NZ: Federal control of fluoridation would be a nightmare
So would censoring debate on the issue
By Jon Rappoport
For the past year or so, I've been following a critical
situation in New Zealand, where local communities decide whether to
fluoridate their water supplies. A number of communities have said no.
A bill in the national parliament would change all that.
If the bill passes, the decision to fluoridate would fall
into the hands of so-called District Health Boards---which are part of a
federal system. At that point, New Zealand would be fluoridated as a
matter of top-down command; local choice would be gone.
Now, there is a battle going on in the parliament about
allowing debate on the science of fluoridation. Apparently, the
pro-fluoridation forces are terrified that open presentations will
expose official lies and destroy their position.
A press release (1/31) from Fluoride Free New Zealand describes the situation:
National Health spokesperson, Jonathan Coleman, is
castigating the Government for allowing the latest science on
fluoridation to be aired. "This is now going to unfairly colour the
debate and raise questions in people's minds, especially MPs who are
going to vote on these Bills," says Coleman.
It is hard to fathom why listening to both sides of an issue will "unfairly" colour the debate.
Prof Paul Connett is booked to give a presentation to all
Parliamentarians in February during his speaking tour of New Zealand. He
will explain the latest science on fluoride's adverse health effects -
particularly the growing research on the link between fluoride and the
lowering of IQ.
A multi-million-dollar landmark US Government funded study
published last year found that children who were exposed to fluoride in
utero (at the same levels NZ children are exposed to) caused a drop of
around five IQ points. This study was carried out by researchers in the
top Universities of North America, such as Harvard, Michigan, Toronto
and McGill...This comes on top of the 52 (out of 58) human studies and
hundreds of animal studies that have also found fluoride interferes with
brain function.
For Jonathan Coleman to call this "junk science" is preposterous.
New Zealand is one of the few remaining countries that still
has fluoridation. 98% of Europe has rejected it. Ministry of Health
statistics from 2009 (the latest available) show that over 40% of New
Zealand children have some form of dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis is
the first outward sign of fluoride poisoning. The evidence that New
Zealand children are being put in harm's way is now overwhelming.
Fluoride Free New Zealand congratulates the Government for
not being bullied by the likes of Jonathan Coleman and others - who are
now showing signs of desperation to keep people away from the
information.
Prof Connett will be speaking in a number of towns and cities
that are not fluoridated. Prof Connett holds a B.A. (Honours) in
Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, England and a Ph.D. in
Chemistry from Dartmouth College. He is a world leading expert in
fluoridation and has spoken in fifty-two countries on this issue and the
issue of Waste Management. Details of his Talks can be found at
www.fluoridefree.org.nz.
---end of press release---
New Zealand has reached a point where open and honest discussion is under the gun.
Professor Connett must be allowed to speak before the parliament. All attempts to stop him must be derailed.
Here is an interview I did with Professor Connett in
November. The study referred to in the interview was published in
Environmental Health Perspectives, in September 2017. It is titled: "Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6-12 Years of Age." It is often referred to as the Bashash study, after its first listed author.
The study concluded: "...higher prenatal fluoride exposure,
in the general range of exposures reported for other general population
samples of pregnant women and nonpregnant adults, was associated with
lower scores on tests of cognitive function in the offspring at age 4
and 6-12 y."
In short, pregnant women exposed to fluorides give birth to children who later show up with lower IQ.
Q (Rappoport): There is a new study on the effect of
fluorides on IQ. Several questions: Do you believe the study is well
done? Does it deserve our attention? What conclusions does it draw?
A (Connett): This is a very important study...Taken at face
value it should have been a good study. It was financed largely by the
NIEHS [National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the
US National Institutes of Health], which of course is pro-fluoridation.
It was conducted largely by specialists in the field who have done
similar studies on other neurotoxicants. None of them to my knowledge
had taken a public position against water fluoridation (indeed one was
known to be pro-fluoridation) so the notion of bias here was small...
Q: What is the reaction of public health agencies to the new study?
A: Pro-fluoridation agencies have done what they always do -
attack any study that finds harm. They are all more interested in
protecting the archaic practice of water fluoridation than to protect
the health of our children. Extraordinary that any civil servant should
think that children's teeth are more important than their brains! The
people at the top are desperately trying to protect a policy they have
waxed lyrical about for 70 years. The people in the middle are taught to
promote "policy" not question it and the people at the bottom simply
believe what they were taught at dental or medical school and reinforced
by their professional bodies. Others I think are very concerned that if
they lose fluoridation it will affect the public's trust in other
public health practices - a clear example would be vaccination, a
multi-billion dollar interest supported by the CDC (a big champion of
fluoridation).
Q: How have major media reacted to the new fluoridation study?
A: Apart from CNN and CTV in Canada and Newsweek there has
been little coverage by the mainstream media. It was not covered by the
NY Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal or any other
major newspaper. That again is extraordinary for a study of this
significance. Sadly, this is also typical of these outlets when it comes
to the detailed science on this issue. They simply don't want to know.
Q: I've been covering the fluoride situation [fluoridating
water supplies] in New Zealand. Last I heard, there was a move to take
decision-making away from local governments and put it in the hands of
federal health councils, who would determine whether to fluoridate water
supplies. Can you give me an update?
A: Yes this is a dreadful development. Thus, in addition to
the health issues we now have democracy threatened in NZ. Yesterday
[11/16/17], the new government re-introduced the bill [handing over
fluoridating decisions to federal authorities] for a second reading. One
can only hope that the coalition partners will not be bullied into
going along with this. A NZ first member is strongly against this bill. I
would hope that the Green Party will not be railroaded on this either.
But they have been very weak so far.
Q: I've been told that many years ago, you were in favor of
water fluoridation. What was the turning point? What made you change
your mind?
A: To be more accurate I didn't want to get involved. I was
so busy teaching chemistry and working on waste [disposal issues] (which
has taken me to 49 states and 65 other countries) that I didn't have
time for a third issue. And I certainly didn't want a third issue in
which if I got involved would get me labelled as "loony tunes." Over the
years I was approached by three different people to get involved...I
resisted them all. Then someone I couldn't resist twisted my arm...- my
wife - in 1996. When I read the literature she had amassed I was both
shocked with what I learned and embarrassed that I had not got involved
before. I have spent the last 21 years trying to make amends.
---end of interview---
The New Zealand government is teetering on the edge of a
fascist decision to poison its own people. This edict must not go
forward.
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