Eli Kaj Roholm (October 7, 1902 - March 29, 1948) was a Danish scientist and researcher best known for his study of fluorine and fluoride toxicity.
Biography
editEli Kaj Roholm was the son of Niels Christian Roholm, a Danish sea captain from Odense, and Hilda Vilhelmine Sabinsky, a Polish Jewish immigrant. He nonetheless continued in his capacity as Deputy Health Commissioner of Copenhagen during the Nazi occupation of Denmark.[1]
Roholm and his wife Ida (née Høst) had three children.
Scientific work
editRoholm conducted laboratory studies, interviewed cryolite workers, visited factories, and documented the progression of fluorine poisoning in humans and animals from gastrointestinal upsets, neurological disorders, and bleeding gums to the advanced cases of skeletal fluorosis and crippling arthritis. Roholm published Fluorine Intoxication: A Clinical and Hygeienic Study in 1937, hailed by American dental researcher H. Trendley Dean in 1938 for its thoroughness and as the "most outstanding contribution to the literature of fluorine."[2]
Roholm advocated for better worker protection and workers' compensation for chronic and acute fluoride poisoning, as well as for protection of neighboring countryside from the effects of fluoride pollution. He opposed adding fluoride to medicines, food or water.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bryson, Christopher. “The Fluoride Deception.” Seven Stories Press. USA. 2004. pp 30-39.
- ^ Dean T.H. (1938). Fluorine Intoxication. Am J Public Health Nations Health 28: 1008–1009. Free full text.
- ^ Roholm, Kaj. “Fluorine Intoxication: A Clinical and Hygienic Study, with review of the literature and some experimental investigation.” 1937.
External links
edit- Fluorine Intoxication by Kaj Roholm [1]
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