Flouride and Faure: Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett has
many areas of expertise.
Professor Paul Connett teaches environmental chemistry, he
leads an international awareness program against the dangers of
fluoridation of public water, and he hosts a classical music show
on North Country Public Radio. His students
rave about his energy.
Connett has received numerous awards and citations for
his efforts as a world-traveling environmental
activist. A graduate of Cambridge University, Connett holds a Ph.D. from Dartmouth
College. He joined the faculty at St. Lawrence in 1983. Connett's opposition
to incineration as a method of managing solid waste, based on his chemical analysis
of the byproducts of the process, has taken him to 49 states, five Canadian provinces
and 44 other countries. During this time he has given over 1,700 public presentations,
written many articles on dioxin and waste management and co-produced several
videotapes on those topics, with Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts Roger Bailey.
His
current area of concern is the common U.S. practice of fluoridation
of public water supplies, a practice to which he is opposed, also
as an outgrowth of his research. He has been consulted on this
topic by the National Research Council (link to Netnews Sept. 2,
2003), and is a founder of the Fluoride
Action Network.
Not enough? A regular host for public radio in Vermont and since joining
the St. Lawrence University faculty, on the University’s own
North Country Public Radio, Connett hosts a monthly show of classical
music.
