Some facts about the Human Experiment slated for Lenoir County, North Carolina• Title of Experiment: Water From Bottles to Establish Strong Teeth (waterBEST).• The photo used to advertise the experiment – https://waterbeststudy.com/ The concerns with this study arise under five of the Guiding Principles for Ethical Research set forth by the National Institutes of Health (see […]

Timeline for Community Water Fluoridation 1901 Dentists in the United States and Italy separately observe lower rates of dental decay in populations with distinctively stained teeth. Dr. Frederick S. McKay of Colorado Springs, Colorado, notes that many residents have what locals call “Colorado brown stain” and devotes his career to investigating the phenomenon he labels […]

– Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD.Food and Drug Administration uses outdated Public Health Service recommendation to allow up to 0.7 mg per liter added fluoride in bottled waterA new Food and Drug Administration rule effective June 21 reduces the allowed amount of fluoride added to bottled water to 0.7 mg per liter. The […]

-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD.New Zealand Capital Goes Unfluoridated For Months As Equipment FailsOfficials in Wellington, New Zealand have expressed outrage recently when they learned the city has not been receiving its expected fluoridated water for nine months because the water works ceased administering the chemical due to equipment failure.Radio New Zealand reported […]

-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD.Fluoride’s Neurotoxic EffectA further examination of an expanded database for the ELEMENT mother-child cohort study, that had previously shown a link between prenatal fluoride exposure and reduced intelligence, extends that finding by following the children across three successive IQ tests conducted at ages 4, 5 and 6-12 years.  The […]

-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD.Fluoride linked to lowered blood pressure in adolescentsTwo studies that examined data from the United States 2013–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) have found a significant association between fluoride from drinking water and decreased systolic blood pressure (SBP) in adolescents, 12-18 years old.Researchers from Seoul University, reporting […]

In a February 7, 2022, letter to Dr. Rick Woychik, current director of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), two officials from the American Dental Association (ADA), Cesar Sabates (president), and Raymond Cohlmia (executive director) said that the ADA: “is concerned about the National Toxicology Program’s forthcoming state-of-the-science report examining whether there is a causal relationship between […]

-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhD   Plain language summary of fluoride exposure and ADHD risk posted The Canadian researcher who has discovered an association between childhood fluoride exposure from drinking water and increased risk of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has just posted a plain language summary of her work in which […]

The UK House of Lords spent just over an hour debating amendments to two clauses (147 and 148) in the Health and Care Bill that would take authority for fluoridation away from local authorities and give it to the central government.  It is currently at the committee stage in the House of Lords, which involves examination of […]

-Compiled and edited by Mike Dolan, PhDTopical fluoride exposure of limited use in controlling tooth erosion and cariesWhile the use of topical fluoride products such as toothpastes is widely accepted to control tooth decay, a new systematic review of the evidence concludes the amount of benefit can only be measured at the level of micrometers […]