Why I changed my mind about water fluoridation.

Why I continue to support community water fluoridation.

What I have changed my mind about and why: public health and technology perspectives in the field of trauma studies

This paper is based upon a panel discussion "What I Have Changed My Mind About and Why" held on 5 November in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), as part of the ISTSS 2015 annual meeting "Back to Basics: Integrating Clinical and Scientific Knowledge to Advance the Field of Trauma." The panel was chaired by Professor Dr. Rachel Yehuda of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the James J. Pet...

Associations between oral health behavior and anxiety about water fluoridation and motivation to establish water fluoridation in Japanese residents.

Since 1972, community water fluoridation programs have not been practiced in Japan. Risk perception among the population plays an important role in the implementation of water fluoridation programs. The oral health behavior of Japanese children has changed, especially due to recent increases among children in the use of fluoridated products and fluoride applications by dentists. The purpose of ...

Water fluoridation in Canada: past and present.

Water fluoridation remains a contentious issue in Canada and many communities choose not to fluoridate their water supply. As of 2007, 45.1% of the Canadian population had access to fluoridated water supplies. The main arguments for and against fluoridation have changed very little over the years, with supporters (including the World Health Organization and Health Canada) citing evidence that s...

Study Incapable Of Detecting IQ Loss From Fluoride.

Both Newbrun and Friedman’s letters accuse me of opposing community water fluoridation (CWF). This was not the point of my article. My article examines the arguments being put forward by scientists in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, to understand how the debate overCWFplayedout.Despite attempts to make science as bias-free as possible, historians and philosophers of science have shown that scienti...