I Fluoridation, " Texas Teeth, " and the Great Conspiracy. Part 1. the Issues

Some people calf it the “Greatest Medical Fraud of the Twentieth Century”l (p. 17) and a “poison to the human body.”z Are they talking about laetnle? vitamin C? chemotherapy? No, it’s fluoridation, the addition of fluorides to drinking water, that evokes these strong reactions, Glen S.R. Walker, an electroplating specialist and chairman, Freedom From Fluoridation Federation of Australia, 1 and Martha C. Johnson, director, Safe Water Club of Ingham County, Michigan,z are part of a smafl but outspoken minority who strongly oppose fluoridation. Although it would appear to be a simple public health matter, fluoridation occasions some of the bitterest public debates. Not to be confused with chlorination, a water-purification process we dkcussed recently, s fluoridation is a method for reducing the incidence of dental caries, or tooth decay.