Europe, after investing heavily in water fluoridation,
has strongly rejected it.
Only 2% of Europe remains fluoridated. Why?
Water fluoridation was stopped in the following World Health Organization (WHO) countries, according to a report in the International Society for Fluoride Research, Fluoride 31 (3), 1998, pp. 171-174:Federal Republic of Germany Introduced in 1952, stopped in 1971Sweden Introduced in 1952, stopped in 1971Netherlands Introduced in 1953, stopped in 1976Czechoslovakia Introduced in 1958, stopped in 1988/90German Democratic Republic Introduced in 1959, stopped in 1990(Spremberg) stopped in 1993Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsIntroduced in 1960, stopped in 1990FinlandIntroduced in 1959, stopped in 1993Outside Europe: JapanIntroduced in 1952, stopped in 1972The reason for these cessations of water fluoridation has been the result of the scientific evidences that have gradually accumulated that challenge and defeat the claims of safety and effectiveness.“Dentists and WHO experts predicted a very large caries increase (“a tide of caries”) after termination of fluoridation in those European countries. Analysis of the data, however, reveal a significant decrease in dental caries (caries decline) after suspension of water fluoridation in Japan, in the Netherlands, in Prague, in the German Democratic Republic, and elsewhere. Never has any real increase in dental caries been observed after water fluoridation was discontinued.”Fluoridation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, Kenneth M. Howard, p 16.
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