Victory in New Zealand

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Victory in New Zealand

By Paul Connett

 

Dear All,

 

This worldwide roller coaster continues unabated. I am

happy to tell you that yesterday the Rotorua District

Council in NZ voted against introducing fluoridation.

Please send your congratulations to Martin Sharp and

the some of the other fluoridation fighters listed

below.

 

Even from the other side of the planet this makes me

feel good - actually I visited Rotorua (I didn't give

a talk or anything - just a visit) in January of 2003

-and it is a very beautiful place, so I am

particularly pleased that wisdom has prevailed there.

 

Paul Connett

http://www.fluoridealert.org

 

 

by Martin Sharp

 

I attended the Decision meeting for the Rotorua

District Council LTCCP 10 Year Plan today. There was a

short discussion time with most Councillors making

statements. I did not record the wording exactly but

the final motion that 'RDC water supply not be

Fluoridated' was amended to the effect that the

Council also write to MoH Minister of Health)

requesting that they investigate other means of

tackling the problem of increasingly poor dental

hygiene.

 

The motion was carried unanimously.

 

The only two vocally against did not bother voting

against as they could see the numbers were against

them. Interestingly the Councillor that is also on

Lakes DHB that previously had been very pro supported

the motion and in fact proposed the amendment. What

was very evident was that ALL the Councillors saw

through all the Red Herrings and made their decision

based on some very simple truths.

 

1) Fluoride is not effective in today's environment of

sugar rich, nutrition deficient

diet.

 

2) Fluoride is mass medication. Citizens have a right

to say NO. They also felt that

the MoH needed to expand its thinking past the cheap,

nasty and ineffective

fluoride solution to solve our poor dental hygiene

problem.

 

The Deputy Mayor Trevor Maxwell left the meeting to

thank me for all the efforts of FANNZ and Rotorua

Fluoride Free Water. He made that statement that the

presentation Dr Mike Godfrey made to Council during

the hearings was crucial to our campaign.

Forwarded to us by Ailsa Boyden in Australia.

 

Other NZ FAN members and fluoridation fighters:

Martin Sharp martinsharp;

 

Mike Godfrey godfrey; Melvin Bowen

mel.bowen;

 

Mark Atkin valhalla;

ImeldaWilsoHitchcock imeldah;

 

FAN dakenbyrne; Bill Wilson

bill.wilson

 

Further Resources

Need more information on fluoride?

 

Health Wars by Phillip Day