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Pew Report: Dental Health Is Worse in Communities of Color
See original report Four key disparities show how these populations are vulnerable Dental care is one of the nation’s greatest unmet health needs.1 In particular, communities of color have much higher rates of tooth decay and tooth loss and fewer dental visits and preventive treatments than white populations. Economic hardship also negatively affects access to dental […]
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Fluoridation advocacy: Pew’s contributions and lessons that emerge
The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) was commissioned to prepare this report by The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is intended to summarize Pew’s efforts over six years to support and strengthen advocacy for community water fluoridation. CDHP is among the more than 100 local, state and national organizations that comprise the Campaign for Dental Health, […]
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Letters in support of fluoridation to Reading officials from: American Academy of Pediatrics; Pew Charitable Trusts; and others.
The following statements in support of fluoridation are contained in this pdf: August 12, 2014, Letter from the Berks County Community Foundation to Members, City of Reading Board of Health Members, City of Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reading City Hall Reading , PA 19601 Dear Members: At its meeting of July 23, 2014, the Berks […]
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Pew Fluoridation Meeting
With sponsorship from DentaQuest, Pew held a meeting on May 15 and 16, 2014, with the theme: Investing in Prevention: Strategies for Advancing Oral Health. Dr. Leon Stanislav, ADA’s fluoridation liaison to Pew and Ms. Jane McGinley attended the meeting. Ms. McGinley participated in the closing session with Dr. Katherine Weno, director, CDC Division of […]
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Pew must get facts right on Maine kids’ oral health
In a letter to the editor on May 16, Shelly Gehshan of the Pew Charitable Trusts acknowledged that I was correct in my op-ed column published on May 8. I noted that Pew had made one of the most embarrassing errors in recent public health memory by accidentally inflating untreated tooth decay rates in the […]
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Pew group, Kansas Taxpayers Network gave thousands of dollars in fluoride vote
The Pew Charitable Trust and the Kansas Taxpayers Network were the biggest financial backers in Wichita’s November vote on fluoridation, campaign finance reports filed with the Sedgwick County election commissioner’s office show. Although the reports list dozens of small contributions on both sides of the issue, the biggest spender in the campaign was a group […]
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Pew’s analysis of Choi et al. on Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicology
This analysis refers to the study by Choi et al., Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, online July 20, 2012. See abstract. Pew Children’s Dental Campaign (July 31, 2012) Analysis of the Environmental Health Perspectives Article About Fluoride & Neurotoxicity 1. The article in Environmental Health Perspectives does not […]
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Pew. Water Fluoridation: What the Science Says
Over the past decades, more than 3,000 studies or reports have been produced about fluoride or community water fluoridation. Although some people oppose this practice, the clear weight of the evidence shows that fluoridated water safely and effectively reduces tooth decay in children and adults. See below for a list of health and medical organizations that support […]
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Pew’s promotion of water fluoridation undermines science and the democratic process
Current science indicates that water fluoridation is not only ineffective at reducing tooth decay, but is also harmful to health. Despite this knowledge, The Pew Charitable Trusts continues to promote fluoridation by using inaccurate information, and by lobbying legislators to conceal vital information on fluoride‘s adverse effects, reports The Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Pew Using […]
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Pew Report: Louisiana failing to address children’s dental health crisis
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Louisiana is failing to ensure the dental health needs of its children, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children, released with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the DentaQuest Foundation, grades each […]
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