Community water fluoridation predicts increase in age-adjusted incidence and prevalence of diabetes in 22 states from 2005 and 2010

Abstract Community water fluoridation is considered a significant public health achievement of the 20th century. In this paper, the hypothesis that added water fluoridation has contributed to diabetes incidence and prevalence in the United States was investigated. Panel data from publicly available sources were used with population-averaged models to test the associations of added and […]

Fluoride is not an essential element: Letter from Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences, and Kenneth Shine, President, Institute of Medicine.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418 November 20, 1998 Albert W. Burgstahler, Ph.D. and others Professor of Chemistry The University of Kansas 4035 Malott Hall Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Dear Dr. Burgstahler: We apologize for the delay in responding to your letters of October 15, 1997 and February 4, […]