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No one should worry about fluoridation, despite the alarming headlines stirred up by a new study from Canada, according to Making Sense of Fluoride. The study, published in the American Medical Association’s paediatric journal, claims to link higher levels of fluoride exposure in pregnant women to lower IQ scores in young children. ‘Experts have been [...]
Media release Thousands of rigorous studies - including recent large-scale data from Sweden and Canada (as well as our own famous Dunedin Study) confirm that community water fluoridation improves oral health and has no detrimental effect on IQ. Making Sense of Fluoride President Daniel Ryan is spreading that message to counter the misinformation of anti-fluoride [...]
Submission Our group supports the intent of this bill because: Community water fluoridation (CWF) is a cost-effective, safe, beneficial social health measure (of greatest benefit to our most deprived); Current community consultation processes have been plagued by misrepresentation and distortion of scientific and other factual information by values-based activists; Local body staff and elected councillors [...]
Image by Tamaki Sono For Immediate Release A new fluoride-free toothpaste has changed its advertising after being challenged to provide evidence to back its claims that it reduces plaque and tooth decay. The toothpaste, called Grin, launched earlier this year and relies on propolis, manuka oil and sea salt as its key ingredients. A [...]
There has been an article in the media recently talking about the possibility of Wellington City creating more water fountains, to help curb tooth decay. Wellington currently has community water fluoridation. Although the article didn’t have a single word about fluoridation, anti-fluoride groups have been saying this is proof that fluoride isn’t working. “Why would [...]
I've never seen so much fluoridation news in the NZ media. It started on the 12th of April when the Government announced a legislation plan that will move responsibility for water fluoridation from local councils to District Health Boards. Most of the media generally have a positive look towards water fluoridation with only some trying [...]
What is it with anti-fluoridationists abusing online polls? Over the years I've seen many Facebook pages and groups abusing website polls, just to make it seem like more people are against fluoridation than there actually are. It doesn't matter how small the website is, which country the poll is from, or how insignificant polling is. With a new [...]
A guest post by Ron Johnson from The New Horsemen, edited by Daniel Ryan. Part 15 of The New Horsemens FAQ woofuckery collection. Since its inception in the 1940s, the idea of fluoridating water has given rise to fear and suspicion with claims ranging from evil Nazi/Commie/government mind control conspiracies to cancer causation to decreased IQ and [...]
Whakatane District Councillor Russell Orr has written this open letter around the whole fluoridation situation. Being against fluoride being added to the water hasn't stopped him from pointing out all the flaws in this decision. Open Letter to Councillors We are to have another debate on the fluoride issue and I make no apologies for helping to make [...]
Happy 71st birthday, water fluoridation: born January 25, 1945 in Grand Rapids, MI. This water sculpture was erected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of fluoridation. On the plaque: On January 25, 1945 Grand Rapids was the first community in the world to reduce tooth decay by adding fluoride to its water supply. This sculpture was commissioned [...]
