For Immediate Release An extraordinary press release from Fluoride Free NZ highlights the inconsistency of the group’s position on science - and then attempts to re-write local history. The release this week cites the new data from the highly-respected Dunedin longitudinal study showing that exposure to lead in the ‘70s reduced children’s IQ by about [...]
For Immediate Release. The safety of water fluoridation has been given a huge boost by the US Environmental Protection Agency which has just struck down a major challenge by lobbyists. Making Sense of Fluoride President Daniel Ryan says it’s a ruling with ramifications here, as a parliamentary committee will soon begin hearings on a move [...]
For Immediate Release 20 August 2016 A decision by the NZ Press Council this week is a timely reminder to news media to be wary of lobbyists attempting to hijack the concept of balance. An article titled Focus on Fluoride Fears, published last month by Sun Media, was the subject of a successful complaint to [...]
For Immediate Release Recent calls for children to use full strength fluoride toothpaste have been criticised by a fringe group calling itself the Fluoride Information Network for Dentists. Making Sense of Fluoride president Daniel Ryan says media and the public need to be aware the so-called network run by anti-fluoride dentist Stan Litras has a [...]
For Immediate Release - 10 February 2016 Two more rulings released today find Fluoride Free New Zealand is not a reliable source of information - and MSoF president Daniel Ryan is urging Whakatane District Councillors to pay attention to the rulings when they revisit the issue of fluoridation tomorrow. The decisions by the Advertising Standards [...]
For Immediate Release Making Sense of Fluoride believes Whakatane is the latest local community to pay a high price for the government’s continued lack of action on its own child health report into fluoridation. ‘Whakatane District Council has been hoodwinked by fluoridation opponents into removing this proven protection from its public water supplies,’ says making [...]
For Immediate Release 5 November 2015 Thames Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Anti-Fluoridation Efforts MSoF is greatly encouraged that the people of Thames have voted decisively to continue fluoridation and retain the safe and proven protection that fluoridation has delivered to the community since 1971. The referendum results are particularly pleasing in light of the relentless campaign [...]
For Immediate Release - 4 November 2015 Anti-fluoridation campaign in Thames breaches Advertising rules As voting in the Thames fluoridation referendum enters its final hours, MSoF has learned that complaints against the opponents' campaign signs and material have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. Details of the complaint will be released publicly on Monday [...]
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 [...]
