Rosser Ltd, importing Na2SiF6 from Prayon (Belgium)
Gisborne			x	0.7	$14k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Greater Wellington	x		x	0.85	$182k + $80k training costs	Na2SiF6 from Consolidated Chemical Company Australia, H2SiF6 from Ixom (prev. Orica) (NZ)
Kapiti	x			0.7	$13k	importing Na2SiF6 from India
Hamilton			x	0.7–0.8	$40k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Hastings			x	0.7	$17k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Hawera, Normanby, Okaiawa, Ohawe			x	0.85	$2k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Masterton			x	0.7		Ixom (prev. Orica)
New Plymouth			x	0.7	Was $35k	Ceased.
Palmerston North				0.8	$42k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Pukekohe			x	0.7	$5k-$6k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Taumarunui			x	0.0	Was $6.5k	Ceased
Taupo, Turangi	x		x	0.85	$2.6k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Thames			x	0.7	$2.5k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Tokoroa			x (18% in undiluted form)	0.7	$5k	Ixom (prev. Orica)
Whakatane, Ohope			x	0.7	$10.3k	Ixom (prev. Orica)

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