Hibiscus and Bays Volume 6

Date:

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Draft Long-term Plan 2015-2025 (10-year budget)

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

WRITTEN FEEDBACK Vol.6 (17182 - 26780)

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17182 Stuart Fluker 3148

17184 Shirley Turner 3152

17242 John Duncan 3154

17246 Ian Victor Sage 3162

17252 Lisa Allen 3166

17255 Celeste Robison 3168

17257 Brian Wilson 3171

17260 Lucy Marshall 3175

17287 Helen Wilkins – Destination Orewa Beach 3179

17306 Graham Nielsen 3192

17316 Christina Gilderdale 3196

17342 Carlene Blackwell 3199

17374 Moira Niven 3201

17386 Paul Dutton 3203

17405 Ruth Weller 3206

17423 Jennifer Wells 3209

17438 Annette Wheatcroft 3211

17449 Judith White 3213

17467 Jocelyn Alleman 3215

17475 Pamela Dziwulska 3218

17496 Richard Casutt ‐ North Harbour Volleyball Association 3220

17524 Vasily Levshin 3223

17561 Alexander Yaroshevich 3225

17565 Jeanette Winslade 3227

17566 Michael Cahill 3229

17570 Sherren Findley 3231

17571 Mark Huxford 3233

17572 Peter Stone 3236

17587 Elizabeth Gailer 3238

17597 Patrice Baird 3240

17599 Gaye Tatro 3242

17604 Bronwyn Stone 3244

17643 Heidi Paterson 3246

17670 Caroline Cunliffe 3248

DRAFT LONG‐TERM PLAN 2015‐2025 ‐ HIBISCUS AND BAYS LOCAL BOARD WRITTEN FEEDBACK (VOL.6)



17676 Richard Matthews 3251

17696 Ingrid Norman ‐ KingsWay School ‐ Hockey 3253

17697 Ian Waugh 3257

17706 Rebecca Rowsell 3260

17707 Richard Bryce 3262

17711 Dave Nellist ‐ Centrestage Theatre Company (Orewa) Incorporated 3264

17728 Simonne Moses 3269

17752 Geoff Bayley 3271

17779 Phil Haddy 3273

17780 Richard and Clare Brown 3275

17795 Kym Fell 3277

17818 Chris Saunders 3280

17825 Michael Howlett 3282

17830 Paul Spencer 3284

17845 Simon Baker 3286

17856 Anne Murphy 3288

17857 Zachariah Wood 3290

17877 Gay Brennan 3292

17900 Anne Graham 3294

17931 Merv Huxford 3296

17941 Warren Sharplin 3299

17948 Geraldine Sharplin 3301

17949 Keith Russell 3303

17964 Christian Fonclara 3305

17972 Bernard Stanley 3307

17979 Raymond Allen 3309

17980 Heather Christian 3311

17986 Murray Hill ‐ Browns Bay Business Association 3313

17990 John Norton 3315

17999 Barbara Ellis 3317

18005 Bogdan Nita 3319

18006 Ian Lucas 3321

18010 Barbara Ellis(2) ‐ Torbay Historical Society 3323

18019 Bill Ellis 3325



18033 Barrie Williams 3327

18039 Jenette Prie 3329

18043 Wendy Hamilton 3331

18044 Pam Dalton 3333

18046 Sue Tickner 3335

18060 AJ Stone 3337

18066 Mary Bell 3339

18101 Shontel Hoek 3341

18113 Bernard Feehan 3343

18131 Mike Anderson 3345

18134 Barbara Davis 3347

18148 Les Brayne 3349

18154 David & Susan Morrow 3351

18169 Cleon Downes 3359

18170 Jeff Lynes 3361

18172 Geoff Haycock 3363

18180 Dorothy Bauld 3365

18182 Glenda Tabuteau 3367

18183 Charles Paynter 3369

18185 Kevin Johnston 3371

18190 Leo Hobbis 3373

18191 Shirley Eboale 3375

18197 Robyn M Denize 3377

18200 Merrylin Cross 3379

18204 Carolyn Hutton 3381

18206 Gary Rose 3383

18210 Glenys Brown 3385

18214 Alan Lee 3387

18234 Beverley McLeod 3389

18235 Miriam Jacob 3399

18236 Elizabeth Mourant 3401

18242 Joyce Haynes 3403

18245 Rod McNab 3405

18246 Joel Hjorring 3407



18251 Joop Teernstra 3409

18255 Rex Oddy 3411

18260 Alistair Richardson 3413

18267 Christina Bettany 3415

18270 Robyn Evans 3417

18272 Neil Donnelly ‐ Todd Property Group 3419

18275 Charlotte Owens 3422

18287 Lleon Downs 3424

18290 Barry Poynter 3426

18295 Annette Shergold 3428

18296 Wendy Smit 3430

18297 Debbie Lyons 3432

18300 Lesley Craig 3434

18301 Hal Baker 3436

18303 Ruth Rayner 3438

18304 John Turner 3440

18307 John Hudson 3443

18308 Nigel Price 3445

18318 Jon and Melanie Asplet 3447

18323 Barbara Forbes‐Dawson 3449

18337 Wynn Shergold 3451

18343 Carolyn Coll‐Bassett 3453

18350 James Grant 3455

18356 Paul Raymen 3457

18358 Desmond Griffin 3459

18362 Michael Baxter 3461

18373 Henna Hyytia 3463

18376 Leonie Ariel 3465

18387 Gary Thomas 3467

18390 Mark Fenwick 3469

18391 John Bungey 3471

18395 Julie Hesketh 3473

18398 John Blenkinsop 3475

18404 Lynette McFarlane 3477



18409 Craig Swift 3479

18415 David Crowhurst 3481

18435 Martin Emery 3483

18458 Ross Craig 3485

18479 Christine Chapman 3487

18484 Jeanne Emery 3489

18487 Patricia Booth 3491

18496 John Foreman 3493

18518 Kirsten Southgate 3495

18519 Dong Xie 3497

18527 Peter Ashley 3499

18530 Sally Dorman 3501

18544 Laraine Spicer 3503

18547 Tim Alvis 3505

18552 Geofrey Rodwell 3506

18555 Lynne Lodge 3508

18628 Grant Wallis 3510

18639 Carolyn Snell 3512

18649 Judy Hindin 3513

18696 Lynne Beneka 3514

18908 Be Val Barnes 3516

18954 Michelle Noakes 3518

19040 Richard Waters 3520

19110 Merv Huxford ‐ Hocket Hibiscus Trust 3522

19129 David Ferguson 3526

19135 Not Supplied 3528

19145 Douglas James Sellars 3530

19151 James Scott 3532

19255 Helen Van Berkel 3534

19296 Kaiya King 3536

19305 Werne 3538

19416 Sherie Crosby 3540

19445 Victoria Smith 3541

19451 Donna Oswin 3543



19467 Sonley Johnstone ‐ Whangaparaoa Ratepaers & Residents Association 3545

19487 Reuben Kleynhans 3546

19697 Julie Goodyer ‐ Urban Partners Limited 3547

20013 David Wadman 3551

20232 Asher Davidson ‐ Runwild Trust and Silverdale Golf Range 3554

20239 Asher Davidson ‐ LM Painton Estate 3557

20297 Shirley Cholmondeley 3564

20325 Winston Pond 3566

20404 Raymond Burnett Shaxon 3568

20407 Zelma Armstrong 3570

20410 R.C. Palmer 3572

20412 Kenneth Kiddie 3574

20413 Kathryn Dawson 3576

20447 Jennifer Kiddie 3578

20450 Leanne Fry 3580

20452 Stephen Waller 3582

20453 Beverley Cheesman 3584

20455 Melissa Kraaykamp 3586

20457 Harsha Devendra 3588

20464 Nolene Berger 3590

20491 Janice Cruickshank 3596

20522 Karen Davies 3598

20534 Alison Sapwell 3600

20670 Kerry Stevens 3602

20731 Tricia Cheel 3603

21120 Dirk Castens 3613

21150 George Marr 3615

21474 Mayumi Hutton 3617

21854 Rosemary Graham 3618

21994 Erica Clarke 3620

21996 Alan Clarke 3622

22019 Grant and Rosemary Robinson 3624

22037 Dennis Richardson 3626

22039 Peter Russell 3628



22044 Anthony Longville 3630

22073 Marjorie Warwick 3632

22082 Anna Ellis 3634

22138 Pamela Marshall 3636

22182 Barry Tripp 3638

22279 Claire Teirney 3640

22433 Matt Otway 3642

22501 John and Ann Wech 3643

22534 W Davison 3645

26780 David Morns 3647

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It appears that only the form has come through so I will paste each individually . . . please phone urgently if this is still not successful!

Friends of Sherwood Tricia Cheel

16 March 2015 Question 1b It appears that cost cutting measures are being taken in areas that are vital such as on-toxic weed control and this must never be allowed since it is essential for the overall health and well being of the community to not be exposed to the toxic chemicals, such as roundup, that it appears parks, stormwater and Auckland Transport are constantly slipping into the mix - even in areas such as our chemical free Sherwood Basin. Adopting Integrated Organic Management Systems throughout all council operations could make enormous savings, not just in weed management but in almost every sphere of council activities. This would include examining what activities should and shouldn't be funded from rates - e.g. make up for staff? Furthermore the fluoridation of the water supply should cease immediately and would relieve that financial burden from the rate payers also. There should be less spent on circuseese to keep the masses happy and more spent on opportunities to make Auckland City a far healthier place to live so the masses would be more able to entertain themselves. General Rates increases should not exceed wage increases. Question 2 comment: Building more roads to address transport problems is liking buying a new larger suit every year to address obesity.

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Question 2b comment: Don't do it! Question 2c comment More cycle and walk ways and a real commitment to carpooling and electric car sharing or shuttles. Question 3 comment Scrub the CCOs Question 6b comment: These projects are all meaningless unless people are fit and healthy enough to enjoy them . . . and then the community would be able to provide better for themselves anyway and not need all the funding from rates. No Rates for Roundup or other toxic chemicals that are destroying our quality of life and poisoning our children and pets. Get the basics right - keep the air water and environment clean and as free as possible of toxic chemicals, waste and other pollution - and we can look after our own entertainment thank you. Council needs to concentrate on delivering basic services and caring properly for our natural heritage. Money needs to be found urgently to SAVE NORTHCROSS BUSH & LONG BAY! Question 7 - Additional Feedback. There is a staggering amount of toxic chemicals now released into the environment and even deliberately added to our food and water and in the air we breathe. Studies that have been done usually only consider just one of an array of thousands of chemicals that didn't even exist before 1950 and in themselves raise serious concerns: glyphosate or Roundup, monofluorocetate or 1080 and hydrofluosilicic acid are all deliberately added by Auckland Council and paid by our rates - plus others: and combined with all the additives in food itself and the household cleaners and even cosmetics: and bearing in mind that these can be neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors and carcinogenic in their own right;combined with one another in innumerable combinations and permutations they can act synergistically to produce damage that has never been examined because it is so complex researchers wouldn't even know where to start. What we do know is that we have an obesity epidemic; 1 in 4 children with respiratory problems; 1 in 10 with serious food allergies; diabetes, cancer, heart disease and auto immune disorders all implicated with this toxic exposure; and of course dementia poised to overwhelm our health system by 1050 - I'd say earlier than that! I object most strongly to my rate money being implicated in this assault on our health and well being: I ask that no more Roundup or other pesticides be purchased with rate monies: that consent be withdrawn to drop 1080 on our water catchment in the Hunuas; for Auckland Council to never allow 1080 poison to be dropped anywhere in the Auckland region: that the dumping of highly toxic hydrofluosilicic acid be stopped immediately and the money saved go towards non-toxic weed management: that Auckland Council purchases the least toxic alternative in all it's activities - e.g. toilets, restrooms, libraries, functions - only organic food and drink - drops any sponsorship or involvement in junk food or drink such as Coca Cola, McD's, etc

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Bans Genetic Engineering as well as nuclear activities in it's dominion; Bans plastic bags: Bans any use of pesticides without a specific license as they have in Hudson, Quebec for may years now: Concentrates on making all the public open space AC is responsible for as pleasant and healthy as they can so people can exercise there freely, without the fear of being poisoned, and take their children and pets to do the same. Not too much to ask surely? We could be over half way there by now if this Press Release had been heeded: Helen Wd 28 February 15:25 COMBINED MEDIA RELEASE: Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa NZ Soil & Health Association Safe Food Campaign July 6th, 2007 Time to Ban Aerial Spraying Here Too “Congratulations to the European Union for their enlightened approach to protecting human health and the environment by progressing plans to ban aerial spraying of pesticides”. That’s the message today from Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa NZ, the Soil & Health Association and the Safe Food Campaign. The EU’s Environment Committee has endorsed plans by the European Commission for a ban on aerial spraying of pesticides as part of a wide-ranging strategy to cut down the use of pesticides. “Its time now for New Zealand to also look at banning aerial spraying of pesticides” said Dr Meriel Watts of Pesticide Action Network. “Far too many people have had their lives blighted by aerial spraying in both rural and urban areas of New Zealand. Terrible health effects have resulted from the aerial spraying of the herbicide 2,4-D; and the adverse effects of the unnecessary spraying of West Auckland for the Painted Apple moth are still being felt.” “Many horticultural growers have lost valuable crops to drift from the aerial spraying of 2,4-D” added Steffan Browning of Soil & Health. "Soil & Health often receives complaints of cross-boundary spray drift." “ The aerial spraying of highly toxic insecticides such as chlorpyrifos is still permitted in New Zealand, even though this insecticide is known to cause adverse developmental effects in children and has been restricted in the US” said Alison White of the Safe Food Campaign. The three organisations, which have been trying to combat pesticide problems in New Zealand for many years, also welcome other initiatives by the EU and urge the New Zealand government to be equally proactive in reducing pesticide use here. These initiatives include a national pesticide use reduction target of 25% within 5 years, and 50% within 10 years, including non-agricultural uses a system of levies on pesticides to fund the reduction plan ban on pesticides in all areas used by the general public (e.g. parks, school grounds, residential areas) and in "substantial no-spray zones" around them. a buffer zone of 10m around all water courses

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using the 'substitution principle’ whereby more dangerous substances will be removed from the market if safer alternatives exist “These are all very good measures that will certainly contribute substantially to improved public health and environmental integrity”, said Dr Watts. “New Zealand has dragged its feet for many years on this issue, trying to shuffle it under the carpet and manage the problems by talking with industry. But progress has been too slow. Until this country is prepared to take a firm stand on pesticides the issue will not go away.” ”One of the major problems New Zealand has failed to deal with is the unregulated non-commercial uses.” “Right now untrained home gardeners can access all kinds of toxic herbicides and are enthusiastically waging war on weeds, with no clue about the toxic effects of the herbicides they are exposing themselves and their neighbours, too – let alone the effects on the wider environment” said Dr Watts. This is simply no longer acceptable in so-called developed country.” "Soil & Health has recently requested that ERMA reassess home gardeners access to pesticides," said Steffan Browning. The European Committee stressed that only quantitative use reduction targets in the national action plans will push governments to lower the amount of pesticides used. The Member States are urged to promote low pesticide-input farming and organic farming, giving priority to non-chemical alternatives. Professor Gluckman is about to release a Report on Obesity and this needs to be read with these facts in mind: Shockingly, 42 billion pounds of toxic, hormone-blocking chemicals are dumped on unsuspecting Americans EVERY day -- everything from insecticides to heavy metals to flame retardants. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control tested 2,522 Americans to see how much of that toxic load was sneaking into our bodies. The results? Every single person had toxins -- a total of 212 different toxic chemicals overall. Worse, shocking new research shows these toxins can disrupt fat loss hormones, killing your metabolism and forcing you to pack on the pounds. Sure, you can eat organic and drink filtered water -- but you just can’t escape them ALL. Friends of Sherwood and others have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep our neighbourhoods as beautiful and healthy as possible and it is disappointing to find that Auckland Council is allowing renegade contractors and CCOs to plunge us back into the 20th century . . . please STOP this happening NOW!!! AT ‘bullies’ contractor into spraying chemicals Monday, 9 March 2015, 2:39 pm Press Release: Weed Management Advisory MEDIA RELEASE – 9TH MARCH 2015 Auckland Transport ‘bullies’ contractor into spraying chemicals The Auckland-based Weed Management Advisory group is accusing Auckland Transport of gross interference with a legitimate vegetation control contract and abusing its powers by instructing a contractor to spray chemicals.

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Hana Blackmore said today that the Weed Management Advisory (WMA) had written urgently to Auckland Transport (AT) Chairman, Dr Lester Levy and CEO David Warburton demanding that AT’s instructions to spray chemicals on roads in the North West Urban area currently controlled with a non-chemical hot water treatment be rescinded immediately and the spray contractor told to cease and desist. “We knew as long ago as August last year that AT officers were putting considerable pressure on both the main contractor and his specialist hot water sub-contractor to break their 100% non-chemical contract and spray chemicals” said Hana Blackmore. “But what we did not expect is that the hot water company’s legitimate refusal to use chemicals would result in another contractor being secretly employed to go out and spray his area all over again with chemicals after he had treated it successfully with hot water.” “This is an outrageous situation” said Hana Blackmore, “and in our opinion Auckland Transport’s actions in this affair are nothing short of bullying.” “What is worse is that I had publicly raised this very concern about contractors being pressured to spray chemicals when I presented WMA’s Human Rights Report to Auckland Transport’s December board meeting, and had followed up with a detailed letter in January.” “We were informed only days ago by Dr Levy that an investigation and review into this matter was undertaken by AT’s Group Manager of Risk and Audit. His conclusion was that “the issues raised were not justified” and that no further investigation was required. “That another contractor was secretly spraying whilst this investigation was supposedly underway would suggest that either AT approved these actions or their investigation was shallow and superficial,” said Hana Blackmore. Dr Meriel Watts said that the WMA are now hugely concerned that Auckland Transport’s inexplicable actions are part of a determined campaign to maintain agrichemical use in their road corridor operations, at all costs. The North West Urban vegetation control contract is the first area to have a legacy chemical regime treated with non-chemicals after Auckland Transport’s boundary re-configurations resulted in part of North Shore’s hot water contract being combined with two smaller Waitakere and Rodney ‘chemical’ areas. The specialist hot water company who was already doing the North Shore hot water contract simply added the two smaller ‘chemical’ areas into their operations, said Hana Blackmore, “thereby achieving economies of scale and operational efficiency.” “This was not a covert or clandestine operation. The tender and price for the contract was for a performance based integrated service using hot water for the whole contract area. AT accepted that legal tender, awarded the contract, and the specialist hot water company has been carrying out that work to specification” “It is well known within AT and the industry that in all the years this specialist company has been working on the North Shore contract they have consistently met audit standards of over 98%. They have never had to resort to chemicals to meet specification,” emphasised Blackmore. “So we simply cannot understand why on earth AT should interfere in this appalling and underhand manner.”

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The WMA are now seriously worried that the hot water company has been singled out because of their own actions in demanding evidence to back up AT’s claims that using chemicals on the road corridor vegetation control operations are the only cost effective solution. “We have been putting in OIA requests for the basis of AT’s claims since 2012. All have been denied. Alternative costings have been done for us by the hot water company which we have supplied to both AT and Council. They have disappeared without trace, and both organisations continue to claim chemicals are the cheapest option.” “It is our fear that by disparaging this leading edge hot water technology and discrediting the company, AT can continue to say there is no reliable evidence for our claims and continue to cover up the true cost of vegetation control operations.” Hana Blackmore said this is a very serious accusation, not made lightly. But this very issue was also one they had raised with Dr Levy in their January letter and which the review concluded was not justified. “In the light of what has since happened, the WMA are calling for the report of that investigation to be made public, and an independent review of all AT actions since the contracts were awarded last year be undertaken” said Hana Blackmore. “What has yet to be revealed is why AT is so absolutely determined to continue to spray agrichemicals in contravention of Auckland Council policy, in contravention of their own specifications, in contravention of community wishes made explicitly clear in a petition to them and Auckland Council in 2013, and in defiance of economic rationale. Who is driving this absurd ideological behaviour and waste of ratepayer’s money?” asked Dr Meriel Watts. As Dr Watts makes clear, WMA has spent hundreds of hours of unpaid time trying to get AT to honour community wishes and implement Auckland Council’s Weed Management Policy and stop spraying agrichemicals on the roadside - in the process providing leading science, technological and economic data - only to be stonewalled by AT’s secretive and obstructive behaviour. The WMA will be taking the matter to the Ombudsman. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS ABUSE IS TO TAKE AWAY THEIR POWER TO USE THE ALTOGETHER!!! If Hudson can do it Auckland can too . . . } http://www.ville.hudson.qc.ca/bylaws/270_Pesticides_anglais.pdf and the Netherlands, Russia, Tasmania and Mexico: The Netherlands is the latest country, after Russia, Tasmania and Mexico, to say no to Monsanto. Starting at the end of 2015, the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides to private parties will be prohibited due to a recent decision by the Dutch Parliament. This means that people who spray RoundUp on their gardens and lawns will have to find another form of pest control. The main ingredient in RoundUp, glyphosate, has been linked to cancer, infertility, birth defects, nervous system damage, and kidney disease. Esther Ouwehand – one of two members of the Dutch Parliament from the Party of Animals submitted the motion to ban glyphosate along with Gerard Schouw. Political parties PvdA, CU, 50+, GroenLinks, SP, and PVV got behind the motion, making it hard for the cabinet to ignore the environmental issues. The motion was finally adopted.

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Related: Monsanto’s Toxic Roundup Herbicide Found in 75 Percent of Rain and Air Samples Citizens of the Netherlands have been expressing their concern over glyphosate chemicals at Gifkikker.nl, a notification center launched last April by the Party for Animals and a foundation called Bollenboos. The Dutch Health Council praised this initiative, because until this forum was set up, communities had no formal body to express their concerns to.

Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Sep;59:129-36. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.057. Epub 2013 Jun 10.

Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors.

Thongprakaisang S1, Thiantanawat A, Rangkadilok N, Suriyo T, Satayavivad J. Author information

Abstract Glyphosate is an active ingredient of the most widely used herbicide and it is believed to be less toxic than other pesticides. However, several recent studies showed its potential adverse health effects to humans as it may be an endocrine disruptor. This study focuses on the effects of pure glyphosate on estrogen receptors (ERs) mediated transcriptional activity and their expressions. Glyphosate exerted proliferative effects only in human hormone-dependent breast cancer, T47D cells, but not in hormone-independent breast cancer, MDA-MB231 cells, at 10⁻¹² to 10⁻⁶M in estrogen withdrawal condition. The proliferative concentrations of glyphosate that induced the activation of estrogen response element (ERE) transcription activity were 5-13 fold of control in T47D-KBluc cells and this activation was inhibited by an estrogen antagonist, ICI 182780, indicating that the estrogenic activity of glyphosate was mediated via ERs. Furthermore, glyphosate also altered both ERα and β expression. These results indicated that low and environmentally relevant concentrations of glyphosate possessed estrogenic activity. Glyphosate-based herbicides are widely used for soybean cultivation, and our results also found that there was an additive estrogenic effect between glyphosate and genistein, a phytoestrogen in soybeans. However, these additive effects of glyphosate contamination in soybeans need further animal study.

Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Estrogenic effect; Genistein; Glyphosate; Human breast cancer; T47D; T47D-KBluc

Dear Mayor and Councillors,

Last week, two studies were published in peer-reviewed mainstream medical journals, which showed a strong

link between fluoridation and serious adverse health effects to thyroid and brain function. These two studies

looked at fluoridation at the levels that we have in New Zealand.

Evidence that fluoridation causes harm is now undeniably serious, and Council needs to take urgent action to

call a moratorium until safety can be guaranteed.

Almost every New Zealander knows someone with thyroid problems or a child with ADHD. It is within your

power, and it is your responsibility, to protect your community and suspend this out-dated practice.

The first study published last week showed thyroid disease patient numbers from 99% of GP practices in the

UK. This was published in Epidemiology and Community Health, which is one of the main British medicals

journals. More than one hundred news outlets in the UK, large and small have reported this, as well as in the US

by Newsweek, NBC, The Chicago Tribune, among others – as well as Australian TV news. See Abstract and

links to media coverage

In New Zealand, only the Jim Mora show on Radio NZ has covered the story. The NZ Dental Association

spokesperson, Dr Beaglehole, was the only person interviewed. Of course it is his job to promote and defend

fluoridation, so it is not surprising that as a dentist, he was defensive, evasive and unable to answer questions

about thyroid and brain function. Please see transcript of this interview for Fluoride Free NZ’s rebuttal of Dr

Beaglehole’s inadequate and misleading answers. Also see our press release on this last week.

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The second study last week was published in Environmental Health and shows that there was

a strong correlation between an increase in ADHD in children and increased prevalence of fluoridation.

Interestingly, the authors say “…exposure to fluoridated water may contribute to ADHD via suppression of the

thyroid gland…” See Fluoridation linked to ADHD for more details

We understand that correlation is not necessarily causation. However, unless promoters can prove otherwise, it

has to be recognised that fluoridation could be causing an increase in ADHD and the appropriate action taken.

This study confirms the growing body of evidence that fluoride causes damage to the brain (see Fluoride Brain

studies for more info).

Lowering people’s thyroid function and causing an increase in ADHD rates is an extremely serious matter. It

cannot be weighed against any unproven reduction in dental decay. Nor can it be weighed against political

careers or maintaining a unified front. There are children being born today who are at risk of having their brain

development affected. People only have one chance for brain development. If this goes wrong, there is no going

back to correct it.

Fluoridation is reckless and irresponsible. Councilors should not knowingly allow this damaging practice to

continue. Contrary to the claims made by fluoridation promoters, no safety studies have ever been conducted in

the world. It’s time to put your community first, and call an immediate suspension of fluoridation in your

community.

Sherrill Hood - 16th March 2015

We have just done a motorhome journey in the south island with our little dog. Sadly there were signs everywhere "Deadly to Dogs". It was not possible to walk in the glorious beech forests, or even let our dog out to stretch his legs. This would not be tolerated in Europe or the UK - I understand about the risks to kiwis from dogs. But when you cannot walk your dog because of the risk of poison it is another matter entirely. I am a New Zealander and am ashamed at our POISONING of OUR native forests. We just cannot enjoy them and they are too silent. Came home to suburbia and birdsong. The most birdsong we had heard in all our travels. Our suburbia is full of cats and dogs and BIRDS! If you kill one thing you will kill or diminish the rest. Even if 1080 and other poisons stopped tomorrow we will not be free of poison in our lands until my grandchildren have grandchildren! Really awful situation and VERY Bad "Science".

This is why we shouldn't be dropping 1080 by helicopter - and certainly not in our water catchment - and remember this is bumping up the fluoride already added to the water! How toxic is 1080? Toxicologist explains IAN SHAW Last updated 07:55 13/03/2015

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SECURITY MEASURES: Warnings and safety measures were put in place to counter the 1080 threat.

Professor Ian Shaw explores why and how 1080 is so toxic and asks what is the risk of a child dying from contaminated formula.

New Zealand is one of a very few countries where four numbers in a specific order - 1080 - leads to vehement debate, outright disagreement and intellectual fisticuffs. This is because our green and pleasant land uses 1080 regularly; other countries have either banned or severely restricted its use because of its non-discriminatory and extreme toxicity.

1080, of course, is used to control animal pests (in particular possums) that are threatening our delicate, unique flora. As a result, there is a significant amount of pure, white crystalline 1080 imported for incorporation into baits designed to appeal to our marauding furry invaders.

Whether we should or should not use 1080 is a debate that has rumbled on for a long time, but is not for consideration here. The vehemence of the debate has led to extreme factions, one of which sent an anonymous letter to the CEO of Fonterra in November threatening to poison milk powder used in infant formula with 1080; and, to prove the point, sent a sample of 1080-laced milk powder with the letter.

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So, what is 1080 and why is it so toxic? It is the sodium salt of fluoroacetic acid and is converted to fluorocitric acid in mammalian (including human) cells - this stops cell metabolism dead.

This interesting quirk of biochemistry is the key to 1080's extreme toxicity because citric acid is important in the generation of energy in cells. To initiate the energy generation process, citric acid is converted by an enzyme to a slightly different molecule (aconitic acid) that is converted to something else which is converted to something else and so on, eventually leading back to citric acid.

As this cycle turns, energy-rich molecules spin off which drive cellular processes. Without them the cell would die. The fluorocitric acid produced from 1080 stops the enzyme that converts aconitic acid in the cycle dead in its tracks. This stops energy generation and kills the cell.

This process is called lethal synthesis and is a very devious mechanism of toxicity.

1080 could spell death to any cell it enters. It does not discriminate between cells or target animal. Providing the cell has the citric acid cycle it is doomed. So, if anyone tells you that 1080 can discriminate between pests and native animals they are talking complete and utter rubbish.

The only way to target the effect is to use baits that a particular pest prefers (eg, carrots for possums), but even then if another animal eats the 1080-laced bait it will die, as might animals that eat poisoned carcases.

This biochemical jiggery-pokery explains how 1080 so effectively kills cells, but to understand the risk associated with the eco-terrorist threat we are currently facing we need to know how much would kill a child.

Surprisingly few reliable data are available to base this on. Perhaps the best are studies in dogs carried out many years ago. This introduces an important discussion - do all species respond similarly to 1080? The answer is almost certainly no; it is likely, but not proved that humans are less susceptible and so need a higher dose to give the same effect as in, for example, dogs.

However, based on dog studies about 0.4 mg taken by mouth would kill a 5kg infant. This is a very low dose - enough to just about see. Studies in rats, on the other hand, suggest that 0.4mg would harm, but not kill a child. I have introduced this toxicological conjecture to illustrate that we don't know how much 1080 is needed to kill or harm a child, but that the dose is likely to be very low.

All of this means that very sensitive analytical methods are needed to test milk powder to decide whether it is safe. Such methods are reported to have been developed and applied to tens of thousands of milk powder samples. The negative findings should assure us that the supply chain is clean. And inspecting infant formula containers for evidence of tampering would identify any product that has been individually adulterated.

So, where does all this take us? On the negative side, we have a deranged individual who has written a letter threatening to add a highly toxic chemical to infant formula, and the amount of 1080 that might be added could easily kill a child.

On the positive side, we have a supreme surveillance scheme that has so far shown no adulteration; combined with vigilance in retail outlets to minimise the risk of someone tampering with individual containers of formula, and mums and dads checking that the containers of formula they purchase have not been tampered with. The risk of contaminated formula ending up in a baby's bottle is surely very low.

But this whole incident has heightened our awareness to what an evil person can do to make a point that they are passionate about.

Professor Ian Shaw is professor of toxicology at the University of Canterbury and author of Is it Safe to Eat? (Springer, 2005) and Food Safety - the Science of Keeping Food Safe (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). Tricia Cheel

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