On the first official day of the Thames fluoridation referendum campaign, eye-scorching fluorescent signs proliferated around town proclaiming all sorts of emotive nonsense. It was the opening salvo in the arsenal of misinformation foisted on our community over the weeks until November 5th. When Thames Coromandel District Council began to review fluoridation back in 2012, [...]
Anti-fluoridation lobbyist Jane Beck targeted school children in Thames today with emotive and deliberately misleading leaflets. The students were attending a screening of "That Sugar Film" as part of their health studies at Thames High School. Beck handed out the leaflets as the students left the screening. In keeping with the theme of the film, [...]
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 [...]
