This FAN production (one of FAN’s most popular) presents a powerful indictment of the water fluoridation program through interviews with a Nobel Laureate in Medicine, three scientists from the National Research Council’s landmark review on fluoride, as well as dentists, medical doctors, and leading researchers in the field.
In this 1998 interview, Dr. John Colquhoun explains why he went from being New Zealand’s leading promoter of fluoridation to being an opponent of the practice.
Features:
Dr Lawrie Brett – practising dentist, Whangarei
Dr Andrew Harms – practising dentist and former President of the South Australian branch of the Australian Dental Association, Adelaide
Dr Peter Scanlon – practising medical doctor, Hamilton
“They’ve told everybody for years that it’s safe and effective, and it’s neither.”
“You’ve got two choices; either they’re aware but they’re frightened of telling the public and admitting this or they’re totally, utterly incompetent – they can’t read. I mean all you gotta do is to read the literature.”
Interview With the author of the book: Christopher Bryson
Read more about the book here
Attorney Michael Connett summarizes 10 basic facts about fluoride that should be considered in any discussion about whether to fluoridate water.
FAN’s Michael Connett breaks the fluoride issue down at Clean Water California’s recent rally in San Francisco.
In this short PSA, Ed Begley Jr addresses recent research linking elevated fluoride exposure to reduced IQ. Based on this and other research, Begley has added his voice to the growing number of people calling for an end to fluoridation.
A number of studies, particularly those published between the 1930s and 1970s, purported to demonstrate very large benefits from drinking fluoridated water. In 2000, these studies were critically reviewed by an expert committee, the “York Review,” and found to be of extremely poor quality. The York Review found, for example, that few studies alleging benefits from fluoridation had controlled for other factors (e.g., poverty) that can greatly affect tooth decay, and had ever been a “randomized controlled trial” — the gold standard in medical research and required before most drugs can enter the market. The scientists who participated in the review, including Sir Iain Chalmers, have publicly stated their surprise at the “poor quality” of research they found.
“[T]he political profluoridation stance has evolved into a dogmatic, authoritarian, essentially antiscientific posture, one that discourages open debate of scientific issues.” – Dr. Edward Groth, Senior Scientist, Consumers Union, 1991.
Dr. Vyvyan Howard, Past-President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, explains his concerns about water fluoridation. Dr. Howard is a medical toxico-pathologist who specializes in the impact of toxins on fetal and infant health. In this video, Dr. Howard discusses his concerns about fluoride’s impact on infant health.
FAN’s Executive Director, Paul Connett, PhD, has been challenging fluoridation proponents to have the courage of their convictions and defend the practice in open public debate. In Connett’s 16 years working on the fluoride issue, only three fluoridation proponents have ever accepted this challenge. Watch for yourself what happens when the proponents attempt to defend the practice in a debate…
In this video produced by Canada’s Discovery Health Channel in 2004, host Avery Haines moderates a discussion of fluoridation featuring three views on the practice.
In this short video, Dr. Bill Osmunson — a general and cosmetic dentist — explains why he has become concerned about fluoride and water fluoridation.
This video made for the Portland campaign is one of the best we have seen on fluoridation.
It is about the actual science on fluoridation: its effect on salmon and the environment, efficacy for dental health, and safety for human consumption
NEW documentary 1.5 hrs long by Tami Greever from AR1 TV in Arkansas
