Article with links to references

Article in Reason Magazine - December 5, 2001

A high-profile Canadian fluoride advocate slams fluoridation.

A public service website addressing a major health issue by a Dartmouth university professor.

Information on fluoride as a hazardous waste product of the fertilizer industry with current news and links.

Highlights in North American Litigation during the twentieth century on artificial fluoridation of public water supplies.

Bi-monthly water fluoridation news from Australia. Includes translation into several languages

Review of fluoride research commissioned by Health Canada and the Health Ministry of Ontario.

Fluoride content of bottled mineral waters from all over the world

Euan Swan, B.Sc., DDS, DDPH Canadian Dental Association recommends no routine fluoride supplementation until permanent teeth erupt.

From the faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Western Ontario. Information on fluoride sources, fluorosis and its health implications.

IMC sells hydrofluosilicic acid to fluoridating communities.

Organzed to repel or stop fluoridation in Utah.

Constantly updated fluoridation information from the media and other sources.

Article by Darlene Sherrell asserting that the American Dental Association has colluded with industry to cover up the toxic properties of fluoride.

Selling books and videos, also.

Fluoride toxicity symptoms and antidotes intended for professionals, but has value to patients as well.

Government instructions for proper handling and treatment of fluoridation chemicals and equipment and training guidelines for fluoridation personnel.

A comprehensive 1977 Canadian Government report about the effects on the environment based on listed scientific studies.

Quoted material taken from the Institute of Medicine's On-Line Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1999).

Monthly articles concerning the emerging science and current information about fluoridation. Includes links and discussion boards.

Discussion of the contribution of fluoride to arsenic levels in drinking water, from the Konformist.

Facts on fluoridation from the California Dental Association.

Article by Douglas A. Balog, in Pace Environmental Law Review, Summer 1997.

An online report on the highly polarizing issue and questions about health risks versus benefits, continuing since 1945.

Describes the impact of fluoridation in the West Midlands in the UK on promoting better dental health.

Report from American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a public health watchdog group.

Environmental Research Foundation - Rachel's Weekly

Examines the biological and other effects of fluoride on animal, plant, and human life. Site contains tables of contents from selected journal issues, and instructions to authors.

An international coalition to end water fluoridation and alert people to fluoride's environmental and health risks.

Article from Earth Island Institute Journal on fluoride and the environment.

A response to the American Dental Association's booklet, "Fluoridation Facts".

A citizens group campaigning for an end to water fluoridation in Ireland.

Basic and in depth information with e-petition, poll, links to fluoride-free products and activism information.

Find out how much fluoride is in the foods and beverages you eat and drink.

Information on the issues surrounding fluoridation.

Provides regularly updated news briefs from around the world regarding the use of fluoridation.

Fluoride supplements are often prescribed in non-fluoridated areas. This article on a pediatrician's website says that's not such a good idea. Books for sale, newsletter, forums, links.

An interview with Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, authors of "Fluoride Power," on their concerns regarding fluoride's impact on health and the thyroid.

The High Cholesterol/Thyroid Connection, and How Undiagnosed Thyroid Disease May Be the Reason for Your High Cholesterol, from your About.com Guide

Are the claimed benefits of ingesting fluoride over-rated and the risks to our health and eco-system under-reported?

From the American Dental Association. Answer frequently asked questions about community water fluoridation, based on a summary of relevant published articles.

Pollution from fluorine compounds is a major environmental health problem.

Research and remedies for the endemic dental and skeletal fluorosis problems in India

Petition, links and information about the tragedy afflicting this town because of natural fluoride in the water supply. They are asking for help.

Fluoride and fluoridation facts by Gary Null, PhD.

Includes patent information on fluoride containing products products.

Silicofluorides used to fluoridate drinking water is linked to antisocial behavior according to InsightMag.com

Discusses the growing widespread concern over the fluoride issue. Neurotoxic effects of fluoride and the related halogen elements.

A group of dentists calling for an end to water fluoridation in Ireland. Includes links to more information.

Irish Medical Journal, September 2000 Vol. 93 Number 6. "Water Fluoridation : Pollutant or Panacea?" by dentist Don Mac Auley

Information by a doctor with links.

Questions to ask legislators and dentists about fluoridation.

Krishna Ram Ayurvigyan Shodh Sansthan, India (Krass India) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life, of people with various medical problems.

UK organization fighting water fluoridation with action items, information and links.

The Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health (MCOH) is an organization dedicated to improving the oral health of the residents of Massachusetts through the use of effective, community-based oral health education and preventive measures. MCOH seems to be organized to fluoridate Worcester, Massachusetts

Compilation of websites that discuss the fluoridation controversy.

Working to stop the fluoridation of water. Resources and information. Links to many articles.

A 1993 study examining fluoride exposure and risk of bone fracture, effects on organs and reproduction, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, metabolism, and related issues.

Fluoridation 101 teaches how fluoridation began and why it may be unnecessary today, with links and news releases.

Educates about the dangers of fluoride and mercury, and provides healthful alternate solutions.

"How Honest Are Dentists?" By William Ecenbarger Dentists push for fluoridation. Should they be trusted?

Links to documentation and information on fluoride issues in general and some specific to Redding, California.

Report of a 1991 U.S. Public Health Service evaluation of fluoride in the diet and in drinking water.

Asserts that questions about the safety of the cavity-fighting chemical aren't just for right-wing conspiracists any more.

Article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association questions the ethics and safety of water fluoridation.

Water fluoride chemicals were never safety tested. This document is nominating silcofluorides, used by over 90% of US fluoridating communities, for health and safety testing for the first time. Prepared for Scott Masten, Ph.D. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences October 2001

Links to many articles and documents about fluorides, fluoridation and symptoms of chronic fluoride poisoning. References are provided, with excerpts from the scientific literature showing escalating fluoride pollution and the adverse effects on human health and the environment.

Article by George Glasser - "Increasing Alzheimer's and primary brain tumors: The price of fluoridation?"

Edward Groth III, Ph.D.,Senior Scientist, Consumers Union of United States, Inc., reports how fluoridation proponents went wrong in their efforts to encourage Americans to drink fluoridated water.

Links: Symptoms of Fluoride Poisoning, History of the Fluoride-Iodine Antagonism, Fluoride in Food, Salt Fluoridation, Fluoride in Drugs, "Organic" Fluorides, Daily Fluoride News, Pictures of Fluorosis

Non profit company pledged to fight fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Information and resources on the evidence of harm from fluoridation.

A December 14, 1992, article recently posted on the internet

Research by J. Featherson published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, July 2000

article by John R. Lee, M.D. "Americans' Health is Being Compromised for Industrial Profit"

Fluoride started out as an unwanted contaminant. Examines how it was made beneficial, from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

The connection between fluoride manufacturers and the dental community.

Government report about toxicity of fluoride included that to certain subsets of the population, April 1993

On November 24, 2003, the Water Fluoridation Task Force of Lancashire, England, met to hear pro and con presentations on water fluoridation. The tape of that meeting is available at this site.

An overview of fluoride in water.

Surgeon General explains that tooth decay is still a major US problem in poor and minority populations and suggests ways to improve the situation.

Article explains that airborne toxins, including fluoride, unknowingly, exposed workers to dangerous health effects while developing nuclear bombs for the US

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods

Group opposes water fluoridation

Second Look, a national non-profit concerned with the science and politics of controversial public policy issues, focuses on fluoridation and the science of fluoride. Second Look takes an educational approach and is building an online reference library with links to all sides of the issue.

Article by Sheila L.M. Gibson arguing that water fluoridation causes a variety of health problems, with references.

Provides news, information and resources on opposition to fluoridation.

US Environmental Protection Agency Scientists and other professionals tell you why it opposes drinking water fluoridation.

You and your children are exposed to more waterborne contaminants from bathing and showering than from drinking the water.