Fluoridation House of Cards Starting to Fall

“Ordinary people around the world are realising that fluoridation does no good and potentially does a lot of harm,” says Mary Byrne, spokesperson for health advocacy group, Fluoride Action Network New Zealand.

The Calgary city council has just voted 10 – 3 to stop fluoridation[1]. Calgary has a population of 1.1 million people. This comes on top people in the Waterloo region (population 500,000) voting to stop fluoridation late last year, and Quebec City councillors voting to have fluoridation stopped in 2009.

In the U.S. two days ago, Tennessee state legislators sent a formal request to the Tennessee Health Board to stop promoting fluoridation[2]. They cite all the known research on harm from fluoridation and what they see as the coming “tsunami” of legal action that will become known as Fluoride-gate.

In New Hampshire, legislators have put forward a bill which would force water companies to advise parents that the fluoridated water was not suitable for infants[3], and in New York City another councillor has put forward legislation to have fluoridation stopped completely.

The US Department of Human and Health Services issued a recommendation on the 7th of January that added fluoride levels be reduced to a maximum of 0.7ppm, rather than the 0.7ppm to 1.2ppm that they have advised since 1962.

Going against the flow, the Clutha district council has just started fluoridation in Kaitangata and has plans to fluoridate Milton and Tapanui. The MOH are also in the process of employing a Fluoridation Coordinator in a newly created full time position at Regional Public Health.

“The New Zealand MOH is so out of touch with what’s happening around the world, it’s embarrassing,” says Ms Byrne. “It really is strange that the MOH are still pushing this hazardous waste into our water supply when it is now obvious that the fluoridation house of cards has started to fall”.

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