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Fluoride Action Network NZ

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Health 30 Jun 2011
Taumarunui Stops Fluoridation

The Ruapehu-Taumarunui District Council confirmed their decision to stop fluoridation in Taumarunui.

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Health 8 Mar 2011
Desperation, arrogance, or just plain anti-democratic?

Hawke's Bay District Health Board chairman Kevin Atkinson believes the DHB, not the community, should advise local councils on the matter of public fluoridation, suggesting DHBs are some kind of experts on this subject.

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Health 4 Mar 2011
Dental clinics Yes – back-door lobbying No

Health advocacy group Fluoride Action Network commends the construction of effective dental treatment facilities in Southland.

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Health 12 Feb 2011
Fluoridation House of Cards Starting to Fall

“Ordinary people around the world are realising that fluoridation does no good and potentially does a lot of harm,” says Mary Byrne, spokesperson for health advocacy group, Fluoride Action Network New Zealand.

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Health 6 Feb 2011
Fluoridation – hanging on by the skin of its teeth.

Only a nano-layer of your tooth absorbs fluoride, from surface contact, new research shows.

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Health 16 Jan 2011
Fluoridegate: Fluoride Spots On Teeth the Tip of the Iceberg

Calls for Investigation Accelerate as Documents, Conflict of Interest Questions Emerge Decades of assurances that consuming fluoride in drinking water is a safe and an effective way to prevent cavities are being called into question as a jarring Fluoridegate controversy erupts across the nation.

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Health 8 Jan 2011
Health Ministry figures again show fluoridation pointless

The 2009 school dental statistics have been released by the Ministry of Health.

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Health 28 Dec 2010
Lower IQ in Children could be caused by Fluoride in Water

Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence says a study pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online December 17, 2010).

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Health 20 Nov 2010
Fluoridation meets its Waterloo

Fluoridation was ended after 28 years, by popular vote in the region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on 25 October.

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Health 16 Nov 2010
Public Information Evening on Fluoridation

NEW PLYMOUTH — DVD screening on Fluoridation to be held at the Tasman Bolws Club, 35 Octavius Street, 29th November at 7pm till 9pm.

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Health 16 Nov 2010
Is Fluoride Really Safe?

HASTINGS — DVD screening on Fluoridation to be held at the Havelock North Community Centre 24th November at 7pm till 9pm.

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Health 14 Nov 2010
Fluoridation

WHAKATANE — Good for Teeth or Bad for Bones? Decide for Yourself. Public Information Evening and DVD screening on Fluoridation to be held at REAP House, Pyne Street, Whakatane on Tuesday the 23rd November at 7pm till 9pm. Dr Mike Godfrey will give a talk on the toxicology of fluoride with plenty of time for questions and open discussion. For more information contact mary@fannz.org.nz or 0800 FLUORIDE

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Health 8 Nov 2010
Is Fluoride Really Safe?

THAMES — Public Information Evening with DVD screening to be held in the Conference Room, Civic Centre, Mrty Street, Thames 7 - 9pm.  All welcome, free entry.

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Health 29 Aug 2010
Kapiti Council lowers fluoride levels below MOH recommendation

Kapiti Coast District Council resolved on Thursday to lower the fluoride levels from 1.0 ppm to 0.7 ppm because of the risk to babies developing dental fluorosis.

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News 6 Jul 2010
Dr Mercola calls for end to fluoridation

Internationally respected Dr Joseph Mercola has made ending fluoridation one of his priorities, adding his voice to the rising public opposition to fluoridation.

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Health 25 Jun 2010
Fluoride – the next tobacco?

What do cigarettes and fluoridation have in common? Much more than meets the eye according to Fluoride Action Network NZ (FANNZ), the non-profit health-focussed community organisation campaigning against fluoridation.

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Health 22 Jun 2010
EU report prompts new call for infant formula fluoride warning

Bottle fed babies’ health is at risk if their formula is made up with fluoridated water, according to the latest report of the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks.

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