NZ - Antifluoridation presentations 'of the highest calibre'
Antifluoridation presentations 'of the highest calibre'
The New Plymouth District Council has heard two full days of presentations on fluoridation, supporting some 4000 pages of written submissions. Around 90% were against fluoridation.
Opponents came from all walks of life. Wide-ranging academic credentials included dentistry, medicine, psychiatry, physiology, biophysics, chemical engineering, law, and chemistry. Fluoride Action Networks National Co-ordinator, Mary Byrne, and Legal and Scientific Advisor, Mark Atkin, said "FANNZ committee members have extensive expertise on this issue, yet even we heard scientific information that was completely new to us. And we were presented with a number of new perspectives we had not considered before. These presentations were of the highest calibre 'absolutely outstanding!'"
Anti-fluoridation speakers travelled from as far as Wellington, Hawke?s Bay, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, and Whangarei, all at their own expense.
By contrast, those advocating fluoridation were almost all in the dental profession, employed by the DHB or receiving government health funding, and spoke only about teeth.....
The New Plymouth District Council has heard two full days of presentations on fluoridation, supporting some 4000 pages of written submissions. Around 90% were against fluoridation.
Opponents came from all walks of life. Wide-ranging academic credentials included dentistry, medicine, psychiatry, physiology, biophysics, chemical engineering, law, and chemistry. Fluoride Action Networks National Co-ordinator, Mary Byrne, and Legal and Scientific Advisor, Mark Atkin, said "FANNZ committee members have extensive expertise on this issue, yet even we heard scientific information that was completely new to us. And we were presented with a number of new perspectives we had not considered before. These presentations were of the highest calibre 'absolutely outstanding!'"
Anti-fluoridation speakers travelled from as far as Wellington, Hawke?s Bay, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, and Whangarei, all at their own expense.
By contrast, those advocating fluoridation were almost all in the dental profession, employed by the DHB or receiving government health funding, and spoke only about teeth.....
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