James provides yet further evidence of his dishonesty, by attempting to cloak his intentional dissemination of misinformation about the Cochrane Review as that which some uncited "commenter said recently"

1.  The "Newsweek" article he cites is an en erroneous editorial piece guised as an article.  The piece was written by Douglas Main, a freelance writer well known for his error filled antifluoridation pieces in the dubious publication "Natural News". 

2.  The Cochrane did not state what James falsely claims it did.  Out of 4,600 studies on fluoride it considered, Cochrane chose but 155 which fit within the narrow parameters it set for studies it wished to review.  

From the Plain Language Summary of the Cochrane Review:

"Our review found that water fluoridation is effective at reducing levels of tooth decay among children."

Steven D. Slott, DDS