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Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves To Death
FLUORIDE: Drinking Ourselves to Death?
published by Gill & Macmillan, Publishers, Dublin,
Background
Recently, dentists have been getting awkward questions from their patients, and
not known how to answer them. To rectify this, the British Fluoridation Society
gave dentists suggested answers to thirty-two likely questions.
Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?
takes each of these questions in turn and shows the sham behind the BFS's
suggested answers. In so doing it covers the history of fluoridation, the ways
in which we were conned into believing this poison is 'good for our teeth', the
toxicity of the actual chemicals used and their impact on our health.
It also discusses the recent British government's York Review, the legal
implications of compulsory water fluoridation in the light of recent European
legislation, and lists the places in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland
which are currently fluoridated.
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Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific fraud of this century, if not
of all time.
Dr Robert Carton, formerly US Environmental Protection Agency
Fluoride is more toxic than lead and only slightly less toxic than arsenic.
Yet it is routinely added to the drinking water of five million people in
Britain and more than two and a half million people in Ireland. They are given
no choice.
This mass medication is justified for reasons of dental health but there is no
scientific evidence to prove the benefits of fluoride. Indeed all the evidence
points incontrovertibly to the harm caused by fluoride to human, plant and
animal life.
Fluoridation has been abandoned or is banned throughout continental Europe,
China and Japan. Nevertheless governments and health authorities in Britain,
Ireland and elsewhere are determined to pursue a policy of mass fluoridation,
using arguments that are based on flimsy scientific evidence and ignoring
increasing public concern.
In this carefully researched and persuasively written book, Barry Groves has
assembled
an impressive body of evidence and opinion from throughout the world showing
that the case for fluoridation of water is based on poor science and dogmatic
ignorance rather than on any scientifically proven benefit to public health.
His conclusions are truly alarming for everyone concerned with their own
health, that of their families and of society in general.
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"Must be regarded as essential reading . . . informative and thought-provoking."
Dr Vyvyan Howard, MB. ChB. PhD. FRCPath.
Head of the Department of Toxico-Pathology, University of Liverpool
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REVIEWS
Professor Albert Burgstahler, editor of the journal,
Fluoride.
"Writing primarily for the general reader, he nevertheless has assembled an
impressive array of referenced information of interest to anyone who engaged in
research concerning important biomedical and environmental aspects of fluoride
and fluoridation."
Read the full review.
Dr Keith Marshall, in his review for the dental magazine
Dental Practice
"This soft cover book, which reads well, becomes addictive after a few minutes
into its text. . . . I commend this book to all active clinical practitioners
as deserving a place in the practice library, and would go further and say it
should be essential reading for all undergraduates."
Read the full review
Dr Don Mac Auley, B.D.S
Dental surgeon
"In my opinion, Barry Groves' book is compelling, accurate and timely. I found
it easy reading yet emotive. I grimaced, I laughed, I gasped, but ultimately it
stimulated me to strive further and harder to rid Ireland of this chemical
mass-medication. . . I feel we all have a responsibility to expose the truth
about fluoridation. . . . my congratulations to Barry Groves on an excellent
read. This accomplished book will sit proudly on the shelf between
Yiamouyiannis and Moolenburg."
Dr Juliet Bressan,
Medicine Weekly
, 3 October 2001
"Books like this are important, . . . in that they do encourage governments to
develop a little shame when it comes to ignoring public opinion, health and
pollution. And you've got to take your hat off to someone who spends years,
tirelessly researching a public health issue, which the medical and dental
professions refuse to be bothered with."
"Groves [touches] on the role of industry and central government, by supplying
copious quotes from parliament both here and in the UK which reveal the
complete and utter incompetence when it comes to understanding public health."
"The revelations about . . . health ministers' complete lack of understanding
as to why our water is fluoridated, and what the known health risks are is a
disturbing component to the book"
"A new book has just come to hand on this whole question of fluoride and it
is a cracker. Published by Newleaf and written by the author of
Eat Fat,
Get Thin!
, Barry Groves, the book is titled
Drinking Ourselves to Death
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"This book is simply a must for anyone interested in this most important of
subjects. It is packed from cover to cover with quotable quotes and with
referenced facts all cleverly laid out in digestible form.
"This book, I believe, will quickly become a standard reference . . ."
National Pure Water Association
"In the interests of public health, this 329-page book is an easy, eye-opening
read for all politicians and health workers. It provides an extremely quick
reference work for journalists trying to make sense of the 'debate'. It is,
without doubt, a valuable tool for both seasoned and new campaigners."
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"No laboratory test has ever shown that 1 part per million fluoride in drinking
water reduces tooth decay."
Chief Dental Officer, UK Department of Health & Social Services
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"Dentists' dogma and their doctrine that water fluoridation is a safe and
effective public health measure can no longer be defended in science."
Professor Rudolf Ziegelbecker
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"The presence of low levels of fluoride in the drinking water, equal to the
amount found in fluoridated water, caused damage to the tissue of the brain
similar to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, as well as kidney damage."
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1997; 825: 152-166
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"Prior to my hearing this case, I gave the matter of fluoridation little, if
any, thought but I received quite an education, and noted that the proponents
of fluoridation do nothing more than try to impugn the objectivity of those who
oppose fluoridation."
Supreme Court Justice, J P Flaherty
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Table of Contents
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Foreword
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ix
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Introduction
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1
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1.
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Water Fluoridation
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12
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2.
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Fluoride and Water Safety
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33
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3.
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Cancer and Fluoride
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37
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4.
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Safe Limit for Fluoride
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50
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5.
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Fluoride and the Brain
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62
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6.
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Research into Fluoride
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77
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7.
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Fluoridation and High Infant Mortality
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84
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8.
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Fluoride as a Cumulative Poison
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89
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9.
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Fluoride Kills
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94
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10.
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People at Risk from Fluoride
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98
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11.
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EPA Scientists and Fluoride
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104
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12.
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Support for Fluoridation Diminishes in America
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113
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13.
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The Totality of Fluoride
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115
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14.
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The Ethics and Legality of Fluoridation
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118
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15.
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Dental Fluorosis
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129
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16.
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The Dose Makes the Poison
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140
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17.
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Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part One
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144
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18.
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Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part Two
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148
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19.
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The Death of Science
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150
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20.
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The Poor and Fluoride Toxicity
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160
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21.
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Sugar and Truth Decay
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166
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22.
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Money Down the Drain
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171
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23.
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The History of Water Fluoridation, Part One
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177
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24.
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Arsenic and Old Lies
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193
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25.
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The History of Water Fluoridation, Part Two
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203
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26.
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Dentifrice - or Rodenticide?
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211
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27.
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Europe Against Fluoride
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216
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28.
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Skeletal Fluorosis
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229
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29.
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The Public and Fluoride
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242
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30.
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Legislating for Fluoride
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252
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31.
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Fluoride Not an Essential Nutrient
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256
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32.
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Fluoride and Controversy
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262
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33.
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The UK Review: The Final Word on Fluoride?
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266
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34.
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Are You at Risk?
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294
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35.
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Conclusion
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301
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Appendix A
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Scientific Opposition to Fluoride
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307
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Index
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323
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Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?
is on sale in any bookshop, in Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand,
from the
National Pure Water Association
Last updated 21 June 2002
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