“But who will alert parents,” asks lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF).
Two-thirds of U.S. public water suppliers add fluoride chemicals, based on a disproved theory that fluoride ingestion prevents cavities. Bottled water with added fluoride is now sold with specific instructions to mix into infant formula.(2)
The ADA reports, “…infants could receive a greater than optimal amount of fluoride through liquid concentrate or powdered baby formula that has been mixed with water containing fluoride during a time that their developing teeth may be susceptible to enamel fluorosis.”(3) The ADA recommends using fluoride-free water.
Enamel or dental fluorosis is white spotting, yellow, brown and/or pitted permanent teeth. Pictures: http://www.fluoridation.com/teeth.htm
NYSCOF news releases in 2000 and 2004 (4,5) cited studies linking fluorosis to infant foods mixed with fluoridated water. Scientific evidence here: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/infant/
Some scientists also tried in vain to get the word out sooner as described in “Suppression by Medical Journals of a Warning about Overdosing Formula-Fed Infants with Fluoride,” published in 1997 in the Journal Accountability in Research.(10)
It took until 2006 for the ADA’s alert, following the Food and Drug Administration’s October disapproval of fluoridated bottled water marketed to babies,(6) and after the recent National Research Council’s (NRC) fluoride report indicating babies are fluoride overdosed from “optimally” fluoridated water supplies.(7)
“The ADA claims the NRC report didn’t question the safety of fluoridation(8) but it did, as the ADA now admits,” says Beeber.
“The NRC also revealed fluoridation’s adverse effects to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others,” says Beeber.
Now, the Centers for Disease Control reports that modern science shows that fluoride absorbs into enamel topically.(9) However, adverse effects occur upon ingestion. Further, the CDC admits enamel fluoride concentration is not inversely related to cavities.
The Environmental Protection Agency is required to consider the most vulnerable populations when setting allowable water fluoride levels. To protect babies, allowable water fluoride levels must be near zero.
The Environmental Working Group analyzed government data in March 2006 and found that babies are over-exposed to fluoride in most major U.S. cities.(11)
“This should end water fluoridation,” says Beeber. “Fluoridation is a failed concept that must be abandoned before more Americans are harmed,” says Beeber.
Contact: Lawyer Paul Beeber, NYSCOF President nyscof@aol.com http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network www.FluorideAction.Net paul@fluoridealert.org
SOURCE: NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
References:
1) http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/epubs/egram/egram_061109.pdf
2) http://www.nurserywater.com/home.html
3) http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/fluoride_infants.asp
4) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/_pgg10.php3
6) http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flfluoro.html
7) http://www.nap.edu/openbook/030910128X/html/44.html
8) http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/fluoride_report_response.pdf
9) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5014a1.htm
10) http://www.sustainabilitycentre.com.au/FormulaFedBabies.pdf
11) http://ewg.org/issues/fluoride/20060322/index.php
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
PO Box 263
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
News Releases
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Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas from Lack
of Dental Care
http://www.fluoridenews.blogspot.com
