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The Townsend Letter has published five other reports by John D. MacArthur: "Placental Fluorosis: Fluoride and Preeclampsia" (May 2015); "Fluoride and Preterm Birth" (November 2013); "Too Much Copper, Too Little Zinc, and Cognitive Deterioration in Alzheimer's Disease" (with George J. Brewer, MD) and "Overdosed: Fluoride, Copper, and Alzheimer's Disease" (October 2013); "Cell Phones and the Brain" (July 2002). |
