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IS FLUORIDE SAFE & EFFECTIVE?

Robert C Dickson MD, CCFP, FCFP

"I am a medical doctor, and I strongly oppose artificial water fluoridation. It is said that if a lie or mistruth is repeated often enough, it will finally be accepted as true.

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​Read this expert report by Dr. Bruce Lanphear MD MPH, a Canadian scientist, MD and researcher. It was written for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) and received by Dr. Dickson's legal team at Bennett Jones in Calgary, Alberta, in October 2024. The report is large print, double spaced and very readable It is 27 pages long, and includes 7 pages of links and scientific verification.

 

Dr. Bruce Lanphear was key to the worldwide movement to ban lead from our waters and systems. He also led pivotal work on water fluoridation through the Health Canada MIREC (Maternal Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals) cohort. This research, which was performed with Dr. Christine Till, Dr. Rivka Green and Dr. Ashley Malin FRP, York University in Ontario, have produced some of the best research ever seen in the 80+ years of water fluoridation, and is published in peer reviewed journals such as JAMA Pediatrics.

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For 6 years, the CPSA, Juliet Guichon (Head Ethicist at the University of Calgary), and Dr. Ian Mitchell (former head of Pediatrics in Calgary) pursued Dr. Dickson relentlessly for bringing to the public the science, data and information on fluoride’s harms and lack of efficacy.

 

This culminated in a major CPSA Tribunal Hearing on January 27, 2025, in which Dr. Dickson won on 3 of the 4 charges—the science of water fluoridation, free speech and practicing within the scope of his medical training— and pleaded guilty for one charge of professional misconduct—calling out medical and dental professionals when they were not telling the truth. â€‹

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Dr. Bob Dickson, Chair of Fluoride Free Canada

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In this 2024 article, Dr. Dickson summarizes the history and challenges of water fluoridation and why it is NOT safe.

WHEN DID FLUORIDATION START?

  • In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first community in the world to add fluoride to tap water, on the premise that it would prevent tooth decay.
     

  • The type of fluoride commonly found in many rocks and the source of the naturally occurring fluoride ion in water supplies is calcium fluoride.
     

  • The three main fluoride compounds generally used to fluoridate municipal water are industry byproducts: sodium fluoride, hydrofluorosilicic acid (hexafluorosilicic acid) and sodium silicofluoride.

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HEXAFLUOROSILICIC ACID (Hydrofluorosilicic Acid)  
Raw Materials, Manufacture, Toxicity and Public Health Concerns as an Active Ingredient in the Fluoridation of Drinking Water [September 2012]

A MUST READ

WHAT DIFFICULTIES AROSE?

  • The public water supply is being used to deliver fluoride indiscriminately to every man, woman and child in our communities:

    • Without control of dose (infants and adults alike get the same dose).

    • Without consideration of the age, or nutritional and health status of the recipient (for example, those with a weak kidney or liver can be impacted).

    • Without allowing for the individual’s informed consent on the matter.
       

  • Dental fluorosis and skeletal weakness

    • Children develop dental fluorosis by ingesting too much fluoride between 0 and 8 years of age. It doesn't matter if the fluoride comes from foods and drinks due to pesticides or processing, or toothpaste, or fluoridated water etc.  â€‹
       

    • Those with dental fluorosis have higher bone fractures as well as higher rates of learning disabilities.​

  • Thyroid issues:

    • Thyroid medication is the third most prescribed medication to Canadian women, because fluoride is displacing iodine on the cell's receptors.
       

    • Study shows that adults living in Canada who have moderate-to-severe iodine deficiencies and higher levels of urinary fluoride may be at an increased risk for underactive thyroid gland activity.

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

    • ​Paul Connett interviews Dr. A. K. Susheela from India, who discusses how ingesting fluoride irritates the stomach lining, leading to IBS. She discovered that from the moment you eliminate fluoride, the gastrointestinal mucosa and the microvilli will regenerate within 10-12 days.
       

    • Canada has one of the highest prevalence of IBS in the world – estimated 18% vs. 11% globally. (Lovell et al. 2012).​

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