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"Let's hope that the public water supplies of Kaikohe and Kaitaia remain fluoride-free after the FNDC's Council meeting on Thursday April 30' says fluoride-free campaigner Jackie Pou. "The sole aim of the Northland DHB, is to get our FNDC Councillors to vote so that the water has to be re-dosed again with sodium fluoride poison. Media release: Jackie Pou, Iwi; Te Rarawa, Nga Puhi, Te Roroa (27 April 2009)
Ironically, Dr Martin Lee from Canterbury DHB will be there to try and persuade our council to fluoridate, when he can't even convince his own council to do so, she states. "So you'd expect that our councillors, who we voted in, would be sufficiently informed enough on the issue, to make an informed responsible decision at the meeting. However, if they aren't fully informed, and they only go by what the MoH/DHBs tells them, then they do a disservice, not only to their communities and their constituents, but also to themselves. Because this is a decision which could cost them their next seat at election time. If the affected communities themselves are not openly consulted by Council on this, and are allowed to participate, then their councillors have to make the right decision" she adds. "Many people don't want to drink sodium fluoride. It's compolsory ingestion when it's put into the water. Then it goes on to contaminate the land, rivers and sea. Practically 99% of it does! It's classified as a marine pollutant, and also, as dangerous goods, toxic, and hazardous. It's great for a wood and adhesive preservative, steel degassing, electroplating, glass manufacture and disinfectant (Material Safety Data Sheet). Ironically, it also says in the MSDS, to dispose of it through a licensed waste contractor. Hmmm... does that mean that the public water supply is now a toxic waste disposal system?! Outrageous, yet very handy for the fluoride industries" . "The case against fluoridation is very valid. However, only the health board's pro-fluoridation information is on the agenda to be presented to Council with their reports and onsider funded groups submissions. Peter Johnson, the FNDC's General Manager of Water, Waste and Refuse once again dictates the recommendations to our councillors for the Northland DHB. Once again, it's not a community driven request. How can this be democracy? Maori are being used as the reason for fluoridating. Where on earth in the Treaty of Waitangi does it allow for this to happen, and without our consultation and consent?We don't need health board funded maori health provider groups consenting for us. I found out that Hauora Whanui, which is my daughter's school dental health provider in Kaikohe, went to gain consent from the school principals and board's of trustees for the first 2 year trial. What about the parents themselves being consulted and deciding? Why didn't they ask us?" "The only consent forms which were signed, were from the 540 children being "researched" (or signed by their parents) from within the 5 towns included in the trial, fluoridated Kaikohe and Kaitaia and unfluoridated Moerewa, Kawakawa and Dargaville. Yet everyone on the fluoridated water supply had to have the fluoride medication (intervention) whether they wanted it or not. A decision to start fluoridation again, without it coming from the communities themselves, would be a breach of the FNDC's Future Plan objectives and process and also show that they condone the actions of the Northland DHB who deceived the ethics committee to gain approval for their 2 year trial. And that they choose the Northland DHB/MoH over the people and constituents themselves. It would also show that the FNDC willingly uses maori, without our consent, to further the NDHB's agenda and plan, to fluoridate all our water supplies. Two of their members are also our FNDC councillors, and Deputy Mayor Sally (& NDHB member) will be Chairing the Council meeting. Who will she be representing? Roll on the next election." |