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Excerpts: Cavities have made a dismaying comeback in children in recent years, and the search is on among scientists to find new ways to fight tooth decay. The prevalence of cavities in children aged 2 to 5 decreased steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, thanks largely to the expansion of water fluoridation and to advances […]

A dentist named Frederick S. McKay opened his practice in 1901 in Colorado Springs and soon noticed something odd about his patients: many of them had brown, mottled teeth, very ugly but also highly resistant to decay. McKay collected water samples from several areas where brown teeth were common and sent them to a chemist […]

State University of New York (SUNY) researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting on November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia. (1) Fluoridation is the addition of fluoride chemicals into public water supplies ostensibly to prevent tooth decay. […]

Excerpt: Houseplants are more and more becoming our focus — so today I’m going to talk about some common problems we deal with and possible solutions. Following are some reasons why plants have brown tips. After that, we’ll discuss houseplant pests and then how to keep your tropical hibiscus happy: • There are several things […]

The Environmental Protection Agency ignores the dangers of fluoride in drinking water, according to Dr. Bill Hirzy, the chair of AU’s Chemistry Department. Hirzy discussed conflicts within the EPA, an organization he worked for from 1981 to 2008, in a Kennedy Political Union event Tuesday, Oct. 26. He served for three years as the president […]

New York – October 21, 2009 – All infant formulas, whether ready-to-feed, concentrated or organic, contain fluoride at levels which can discolor developing teeth, reports the October 2009 Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) (1). Fluoride, added to some bottled and public water supplies ostensibly to prevent cavities, is also in many foods and […]

Caption under photo: Rep. Dennis Kucinich held hearings in October on low-income childrens’ access to dental care. Not even a third of the nation’s lowest-income children receive dental care, and Congress isn’t doing a thing about it. Although Medicaid, the federal-state partnership covering America’s poorest kids, provides dental coverage for all children enrolled in the […]

Brightmark Books announces the release of Dr. Donald Robbins’ new book, The Toxic Dental Office: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family. Robbins paints a “disturbing picture of patient risk” and the ADA’s role in promoting mercury and fluoride. EXTON, Pa./EWORLDWIRE/Oct. 1, 2009 — In advance of the FDA’s ruling on the safety of mercury […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Children’s cavity rates are similar whether water is fluoridated or not, according to data published in the July 2009 Journal of the American Dental Association by dentist J.V. Kumar of the NY State Health Department(1), reports NYSCOF. In 2008, New York City spent approximately $24 million on water fluoridation […]

Many hot-button medical issues get a lot of media attention. Most people could have an informed conversation about topics like stem-cell research, alternative cancer treatments or vaccinations. But there is another battle waging behind the scenes in many municipalities across the country: the battle over fluoridation. Angie Roberts, a mom from Indiana, says she knows […]