I see that Pat McNair has posted the following on the Fluoride Free Hamilton page. Since I can't comment there, I'm going to respond below, as it seems her recollection of what was said by the speaker is somewhat faulty. "I attended the free public lecture by Dr Graham Saunders, senior lecturer in inorganic chemistry [...]
A colleague (an analytical chemist) has done the maths for us on the amount of water someone would have to drink in order to achieve a fluoride load commensurate with chronic fluorosis (around 20mg/kg dry matter in the diet). Food varies quite a bit in its water content, but they've assumed an average of 50% [...]
For a while now I have thought the mistake of the Hamilton City Council was a cloud with a silver lining. It was a wake-up call to people concerned with evidence based approaches to health and society. A warning that anti-scientific groups were getting far more influence than they deserved. So news of that decision [...]
We've had quite a few comments lately along the lines of wanting fluoride removed so that we are drinking 'pure' water. However, the cessation of fluoridation by itself won't achieve that. Hamilton's water hasn't had fluoride added since supplies ran out after the HCC tribunal's decision. However, we're still getting 0.3ppm F- in our water [...]
"He put at least 6 people to sleep". Click to read article. It's been a fine afternoon in Hamilton so I thought I would wander in to the Fluoride Free Hamilton Information meeting. Should have known better. Didn't stay long as the chairman announced first thing that the audience had to remain quiet [...]
Another example of a paper not showing what's claimed for it: Let's look at Bataineh & Nusier's 2006 report on the effects of sodium fluoride (NaF) on behaviour and reproduction in male rats. In the very first sentence of the abstract, we see that the experimental animals received either 100ppm or 300ppm NaF for 12 [...]
A common technique of those arguing against fluoridation on the MSoF Facebook page is to dump large amounts of copypasta (from various sources) & tell us that if we'd only read it we'd see the rightness of their case. Or else, we get a lengthy list of references, & the same admonition. The problem is [...]
I have made a list of peer-reviewed papers from this year that I've found. Conclusion - it is still an effective way to prevent dental caries. Fluoridation and dental caries severity in young children treated under general anaesthesia: an analysis of treatment records in a 10-year case series. http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/23550501 "Children with severe dental caries had statistically [...]
Two questions on community water fluoridation were asked to the candidates of the Dunedin City Council, and Mayor. Responses were solicited via both vote.co.nz, and by email. The questions were as follows: “Firstly, what is your position on community water fluoridation, specifically the safety, efficacy and ethical implications of community water fluoridation schemes? Secondly, what [...]
I see this image is doing the rounds, since it was posted on the I f* love science page. Funny thing is I saw this posted on some of the anti-fluoride groups. I could touch on all the points listed. "Willingness to change with new evidence" If you have seen some of the debating here, you [...]
