Tagged: debunking

Debunking anti-fluoridationist’s remaining 12 reasons for opposing fluoridation - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jan 31, 2017 •

• debunking,
• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• Health and Medicine,
• misinformation,
• myths,
• Science,
• Science and Society

New Zealand anti-fluoride campaigners have whittled their list of objections to community water fluoridation (CWF) down to 12 reasons. Maybe that’s progress – they used to tout a list of 50 reasons! Let’s go through that list one by one and see if any stand up. I am responding here to each reason given in the Fluoride Free New Zealand’s … Read More

Anti-fluoride IQ claims are false - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jan 06, 2017 •

• debunking,
• Evidence,
• fluoride,
• Health and Medicine,
• IQ,
• Kasprak,
• peer review,
• Science,
• snopes

Anti-fluoridation campaigners’ claims that community water fluoridation reduces IQ are simply false. That is the conclusion of  Alex Kasprak – and he says why in his new Snopes.com article (see Fact Check -Fluor-IQ). Snopes.com tackles fluoridation claims. These days anti-fluoridation activists use this claim as their main argument – and they often cite scientific articles to back it up. Read More