Publications by Mark Diesendorf on the fluoridation of water supplies are listed here. A few are available here as PDF files. To open them you will need Acrobat Reader 5.0. If you do not have this software already, you can download it free of charge from the Adobe web site, accessed by clicking HERE. A few other publications are available here as HTML links and can be opened with a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Mark will upload more of his papers in PDF and HTML formats in due course.

For a website giving an excellent, up-to-date, scientific critique of fluoridation, go to www.fluoridealert.org. A comprehensive and annotated bibliography can be found at www.SLweb.org/bibliography.html .

To access a petition for integrity in dealing with the fluoridation issue, please click HERE.

Scholarly papers on fluoridation

Diesendorf M 2003, 'Are proponents of water fluoridation suppressing scientific evidence and debate?', Fluoride 36:271-279. available HERE

Diesendorf M, Colquhoun J, Spittle B, Everingham DN & Clutterbuck FW 1997, 'New evidence on fluoridation', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 21: 187-190. Downloadable PDF file

Diesendorf M 1996, 'Fluoridation: breaking the silence barrier'. In: Martin B (ed.). Confronting the experts. New York: State University of New York Press, pp.45-75. Downloadable PDF file

Diesendorf M & Diesendorf A 1997, ‘Suppression by medical journals of a warning about overdosing formula-fed infants with fluoride’, Accountability in Research. 5:225-237.Downloadable PDF file

Diesendorf M 1995, ‘How science can illuminate ethical debates: a case study on water fluoridation’, Fluoride 28(2): 87-104. HTML link

Diesendorf M 1990, ‘Have the benefits of water fluoridation been overestimated?’, International Clinical Nutrition Review 10 (2): 292-303. Downloadable PDF file

Diesendorf M 1990, ‘Health hazards of fluoridation: a re-examination’, International Clinical Nutrition Review 10 (2): 304-321. Downloadable PDF file

Diesendorf M 1989, ‘Anglesey fluoridation trials re-examined’, Fluoride 22: 53-58.

Diesendorf M 1988, ‘International symposium on fluoridation’, Social Science & Medicine 27: 1003-1005.

Diesendorf M 1987, ‘Is fluoridation effective?’, Fluoride 20 (2): 51-53.

Diesendorf M 1986, ‘The mystery of declining tooth decay’, Nature 322: 125-129. Downloadable PDF file
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Diesendorf M 1986, ‘A re-examination of Australian fluoridation trials’, Search 17: 256-262.

Diesendorf M 1983, ‘Science as a social and political tool’, in: Birch A (Ed): Science research in Australia -- who benefits? Canberra: Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University, 125-135.

Diesendorf M 1982, ‘Science under social and political pressures’, in: Oldroyd DR (Ed): Science and ethics. Sydney: NSW University Press, 48-73.

Diesendorf M 1980, ‘Is there a scientific basis for fluoridation? A review of the report by the Royal College of Physicians.' Community Health Studies 4 (3): 224-230.

Diesendorf M 1977, ‘A closer look at prevention’, in: Diesendorf M and Furnass B (Eds) The impact of environment and lifestyle on human health. Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 265-280.


Popular articles on fluoridation

NEW: Diesendorf M 2006, 'Fluoridation: unsafe, ineffective and unethical', The Skeptic, Winter, 61–63, 68. PDF

Diesendorf M 2003, 'A kick in the teeth for scientific debate' Australasian Science vol. 24, no. 8, 35-37, September.

Diesendorf M, Sutton PRN 1986, ‘Fluorides: new grounds for concern’, The Ecologist 16:237-242. HTML link

Diesendorf M, Varney W 1986, ‘Fluoridation -- politics and strategies’, Social Alternatives 5 (2): 48-53.

Letters in scholarly and professional journals

There are a number of letters published in scientific, medical and dental journals. They are being compiled and will be uploaded in due course.