title: Putting Yiamouyiannis into perspective.
abstract: Few names crop up so often in the context of water fluoridation as that of John Yiamouyiannis, an American who has campaigned hard to stop this public health measure not only in the United States but in other countries such as Britain. During 1993, Yiamouyiannis was given considerable air time by the BBC, appearing on its prestigious You and yours and Nature programmes where he denigrated the efforts of local health authorities to reduce tooth decay by means of fluoridating their water supplies. His dramatic claims about fluoridation--in particular, that it increases people's risk of dying of cancer--must understandably alarm those who take them at face value. So just who is John Yiamouyiannis? And do his allegations hold up? This review of his career is based on publicly documented records and statements.
authors.affiliation: British Dental Association.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boulton
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D005457:Fluoridation / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States