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We've frequently been told that '14 Nobel prize winners in chemistry & medicine oppose fluoridation', which, while superficially impressive, is really just an argument from authority. (Most of those listed are dead, so it's difficult to gain personal confirmation of their stance.) It's also a fairly trivial figure, as Terry Cuttress has pointed out: "Since [...]
A while back I saw this post spreading around on a couple of Facebook anti-fluoride groups, and noticed people blatantly spreading this as fact when it’s really a bunch of misinformation. "YOU ARE BEING POISONED. I am pleased and sad to announce that my book, "Killing Us Softly: Causes and Consequences of the Global Depopulation [...]
Readers will recognise this graph - similar ones are always being presented to argue that there is no difference between improvement in oral health of people in fluoridated and unfluoridated countries. This one is from Connett's book and he says of it "there is little obvious difference in the rate of decline in tooth decay [...]
Two ASA complaints have been ruled today. Both are complaints about pro-fluoride adverts, and both have, been judged as "No Grounds To Proceed". Bay of Plenty District Health Board Newspaper Advertisement: “Complainant, J. Burness, said: the Ministry of Health stated its survey was not designed as an in-depth water fluoridation study. The Complainant also said the [...]
Is theobromine better than fluoride? "An organic compound, theobromine, found in chocolate is better than fluoride at remineralising and hardening tooth enamel, according to a new study published in Caries Research. The study investigated the surface micro-hardness of enamel after artificial enamel lesions were treated with theobromine, fluoride or artificial saliva. While artificial saliva did [...]
From Declan Waugh's FB page "The data on Fluoride exposure and IQ presented at the Tehran Conference helps to explain Ireland's ranking of 26th of 34 participating OECD countries for students skills and knowledge in Mathematics in the Programme on International Student Assessment." Waugh links to a press release from the Irish Parliament, which clearly [...]
Various commenters on the Uni's Facebook page for our Google Hangout earlier this week have urged me & my colleagues to read The Case Against Fluoride, by Drs Connett, Beck & Micklem. One of the reasons we should do is, we're told, is because it's got a whole 80 pages of references (or, as one commenter [...]
I see that Pat McNair has posted the following on the Fluoride Free Hamilton page. Since I can't comment there, I'm going to respond below, as it seems her recollection of what was said by the speaker is somewhat faulty. "I attended the free public lecture by Dr Graham Saunders, senior lecturer in inorganic chemistry [...]
A colleague (an analytical chemist) has done the maths for us on the amount of water someone would have to drink in order to achieve a fluoride load commensurate with chronic fluorosis (around 20mg/kg dry matter in the diet). Food varies quite a bit in its water content, but they've assumed an average of 50% [...]
For a while now I have thought the mistake of the Hamilton City Council was a cloud with a silver lining. It was a wake-up call to people concerned with evidence based approaches to health and society. A warning that anti-scientific groups were getting far more influence than they deserved. So news of that decision [...]