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SOMETHING IN THE WATER
The debate over water fluoridation has raged since it was first trialed in New Zealand in 1954. A new book reveals how dental nurses were caught up in a rigged study to justify its introduction and were later drafted as propagandists for the program. Noel O’Hare traces fluoridation’s vexed history and looks at why misinformation and rancor persists on both sides.
By Noel O’Hare