Fluoridation Truths and Lies

THE BIG LIE

The extent of water fluoridation.
Colors indicate the percentage of population in each country that receives fluoridated water.

80–100%

60–80%

40–60%

20–40%

1–20%

< 1%

unknown

By Heinz Dinter, PhD

Let us document public statements uttered and offer common sense conclusions as to their truth.

Caught in one lie, do you believe anything else the person without respect for the truth says? What about the liar's credibility? False statements made with forethought and self-serving purpose cannot be trusted as having your best interest in mind, including your health. Is avarice an influencing factor?

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lie
1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.
3. an inaccurate or false statement.
4. the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his accusers.

truth
1. the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4. the state or character of being true.
5. actuality or actual existence.
6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8. ( often initial capital letter ) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9. agreement with a standard or original.
10. accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
11. Archaic . fidelity or constancy.

Lie	“Among reputable scientists there is no disagreement about the benefits of fluoridated water.” Dr. Charles Hoffman, president of the Florida Dental Association, urged his patients and other members of the general public on the Internet to make this statement in letters addressed to city officials in 2010. THE FDA PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON FLUORIDATION no longer contains Dr. Hoffman's urging because Dr. Paul Connett, Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network (www.fluoridealert.org) reminded the FDA president that false statements result in defamation lawsuits.
Lie	“Absolutely, fluoride is safe. It's effective. It has reduced the decay rate in the population about 20 to 40% over the last 60 years.” Dr. Sally Cram, American Dental Association, 2010.
Truth	“It [fluoridation] is absolutely obsolete. In modern pharmacology it's so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose. In this case you had it in the water and people are drinking different amounts of water so you have huge variations in consumption.” Dr. Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, 2000.
Truth	Don't Drink the Water? Brush your teeth, but the fluoride from your tap may not do much good - and may cause cancer. Newsweek, Feb 5, 1990.
Truth	About fluoridation: "We ought to go slowly. Everybody knows fluorine and fluoride are very poisonous substances ... We use them in enzyme chemistry to poison enzymes, those vital agents in the body. That is the reason things are poisoned; because the enzymes are poisoned and that is why animals and plants die." Dr. James Sumner, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1946.
Truth	"We do know that the use of drinking water containing as little as 1.2 to 3.0 parts per million of fluorine will cause such developmental disturbances in bones as osteosclerosis, spondylosis and osteopetrosis, as well as goiter; and we cannot afford to run the risk of producing such serious systemic disturbances in applying what is at present a doubtful procedure ... . There is no margin of safety, and that with their present knowledge or lack of knowledge of the chemistry of the subject, the potentialities for harm far outweigh those for good." Editorial in the Journal of the American Dental Association, October 1944.
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