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2017 Letter to all MPs on Fluoridation 16 November 2017

 

16 November 2017

To all Members of the New Zealand Parliament   

 

For the sake of a tooth

Michael E Godfrey MBBS, FACAM, FACNEM, Director, Bay of Plenty Environmental Health Clinic, TAURANGA

 

This letter is to request that all Members of Parliament work cooperatively with all other Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum, to ensure a safe and proper approach to the use of fluoride.  We ask this in the interest of protecting New Zealanders.

The Science has changed

An important study published this year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives by a team of investigators at the Universities of Toronto, McGill, and the Harvard School of Public Health, has found a significant association between fluoride exposure in pregnancy and lower measures of intelligence in children [1]. The US National Institute for Health funded this US$3 million study to specifically investigate developmental neurotoxicity.

The study is the first by the U.S. Government in 60 years into potential adverse neurological effects. It adds to the published evidence indicating widespread adverse effects from fluoride involving all stages in life from pre-birth to old age. They include, amongst other effects, confirmed neurological impairment including: loss of IQ; hypothyroidism; musculo-skeletal fluorosis diagnosed as arthritis; and dental fluorosis. This element is present due to an unlimited consumption of fluoridated water; in toothpaste; in tea; in pharmaceuticals; and in the commercial food chain.

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2017 Letter to all MPs on Genetic Engineering 17 November 2017

17 November 2017 

 

17 November 2017

To all Members of the New Zealand Parliament

PSGR is a not-for-profit, non-aligned charitable trust whose members are science and medical professionals. Since the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification to proceed with caution PSGR has maintained a watching brief on the scientific developments in genetic engineering (also referred to as genetic modification).

Genetically engineered organisms

This letter is to request that all Members of Parliament work cooperatively with all other Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum, in order to ensure a precautionary approach to the use of genetically engineered organisms.  We ask this in the interest of protecting New Zealand's GE-free production and natural environment, and the economic advantage of a GE-free status for our export markets.

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2017 - Genetic Engineering and New Zealand - 9 May 2017

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2017 - Genetic Engineering and New Zealand - 9 May 2017

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2017 - Genetic Engineering and New Zealand - 9 May 2017

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  1. 2017 Genetic Engineering and New Zealand - 3 May 2017
  2. 2015 - TPPA letter to Rt Hon John Key 3 October 2015
  3. 2014 Appendices to letter to all New Zealand MPs 20 November 2014
  4. 2013 Hon Nikki Kaye Soy DAS-44406-6

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