EDITORIAL
  Historic XXIInd Conference 175-176

ANNOUNCEMENTS
  Editorial changes 176
  XXIIIrd ISFR Conference, Szczecin, Poland, June 11-14, 2000 176
  First Pan-Asia-Pacific Conference on Fluoride and Arsenic Research
   Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P R China, August 16-20, 1999 176

RESEARCH REPORTS AND REVIEWS
FLUORIDE AND ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
   Lennart Krook and Ronald R Minor, USA 177-182

ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO FLUORIDE FROM DRINKING WATER IN DURANGO, MEXICO, USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
   Deogracias Ortiz, Lorena Castro, Francisco Turrubiartes, Joel Milan, and Fernando Díaz-Barriga, Mexico 183-187

LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS OF FLUORIDE FROM COAL FLY ASH
   R Piekos and S Paslawska, Poland 188-192

THE ROLE OF FLUORIDE IONS IN GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS SULPHATION IN CULTURED FIBROBLASTS
   K Pawlowska-Góral, W Maria, W Wladyslaw and M Urszula, Poland 193-202

AMELIORATION OF FLUORIDE TOXICITY BY VITAMINS E AND D IN REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS OF MALE MICE
   N J Chinoy and Arti Sharma, India 203-216

REPORT ON 8th FLUORINE SYMPOSIUM
   Z Machoy and T Ogonski, Poland 217-218

FLUORIDATION AND CHILD DENTAL HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND - AN UPDATE
   L H R Brett, New Zealand 219-220

ABSTRACTS AND COMMENTS
RISK FACTORS FOR FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY
   H Jacqmingadda, A Fourrier, D Commenges and J F Dartigues, France 221

USE OF TOENAIL FLUORIDE LEVELS AS AN INDICATOR FOR THE RISK OF HIP AND FOREARM FRACTURES IN WOMEN
   D Feskanich, W Owusu, D J Hunter et al, USA 221

NEW, OR BIASED, EVIDENCE ON WATER FLUORIDATION
   A J Spencer, Australia 222
   Comments by John Colquhoun and Mark Diesendorf 222

AGRONOMIC IMPACT OF TEPHRA FALLOUT FROM THE 1995AND 1996 RUAPEHU VOLCANO ERUPTIONS, NEW ZEALAND
   S J Cronin, M J Hedley, V E Neall and R G Smith, New Zealand 223
   Comment by John Colquhoun 223

HAEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BONE FLUORIDE CONTENT IN BUFO MELANOSTICTUS FROM AN ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIAL SITE
   P C Mishra and A K Mohapatra, India 224

FLUORIDE INTOXICATION IN BOVINES DUE TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
   D Swarup, S K Dwivedi, S Dey and S K Ray, India 225

EXPOSURES IN THE ALUMINA AND PRIMARY ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY AN HISTORICAL REVIEW
   G Benke, M Abramson and M Sim, Australia 225-226

INVESTIGATION OF FLUORIDE ELIMINATION DURING A DIALYSIS SESSION
   A Nicolay, P Bertocchio, E Bargas et al, France 226

pH-ALTERED INTERACTION OF ALUMINIUM AND FLUORIDE ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE, PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND OTHER VARIABLES OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS
   L C Rai, Y Husaini and N Mallick, India 226

ANOMALOUS FLUORIDE IN GROUNDWATER FROM WESTERN PART OF SIROHI DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN AND ITS CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
   P B Maithani, R Gurjar, R Banerjee et al, India 227

DEFLUORIDATION OF SEPTENTRIONAL SAHARA WATER OF NORTH AFRICA BY ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS USING BIPOLAR ALUMINIUM ELECTRODES
   N Mameri, A R Yeddou, H Lounici et al, Algeria . 227

PARENTS SATISFACTION WITH CHILDRENS TOOTH COLOR – FLUOROSIS AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
  J A Lalumandier and G Rozier, USA 228

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS ON FLUORIDES AND FLUORIDATION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN
   A Tsurumoto, F A C Wright, T Kitamura et al, Japan and Australia 228

APPLYING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS CODE OF ETHICS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER STANDARD
   Robert J Carton and J William Hirzy, USA 229

DISCUSSION SECTION
UNANSWERED LETTER    Letter to Internation Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland 230-231

THE LORD MAYOR'S TASKFORCE ON FLUORIDATION, BRISBANE CITY, AUSTRALIA. FINAL REPORT. CONCLUSIONS 232-234

CHANGING ONE'S MIND: AN EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FLUORIDATION DEBATE
   Bruce Spittle, New Zealand 235-244