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 [...]
I don't usually worry about opinion pieces, but the “Fluoridation is false security” piece (on page 2) by Lois Titchener had spread around the anti-fluoride groups as fact. My reply (on page 2): "Your newspaper published a letter entitled ‘fluoridation is false security’ which I believe is misleading. Hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFA) is no more toxic than [...]
This is a figure from the US National Academy of science publication "Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health." This lists fluoride (F) as one of the trace elements "considered essential for human health and metabolism." The upper figure indicates the pattern of harm and benefit as the intake of [...]
