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NIDCR Program Announcement: Pharmacogenetics of Fluoride (R01)
Part I Overview Information Department of Health and Human Services Participating Organizations National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov) Components of Participating Organizations National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov) Title: Pharmacogenetics of Fluoride (R01) Announcement Type This is a conversion of PAR-06-214, which was previously released March 3, 2006., as described below. NOTICE: […]
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New Fluoride Warning for Infants
Does your drinking water contain added fluoride? If so, keep it away from infants under the age of one. This directive was issued recently by an unlikely source: the American Dental Association (ADA). In a November 9th email alert sent to all of its members, the ADA noted that “Infants less than one year old […]
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No Fluoride for Infants, Say Dentists
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ — To prevent tooth damage, the American Dental Association (ADA) warned its members that fluoridated water should not be mixed into concentrated formula or foods intended for babies one year and younger, in a November 9th ADA e-mail alert. “But who will alert parents,” asks lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New […]
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Firms Can Make Fluoridated Water Claim
WASHINGTON — Companies can claim that drinking bottled water with fluoride prevents cavities, the government said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration said it would allow bottlers of fluoridated water to make the health claim, in a notice dated Oct. 14 but posted Wednesday to its Web site. The claim _ specifically, that fluoridated water […]
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Fluoride: A Pain in the Neck – Case Report
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — A 52-year-old American man’s arthritic- like joint pain and immobility went away after he stopped brushing his teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, according to a new study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. There’s no scientific dispute that large fluoride doses cause crippling skeletal fluorosis over time. But, […]
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Harvard Inquiry Into Fluoride Study Problematic
To the editors: As someone who directed the Laboratories of Environmental Toxicology and Carcinogenesis at the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation (now known as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and was a research associate in Pathology at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1960-1970, I am appalled at the controversy surrounding the investigation of Professor Chester […]
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Mercury fillings enter the age of `unreasonable’
Considering that millions of Americans have “silver” mercury fillings embedded in their teeth, a recent government hearing on their safety should have been a slam-dunk. Instead, the advisory panel concluded that a Food and Drug Administration report suggesting that amalgam fillings are safe was “unreasonable” and that further study was needed. Technically, “unreasonable” doesn’t mean […]
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At the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, One Professor’s Flouride Scandal Stinks
It was the first time that Dr. Chester Douglass, the Department Chair of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, had spoken publicly about the controversy surrounding his research on the connection between fluoride and bone cancer. Fox 25 news cameras followed him to his car on a cold day in February 2006. “Is […]
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HMS Defends Review of Dental School Prof
Professor Chester W. Douglass’ seven-figure donation to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine came four years before the school launched an investigation into his academic conduct, and had no effect on the review’s conclusion, the school’s spokesman, John Lacey, said yesterday. Douglass donated around $1 million to the dental school in 2001, Lacey confirmed, four […]
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Blue-Ribbon Scientific Panel Exposes Fluoride’s Serious Health Risks
New York – September 2006 — Fluoride jeopardizes health – even at low levels deliberately added to public water supplies, according to data presented in a recent National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) report. Fluoride poses risks to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others and can severely […]
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