Luke Oldfield discusses the art of engaging with a ‘Non-Opinion’. This article was written for the New Zealand Skeptic Journal issue number 114. MSoF hopes to write regular articles for the Journal. Become a member of the NZ Skeptics to get a copy. When the doors to Hamilton’s first Carl’s Jr. franchise finally swung [...]
Should New Zealand have a sugar tax? Dr Rob Beaglehole is fighting for a sugar tax to help combat tooth decay, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. We at MSoF want to see fewer teeth being removed out of children's mouths (as shown in the video) and we agree that there should be a sugar [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Credit: Do you even Science, Bro Vani Hari, otherwise known on her blog as The Food Babe, has just published a book “The Food Babe Way: How to break free of hidden toxins…” warning us of dangerous chemicals in food. Hari has considerable influence, not only among her readers but within the food [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Paul Connett, director of the US anti-fluoride activist organisation Fluoride Action Network (FAN), will be speaking in NZ next week. He is accompanied by Dr. William Hirzy, a staff member of FAN. They will speak at meetings organised by Fluoride Free NZ (FFNZ) – a local activist group affiliated to FAN – in Thames [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
