Rebuttal: Minister’s Science Advisory Committee (NZ)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Jo Bryant

What is in the water? – June 12, 2013
The Office of the Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee
New Zealand

Claim: "The science of fluoride in water is effectively settled. It has been one of the most thoroughly worked questions in public health science over some decades."

Response: On the contrary. When the University of York examined the evidence on fluoridation, the authors were surprised at its poor quality.

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One of our councils recently had the sense to take fluoride out of the water supply. Two others are considering it. Dentists went berserk begging the government to step in. It frightens me how ill informed our government is. And how ready they are to suck up to not only corporations but organizations that use scare tactics (you should have seen the pictures they used of rotten children's teeth blasting the news), to stop the public from making informed and sensible choices. This is a great rebuttal of the government's views regarding fluoride.