Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?

The Scientific Argument Against Water Fluoridation

Barry Groves

• Publisher: Gill Books
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780717132744
• eBook ISBN: 9780717163779
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Fluoride is more toxic than lead, yet it is routinely added to the drinking water of Ireland and Britain. In Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?, Barry Groves presents an array of convincing and persuasive arguments that dismantle the commonly held belief that the fluoridation of water is beneficial to our health. The fluoridation of water has been used for the prevention of tooth decay for over fifty years. During this time little research has been done to ascertain whether it works. The chemicals used are classified as toxic industrial waste, yet no study has ever been conducted into their safety for human consumption. At the same time, research has uncovered serious side effects including death, cancer, skeletal fluorosis, osteoporosis, dementia, lowered IQ, kidney damage and even increased dental decay. Fluoride is only slightly less toxic than arsenic and all the evidence points incontrovertibly to the harm caused by fluoride to human, plant and animal life. 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. Strongly opposed throughout the world, water fluoridation is far less widely accepted than its proponents would have us believe. Only two percent of the people of Western Europe have their water fluoridated — almost all of them within Britain and Ireland. Despite this, dental organisations lobby governments to compel everyone to ingest fluoride, whether they want it or not and without regard to possible harm. The vast majority of dentists maintain that the fluoridation of water is not debatable. In this book, Barry Groves assembles evidence to refute every single argument made by the dental establishment in favour of fluoridation. This carefully researched and persuasively written book demonstrates 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.

Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?: Table of Contents

Introduction

• Water Fluoridation
• Fluoride and Water Safety
• Cancer and Fluoride
• Safe Limit for Fluoride
• Research into Fluoride
• Fluoridation and High Infant Mortality
• Fluoride as a Cumulative Poison
• Fluoride Kills
• People at Risk from Fluoride
• EPA Scientists and Fluoride
• Support for Fluoridation Diminishes in America
• The Totality of Fluoride
• The Ethics and Legality of Fluoridation
• Dental Fluorosis
• The Dose Makes the Poison
• Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part One
• Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part Two
• The Death of Science
• The Poor and Fluoride Toxicity
• Sugar and Truth Decay
• Money Down the Drain
• The History of Water Fluoridation, Part One
• Arsenic and Old Lies
• The History of Water Fluoridation, Part Two
• Dentrifrice — or Rodenticide?
• Europe Against Fluoride
• Skeletal Fluorosis
• The Public and Fluoride
• Legislating for Fluoride
• Fluoride Not an Essential Nutrient
• Fluoride and Controversy
• The UK Review: The Final Word on Fluoride?
• Are You at Risk?
• Conclusion
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  Appendix: Scientific Opposition to Fluoride

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Water Fluoridation
• Chapter 2: Fluoride and Water Safety
• Chapter 3: Cancer and Fluoride
• Chapter 4: Safe Limit for Fluoride
• Chapter 5: Fluoride and the Brain
• Chapter 6: Research into Fluoride
• Chapter 7: Fluoridation and High Infant Mortality
• Chapter 8: Fluoride as a Cumulative Poison
• Chapter 9: Fluoride Kills
• Chapter 10: People at Risk from Fluoride
• Chapter 11: EPA Scientists and Fluoride
• Chapter 12: Support for Fluoridation Diminishes in America
• Chapter 13: The Totality of Fluoride
• Chapter 14: The Ethics and Legality of Fluoridation
• Chapter 15: Dental Fluorosis
• Chapter 16: The Dose Makes the Poison
• Chapter 17: Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part One
• Chapter 18: Fluoride-Related Bone Problems, Part Two
• Chapter 19: The Death of Science
• Chapter 20: The Poor and Fluoride Toxicity
• Chapter 21: Sugar and Truth Decay
• Chapter 22: Money Down the Drain
• Chapter 23: The History of Water Fluoridation, Part One
• Chapter 24: Arsenic and Old Lies
• Chapter 25: The History of Water Fluoridation, Part Two
• Chapter 26: Dentifrice — or Rodenticide?
• Chapter 27: Europe Against Fluoride
• Chapter 28: Skeletal Fluorosis
• Chapter 29: The Public and Fluoride
• Chapter 30: Legislating for Fluoride
• Chapter 31: Fluoride Not an Essential Nutrient
• Chapter 32: Fluoride and Controversy
• Chapter 33: The UK Review: The Final Word on Fluoride?
• Chapter 34: Are You at Risk?
• Chapter 35: Conclusion
• Appendix A: Scientific Opposition to Fluoride
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright
• About the Author
• About Gill & Macmillan