The Flouride Debate

Stuff has a guest op ed from the Flouride Action Network:

In Wellington, sodiumsilicofluoride is added to the drinking water. We import this substance from Belgium where not only do they not have water fluoridation, they have banned the tablets. In fact, no country in continental Europe has water fluoridation any longer. Some did have it but stopped many years ago. When fluoridation was being promoted in these European countries they too were told that their water was deficient in fluoride. Just like the Americans, the Australians, the Irish, we in New Zealand are being spun the same line.

I’d be interested to know if this is the case with regards to Europe?

The first stage of this disease is identical to osteoarthritis and, considering fluoride accumulates in our bones, it is likely that many people in New Zealand are being misdiagnosed with osteoarthritis when in fact they have the first stages of skeletal fluorosis.

The last two studies in New Zealand on dental health (Auckland 2009 and Southland 2005) show that there is no difference in decay rates between children in fluoridated areas and children in non- fluoridated areas. The only difference is that 30 per cent of the children in the fluoridated areas have some form of dental fluorosis whereas only 15 per cent of children in the non-fluoridated areas do.

Again would be interested in verification of this claim.

In an ideal world, there would be two water supplies to each household, and the household could choose whether to have fluoridated water or not.