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Fluoride & the Brain: An Interview with Dr. Phyllis Mullenix
The following interview with Phyllis Mullenix took place on October 18, 1997. The interviewer is Paul Connett. I. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Connett: We’re talking with Dr. Phyllis Mullenix, who in 1995, published a very important work on the neurotoxic effects of fluoride in rat studies. And Phyllis would you begin by telling us your background? What are […]
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The Manhattan Project’s Secret Wartime Conference on Fluoride Toxicity
This letter discusses the meeting of Manhattan Project scientists in 1943, where they agreed upon the need for a secret wartime conference to discuss the “toxicity of fluorine compounds…with the view to orienting those concerned with the specific problems which may arise.”
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The Deepwater Documents: Lawsuit Against the US Bomb Program Over Fluoride Poisoning
In their award winning article, “Fluoride, Teeth, and the Atomic Bomb” journalists Chris Bryson and Joel Griffiths discussed how “the first lawsuits against the U.S. A-bomb program were not over radiation, but over fluoride damage.” The lawsuits were filed by a group of farmers in southern New Jersey, whose peach orchards were destroyed, and whose […]
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Letters Published in Chemical & Engineering News following Review article on Fluoridation
Letters published in response to Chemical & Engineering News’ comprehensive review of the fluoridation debate (August 1, 1988). The review stimulated a tremendous amount of feedback – with letters published in the Journal up through April of the following year. Most of the feedback was complimentary, with much appreciation for the Journal’s effort to conduct an objective analysis of the issue.
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(Table): Most major developed countries do not fluoridate their water supplies
Country Population (millions) Percent of population drinking artificially fluoridated water Albania 3.1 0% Australia 16.1 66 Austria 7.6 0 Belgiuma 9.9 0 Bulgaria 9.0 0 Canada 25.9 50 Czechoslovakia 15.6 20 Denmark 5.1 0 East Germany 16.6 9 Finlandb 4.8 1.5 France 55.6 0 Greece 10.0 0 Hungary 10.6 0 Ireland 3.5 50 Italy 57.4 […]
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(Table): Most of the Largest U.S. Cities Have Fluoridated Drinking Water
City Population (thousands) Fluoridation Status Date Instituted New York City 7263 Artificial 1965 Los Angeles 3259 None Chicago 3010 Artificial 1956 Houston 1729 Natural/artificial 1982 Philadelphia 1643 Artificial 1954 Detroit 1086 Artificial 1967 San Diego 1015 Discontinued 1954 1952 Dallas 1004 Artificial 1966 San Antonio 914 None Phoenix 894 None Baltimore 753 Artificial 1952 San […]
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Water Fluoridation “Obsolete” According to Nobel Prize Scientist
On October 4, 2005, two members of the Fluoride Action Network — Michael Connett and Chris Neurath — traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden, to interview Dr. Arvid Carlsson, a famed pharmacologist at Gothenburg University and recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology.
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Statements from European Health, Water, & Environment Authorities on Water Fluoridation
Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control hails water fluoridation as one of the “top ten public health achievements of the twentieth century,” most of the western world, including the vast majority of western Europe, does not fluoridate its water supply. At present, 98% of the western European population drinks non-fluoridated water. This includes: Austria, Belgium, […]
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Oral Health Reports from the 50 States & District of Columbia
June 2010 The Failure of the Fluoridation Experiment – Part 2. By Ellen Connett, Fluoride Action Network Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Oral Health Reports from the 50 States in the US, plus the District of Columbia Part 3: Tooth Loss by State Part 4: “The 14 Worst-Teeth Cities” by Sarah Carrillo, published by TotalBeauty.com […]
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Rank of U.S. States Receiving Fluoridated Public Drinking Water: 2006
Populations Receiving Optimally Fluoridated Public Drinking Water — United States, 1992–2006 MMWR Weekly, July 11, 2008 / 57(27);737-741 “In 2006, 69.2% of the U.S. population served by community water systems received optimally fluoridated water (Table 1), an increase from 62.1% in 1992, and from 65.0% in 2000 (Table 2)… Overall, approximately 184 million persons served […]