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Are we getting too much fluoride?
Toronto — If fluoride is in our water supply, toothpaste, mouthwash and those foul-tasting rinses and pastes to which our dentists subject us, are some of us getting too much? Health advocates have wondered about this for decades. Now the concern is getting some ivory-tower support, and that’s cranked up the efforts of both the […]
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Tooth Much of a Good Thing?
You think a wholesome act like Brushing teeth is free of Controversy? Wrong. A Connecticut dental researcher is warning parents that exposing their children’s baby teeth to too much fluoride can lead to increased risk of enamel fluorosis once the permanent teeth erupt. With enamel fluorosis, the natural ceramic cover of the teeth develops white […]
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Too Much Fluoride May Harm Babies’ Teeth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fluoride in water has helped prevent millions of cavities, but the results of a new study suggest that infants who drink large amounts of beverages that contain fluoride may be at risk for discoloration of their primary teeth. In particular, infants who drank the most water-based beverages, particularly infant formulas […]
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Kids may get excess fluoride from beverages
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While fluoride protects against cavities, some children may be getting too much of it via fluoridated beverages, and have the telltale white streaks on their teeth to prove it. A study of 408 Iowa children found that more than one in three showed such signs of dental fluorosis. Their fluoride sources included […]
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Fluoride in Drinking Water Should Be Capped, HHS Says
Fluoride in the U.S. water supply should be limited because the additive is damaging children’s teeth, federal officials said in announcing the first restrictions in almost 50 years. Drinking water should contain the lowest amount of the mineral recommended as the Environmental Protection Agency reviews the maximum level allowable, the Department of Health and Human […]
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A Clear and Present Danger
Since childhood we have been told that fluoride is good for our teeth. It is added to the water supply of many regions for just that reason. Our children brush regularly with great quantities of it. But fluoride toxicity has been linked to bone disease, infant mortality and brain damage. And the line between safety […]
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The cost of no cavities
Is fluoridated water good for you? Or is it a poison that causes young boys to die of bone cancer? For 60 years, U.S. cities and towns have been adding fluoride to tap water, and for 60 years pro-fluoride advocates have been unable to forge a scientific consensus in favor of the practice. Those who […]
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SALON: Fear of Fluoride
Questions about the safety of this cavity-fighting chemical aren’t just for right-wing conspiracists anymore Have you read the fine print on your toothpaste tube recently? Check it out. If your toothpaste contains fluoride — which nearly every brand in the United States does — there’s a consumer advisory message that might surprise and alarm you, […]
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The Danger in Your Water
Fluoride has been tied to bone cancer, lower IQs, and osteoporosis. So why is it still being added to your water? One fall day in 2004, Lea Anne Burke got a call from a neighbor. Had she heard that the city council was talking about adding fluoride to their water supply in Snohomish, Wash.? For […]
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Critics raise red flag over fluoride in tap water
Nearly a half-century after water fluoridation became widespread, a small but growing number of medical officials and environmentalists are again raising concerns over the practice. Recent research is suggesting that fluoride may be connected to a number of serious conditions, including the development in teenage boys of osteosarcoma, the rare bone cancer that killed Canadian […]