Welcome to FANNZWe are demanding an end to the pollution of our public water supplies. *** With local body elections coming up, now is the time to contact candidates to find out their stance on fluoridation, and tell them your views. Email us candidates' positions, so that we can provide this information for voters around the country. *** NEW: September 23 - Public meeting in Auckland Global scientific opposition to fluoridation - timeline of major developments Watch this 30-minute video of science and medical professionals explaining why fluoridation is ethically and medically unsound, and should cease immediately. Over 3,000 medical, scientific and environmental professionals have signed this statement calling for the end to fluoridation: "It is time for the US, and the few remaining fluoridating countries, to recognize that fluoridation is outdated, has serious risks that far outweigh any minor benefits, violates sound medical ethics and denies freedom of choice. Fluoridation must be ended now." NEW: Dr. A.K. Susheela of India, who has spent the past three decades studying fluoride's effects on the body, says doctors and scientists in fluoridating countries must catch up with the science, and realise fluoride is a chronic poison. Award-winning investigative journalist, Christopher Bryson, spent over ten years researching the history of fluoridation. Here, he tells the story of how a toxic pollutant came to be accepted as a benign medicant in public drinking water. Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Paul Connett discuss the ethics, health risks and bad science of fluoridation.
News June 2010: A campaign to end fluoridation in New Plymouth is soon to get underway after a New Plymouth District Council resolution to open the issue to consultation in the next council term. See the New Plymouth stop fluoridation campaign page. May 2010: Thumbs down for fluoride. The majority of residents in both Kaitaia and Kaikohe residents say no to fluoridation. See press release by Far North District Council. Following this survey, the Far North District Council have voted unanimously not to restart fluoridation of Kaitaia and Kaikohe. What's in your water?
These substances have never been approved for human ingestion, or studied for long term health effects. Yet, they are what is being added to our municipal water to provide "fluoride". In New Zealand, all District Health Boards have been instructed to pressure local councils to fluoridate any unfluoridated water supplies, regardless of the wishes of individual community members and the dental health status of the area.
Photo: fountain in Petone that provides pure, untreated, naturally clean artesian water. Hundreds of people come every week from all around Wellington to fill up their water supply.
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Alert: Study: Formula-fed infants have "high probability of exceeding" upper limit for fluoride Hutt City Council issues infant formula fluoride warning Kapiti residents: Council meeting on August Latest: MOH tries to counter Fluoride Action Network - Kapiti News July 7 2010 Fluoride levels too high for bottle-fed babies Concern for babies sees reduction in fluoride - Hastings, June 30 2010 Fluoride issue goes on - Kapiti Observer June 28 2010 Fluoride debate flares up in Hastings American public health professional Daniel Stockin writes to Kapiti Coast District Council Fluoride warning for pre-schoolers, NZ Herald Far North fluoride survey results Far North fluoridation trial critique Hamilton's Online Petition - Sign Now! Kapiti's Online Petition - Sign Now! Silicofluorides increase lead uptake Toxicology, February 2010 (Anti) fluoridation RAP by NZ band Trillion NZ Dental fluorosis studies in 2005 and 2008 - increased dental fluorosis but little or no benefit to teeth from fluoridation Mark Atkin and Mary Byrne interviewed on GreenPlanetFM, listen to podcast Dunedin's Channel 9 video of "The F-word Debate" Hampshire County Council rejects fluoridation US Kidney Foundation fears lawsuits - withdraws support for fluoridation The Star Newspaper Dunedin 22 May 2008. Front page news surrounding Dunedin city Council's attempt to block screening of The Fluoride Deception. | |||||||||
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