Here in New Zealand anti-fluoridationists continue to attack the statement: that there is '40% less tooth decay, on average, for children in fluoridated areas'. This fact comes from the 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey (NZOHS) which had sufficient statistical power and was adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, and neighbourhood deprivation. There was a New [...]
Making Sense of Fluoride presents the "Back to Basics - Know your fallacy" meme series. The internet is undoubtedly a great place to discover and learn new information. It does, however, create a false sense of assurance for those interested in researching a new topic, especially those with a preconceived viewpoint. A false authority fallacy [...]
Awesome! We have now hit 1,500 likes on our Facebook page! On another note, we got mentioned as runners-up for a Bravo award at the NZ Skeptics conference 2014. We didn't win but there is always next year. :-) The Bravo award is an award from the NZ Skeptics to groups and people who have [...]
Click to enlarge The only people I've found that say fluoride causes large problems for them are always through self-diagnosis. Self-diagnosis is prone to error and may be potentially dangerous if inappropriate decisions are made on the basis of a misdiagnosis. Because of the risks, self-diagnosis is officially discouraged by governments, physicians, and [...]
Why doesn't Japan use community water fluoridation? This has been repeated several times on our page, so I finally did a little research around this. Firstly, Japan has not banned water fluoridation, they allow up to 0.8 ppm fluoride in their water. In the past Japan had community water fluoridation. The first programme was in [...]
I've heard the "other countries don't do it" excuse many times when I bring up water fluoridation. People seem to forget that 1.1 billion people do not have access to an improved source of drinking water while another 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation. Every year, unsafe water, coupled with a lack of basic sanitation, [...]
Mr Stewart, a freelance “investigative” journalist, had an anti-fluoride piece published this week in the ‘Ireland's Dental magazine’(IDM) on page 20. Horrified by the terrible misrepresentations made in his article we decided to undertake some investigations of our own. IDM is a trade magazine; there is next to no editorial oversight. Furthermore, according to plagiarism [...]
We received this school project essay and I say it is spot on! What would you grade it? The writer wants to stay anonymous. The Anti-Fluoride Campaign: Fluoride is a horrific substance. It is a systemic poison, causing skeletal fluorosis, organ failure, and lowers children’s IQ. Upon consumption, it is converted to hydrogen fluoride [...]
Declan Waugh has a shocking record of misrepresenting the scientific literature dealing with fluoride. This time he is directing his scaremongering at New Zealand and misrepresenting a New Zealand scientific report on fluoride intake (Cressey, Peter ; Gaw, Sally ; Love, J. (2009). Estimated dietary fluoride intake for New Zealanders) He claims this report substantially [...]
The National Fluoride Information Service (NFIS) contract is ending on 20 January 2015. "...the Ministry considers that it is no longer necessary to continue to fund the full range of independent scientific and advisory services that have been carried out under the NFIS agreement." "The Ministry notes that the science relevant to community water fluoridation [...]
