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CDC Statement on the Cochrane Review

July 6th, 2015 Fluoride in the News

The Division of Oral Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published comments on the recent Cochrane review of water fluoridation. The comments include a detailed comparison of the Public Health Service (PHS) recommendation that was released in April 2015 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and […]

Doubting Science and Reaching False Conclusions: Two Phenomena with Consequences for Community Water Fluoridation

March 4th, 2015 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care

Advocates of community water fluoridation (CWF) stand on a bedrock of science that has been decades in the making and is thousands of studies deep. So the growing disbelief in science and medicine is a troubling and dangerous trend. Two recent blog posts shed light on why people doubt and how beliefs are not easy […]

Harvard Deans Call Fluoridation “Vital”

March 24th, 2013 What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Three of the leading figures of the health community at Harvard University have written a letter expressing their support for community water fluoridation. Dr Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of Harvard Medical School, Dr Bruce Donoff, dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Julio Frenh, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and […]