George Waldbott

Who was George Waldbott?

George L. Waldbott, M.D., was an American physician, scientist, and leading activist against fluoridation.

George Waldbott, the son of Leo Waldbott and Hermine Rosenberger, was born in 1898 in Speyer, Germany. Both his parents were Jewish. Waldbott studied medicine in Heidelberg and graduated as a Dr. med. from the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg in 1921. Afterwards he emigrated to the United States, where he interned at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He specialized in the research and treatment of allergies. In this field he published several books and more than 200 scientific articles, many in American Medical Association journals. He was president of the Michigan Branch of the American College of Chest Physicians, Chairman of the Air pollution Committee and of the American Academy of Allergy. George Waldbott is noted for his fundamental research on human anaphylaxis and penicillin shock, allergy-induced respiratory problems, and later in his career, the health impact of air pollutants.