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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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Council that doesn’t learn– 50 years of disrespect continued
Friday, 4 November 2011, 10:51 am | Fluoride Action Network
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 >>
Truth and Common Sense Triumph over Fluoridation
Friday, 14 October 2011, 1:34 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride Action Network NZ congratulates the New Plymouth District Council for its scientifically and ethically sound decision today to end fluoridation, and deploy the savings to actually help those with poor dental health”, says Mary Byrne, FANNZ’ ... More >>
Antifluoridation presentations "of the highest calibre"
Monday, 3 October 2011, 9:59 am | Fluoride Action Network
The New Plymouth District Council has heard two full days of presentations on fluoridation, supporting some 4000 pages of written submissions. Around 90% were against fluoridation. More >>
Dentist’s complaint against anti-fluoride billboard baseless
Monday, 26 September 2011, 12:19 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected outright a complaint by New Plymouth dentist David Antunovic that a billboard reading “Fluoridation is safe – Yeah Right” breached the advertising code. More >>
Fluoride-bone cancer denialist’s study fails
Monday, 8 August 2011, 9:52 am | Fluoride Action Network
Five years after being promised to disprove the link between fluoride and osteosarcoma bone cancer, the promised study has finally been published, failing in its promise, as predicted by international fluoride experts. The study only looked at bone-fluoride ... More >>
Taumarunui Stop Fluoridation
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 12:51 pm | Fluoride Action Network
The Ruapehu-Taumarunui District Council confirmed their decision to stop fluoridation in Taumarunui. The Council decided to stop fluoridation in the district's only fluoridated town after hearing submissions from the public and overseas expert, Professor Emeritus ... More >>
US Civil Rights leaders call for end to fluoridation
Friday, 15 April 2011, 10:37 am | Fluoride Action Network
Former U.N. Ambassador, Atlanta mayor, and close associate of Martin Luther King Jr, Andrew Young, has joined with Prominent Pastor Gerard Durley in calling for an end to fluoridation. This is due to disproportionately high health risks to black ... More >>
Leading Water Fluoridation Expert To 'Tour NZ
Friday, 25 March 2011, 11:40 am | Fluoride Action Network
Prof Paul Connett set to meet with the public and Government officials in a multi-city tour of New Zealand in March-April 2011 More >>
Desperation, arrogance, or just plain anti-democratic?
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 9:10 pm | Fluoride Action Network
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. More >>
Dental clinics Yes – back-door lobbying No
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 6:23 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Health advocacy group Fluoride Action Network commends the construction of effective dental treatment facilities in Southland. “Dental care standards have waned woefully over recent decades. This initiative begins to restore our oral health care to the ... More >>
Not just fatty junk food that lowers IQ
Sunday, 13 February 2011, 2:44 pm | Fluoride Action Network
To protect your child’s intelligence, keep them away from fluoride as well as fatty processed foods. British research just published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health shows lowering of IQ from exposure to processed foods at a young age. ... More >>
Fluoride-gate - U.S. Paves Way for Legal Action
Sunday, 16 January 2011, 7:01 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride-gate - U.S. Paves Way for Legal Action in N.Z. U.S. lawyers are actively compiling a case against the people who are, or who have been, responsible for promoting fluoridation. According to an explosive article release to the U.S. Press this week ... More >>
Health Ministry figures again show fluoridation pointless
Friday, 7 January 2011, 1:05 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Health Ministry figures again show fluoridation pointless The 2009 school dental statistics have been released by the Ministry of Health. “As in 2008, these show no real benefit from fluoridation, but that socioeconomic (SE) status (decile) is ... More >>
Fluoride Reduces IQ of children
Thursday, 30 December 2010, 3:40 pm | Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride Reduces IQ of children A new study provides strong evidence that fluoride reduces IQ in children. The study was pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives[1], a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online ... More >>
Fluoridated Water Not Recommended for Infants
Friday, 8 October 2010, 11:13 am | Fluoride Action Network
A new study confirms infants fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water are at greater risk of developing discolored teeth (dental fluorosis). (1) The American Dental Association (ADA) warned dentists about this in 2006 but the New Zealand Ministry ... More >>
Fluoride Meeting For Auckland Mayoralty
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 3:33 pm | Fluoride Action Network
"If someone were to tell you that you were being subjected to a known poison, without your consent, that the substance could lead to an increased risk of cancer and osteoporosis, and that it was used as a commercial rat poison, you would probably think they were ... More >>
Kapiti Coast District Council fluoride decision
Saturday, 28 August 2010, 3:07 pm | Fluoride Action Network
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. A Council report showed that at 1.0 ppm babies where exceeding the upper limit 90% of time. ... More >>
Task force to counter fluoridation discontent
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 9:53 am | Fluoride Action Network
The Ministry of Health has decided to create a special taxpayer-funded task force to push for fluoridation in the wake of rising public opposition. The Ministry cited its recent loss in the Far North to local activists, and effective loss in Kapiti, ... More >>
Fluoride – the next tobacco?
Friday, 25 June 2010, 9:46 am | Fluoride Action Network
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. More >>
New call for infant formula fluoride warning
Monday, 21 June 2010, 12:17 pm | Fluoride Action Network
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. More >>
