News  31-12-2002 KOMO TV, USA: State Rebukes Providence Everett Medical Center "Water used in the kidney dialysis machines ... contained high levels of fluoride ..."

 News  30-12-2002 Timaru Herald, NZ: Fluoridation `bribe' faces Timaru veto

 News  24-12-2002 Assam Tribune, India: Rajasthan villagers show way to remove flouride from water "For drinking fluoride-rich water, rural people in that State have started losing their teeth at the early age beside being plagued by bone diseases. Children’s growth has been severely affected by the fluorosis ..." & 22-3-2001 WHO: Too much natural fluoride in India "Nearly 100,000 villagers in the remote Karbi Anglong district in the north-eastern state of Assam were reported to be affected by excessive fluoride levels in groundwater in June 2000. Many people have been crippled for life. The victims suffer from severe anaemia, stiff joints, painful and restricted movement, mottled teeth and kidney failure."

 News  19-12-2002 Chillicothe Gazette, USA: Q. How do you make 100,000's tonnes of uranium hexafluoride safer for storage? A. Spend over half a billion dollars removing the fluoride - and then sell it to "industries"!

 Commentary  18-12-2002 Geographical Review: Neandertals and the thyroid gland: The selenium connection "Goiter has been produced in animals by feeding them fluoride salts. This element in man exerts an antithyroid effect when used in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis (Goldemberg 1930). Such relationships probably account for the famous "Derbyshire neck," an enlargement of the thyroid gland that looks like a swollen neck, formerly found in inhabitants of fluorite (calcium fluoride) areas in central England (Hetzel 1989). Indeed, it has been argued that, in China, goiter is promoted by elevated levels of four elements that adversely influence the thyroid: calcium, magnesium, fluorine, and lithium (Tan 1989)."

 Feature  18-12-2002 Red Flags Weekly, USA: Fluoridation Blitzkrieg

 News  17-12-2002 Yahoo! Groups: Fluoride Poisoning "The intention of this site is for FLUORIDE POISONED persons to share their experiences and support. Options are to discuss symptoms, feelings, diagnoses, treatments, related conditions, and available research on the subject."

 News  16-12-2002 Pantagraph, USA: Tooth or dare "Despite fluoridation of drinking water and a societal emphasis on dental hygiene for two generations, dental problems in children aren't going away."

 News  13-12-2002 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA: Group Of Residents Sues Chemical Firms

 Politics  12-12-2002 European Union: Proposal to reduce 'harmful' levels of fluoride in some mineral waters

 News  12-12-2002 NIEHS, USA: National Toxicology Program lists numerous fluorides as carcinogens (cancer-causing agents)

 News  9-12-2002 Evening News, Scotland: Is giving parents chewing gum the best way to save their kid's teeth?; New plan to prevent adults passing on bacteria

 News  9-12-2002 Asia Africa Intelligence Wire: Buffalo deaths and 120ppm fluoride "Severe fluoride toxicity will result in multiorgan failure. Central vasomotor depression as well as direct cardiotoxicity also may occur. Death usually results from respiratory paralysis, dysrhythmia, or cardiac failure." (source: e-medicine)

 News  8-12-2002 Pensacola News Journal, USA: Answers imminent on area's toxic risk

 Review  7-12-2002 Globe & Mail, USA: Killer air, killer book "In the darkness, fluoride and sulfur gases efficiently reduced people's lungs to a bloody pulp. In three days, 18 people died: All were down-winders. After the inversion lifted, another 50 died. Hundreds more finished the rest of their lives with damaged lungs and hearts."

 News  6-12-2002 Herald, New Zealand: Whangarei says no to fluoride

 News  5-12-2002 WJET-TV, USA: City Supports Lawsuit To Stop Fluoridation

 News  5-12-2002 Blue Springs Examiner, USA: Health panel criticized for handling of fluoride issue

 News  2-12-2002 Sunday Business Post, Ireland: Anti-fluoride Voice claims savings of €13m

 News  29-11-2002 Hungry Horse News, USA: Pollution rules changed for CFAC

 Feature  29-11-2002 Natal Witness, SA:  "... the subjugation of all aspects of society is the ANC's aim"

 Feature  28-11-2002 Red Flags Weekly: The absurdities of water fluoridation

 Feature  28-11-2002 Ground Water Periodical: Parts of Mexico threatened by deep-well water extraction

 Paper  27-11-2002 Moscow Times, Russia: Maps Put Geologists on FSB's Hit List

 News  25-11-2002 'Unethical Conduct' / New York Times: Whose Hands Are Dirty?

 News  26-11-2002 'Unethical Conduct' / The Times, UK: The needle and the damage done "Hundreds of American soldiers have suffered serious illness after being compulsorily injected with a controversial Anthrax vaccine, a batch of which has been found to be contaminated"

 News  25-11-2002 BBC, UK: Health Authority to shut down fluoridation tank

 Opinion  25-11-2002 The Express, UK: Fluoride will not tackle cause of poor oral health

 Opinion  23-11-2002 The Scotsman: Lack of consultation

 News  21-11-2002 Ha'aretz, Israel: State confirms it's dedication to fluoridation dictate

 News  25-11-2002 Macleans Magazine, Canada: Biting back against fluoride

 News  19-11-2002 Evening Times, Scotland: Shadow Health Minister rejects any plans to add fluoride to water supplies

 News  17-11-2002 Tribune, USA: Bonney Lake files lawsuit to reverse fluoridation rule

 News  17-11-2002 Express, India: Excess fluoride may hit hard

 News  17-11-2002 Record Searchlight, USA: City rejects fluoride grant

 Poll Update  16-11-2002 Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA: 'Fluoridation' defeated in Watsonville

 News  15-11-2002 Associated Press: Industrial chemicals threaten turtle nesting ground in eastern

 News  11-11-2002 Coventry Evening Telegraph, UK: Fluoride protesters spread message

 Study  11-11-2002 NYSCOF, USA: Water Fluoride Chemicals Cause Cavities

 Drinking water safety  10-11-2002 Sun-Sentinel, USA: Lab fails water testing standard in Pompano Beach

 Environment  10-11-2002 Bozeman Chronicle, USA: Studying Yellowstone Park's hostile environment "Elk that spend a lot of time around the hot springs of Norris Geyser Basin live only about half as long as do their relatives 20 miles to the north. Nobody's sure just why. It might be that too much fluoride in the soil and grasses is ruining their teeth. ..."

 Legal  8-11-2002 Barrett v Sherrell: So who's the 'quack' now? Pro-fluoridationist 'Dr', notorious for his vitriolic attacks on his opponents, gets a dose of his own medicine.

 Irish Forum Update  7-11-2002 Irish Examiner: Scientists slam call to continue adding fluoride to water

 Polls  6-11-2002 USA: A big NO to fluoridation in Nov 5 polls. The following have all rejected the practice:

Billings / Redding / Kalispell / Methuen, Mass. / Texarkana / Washoe County / Watsonville - awaiting result

 Irish Forum Update  6-11-2002 Irish Health: Scientists slam Irish fluoridation report

 Irish Forum Update  5-11-2002: 7 in 10 do not support water fluoridation Seven in 10 Irish people do not support fluoride being added to the public water supply, according to the results of a new poll by irishhealth.com.

Result:: Do you support fluoride being added to the water supply? Yes  17%  No  71%  Not Sure  12%

 Irish Forum Update  3-11-2002 Sunday Business Post, Ireland: Report slams fluoridation policy

 News  2-11-2002 Tampa Tribune, USA: Fluoride runoff from proposed phosphate extraction could threaten drinking water supplies of around 100,000 people

 Feature  2-11-2002 The Guardian, UK: Dr Albert Shatz "But Waksman was not, in fact, the man who discovered streptomycin. The antibiotic was isolated by his postgraduate student Albert Schatz, ... who worked in a basement lab three floors below Waksman's office at Rutgers University, New Jersey. While the professor collected prizes and honours, his student sank into scientific obscurity, consumed by a sense of injustice."

 News  1-11-2002 Coventry Evening Telegraph, UK: Campaign challenge to fluoride in taps

 Feature  30-10-2002 Irish Health: War continues over fluoridation...

 Industry  29-10-2002 Business news Americas: Alumar discovers way to recycle toxic waste

 Research  28-10-2002 ENN/NYSCOF: Osteoarthritis Linked to Fluoride

 Statistics  28-10-2002 PFPC: New fluorophenyl-containing anticancer drug 'Iressa' has caused 39 deaths

 Debate  27-10-2002 Billings Gazette, USA: Fluoride Debate. How dental students are 'educated': "When she attended the UCLA dental school, she said, it was made clear to students that anyone who deviated from the orthodox line and questioned the benefits of fluoridation wouldn't be allowed to graduate."

 Domestic  26-10-2002 Jerusalem Post, Israel: 'Dumbing down' on fluoride. Israelis can now purchase "Barbie toothpaste gel with fluoride for children".

 Domestic  24-10-2002 Chemical Business News: SC Johnson patents floor cleaner

 Opinion  24-10-2002  Record Searchlight, USA: Dangers of fluoride compound unchecked Chemical poses certain hazards; toxicity unknown

 Science  23-10-2002 The Oregonian, USA: Fluorine 'on the brain' - quite literally!

17-10-2002 USA: Veto override fails - totalitarian fluoride measure leads to anger and tears

17-10-2002 USA: Measure 34-54: No

15-10-2002 USA: Man burned by hydrofluoric acid - but threat of full-scale evacuation avoided

14-10-2002 USA: Contaminated fluoride 'Nursery Water' contained "petroleum-based solvent"

13-10-2002 ENN / NYSCOF: Stop Fluoride Supplements - Canadian Dental Association

11-10-2002 UK: MSP 'slams fluoride plans'

10-10-2002 USA: Military personnel exposed to fluorinated Sarin and VX nerve gases in open-air tests

10-10-2002 USA: Area School Board discontinues fluoride tablets - requires doctor's prescription

9-10-2002 Chile: Salmon farmers threaten to quit Aysen over Alumysa

9-10-2002 UK: Campaigners say no to fluoride in the water

8-10-2002 USA: Speakers predict fluoride defeat

8-10-2002 India: Lack of water problem compounded by fluoride blight

7-10-2002 UK: Can a new gas put an end to fillings?

6-10-2002 UK: Teething troubles

6-10-2002 Australia: Health warning on duct tape "... Lead Free Plastic Tape, gave off 22 times the lethal limit of the gas hydrogen fluoride while burning. The gas can cause irreversible and fatal lung damage."

5-10-2002 USA: EPA voices 'alarm' over Cotter mill - Concern over 3,120 drums of calcium fluoride used for uranium process

5-10-2002 USA: Plainville and North Attleboro continue to argue over end to fluoridation

4-10-2002 USA: Deal To Fix Pollution System Keeps Phosphate Plant Open

3-10-2002 USA: Hypocrisy and threats from pro-fluoridation Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health

3-10-2002 USA: Fluoride Ban In City Water Voted On By Erie Council

2-10-2002 Malta: Malta has fluoride problem

2-10-2002 USA: Arkansas-side residents to vote on fluoride

2-10-2002 NYSCOF: Discoloured Teeth Linked to Bone Fractures in Naturally Fluoridated Area

1-10-2002 Argentina: San Luis dam, aqueduct projects continue on hold

1-10-2002 USA: Board to reconsider fluoridation