Mountain View California Citizens for Safe Drinking Water - Working to stop the fluoridation of water. Resources and information. Links to many articles.
Fluorides and Fluoridation - Links to many articles and documents about fluorides, fluoridation and symptoms of chronic fluoride poisoning. References are provided, with excerpts from the scientific literature.
The National Pure Water Association (NPWA) - Non profit company pledged to fight fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Information and resources on the evidence of harm from fluoridation.
Fluoride and the Phosphate connection - Article from Earth Island Institute Journal on fluoride and the environment.
Fluoride: Protected Pollutant or Panacea? - Are the claimed benefits of ingesting fluoride over-rated and the risks to our health and eco-system under-reported?
Salon - Fear of Fluoride - Asserts that questions about the safety of the cavity-fighting chemical aren't just for conspiracists any more.
Dare To Think - Article by Darlene Sherrell asserting that the American Dental Association has colluded with industry to cover up the toxic properties of fluoride.
VOICE - The Fluoridation of Ireland - Group opposes water fluoridation
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation - Learn how fluoridation began and why it may be unnecessary today, with links and news releases.
Safe Drinking Water Coalition - Organized to stop fluoridation in Utah.
eMedicine Online Text - Emergency Medicine - Fluoride toxicity symptoms and antidotes intended for professionals, but has value to patients as well.
Fluoride, Hydrogen Fluoride and Fluorine - U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services report about toxicity of fluoride included that to certain subsets of the population.
Review of Fluoride: Benefits and Risks - Report of a 1991 U.S. Public Health Service evaluation of fluoride in the diet and in drinking water.
National Academy Press - Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride - A 1993 study examining fluoride exposure and risk of bone fracture, effects on organs and reproduction, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, metabolism, and related issues.
Fluoridation: Time For A Second Look?, May 10, 2001 - Environmental Research Foundation - Rachel's Weekly
The Story of Water Fluoridation - Fluoride started out as an unwanted contaminant. Examines how it was made beneficial, from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Three Historical Case Studies: Fluoridation - Consumers Union of United States analysis of how tactical errors in efforts to encourage Americans to drink fluoridated water.
Irish Dentists Opposing Fluoridation - A group of dentists calling for an end to water fluoridation in Ireland. Includes links to more information.
Adverse Health and Behavior from Silicoflourides Used to Fluoridate Public Water Supplies - A public service website addressing a major health issue by a Dartmouth university professor.
Impurifying our precious bodily fluids: Fear of fluoridation takes a left turn - Article in Reason Magazine.
Nalgonda.org - Petition, links and information about the tragedy afflicting this town because of natural fluoride in the water supply.
Water Fluoridation - Second Look - 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.
Why EPA Headquarters Union of Scientists Opposes Fluoridation - Offers an explanation of why the group opposes drinking water fluoridation.
Introduction to Fluoridation - Discusses the growing widespread concern over the fluoride issue. Neurotoxic effects of fluoride and the related halogen elements.
Water Fluoridation - Therapy or Fallacy? - Article by Sheila L.M. Gibson arguing that water fluoridation causes a variety of health problems, with references.
Water Fluoridation in Pennsylvania - Provides news, information and resources on opposition to fluoridation.
Fluoride in Bedfordshire, UK - Basic and in depth information with e-petition, poll, links to fluoride-free products and activism information.
Lancashire Campaign Against Water Fluoridation - UK organization fighting water fluoridation with action items, information and links.
Fluoride News Tracker - Provides news briefs from around the world regarding the use of fluoridation.
Benefits and Risks of Water Fluoridation by Ontario, Canada, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - Review of fluoride research commissioned by Health Canada and the Health Ministry of Ontario.
Fluoridation of Public Water Systems: Valid Exercise of State Police Power or Constitutional Violation? - Article by Douglas A. Balog, in Pace Environmental Law Review, Summer 1997.
Redding Citizens for Safe Drinking Water - Links to documentation and information on fluoride issues in general and some specific to Redding, California.
Massachusetts Coalition for Oral Health - 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
Fluoridation of Water in the West Midlands to Reduce Tooth Decay - Describes the impact of fluoridation in the West Midlands in the UK on promoting better dental health.
Sodium Hexafluorosilicate and Fluorosilicic Acid: Review of Toxicological Literature - 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
Fluoride-History - Includes history and patent information on fluoride-containing products.
Water treatment chemicals contribute to Arsenic levels in drinking water - George Glasser reports on test results in the Konformist.
USDA Fluoride Database of Foods & Beverages - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods
US Surgeon General's Oral Health Report - Surgeon General explains that tooth decay is still a major US problem in poor and minority populations and suggests ways to improve the situation.
Australian Fluoridation News - Bi-monthly water fluoridation news from Australia. Includes translation into several languages
Fluoridation Facts - Facts on fluoridation from the California Dental Association.
The Fluoride Education Project - Links to articles and websites generally opposing consumption of fluoride.
Fluoride and Fluoridated Water's Link to Thyroid Disease - Article generally reporting on one particular negative health effect of adding fluoride to water.
Fluorides and Fluoridation - Argues that this is "the most flagrant scientific fraud of all time." Provides links to additional resources for review.
North Coast Fluoride Information Network - Pro-fluoridation site states, "The evidence supporting the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of fluoridation of community water supplies comes from multiple sources covering 50 years of legitimate research published in peer reviewed journals, including both long term studies on large populations, recent confirmatory studies, and comprehensive literature reviews."
Why Fluoridation Is Important - Subtitle: "Don't Let the Poisonmongers Scare You!" Discusses many arguments against fluoridation and how those tend to be invalid or incorrect.
American Academy of Family Physicians - Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies - Policy statement covers benefits, risks, details of dietary supplementation, and provides many additional references for review.
National Center for Fluoridation - Provides links to a number of fluoridation, consumer protection, public health, and public health dentistry websites.
British Fluoridation Society - A group of concerned professionals working to see an improvement in the dental health of the UK population by the implementation of Government policy for water fluoridation. Provides extensive resources for further review.
Fluoridation: A Triumph of Science Over Propaganda - Report from American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a public health watchdog group.
ACSH - Time and the Anti-Fluoride Cause - Addresses and generally refutes the headline article in Time magazine from October 24, 2005. "An article in Time ... getting many things wrong, adds fuel to the fire."
Fluoride Poisoning, A Puzzle with Hidden Pieces Phyllis J. Mullenix, PHD - Journal article describes fluoride's health effects
Is Fluoride Really As Safe As You Are Told? - Information by Dr. Tim O'Shea, with links.
Science and Ethics of Water Fluoridation - Article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association questions the ethics and safety of water fluoridation.
ACSH - Fillings, Fluoride, and Fear - Article argues that the two most pervasive and dangerous controversies in dentistry involve false allegations against silver-amalgam fillings and fluoridation.
ADA.org: Fluoride & Fluoridation - The ADA endorses the fluoridation of community water supplies and the use of fluoride-containing products as safe and effective measures for preventing tooth decay.
Artificial Fluoridation Litigation - Highlights in North American Litigation during the twentieth century on artificial fluoridation of public water supplies.
It's Something in the Water - Silicofluorides used to fluoridate drinking water are linked to antisocial behavior, according to Insight on the News.
National Academies Press - Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards - 576 page report can be read online for free.
Fluoride Supplements - Fluoride supplements are often prescribed in non-fluoridated areas. This article on a pediatrician's website says that's not such a good idea.
Keepers of the Well - Questions to ask legislators and dentists about fluoridation.
Engineering and Administrative Recommendations for Water Fluoridation, 1995 - US government instructions for proper handling and treatment of fluoridation chemicals and equipment and training guidelines for personnel.
International Society for Fluoride Research - Provides details of conferences, and features current and archived issues of the quarterly journal.
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association - Dietary Fluoride Supplement Protocol for the New Millennium - Journal article. Canadian Dental Association recommends no routine fluoride supplementation until permanent teeth erupt.
Fluoride Free Australia - A coalition of Australian antifluoride groups working to broaden the public's awareness of the effects of fluoride on public health.
Fluoride issues - Directory of links related to fluoride use, maintained by Dan Montgomery.
Fluorides and Fluoridation Facts - From the American Dental Association. Answer frequently asked questions about community water fluoridation, based on a summary of relevant published articles.
Fluoride and Fluorosis - Information on fluoride and how to diagnose and avoid fluorosis from the Fluorosis Research & Rural Development Foundation of India. Includes scientific bibliography.
Fluoride Debate - A response to the American Dental Association's booklet, "Fluoridation Facts".
NSF Fact Sheet for Fluoridation Chemicals - NSF (National Sanitary Foundation, International) is the body that regulates U.S. fluoridation chemicals. NSF has compiled data on the level of contaminants found in all fluoridation products (Antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, radionuclides, selenium).
Preventive Dental Health Association - Educates about the dangers of fluoride and mercury, and provides healthful alternate solutions.
Dental Fluorosis, A Case Study - From the faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Western Ontario. Information on fluoride sources, fluorosis and its health implications.
Cumbrians Against Fluoridation - Cumbrians Against Fluoridation is campaigning against water fluoridation in West Cumbria, UK.
Skagit Clean Water Political Action Committee - A Washington State based group lobbying against fluoridation in Skagit County and is recognized by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission as the official site for the Skagit Clean Water Political Action Committee
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