Tagged: Hirzy

Connett & Hirzy do a shonky risk assesment for fluoride - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 27, 2015 •

• Connett,
• FAN,
• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• Hirzy,
• Sciblogs

Paul Connett, executive director of the Fluoridation Action Network (FAN), told me, during our fluoride debate, that he was writing a scientific paper defining a lower safety limit for fluoride than currently accepted. Nothing has been published yet – although a … Continue reading → … Read More

Connett fiddles the data on fluoride - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 23, 2015 •

• Connett,
• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• Hirzy,
• misrepresentation,
• Sciblogs,
• Sydney

I am always suspicious when activists present simple figures to confirm their bias and fool their audience. I think anti-fluoride activists do this a lot. Here is an example in Paul Connett’s presentation to the recent Sydney anti-fluoride conference. Connett uses data from Xiang et al (2003) and some of Xiang’s other papers and presentation to … … Continue reading … Read More