About Daniel Ryan

Daniel Ryan is from Wellington and works as a software developer. He is a co-founder and president of Making Sense of Fluoride, a committee member for the NZ Skeptics and a co-founder and committee member of the Society for Science Based Healthcare. He also helps run a health activism group in a pub. Contact email: [email protected]

Next Level BS fluoride misinformation (our first video)

Next level BS is a website full of videos that look at the evidence for a number subjects ranging from detoxing to shape shifting reptilians. Episode 38 on fluoride interested us, but we found some misinformation and it had a disappointing conclusion. We have created a video (our first) to debunk the misinformation and make the scientific [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:01+13:00March 8th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Our reply to criticisms on MSoF

Feedback Stan Litras from Great Teeth Dental Care left us feedback to our Facts on Fluoride Action Network’s visit to NZ press release. Hi Dan, Ken and pals. My wife, Ellen, does not have a Facebook account as you are aware. As a favour, she has requested I post her quote. As her husband and [...]

Guest Post: Ducks, bulls and a trace element

We have another guest post today by Gordon Burnside from New Plymouth who is a Taranaki Daily News columnist. Mt Taranaki photo by me. Leaving 'pure' water to the ducks I saw an online comment by a concerned New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) resident irate at the suggestion council may charge for water. “water is [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:02+13:00February 22nd, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |5 Comments

Guest post: Councillors abused and libelled by anti-fluoride activists

Today we have a special guest post from Zane a District Councillor in Taupo on the abuse from anti-fluoridation activists. We thank Zane for sharing his situation. We recently wrote a press release on an upcoming anti-fluoride event in Taupo. Lake Taupo Photo by Tom Hall. To whom it may concern, My name is Zane Cozens and [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:02+13:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |26 Comments

Fluoride leaflet for the New Plymouth by-election debate

We created a handy fluoride leaflet for the New Plymouth by-election debate that was on last night. Here is a link to the A5 leaflet pdf, which you are free to print out and share. Ask for permission if you want to edit it. Edit: Already allegations from the anti-fluoride members that this was paid for. [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:02+13:00February 17th, 2015|Categories: News|4 Comments

Abuse of democratic process in Hamilton Tribunal?

Preliminary results. Click to enlarge. Waikato University student Luke Oldfield was awarded a summer research grant to establish what role vested interests in the natural health industry had played in Hamilton City Council's fluoride tribunal process. The project is called "Public Integrity and Participatory Democracy: Hamilton City Council's Water Fluoridation Decision". This evening [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:02+13:00February 13th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |54 Comments

Happy Birthday to Community Water Fluoridation!

Some things don't age gracefully, but community water fluoridation is looking great at the age of 70. This inexpensive strategy saves money and continues to reduce the rate of tooth decay for children and adults. Yes, there was a lot of research conducted about fluoridation in the 1940s and ’50s, but many more studies have [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:02+13:00January 23rd, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |1 Comment

Accepted for publication in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Making Sense of Fluoride includes several members who are researching the fluoridation issue. A submission from the group has now been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology. Because of this Making Sense of Fluoride is noticed as a scientific affiliation by the journal. The citation is: Perrott, K. W. (2015). [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:16:03+13:00January 18th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Fluoride Free NZ Hamilton Coordinator posts “fluoride is rape”

This is the second time that I've heard someone call "fluoride is rape". This was said from the Fluoride Free NZ Hamilton Coordinator. For those who are against fluoride, do you agree with these strong words? https://www.facebook.com/sillyantifluoridationists/photos/851078804933916/ Personally, I see this choice of words disgusting and sounds like they have no idea on the traumatic effects. [...]

By |2017-04-15T16:25:18+12:00January 18th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Enjoy the Holiday season and have a Happy New Year

Hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday season and have a Happy New Year! We also like to thank everyone who has helped us greatly over the year to fight the battle against scaremongering, misinformation and pseudoscience around fluoride. -MSoF Team PS: Here is some of our most  popular Facebook posts for this year. […]

By |2015-02-06T19:59:15+13:00January 1st, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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