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Fluoride Free New Zealand
(Fluoride Action Network NZ)
We are a non profit, public health education and advocacy organisation working toward stopping the addition of harmful fluoride chemicals to the public drinking water.
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Informed, Courageous Dentists do say “No” to Fluoridation
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:24 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The NZ Dental Association is about to implement rules to stifle dissent amongst dentists over water fluoridation – only a few months after Chief Executive David Crum denied they put pressure on dissenters. From November, dentists who state a view against ... More >>
$460K Vandal “OK” by Health Board
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 5:22 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Deputy Chair Ngahiwi Tomoana said it was fair and reasonable to expect signs from other organisations to be removed from district health board organised meetings when asked, and if that didn't happen there was justification for removing them. More >>
Both sides call for national fluoridation debate
Friday, 20 September 2013, 9:17 am | Flouride Action Network New Zealand
Fluoride Action Network (FANNZ) endorses the NZ Medical Association’s call for a national debate on fluoridation. FANNZ has been calling for an open transparent public scientific discussion on fluoridation for some time. More >>
More Sour Grapes from NZ Dental Association
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 5:04 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The NZ Dental Association is in no position to claim the scientific high ground over the Hamilton city council. Fluoridated water affects every part of our body and dentists are only trained to treat the oral cavity, not the entire body. It is also irrational ... More >>
Will we be the last place in the world to stop fluoridation?
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 11:33 am | Fluoride Action Network
Will New Zealand be the last place in the world to stop fluoridation? On the 6th of August 2013 the Israeli Supreme court ruled that all councils in Israel stop fluoridation by 2014. This comes on the heels of a law passed in April that repealed mandatory ... More >>
Dictatorship, not Democracy, Demands Dental Association
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:35 am | Flouride Action Network New Zealand
Fluoridation should be forced on everyone through mandatory legislation says the NZ Dental Association, following yet another crushing defeat for its failed policy when Hamilton councillors voted 7 to 1 to stop fluoridation. More >>
Ministers’ ignorance & bullying over fluoridation challenge
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 11:47 am | Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride Action Network NZ (FANNZ) has demanded an explanation from both Ministers Judith Collins and Tony Ryall over their recent claims and vicious attacks. More >>
Hamilton Councillors Give in to Vocal Minority
Friday, 12 July 2013, 4:50 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Hamilton City councillors voted seven to six to hold a referendum in conjunction with this year’s local body elections. Fluoride Action Network NZ applaud Mayor Hardaker and councillors Chesterman, O’Leary, Forsyth, Hennebry and Gower for not ... More >>
Broadbent Wrong – Fluoride is a Poison
Monday, 8 July 2013, 2:25 pm | Flouride Action Network New Zealand
Hydrofluorosilcic acid (HFA) that is added to most of the fluoridated water supplies in New Zealand is a class 8 poison, and internationally classified as “acutely toxic”. So Jonathan Broadbent’s claim on Q&A, Sunday, that it is not a poison ... More >>
Call for Referendum “Grandstanding”
Friday, 21 June 2013, 2:44 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Councillor Ewan Wilson’s call for a referendum on fluoridation in Hamilton is nothing but grandstanding and would end up either wasting more of the rate-payers money or putting councillors in the precarious position of being responsible when they cannot ... More >>
Hamilton stops fluoridation
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 12:10 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride Action Network NZ is delighted that the Hamilton City Councillors voted to stop adding hydrofluorosilicic acid the the community water supply in Hamilton. More >>
Ex Dental Association President Fronts Fluoridation Tribunal
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 11:46 am | Fluoride Action Network
Dr Andrew Harms, former president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Dental Association will be joining New Zealand doctors and dentists in a bid to inform Hamilton councillors of the need to stop adding harmful fluoride chemicals to the ... More >>
Hamiltonians Say No to Fluoridation
Monday, 13 May 2013, 10:10 am | Fluoride Action Network
Hamiltonians Say No to Fluoridation Hamiltonians have left the Council in no doubt as to where they stand on the controversial practice of adding fluoride chemicals to the community water supply. A huge total of 1567 submissions were received by ... More >>
FANNZ challenges NZ doctors to defend fluoridation in public
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 1:28 pm | FANNZ
On Wed Feb 20, the Royal College Australian Physcians (RCAP) renewed its strong support for the outdated practice of water fluoridation. They offered no sound science why the modern studies that demonstrate it is neither safe nor effective should be ignored. More >>
Waikato DHB Refuses to Present Fluoridation Case to Public
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 9:47 am | Fluoride Action Network
Despite the DHB being an avid proponent of fluoridation, Craig Climo, Waikato District Health Board CEO, has turned down an opportunity for Principal Dental Officer, Rob Aitken and Dr Felicity Dumble to present the case for fluoridation at two upcoming ... More >>
Health Ministry Clueless about Tooth Decay
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 8:30 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Health Ministry Clueless about Tooth Decay Even after decades of fluoridation, a new Government report is showing severe tooth decay in fluoridated areas. The same is happening in the birthplace of fluoridation – the USA. The 2009 NZ Oral Health ... More >>
Connett Tour to Inject Momentum to Fluoride Free Campaign
Monday, 21 January 2013, 10:36 am | Fluoride Action Network
Dr Paul Connett’s upcoming tour of New Zealand towns and cities is set to inject further momentum into the groundswell of opposition to adding fluoride chemicals into the public drinking water. Dr Connett is a world leading expert in fluoridation, ... More >>
Fluoridation increases tooth decay in the Wairarapa
Friday, 9 November 2012, 6:04 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The `New push for fluoride in water` by the District Health Board (Wairarapa Times-Age 6 November) `is as predictable as it is absurd`, says Mary Byrne, National Co-ordinator of the health activist group Fluoride Action Network, and newly resident in South ... More >>
Fluoridation to end in Central Hawke's Bay
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 2:03 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The Central Hawke's Bay District Council voted this morning 6-2 to end fluoridation in Waipukurau, the only local community with fluoridation. A survey in 2009 revealed that 80% of residents did not want the fluoride chemical added to their water, but ... More >>
The Council that doesn’t learn – 50 years of disrespect
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 11:27 am | Fluoride Action Network
Wellington NZ, 4 November 2011 On Wednesday 2 November the Hutt City Council voted 8 to 5 to continue to force medication on its population without consultation – an attitude for which it became famous almost 50 years ago. More >>
