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Fluoride, Teeth, and the Atomic Bomb
Introduction: The following article was commissioned by the Christian Science Monitor in the spring of 1997. Despite much favorable comment from editors, and full documentation, the story remains unpublished by the Monitor. By any yardstick, this report was an award-winning scoop for any national paper. The report offers a glimpse into the history of fluoride, […]
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First Atom Bomb Suit – for Ruined Peaches – Filed by Salem County Growers for $400,000
A dozen orchard owners in Salem County (N.J.) blamed the atomic bomb yesterday for their ruined 1944 peach crop. And – they’re not fooling. For they filed suit in New Jersey Supreme Court for $400,000 to make good for their losses. Named in the suit – first of its kind – are three chemical manufacturers […]
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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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Harold Hodge, the University of Rochester, and Human Radiation Experiments
Chapter 13: “The Rochester Production Line” On September 5, 1945, just three days after Japan formally surrendered, Los Alamos chemist Wright Langham sat down with scientists working at the Manhattan Annex, the secret research facility at the University of Rochester to plan the most comprehensive set of plutonium injections yet undertaken. This new round of […]