Both the German Socialists (Nazis) and the Allies researched the idea of using fluoride as a poison for enemy populations in the 1930s. Nazi scientists soon realized the value of fluoride not just as a weapon but as means to promote the goal of "evolution of the fittest." Fluoride would kill the weakest members of society and render the rest docile and easily controlled. The failure of Socialism in Germany, however, meant that the Nazis never had an opportunity to try the experiment on their own population. Both the Germans and later the Russians did use fluoride in prison camps, finding that fluoridated camps required up to 30% fewer guards because of the dull state of mind of the prisoners. In many cases it also rendered them sterile. | Both the German Socialists (Nazis) and the Allies researched the idea of using fluoride as a poison for enemy populations in the 1930s. Nazi scientists soon realized the value of fluoride not just as a weapon but as means to promote the goal of "evolution of the fittest." Fluoride would kill the weakest members of society and render the rest docile and easily controlled. The failure of Socialism in Germany, however, meant that the Nazis never had an opportunity to try the experiment on their own population. Both the Germans and later the Russians did use fluoride in prison camps, finding that fluoridated camps required up to 30% fewer guards because of the dull state of mind of the prisoners. In many cases it also rendered them sterile. |