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Why Are We Apposed To Water Fluoridation - Numerous Articles & Researched Documents On Fluoride
Why Are We Apposed To Water Fluoridation
Below is a list of all the documents/articles available on this site as of 7th March 2008

"In summary, we hold that fluoridation is an unreasonable risk." - US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HEADQUARTERS' UNION, 2001.

“Over the past ten years a large body of peer-reviewed science has raised concerns that fluoride may present unreasonable health risks, particularly among children, at levels routinely added to tap water in American cities.” - ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, July 2005

"I am quite convinced that water fluoridation, in a not-too-distant future, will be consigned to medical history." - Dr. ARVID CARLSSON, Winner, Nobel Prize for Medicine (2000).

Contents of Page

1) Why we are Opposed to Water Fluoridation
2) Media Coverage
3) Water Fluoridation Status Worldwide
4) Fluoride History/Politics
5) The Chemicals Used to Fluoridate Water
6) Increasing Exposure to Fluoride from Food & Non Food Sources
7) Fluoride & Health
8) Fluoride & Teeth
9) Links
10) Links to Pro-Fluoride Organizations

1) Why we are Opposed to Water Fluoridation (back to top)

* Professionals Statement Calling for an End to Water Fluoridation - Fluoride Action Network, August 2007
* Frequently Asked Questions - Fluoride Action Network, January 2007
* 10 Facts about Fluoride - Fluoride Action Network, December 2006
* 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation - Paul Connett, PhD, Updated April 2004
* The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation - Paul Connett, PhD, November 28, 2002
* Why I am Now Officially Opposed to Adding Fluoride to Drinking Water - Hardy Limeback DDS, PhD, April 2000
* Why the EPA's Headquarters Union of Scientists Opposes Fluoridation J. William Hirzy, Ph.D., May 1999
* Why I Changed My Mind about Water Fluoridation - John Colquhoun, Ph.D., 1997
* Fluoridation: Time for a Second Look? Rachel's Environment & Health News May 10, 2001
* Fluoridation: A Violation of Medical Ethics and Human Rights - Robert Carton PhD & Douglas Cross, 2003
* A Discussion on Fluoridation Ralph Nader, 1971

2) Media Coverage of Fluoride Issues (back to top)

* Compilation of Articles by Subject
* Latest News by State & Country
* FAN in the News

3) Water Fluoridation Status Worldwide (back to top)

* Statements from Europe on Water Fluoridation
* Tooth Decay Trends in Fluoridated Vs. Unfluoridated Countries
* Current National Fluoridation Controversies
* US Communities which have Rejected Fluoridation Since 1990
* US: Water Fluoridation Status by State
* How Many Nations Fluoridate their Water?

4) Fluoride History/Politics (back to top)

The Fluoride Deception - Video Interview with Christopher Bryson, 2004

Is Fluoride Really All That Safe? - Chemical & Engineering News, August 16, 2004

Suppression of Scientific Dissent on Fluoride's Risks and Benefits - Compilation of articles

How Industry Influenced EPA's Fluoride Safety Standards - Fluoride Action Network, March 2006

Fluoride, Teeth and the Atomic Bomb Chris Bryson & Joel Griffiths, Waste Not, November 1997

Industry and Fluoridation - George Waldbott PhD, Albert Burgstahler PhD, and HL McKinney PhD, 1978

Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy? Covert Action Quarterly Fall 1992

Fluoride's Revenge - The Progressive, December 1990

5) The Chemicals Used to Fluoridate Water (back to top)

NEW: The Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: An Environmental Overview Fluoride Action Network May 2003

Dartmouth Researcher Warns of Chemicals Added to Drinking Water Dartmouth News March 15, 2001

EPA Admits to Having No Studies on the Health Effects of Silicofluorides Letter from EPA's Robert Thurnau to Roger Masters, November 16, 2000

Fluoridation Chemicals Have Not Been Safety Tested - Here's the Proof National Pure Water Association (UK) August 2002

Silicofluorides Should Not Be Added to Municipal Water Without Safety Testing Adequate to Protect Children and Other Vulnerable Populations Resolution Submitted to American Public Health Association by Myron Coplan, P.E. & Dr. Robert Carton, Ph.D. 2001

6) The 'Fluoride Glut': Increasing Exposure to Fluoride from Food & Non Food Sources (back to top)

* Infants Over-Exposed to Fluoride "in Most Major US Cities"
* Environmental Working Group: Children are "Over-Exposed"
* The Fluoride Glut: Current Sources of Fluoride Exposure
* Harmful Fluoride Levels Found in Instant Iced Tea
* Kids may get excess fluoride from beverages
* Are we getting too much fluoride?

7) Fluoride & Health (back to top)

* Fluoride Health Effects Database
* Dental Fluorosis

8) Fluoride & Teeth (back to top)

* Fluoride & Teeth: Recent Findings
* Fluoride: The Hard Truth
* New Studies Cast Doubt on Fluoridation Benefits
* Bottled water not affecting tooth decay
* Fluoride's "Benefits": Primarily Topical, Not Systemic
* Tooth Decay Trends in Fluoridated Vs. Unfluoridated Countries
* Fluoride Supplements: Never been Approved by US FDA
* The Big Lie: Fluoridation Helps the Poor

9) Links (back to top)

* Environmental Working Group
* International Society for Fluoride Research
* International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology
* All Party Parliamentary Group Against Fluoridation
* Second Look
* Keepers of the Well
* NoFluoride.com
* ACTION Center
* Fluoride: Poison or Panacea?
* Fluoride Debate
* America: Overdosed on Fluoride
* Protect Our Water Alliance (POWA)
* New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
* Fluoride Free Water (Ireland)
* National Pure Water Association (UK)
* Fluoride Action Network (New Zealand)
* History of Fluorine, Fluoride and Fluoridation

10) Links to Pro-Fluoride Organizations (back to top)

* American Council on Science and Health
* American Dental Association
* British Fluoridation Society
* Centers for Disease Control
* National Center for Fluoridation Policy and Research
* National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research
* Quackwatch

Link to this webpage: http://www.fluoridealert.org/fluoridation.htm