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of an historian is not to relate things as they should have hap- pened, but as they actually did happen. "..The Perkins saga was different from other fluoride stories. "The story of industries hoodwinking the public into buying a pollutant as a medicine is simply ‘whodunnit’. Grotesque though it may sound, it is no more than 'the consumer fraud of this pollut- ed century’ (as described in Fluoridation and Truth Decay by Gladys Caldwell). But the story I now read was different: it gave one the cold shivers. It told of a chemical engineer, Mr Perkins, who related how immediately after the Second World War he was one the Americans put into the well-known I. G. Farben Company in Germany. There he discovered that I. G. Farben had developed plans during the war to fluoridate the occupied countries, because it had been found that fluoridation caused slight damage to a spe- cific part of the brain. This damage had a very particular effect. It made it more difficult for the person affected to defend his free- dom. He became more docile towards authority. "Scientists in the camps of both opponents and proponents of fluoride have always dismissed this story as mere poppycock, but it had a life of its own and reared its head time and again. It fed the suspicions of many people that ‘there was more to fluoridation than meets the eye’. "As far as I know, there is no one who has done any serious research into whether the fluoridated person is really more docile, easier to rule, more impressed by authority than the non-fluoridat- ed one. There is, though, one peculiar thing: every Dutch doctor has a medical reference book for 1984. One of the chapters is entitled "Tranquillisers". Looking at the "minor tranquillisers" I find twenty-four substances: their chemical formulae do not show any connection with fluoride. However, there is also a heading, "major tranquillisers". Of those there are twenty-seven, and seven of them are a fluoride compound. One of these is Semap. It is one of the strongest anti-psychotic substances we know. This means that twenty-five per cent of the major tranquillisers are connected with fluoride. I do not draw any conclusions. The only thing one can say at this point is, with Alice: ‘curiouser and curiouser!"" wy crt crete re oe pened, but as they actually did happen. Actually there is little that is novel in the concept of controlling "..The Perkins saga was different from other fluoride stories. the minds and manners of the multitude by chemical/dietary "The story of industries hoodwinking the public into buying a means. That it was practised by Hitler's regime is made the more pollutant as a medicine is simply ‘whodunnit’. Grotesque though credible when we know that as far back as 1938 the US it may sound, it is no more than 'the consumer fraud of this pollut- | Government, an ally to boot, and the government of a democratic ed century' (as described in Fluoridation and Truth Decay by Christian country, was considering the transformation of Gladys Caldwell). But the story I now read was different: it gave American citizens and others into ‘zombies’ by a number of pro- one the cold shivers. It told of a chemical engineer, Mr Perkins, — posed techniques. The US Army searched for "the perfect inca- who related how immediately after the Second World War he was __ pacitating agent", according to General Fellenz, "to put in the ene- one the Americans put into the well-known I. G. Farben Company my's water supply". Included in the drugs tested were the hallu- in Germany. There he discovered that I. G. Farben had developed _ cinogenic LSD and the amnesiac BZ (10 times more potent than plans during the war to fluoridate the occupied countries, because LSD), and a "schizophrenic agent called bulbocapine”. it had been found that fluoridation caused slight damage to a spe- The "Rockefeller Report" to the United States President on CIA cific part of the brain. This damage had a very particular effect. activities said: "The drug program was part of a much larger CIA It made it more difficult for the person affected to defend his free- __ program to study possible means of controlling human behaviour". dom. He became more docile towards authority. One drug which received special attention in the ‘fifties and "Scientists in the camps of both opponents and proponents of early ‘sixties, under the cryptonym of MK-ULTRA, was suxam- fluoride have always dismissed this story as mere poppycock, but — ethonium chloride (listed under a number of product names it had a life of its own and reared its head time and again. It fed __ including Anectine), a halogenated anti-cholinergic agent with all the suspicions of many people that ‘there was more to fluoridation the symptomatic side-effects up to and including cardiac arrest than meets the eye’. ascribed to these agents in the medical literature. "As far as I know, there is no one who has done any serious Please retain the term “anti-cholinergic agent" in mind, for research into whether the fluoridated person is really more docile, owing to the health implications attendant on this particular anti- easier to rule, more impressed by authority than the non-fluoridat- _ metabolic activity, it figures repeatedly in this thesis. ed one. There is, though, one peculiar thing: every Dutch doctor Note: An adviser to the US Government on hypnotism or psy- has a medical reference book for 1984. One of the chapters is chological behaviour control, Dr George Estabrooks, later becarne entitled "Tranquillisers". Looking at the "minor tranquillisers" 1 Chairman, Department of Psychology, Colgate University. find twenty-four substances: their chemical formulae do not show _ Internationally, Colgate was and remains the most ardent producer any connection with fluoride. However, there is also a heading, and advocate for the fluorination of a domestic product—fluori- "major tranquillisers". Of those there are twenty-seven, and seven _ dated toothpaste. of them are a fluoride compound. One of these is Semap. It is one Now, should the reader's mind be already boggled to the point of the strongest anti-psychotic substances we know. This means _ of disbelief, there are two facts which, if known about and/or that twenty-five per cent of the major tranquillisers are connected remembered, may instil sufficient confidence in that which is even with fluoride. I do not draw any conclusions. The only thing one _ more ‘boggling’ and is yet to come. can say at this point is, with Alice: ‘curiouser and curiouser!"" Bromine (or bromide) tea was administered to the enlisted men during the First and Second World Wars. The halogen (bromine) ingredi- ent was said to quell the libido of — the men and thus limit likely for- ays into the ‘dens of iniquity’ and the acquisition of venereal dis- ease. | The second fact is that, today, all Australian military establish- ments provide their own halo- genated (fluoridated) water for the troops resident therein, for the official reason that the element is good for the developing teeth. Either we have a very immature military force, all under that age of twelve years when the mythical effect of fluoride ceases to exist, or else there is another more obscure, less altruistic reason for this drug ‘treatment’ of the troops. Later on in this text we will recall certain happenings relative to ex-trainees from these estab- lishments and the paradoxical Left: Sodium Fluoride sold as rat poison. Right: Alcoa Advertisment, 1950. effects of fluorides on behaviour of the human being. 26 © NEXUS INDUCED APATHY AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1995