U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin today officially endorsed community water fluoridation as “one of the most effective choices communities can make to prevent health problems while actually improving the oral health of their citizens.” “Fluoridation’s effectiveness in preventing tooth decay is not limited to children, but extends throughout life, resulting in fewer and less […]
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Weekend Diversion: Fluoridated Water: Science, Scams and Society
“Fluoridation is the single most important commitment a community can make to the oral health of its children and to future generations.” -C. Everett Koop Most weekends, I take on a lighter topic, as a way of taking a break from the deep physics, astronomy, and science we share during the week. But every once […]
Woman’s Tea Addiction Led to Loss of Teeth, Bone Problems
Extreme levels of fluoride from daily consumption of a concentrated brew caused pain, brittle teeth Here’s a cautionary tale about the value of moderation. A case study reported in the March 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows how habitually drinking an extreme form of highly concentrated tea over almost 20 years […]
What You Didn’t Know About Your Bottled Water
A guide to the basics of bottled water, spring water, tap water, and filtered water (with taste tests) Remember the days when getting a drink of water meant going to the kitchen sink to fill up a glass? Yeah, we don’t either. Nowadays the market for water is flooded (get it?) with choices to meet […]
Fluoride: Necessary or too much of a good thing?
Community water fluoridation has been around for more than 65 years, and although proponents cite many benefits, the practice has come under fire recently as critics are questioning the amount our children are consuming – and if it’s even necessary. Touted as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century by the […]
Fluoridegate—Why is Poisoning of Children Considered a Valuable Public Health Policy?
Story at-a-glance Fluoride is a toxic substance that is biologically active in the human body where it accumulates in sensitive tissues over time, wreaks havoc with enzymes and produces a number of serious adverse health effects —including neurological and endocrine dysfunction The film, Fluoridegate, places particular focus on how water fluoridation harms young children, as […]
Press release from the ADA: Fluoridation news
This week marks the 68th anniversary of community water fluoridation. Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first city in the U.S. to adjust the fluoride levels in its water supply to lower tooth decay rates in children on Jan. 25, 1945. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoridated water […]
US election: 10 other things on the ballot
When Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, they will not just be choosing a president and members of Congress – there are 174 extra questions on the ballot in 38 states. And some go to the very heart of key issues in American society. 1. Marijuana Three states – Oregon, Washington and Colorado – […]
Ethics Journal Reports: Fluoridation – Unethical, Risky, Benefits Doubtful, Poor Most Harmed
Fluoridation is an “unacceptable risk,” says Public Health Professor Niyi Awofeso in the Journal Public Health Ethics, August 2012. He writes, “There is insufficient ethical justification for artificial water fluoridation,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Awofeso, a University professor in Australia, who published over 70 peer-reviewed academic papers in […]
Chemists may hold key to building a better toxin mousetrap
Featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Sourav Saha’s specialized work to strip electrons from the toxic chemical known as fluoride is producing a variety of unique results. “I started out with the very basic premise of trying to find new ways to detect toxic fluoride in solutions,” said […]