{"id":7171,"date":"2015-12-03T17:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/face-to-face-with-fluoridation-proponents\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T19:26:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:26:46","slug":"face-to-face-with-fluoridation-proponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/face-to-face-with-fluoridation-proponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Face to Face With Fluoridation Proponents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday (Dec 2) we received a total of $4,605 from 21 supporters, this combined with our Dec 1 total ($2,452 from 19 supporters) and the remaining $3,774 from a matching pledge, brings our current grand total to\u00a0$10,631 from 40 supporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please consider making a contribution towards FAN’s goal of raising $200,000 by\u00a0midnight\u00a0Dec 31.\u00a0 Most of our funding each year comes from our individual supporters who are on the frontline campaigning against fluoridation. If you wish to help FAN’s campaign to end water fluoridation – and especially in the U.S. where this reckless practice began – please donate today.<\/p>\n

(See donation details below<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Face to face with our opponents<\/strong><\/p>\n

As our readers and supporters well know the proponents of fluoridation simply deny any evidence of harm and plough ahead in their promotion of this reckless practice. They can get away with this because they have millions of dollars (some of it provided by taxpayers) to spend on propaganda while the media is doing a lousy job of providing any in-depth coverage of the issue. However, this policy of \u201cdenial\u201d comes unstuck when on very rare occasions fluoride proponents find themselves in a public meeting or media event where both sides have an equal chance of providing their case. It is thus very important that when these rare events occur that they are recorded allowing the public to see and hear both sides when they come face to face (or microphone to microphone).<\/p>\n

There were two important occasions where this happened in 2015.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 The 45-minute public TV debate<\/a> from East Brunswick NJ where FAN\u2019s past director Paul Connett squared off against Dr. Ritchie Kahn, past president of the NJ Dental association.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 The 30-minute debate that took place on a public radio<\/a> station from Pennsylvania in November where Michael Connett, FAN\u2019s current director, took on a dentist and two officials from the PA Department of Health. Fortunately the radio host knew the issue very well, which helped to balance out the 3 against 1 situation.<\/p>\n

If you found these debates helpful to you we urge you to support more of the same in 2016. Please make a donation to our campaign for 2016 today.<\/p>\n

Paul Connett, PhD
\nSenior Advisor to FAN
\nDirector of the 2015 Annual Fundraiser<\/p>\n

To make a tax-deductible donation you can either:<\/strong><\/p>\n