They claim that the scientific community is recklessly endangering the public by ignoring this for self-serving reasons. This assessment includes a thorough, thoughtful and objective review of the Proctor and Gamble mouse study referred to in the above-mentioned letter. This particular study, which had been invalidated due to retrovirus contamination, administered fluoride doses so high that a human would have to brush their teeth 12,000 times daily for life to receive an equivalent dose. The panel experts at the National Research Council judged this study to be not a relevant model for water fluoridation. The extreme exposure levels found in this study were only one of many reasons.
Scientific research is a process of continuously emerging data.
However, data is not truth. It must be evaluated and interpreted according to the strict principles of scientific methodology. Research investigating the health effects of fluoridated water will continue to be reviewed and judged by committees of experts and special councils of government. The Safe Water Foundation, by virtue of its failure to respect the basic tenants of scientific method in its evaluations, does not deserve the public trust. When confronted with the dramatic claims made by this organization, a potent dose of skepticism, followed by a tall, cool class of fluoridated water, will serve your health.