FYS Science vs. Pseudoscience

Fall 2006

THE GREAT

FLUORIDE CONSPIRACY

• Blame it on Dr. Strangelove!
  
  

• "The science of fluoridating public drinking water systems was rooted in protecting the U.S. Atomic bomb program from litigation."
  
  

• American industry is trying to dump one of its waste products: fluoride.
  
  

• A secret society of dentists is trying to encourage fluoridation for their own goals.

Seeking the Truth

Possible sources include:

• Encyclopedias

• Internet

• Books (QUEST)

• Journal articles:  (Academic Search Complete or other databases)

• MultiSearch (combination of books and articles from the Trinity library)

• Your dentist :-)

Prepared by Barbara MacAlpine
Science Librarian, Trinity University
bmacalpi@trinity.edu
September 19, 2006