Dr.Paul Connett calls Fluoridation an American crackpot idea from '50's in UK

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From UK's Daily Echo

 

Fluoridation? World expert says 'It’s an American crackpot idea from the ’

50s'

11:03am Monday 22nd September 2008

ONE of the world’s leading experts on fluoride paid a flying visit to

Southampton to join in the Great Fluoride Debate.

Dr Paul Connett is vehemently opposed to fluoridation and has jetted into

the city all the way from his home in New York to add his powerful voice to the

consultation on plans to add fluoride to the city’s tap water.

Southampton City Primary Care Trust wants to see the city’s water supplies

fluoridated to improve dental health.

Dr Connett, director of Fluoride Action Network and a retired professor of

chemistry at St Lawrence University in New York State, has spoken at

conferences worldwide on fluoride since he began researching its health impact

12

years ago.

Most of the United States’ water supplies are fluoridated in a medical

practice designed to improve children’s dental health.

Dr Connett told the Daily Echo: “Fluoridation is a clumsy form of

medication. It’s attractive because you do not have to take any trouble to

educate

parents.

“But you are giving it to people who are sensitive to it and people who

don’

t want it. That’s very arrogant.

“There is a far stronger relationship between tooth decay and standard of

living than you will ever find between tooth decay and fluoride.

Fluoride lowers IQ “The answer should be to target the kids that are most

vulnerable, in low income families, and make sure the pregnant women in these

areas are getting a good diet.â€

Dr Connett is keen to see in-depth studies into fluoridation’s side effects.

 

“Fluoridation is an American crackpot idea from the 1950s,†he said. “It

was a huge gamble. They knew one thing in 1950 and that was that if they put

fluoride in the water, it would increase the number of children with dental

fluorosis, which they thought was an acceptable trade off. The gamble was

whether fluoride could do that to the growing teeth cells without damaging any

other tissue.

“Countries that have had fluoridation since 1950 have never done the basic

studies to check this hypothesis out.

“The other half of the scandal is that countries that have not done studies

are ignoring studies from countries that do not fluoridate their water but

have naturally high levels of fluoride.

“Fluoride causes health problems, damaging the bones and the brain. There

have also been 23 studies done in China, India, Iran and Mexico showing

fluoride lowers IQ levels in children.

“The health experts say they have been fluoridating for 50 years and if

there were any problems we would know about them by now. But if you don’t

study

it properly, you don’t notice the subtle changes.

“No British authorities are studying the link between fluoride and lower IQ

levels, and they are ignoring all the studies from the other countries.â€

Dr Connett called for an open debate: “Now is the time to challenge the

strategic health authority to demonstrate objectivity by having a balanced

debate. I am prepared to do it.â€

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Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas

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Fluoride Action Network _http://www.FluorideAction.Net_

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Fluoride Journal _http://www.FluorideResearch.Org_

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