The Fluoride Cavity-Prevention Fraud

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The fluoride cavity-prevention fraud originated in the U. S. in 1939, when scientist, Gerald J. Cox (an employee of ALCOA, the largest producer of toxic fluoride waste in the country) who was being threatened at that time by personal claims of personal fluoride damage) fluoridated his laboratory rats and incorrectly concluded that sodium fluoride reduced dental cavities and, therefore, claimed it should be added to municipal water supplies in the United States (one giant leap for mankind).
In 1947, Oscar R. Ewing, an ALCOA attorney, was appointed head of the Federal Security Agency, putting him in charge of the Public Health Service. Over the next 3 years, 87 American cities began fluoridating the water, including a critical city in Michigan

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