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Fluoride chemicals may increase lead accumulation, say researchers
Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies, boosts lead absorption in lab animals’ bones, teeth and blood, report Sawan, et al. (Toxicology 2/2010). Earlier studies already show children’s blood-lead-levels are higher in fluoridated communities, reports Sawan’s research team. “…exposure to increased amounts of lead and fluoride occurs at about the same age (1-3 years)… Therefore, […]
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Study shows fluoride from tea & toothpaste weakens bones
Fluoride consumption from tea and toothpaste damaged a woman’s bones, report researchers in Osteoporosis International published online October 9, 2010 (1). Fluoride, added to water intending to reduce tooth decay, accumulates in and can weaken bones. To prevent bone damage or skeletal fluorosis, in 1986 EPA set 4mg/L as water fluoride’s maximum-contaminant-level. In 2006, the […]
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More Tooth Decay in Poor Children; Fluoridation No Help
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ — “Caries experience may be associated with income,” reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Low income, not fluoridation deficiency, predicts more cavities is revealed in newly-released statistics posted 10/25/04 on the CDC’s website(1). Those states reporting third-graders cavity rates and children living below the federal poverty level indicate […]
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Studies of Fluoride Supplements: No Evidence of Safety – No Benefit Either
According to the Cochrane Oral Health Group, fluoride supplements fail to reduce tooth decay in primary teeth, permanent teeth cavity-reduction is dubious and health risks are little studied (1). Further, “When fluoride supplements were compared with topical fluorides or with other preventive measures, there was no differential effect on permanent or deciduous teeth,” write Cochrane […]
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Yorktown: State training program offers fluoridation tools and resources
Yorktown, N.Y.—When Yorktown, N.Y., faced a fluoridation challenge last month, Dr. Carl Tegtmeier was prepared, thanks to fluoridation spokesperson training he received in June 2012. Dr. Tegtmeier was one of 19 dentists to participate in the New York State Oral Disease Prevention Program presented by the New York State Department of Health in Albany. Fluoridated […]
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New York State Department of Health underwrites fluoridation
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This was originally posted on the NYS Dental Association’s website. The actual offering is on the New York State Contract Reporter website. One must sign up to get into it, but it’s free. I. Overview The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Division of Family Health (DFH), Bureau of […]
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PFBS: New stain repellent chemical doubling in blood every 6 years
Glynn, A, U Berger, A Bignert, S Ullah, M Aune, S Lignell and PO Darnerud. 2012. Perfluorinated alkyl acids in blood serum from primiparous women in Sweden: Serial sampling during pregnancy and nursing, and temporal trends 1996-2010. Environmental Science and Technology http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es301168c. As the phased-out stain repellent PFOS steadily decreases in people, its replacement is […]
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NYU College of Dentistry conducts Grenada’s first comprehensive National Oral Health Survey
In January 2010, a 43-member team representing the New York University College of Dentistry-Henry Schein Cares Global Student Outreach Program carried out the most comprehensive oral health assessment and treatment program ever undertaken in a Caribbean country, hosted by the governments of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique. The team found that overall childhood caries prevalence […]
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Dentists Unkowingly Endorse Arsenic and Lead Into Our Drinking Water
NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ — Without residents’ consent, dentists in little towns, big cities and some states convince trusting legislators to add fluoride, claimed to reduce tooth decay, into water supplies. However, the fluoride treatment chemicals used are contaminated with lead, arsenic and other toxic industrial by-products. According to the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), […]
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Fluoride research sparkes debate
RESEARCHERS in York have reignited a fiery debate by accusing the Government of using selective evidence to promote the use of fluoride in the water supply. The long-running saga has divided the nation, with opinion split over whether we should be subjected to a form of “mass-medication”. In 1999, the Department of Health commissioned a […]