John Yiamouyiannis

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'''John Yiamouyiannis''' {{lived|1945|2000}} was an [[United States|American]] [[Biochemistry|biochemist]]<ref>[https://quackwatch.org/11ind/yiamouyiannis/ Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, Fluoridation Opponent, Dead at 58] by Stephen Barrett (May 7, 2019) ''Quackwatch''.</ref> and the most prominent opponent of [[water fluoridation]] in the United States until his death in 2000. He is the [[author]] of the book ''Fluoride: the Aging Factor'',<ref>''Fluoride: the Aging Factor: How to Recognize and Avoid the Devastating Effects of Fluoride'' by John Yiamouyiannis (1993) Health Action Press. ISBN 0913571032.</ref> the pamphlet ''A Lifesaver's Guide to Fluoridation'',<ref>''Lifesavers Guide to Fluoridation: Risks/Benefits Evaluated in this 1983 Question and Answer Report'' by John Yiamouyiannis (1983) Safe Water Foundation.</ref> as well as the co-author (with [[Peter Duesberg]]) of ''AIDS: The Good News Is HIV [[HIV denial|Doesn't Cause]] It''.<ref>''AIDS: The Good News Is HIV Doesn't Cause It. The Bad News is "Recreational Drugs" and Medical Treatments like AZT do'' by Peter Duesberg & John Yiamouyiannis (1995) Health Action Press. ISBN 0913571059.</ref>

He was best known for being the "go-to" person for those trying to stop fluoridation in their communities. Originally he had been the biochemical editor at Chemical Abstracts Service, where he became convinced fluoridation was dangerous. He was the "science director" of the [[National Health Federation]] (an anti-fluoride, pro-[[quackery]] advocacy group) from 1974 to 1980, who hired him to "break the back of promoters' efforts to fluoridate more American cities." His pamphlet "A Lifesaver's Guide to Fluoridation" was usually distributed by opponents anywhere where fluoride was being considered, and Yiamouyiannis was often called to testify before local city councils and county boards in opposition. In 1980 he left the National Health Federation to start his own anti-fluoridation advocacy group, the National Health Action Committee. His claims that fluoride causes [[cancer]], speeds up the aging process, causes bone deterioration, etc. have been disproven (at least in the low levels in municipal [[water]] supplies) by many [[science|scientific]] studies yet he persisted in spreading disinformation. In the early 1990s he found another angle to use, an environmentalist one: fluoridation was a plot by industries such as {{wpl|Alcoa}} to dispose of their toxic waste by putting it in our drinking water.

He also ran for [[President of the United States|President]] in 1992 as an independent, but was only on the ballot in a few states. He died of colorectal cancer in 2000, which he chose to have treated in several Mexican clinics with [[laetrile]] and [[vitamin]]s instead of seeking conventional treatment. Colorectal cancer has a 95% chance of survival beyond 5 years if caught early and properly treated using scientifically proven methods.

Since his [[death]], the anti-fluoridation movement has passed on to others and his work and name have become much less prominent — to the point that [[Wikipedia]] does not (yet) even have an article about him.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=John+Yiamouyiannis&go=Go Search results] for "John Yiamouyiannis" on Wikipedia.</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.quackwatch.com/11Ind/yiamouyiannis.html Quackwatch article]
*[http://www.fluoridealert.org/aging-factor.htm Excerpts from ''Fluoride, the Aging Factor'']

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