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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
An organisation I helped found, The Society for Science Based Healthcare, has created an excellent tool for looking at Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) complaints - thanks to Mark Honeychurch. The website looks at all ASA complaints made since 2008. You can see the top complainants, most complained about companies, complaints by product and complaints by media, [...]
Here in New Zealand anti-fluoridationists continue to attack the statement: that there is '40% less tooth decay, on average, for children in fluoridated areas'. This fact comes from the 2009 New Zealand Oral Health Survey (NZOHS) which had sufficient statistical power and was adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, and neighbourhood deprivation. There was a New [...]
I was interviewed on Sunday for the Skepticism Today podcast about fluoridation. Skepticism Today is an hour-long monthly skeptical podcast talk about recent news and events of interest to skeptics – both NZ based and international. Episode 3 has been released today. My interview is at 16:04. Have a listen here. Also for those who [...]
Over the past week, the Advertising Complaints Authority (ASA) has upheld three complaints made against the anti-fluoride group (Fluoride Action Network of NZ) FANNZ. The complaints involved several advertisements authorized by FANNZ and placed in the Kapiti News earlier this year. The Kapiti News stated that it had received many phone calls from agitated members [...]
Two ASA complaints have been ruled today. Both are complaints about pro-fluoride adverts, and both have, been judged as "No Grounds To Proceed". Bay of Plenty District Health Board Newspaper Advertisement: “Complainant, J. Burness, said: the Ministry of Health stated its survey was not designed as an in-depth water fluoridation study. The Complainant also said the [...]
