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Water Fluoridation and Its Enemies
Dr. Whelan took to the airwaves last night to discuss fluoride on the international Manchester Radio Online. “Manchester Radio Online is aired all over the world,” says Dr. Whelan, “so the show has a lot of exposure. I offered a sound defense of water fluoridation to prevent tooth decay, and also to reduce the risk […]
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Nature and Fluoride for All
Millions of Americans do not receive fluoridated water Sixty years after fluoridation was introduced into some public water systems, 30% of Americans still aren’t receiving fluoridated water. “This is a prima facie case of public health negligence,” Jeff Stier believes. Even some major cities — like San Diego, Portland, Honolulu, and Witchita — still don’t […]
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ACSH, America’s biggest defender of toxic chemicals, ranks fluoridation: #2 Unfounded Health Scare of 2007
The (Unfounded) Scare: The addition of fluoride to tap water causes multiple health problems, including fluorosis, abnormal thyroid function, lower IQ and osteosarcoma. Origin of the Scare: The Environmental Working Group (EWG) published an article in their August 2007 Bulletin entitled “Fluoride in Your Water: Friend or Foe?”(6) The article claimed that “[e]ven the American […]
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Sound Science vs. the Anti-Fluoridation Gang (EWG and FAN)
Glaring examples of anti-fluoride paranoia have recently made the news. An outfit called FAN (Fluoride Action Network), another called the Lillie Center, and the EWG (Environmental Working Group) have weighed in with media releases that demonstrate quack modus operandi: misstatements of fact, half-truths, and dubious, cherry-picked, non-contextual data. They use a November 2006 statement by […]
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ACSH’s Stier on NPR
Excerpt: ACSH associate director Jeff Stier appears on NPR’s Talk of the Nation show to discuss health rumors, Dec. 7, 2005 at 3:20pm Eastern — with the audio available online thereafter. Below is an excerpt from the show transcript:… NEIL CONAN (HOST): Here’s an e-mail we got from Jackson in Basalt, Colorado. `Who started the […]
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Fluoride and Amalgam: An Introduction to the Debate
By Todd Seavey It is ironic that some greens and leftists are now promoting fear of fluoride and believe in a government/dental establishment conspiracy to foist fluoride on an unwilling populace — since fear of a fluoride conspiracy was considered right-wing paranoia back in the days when Dr. Strangelove was filmed. Recall the brilliantly-acted scene […]
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Toothpaste Terror
Cancer caused by mouthwash? Lethal doses of toothpaste? Natural oral care products are creeping onto store shelves, using scare tactics to increase their sales. Are they attempting a hostile takeover of the oral hygiene market by instilling fear in the American public? You decide. One natural toothpaste company warns on their website, “Check your toothpaste […]
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Scientists Urge Governor Whitman to Take Action to Fluoridate all New Jersey Water Supply
New York, NY, April 9, 1997 — Scientists and physicians from the American Council on Science and Health have urged New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman to vigorously promote community water fluoridation in New Jersey. “Fluoridation remains the safest, most effective, and most economic public-health measure to prevent tooth decay and to improve oral health […]
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Fluoridation: A Triumph of Science Over Propaganda
Community water fluoridation (herein called simply “fluoridation”) is the precise adjustment of the concentration of the essential trace element fluoride in the public water supply to protect teeth and bones. In 1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to fluoridate its public water supply. Since then, communities throughout the United States […]
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ACSH Considers Legal Action Against Attempts to Reclassify Fluoride
The American Council on Science and Health said last week that it will seek to restrain any federal agency from banning or seeking to reclassify fluoride from a non-carcinogen to a probable carcinogen. “If the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) tries to undermine the public confidence in fluoride, we will take steps to stop them,” said […]
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