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  • Rat Study Reignites Dispute On Fluoride

    A long-smoldering dispute over the safety of fluoridating public water supplies has flared anew, forcing the nation’s top health officials to reevaluate the risks and benefits of using fluorides to reduce tooth decay. The latest review was triggered by a Congressionally mandated study that recently reported evidence that high doses of fluoride may cause cancer […]

  • European Union

    EU Reports 2019 – Safety assessment of the substance, titanium dioxide surface treated with fluoride-modified alumina, for use in food contact materials. EFSA Journal 17.6 ( European Food Safety Authority). June 26. 2015 – Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for […]

  • World Health Organization | United Nations

    Fluorosis Fluoride in water is mostly of geological origin. Waters with high levels of fluoride content are mostly found at the foot of high mountains and in areas where the sea has made geological deposits. Known fluoride belts on land include: one that stretches from Syria through Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan and Kenya, and […]

  • 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, […]

  • Basel Switzerland Votes to Stop Water Fluoridation

    11 to 2 and 73 to 23. Those were the votes that stopped water fluoridation in Basel, Switzerland. With the two votes, 41 years of water fluoridation will soon come to an end (although salt fluoridation will – unfortunately – begin), and Basel will lose its distinction as the only city in Switzerland to fluoridate its water supply.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fluorides in the Air

    The story of Garrison, Montana is but one of many in which an industry and its neighbors have fought long and bitter battles over the damage caused by fluorides in the air. The federal government and many affected states have been slow to enact regulations to control fluoride air pollution. They have taken action only when public pressure has forced them to recognize an emergency.

  • The Ecological Aspect of Fluoride

    Presented at the 4th Annual Conference of International Society for Fluoride Research, The Hague, 10/24-27/71. It is a great honor to be asked to present the Opening Address at this, the 4th meeting of the International Society for Fluoride Research. I chose “The Ecological Aspect of Fluoride”, because I believe that such an appraisal is […]