News  25-6-2003 FAN, USA: Burns Lake Voters End 40+ Years of Fluoridation

 News  25-6-2003 Guardian, UK: Fluoride Flaws

 News  24-6-2003 Business Wire, USA: New Cavity Fighting Agent Significantly (96%) More Effective Than Fluoride ...

 News  20-6-2003 KSL TV, USA: S. Phoenix pollution tests in doubt because of rain

 News  20-6-2003 KSL TV, USA: Some Davis County Residents Deflouridating Water

 News  19-6-2003 Newswire, Canada: Canadian polluters increased chemical releases by 20% from 1995 to 2001

 Letters  16-6-2003 Manchester Online, England: Fluoride and our rights

 Letters  9 & 10-6-2003 Letters from Christchurch, New Zealand: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

 News  9-6-2003 Vesti Nedeli, Russia: Health, environment in danger from Russian region's metal works "... feature on 8 June highlighted the plight of an area in Russia's northwestern region of Karelia, the site of a major aluminium producer, whose residents have "lived in dreadful environmental conditions for decades". Children and adults alike suffer from fluorosis. The concentration of cancerous substances is massive. One man has plucked up the courage and sued the company. Meanwhile, the dumping of harmful waste continues." ... "Dmitriy Kuzin's mother recalls how her husband, who later committed suicide, was beaten up after he sued the plant 10 years ago."

 News  9-6-2003 The West Australian: Action sought on tainted site

 News  4-6-2003 Otago Daily Times, New Zealand: Concerns over high levels of fluoride

 News  4-6-2003 News Tribune, USA: High court takes fluoride suit

 News  30-5-2003 Fort Collins Coloradoan, USA: Fluoridation: Low-income kids are not being helped

 News  27-5-2003 NYSCOF, USA: Study by Fluoridation Proponent Reveals Fluoridation Doesn't Decrease Childhood Cavities

 News  23-5-2003 myTELUS.com, Canada: Justice measured in dollars?

 News  23-5-2003 Bolton Evening News, England: MP in plea for fluoride protest

 News  20-5-2003 Observer-Reporter, USA: Toxic Potassium Fluoride spill on I-70 halts traffic

 News  19-5-2003 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, USA: Herbal teas often take a toll on teeth "With the exception of black and chamomile teas, the herbal teas caused erosion of tooth enamel similar to or worse than orange juice, an acidic beverage. Some blends caused almost three times as much erosion as orange juice. Chamomile and black teas caused virtually no erosion."

 News  19-5-2003 Hoovers News, Ireland: Irish green watchdog slated - Irish EPA endangers public health

 News  19-5-2003 Hoovers News, UK: Government bid to end fluoride veto

 Feature  19-5-2003 New Zealand Herald: Maybe it has something to do with what is in the water Fluoridated NZ: "... 58 per cent of our teenagers and 47 per cent of 5-year-olds have serious dental decay," ... and of Annette King [Minister of Health]: "Perhaps if the ministry had consented to send a representative to the 25th conference of the International Society of Fluoride Research in January, it might have gained more up-to-date information. The Dunedin conference hosted numerous international fluoride experts. It's difficult to imagine any reason for the ministry's failure to take advantage of the latest research on their doorstep,"

 Letter  17-5-2003 Fort Collins Coloradoan, USA: Fluoridation - an example of how the media sometimes prefers to ignore the truth about fluoridation.

 News  15-5-2003 IRIN, UN: Volcanic Ash Threatens Human Health And Agriculture "An increased number of deaths among cattle and goats is suspected of having been caused by consumption of ash-coated grass, leading to deterioration of the animals' digestive system and poisoning by fluorosis, or excessive fluoride."

 News  15-5-2003 Evening News 24, England: Debate begins to bite on fluoride issue

 News  15-5-2003 ENN/NYSCOF, USA: Ingested Fluoride Needless; Children Dangerously Overdosed, Studies Show

 News  8-5-2003 Peninsula Daily News, USA: Sequim council rejects fluoridation

 Letter  7-5-2003 Lincoln Journal Star, USA: York voters give fluoridated drinking water the brush off

 Letter  2-5-2003 Fort Collins Coloradoan, USA: Investigate the damage

 News  2-5-2003 Irish Times, Ireland: EPA criticised over water schemes "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been criticised for accepting the quality of drinking water in Kilkenny as satisfactory even though it was found to contain aluminium contaminations more than 100 times the EU limit." and ... "The danger of excessive aluminium in the water supply, especially when linked to excesses in fluoride [also found in Kilkenny], is recognised by the WHO as having a potential link to brain lesions and Alzheimer's disease,"

 News  30-4-2003  NYSCOF/ENN, USA: Basel, Switzerland, Halts Decades of Water Fluoridation - No Evidence of Fluoridation's Benefit

 News  29-4-2003 NZOOM.com, New Zealand: Workers "exposed to silicon tetra-fluoride emissions"

News  29-4-2003 Warrnambool Standard: Public poll may decide on fluoride

 News  29-4-2003 Santa Cruz Sentinel, USA: Onlookers mum on fluoride suit

 News  Beacon Journal, USA: School soda sales soar "Among the findings: The average 12- to 19-year-old male drinks the equivalent of 868 cans a year." Note: this equates to 23-24 spoons of sugar a day (based on 12-ounce cans of "regular soda").

 News  26-4-2003  BBC Monitoring, Indonesia: Police chief comments on blast at UN office "... the bomb that went off behind the UN office contained carbon fluoride, sulphide and nitrate."

 News  29-4-2003 The Age: Fluoride battle brews in towns  Letter  28-4-2003 The Border Mail: Fluoridation not without its risks

 News  25-4-2003 NDTV.com, India: Fluorosis rampant in rural Orissa "Fluoride content over 0.5 milligram per litre could lead to fluorosis as is the case in Karlakot and 24 other villages in Nuapada district in Orissa where hundreds of able bodied people have been affected. Excess of fluoride in the water, causes brittleness of the bones, malting of the teeth and generalized weakness, anaemia and calcification of the tendons and ligaments. Fluorosis has also affected the teeth of many children and adults in the village and the weak bones and loss of stamina has cut into the people's ability to work."

 News  19-4-2003 Irish Times, Ireland: Ads firm got '2.7m in State contracts

 News  17-4-2003 ENN/NYSCOF, USA: Fluoridation Adds Lead & Arsenic into Your Drinking Water

 News  13-4-2003 FAN, USA: Taking Truth to Power - USEPA Cannot find one single scientist to defend water fluoridation in debate!" "I respectfully suggest that if no person from the Federal Government is willing to defend the practice by invitation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, then the subpoena power of the U.S. Congress be invoked to compel such a person or persons to appear before a Joint Committee of the Congress to do so." - Dr. William Hirzy, the Senior Vice President of EPA's Headquarters Union.

 News  14-4-2003 UK: Thousand greens show the way forward in local elections / Green Party Local Election Page

 News  13-4-2003 Salt Lake Tribune, USA: Fluoride Foes: Health Board Practices Dubious

 News  11-4-2003 News Sentinel, USA: Truck with uranium load wrecks; No toxins spill in I-40 accident, officials said