NZ - Anti fluoride advocate to speak in Nelson

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Professor Paul Connett is speaking in Nelson about water fluoridation. The event has been organised by Nelson Fluoride Free members Sara Cooper, left, and Franceska Francina.

Fluoride Free New Zealand are bringing a high profile advocate of anti fluoridation from the United States to Nelson in the hope it will encourage a conversation with the local district health board.

New York-based St Lawrence University chemistry professor Paul Connett is the director of the Fluoride Action Network, an anti fluoride organisation. He has been brought to New Zealand by Fluoride Free New Zealand and is travelling the country speaking in areas where the water is not fluoridated.

Sara Cooper of Fluoride Free Nelson said she hoped the event would bring together members of the district health board, city councillors as well as concerned individuals.

"We want to encourage conversation and get these people in the same room to talk," she said.............