The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There

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The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There. The Case against Fluoride - Front Cover Advance Praise for 'The Case Against Fluoride' Title Page Printer's Imprint Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations PART ONE: Ethical and General Arguments against Fluoridation 1. Poor Medical Practice 2. An Inappropriate and Inefficient Practice 3. The Chemicals Used 4. Who Is in Charge? 5. An Experimental Program PART TWO: The Evidence That Fluoridation Is Ineffective 6. Fluoridation and Tooth Decay 7. The Early Evidence Reexamined 8. Key Modern Studies PART THREE: The Great Fluoridation Gamble 9. The Great Fluoridation Gamble, 1930–1950 10. The Great Fluoridation Gamble, 1950– PART FOUR: The Evidence of Harm 11. Dental Fluorosis 12. Fluoride’s Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physiology 13. Fluoride Poisoning of Humans: Early Reversible Effects 14. The 2006 National Research Council Report 15. Fluoride and the Brain 16. Fluoride and the Endocrine System 17. Fluoride and Bone 18. Fluoride and Osteosarcoma 19. Fluoride and the Kidneys, and Other Health Issues PART FIVE: Margin of Safety and the Precautionary Principle 20. Margin of Safety 21. The Precautionary Principle PART SIX: The Promoters and the Techniques of Promotion 22. Weak and Inadequate Science 23. Promoters’ Strategies and Tactics 24. Self-Serving Governmental Reviews 25. A Response to Pro-Fluoridation Claims 26. The Promoters’ Motivations Review and Conclusion Appendix 1: Fluoride and the Brain Appendix 2: Fluoride and Bone Endnotes About the Authors Index Publisher's Press Notices Rear Cover