Andrew Rynne, a general medical practitioner from County Kildare, has mounted a legal challenge to the Irish government over its fluoridation policy. Here, DERRICK GARWOOD BDS reports from a fluoride awareness day in Coventry where Dr Rynne explained why he thinks his chances of success are very good … DR VYVYAN Howard, a toxicopathologist from […]
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Fluoride: Can It Do More Harm Than Good?
MOST of us put our trust in fluoride to help prevent tooth decay. It is a common ingredient in toothpaste and mouthwashes, and several countries, including large parts of the UK, add fluoride to the water supply. Just last month, a study was published which reported that adding fluoride to table salt had reduced dental […]
England to Pursue New Means of Tackling Tooth Decay Among Poor
More than one million children in England are to receive free toothbrushes and toothpaste as part of a government initiative to tackle tooth decay in deprived areas. The £1m Brushing for Life project was launched after research showed that pre-school children from deprived areas have up to three times the level of tooth decay of […]
The toxic toothpaste
Fluoride is good for teeth but it can also be harmful Like most parents, Beverly Cooke encouraged her daughter Alysia to use fluoride toothpaste. From the age of 18 months Alysia’s tooth-cleaning was supervised, and she never used more than the recommended pea-sized amount of toothpaste. At nine, Alysia started to have leg pains, flu-like […]
The Toxic Toothpaste
Like most parents, Beverly Cooke encouraged her daughter Alysia to use fluoride toothpaste. From the age of 18 months Alysia’s tooth-cleaning was supervised, and she never used more than the recommended pea-sized amount of toothpaste. At nine, Alysia started to have leg pains, flu-like symptoms and constant headaches. Her condition mystified specialists until a doctor […]
Fluoridation findings set teeth gnashing
How you feel about a hell-fire preacher being caught with his trousers down depends on whether you are a member of his church. For the faithful it’s shocking, for outsiders maybe merely amusing. The sight of doctors refusing to take their own medicine evokes similar emotions, which is why health campaigner Edward Baldwin (the Earl […]
The York Review: Friend, Flawed or Fraud?
I am going to focus here on the York Review and it’s analysis of the health effects of fluoridation. I will leave the discussion of dental decay and fluorosis to another section. As far as health effects are concerned, the York Review badly misrepresented both the scope and the substance of their review. THE YORK […]
Water Fluoride: As Much Harm as Good
The report of the Systematic Review of the scientific evidence on the benefits and hazards of water fluoridation was published on 6th October. This was commissioned from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at York University by the Department of Health eighteen months ago, to resolve for once and for all the heated controversy […]
British Medical Journal Editor: Now opposed to fluoridation
Fluoridation was a controversial topic even before Kubrick’s Base Commander Ripper railed against “the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids” in the 1964 film Dr Strangelove (www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/strangelove/). This week’s BMJ shouldn’t precipitate a global holocaust, but it does seem that Base Commander Ripper may have had a point. The […]
Associated Press article on ‘York Review’
LONDON (AP) – The first examination of 50 years of research on the safety of adding fluoride to drinking water found no evidence of harm, and some experts said the findings should allay lingering fears it could cause cancer, osteoporosis or Down Syndrome. The review, published this week in the British Medical Journal, involved 214 […]