Fluoride Free New Zealand
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WHANGAREI — In a tense meeting today, Whangarei councillors voted seven to six (with one abstainer) to reject the Director-General of Health’s (DGH) directive to start fluoridation.
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OAMARU — Water samples taken by Oamaru residents and sent to an accredited laboratory found the level of fluoride in the water coming out their taps was well outside the council's stipulated target and outside the upper limit recommended for fluoridation by the Ministry of Health.
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Water fluoridation might result in 1/4 less filling per person or 3-4% more people without any tooth decay – or it might have no benefit at all! This is the finding of the latest review by the Cochrane Collaboration – internationally regarded as the gold standard in health reviews.
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HASTINGS — Last week the High Court in Wellington heard the case that the Hastings District Council had implemented an unlawful directive to start fluoridation. Today Justice La Hood ruled that the council was allowed to continue because the unlawful directive was still "valid".
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HASTINGS — Fluoride Free New Zealand (FFNZ), along with New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out for Science (NZDSOS), filed for an Injunction against the Hastings District Council in the Wellington High Court yesterday (9 April 2024).
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HASTINGS — A protest is planned for Friday 5 April outside the Hastings District Council in Lyndon Road East.
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NELSON — Nelson City councillors were advised on Thursday (7th March 2024) that the Ministry of Health has agreed to an extension to the implementation date for fluoridation because of the ongoing legal uncertainty about the directive.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Tooth decay in the formerly-fluoridated Hastings and Havelock North has continued to decline since fluoridation ceased in 2016, according to official School Dental Data says Dr Neil Waddell, former Professor of Dental Materials at the School of Dentistry, University of Otago.
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A High Court decision issued last Friday in the New Health New Zealand vs the Director General of Health (DG) case, found that the DG acted unlawfully because he had failed to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) before he mandated 14 Councils to put fluoride into their communities’ drinking water.
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The National Party is relying on outdated and discredited science in its continued support of adding a hazardous waste (“fluoride”) to the public water supply.
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The Western Bay of Plenty (WBOP) District Council requested the Ministry of Health speak to them about the issues raised by the public – including the safety and ethics of water fluoridation.
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On the 12th of June 2023, New Health New Zealand filed proceedings against Director-General (DG) of Health's directives to 14 Local councils to fluoridate parts of their water supplies.
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On the 28th of March 2023, New Zealand mainstream media outlet Stuff, published an article titled "The Whole Truth: Water fluoridation - at recommended levels - is safe and beneficial." This post rebuts all the points made in Stuff's article.
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The US National Toxicology Program released a draft report last Wednesday linking prenatal and childhood fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children, after public health officials tried for almost a year to block its publication.
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The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, has advised all local councils with unfluoridated communities that he intends issuing an instruction to fluoridate their water.
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