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• ADA: The State of Fluoridation

  After 67 years, challenges continue across nation For 67 years, community water fluoridation has been part of the landscape in the United States public health arena. Hundreds of studies have confirmed its safety and effectiveness in reducing caries rates since 1945, when Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first community to adjust the fluoride levels in […]

• Why Environmentalists Should Oppose Fluoridation

  I am very heartened by the fact that David Brower, Executive Director of the Sierra Club from 1952-64, Founder of Friends of the Earth, and Founder of Earth Island Institute, has agreed to become a founding member of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). He joins several other prominent environmental activists, including Edward Goldsmith (publisher of […]

• 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.

• Promoters’ Style Has Fueled Fluoridation Controversy

  The style of promotion that fluoridation’s proponents have used from the very beginning probably made the issue more controversial than it need have been.

• Fluoridation of Water: Questions about health risks and benefits remain after more than 40 years

  Chemical & Engineering News’ infamous and thorough review of the science underlying water fluoridation.

• 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 […]

• Fluoridation Review #27

  Concern For Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity Sparks Opposition From New Zealand Council A district council that has been ordered to fluoridate its water supply by the New Zealand government is resisting the move, citing the USA’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) report that prenatal exposure to fluoride, at a level previously said to be safe, increases the risk […]