Fluoridation - Cavity Rates, Research

and Information Control

A study of 89 US communities, some fluoridated, some partially fluoridated and some not fluoridated, showed no significant difference in the number of cavities.

In the July 2000 issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association, the lead article was by Dr. John Featherstone of the dental school at the University of California at San Francisco. He reported that his and others' research show that fluoride ingested has little of no significance in terms of the rate of cavities. (See note at the end) However, his research does show that fluoride, applied topically , reduces the cavity rate.

These findings are reinforced by a study of 39,000 student-age New Zealanders; same results— no significant difference between fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas.

Gate Keepers: most proponents of water fluoridation have never read up on the subject, but there are those few government information gate keepers that are aware and block the flow on information that runs counter to their agenda.

Note: The August 1, 1998 issue of Chemical and Engineering News carried a 17-page article on fluoridation as its cover feature. It dealt with the attempts of fluoridation promoters to suppress the publication of articles, which might indicate that fluoridation is unsafe or ineffective.

True or False: Dr. Richard Foulkes authored a report in 1973 recommending mandatory fluoridation for the province of British Columbia . This particular statement is true, however, in 1992 he concluded, “Fluoridation of community water supplies can no longer be held to be safe or effective in the reduction of tooth decay…Even in 1973 we should have known this was a dangerous chemical.” Dr. Foulkes points out that his original report was based on information given to him, which was biased and selected.

Question: Which of the following statements influences you the most?

A.)  Professor Albert Schatz, PhD (Microbiology) Awards Winning discoverer of Streptomycin, the drug that fights bacterial infections, stated, “Fluoridation…is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated on more people than any other fraud has.”

B.)   Fluoridation of the drinking water FORCES EVERYONE to drink fluoridated water for a

non-life-threatening reason; that is, reduction of dental cavities. This is in contrast to chlorine, which helps prevent death from typhoid fever and other bacteria-caused infectious-type diseases.

Robert C. Atkins, M.D. is the founder of a New York City medical clinic, author of several best-selling books and the host of a national syndicated radio health program. He states, “Our government has spent forty years telling us fluoridation is safe, and actively promoting what is, in effect, forced medication, and now it's paralyzed by the enormity of its error.”

True or False: Dr. Phyllis Mullenix says she lost her job at Harvard's Forsyth [Dental] Research Institute in 1994 after she insisted on publishing research results showing that fluoride adversely affected brain function. This statement is true. By 1994 Dr. Mullenix had spent 12 years in Forsyth's toxicology department. Eleven of those twelve years she served as the chairman—oops! Chairwoman.

Question: Has what happened to Mullenix happened to others who have taken a stand to make public those finding which are contrary to the official fluoride policy? YES—Many times! Good scientific procedure welcomes contrary evidence as part of the on-going, self-correcting process of true science. The fluoridation issue, from the beginning, has been shaped by money and the created illusion of reducing dental cavities.

Potential loss of funding seems to dictate censorship of material and dismissal of reputable employees. Don Hay, the associate director of Forsyth Research Institute, told Mullenix, “If you publish this information, we won't get any more grants from NIDR [National Institute of Dental Research],” and he also told her, “Forsyth gets about 90 percent of its money from NIDR.” Upon learning that she was indeed publishing her paper, Forsyth fired her.

Note: From Pediatric Nursing, 23 (2):155-159, 1997, we read, “Fluoride strategies aimed at regular, low-level exposure to fluoride (e.g. fluoride toothpastes, rinses) are superior to fluoridated water for caries [cavities] prevention.”

For more information on water fluoridation go to www.fluorideaction.net

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