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The Fluoride Deception: How a Nuclear Waste Byproduct Made Its Way Into the Nation’s Drinking Water
Journalist Christopher Bryson claims in his new book “The Fluoride Deception” that the post-war campaign to fluoridate drinking water was less a public health innovation than a public relations ploy sponsored by industrial users of fluoride–including the government’s nuclear weapons program.[includes transcript] Hailed as a harmless chemical that would prevent tooth decay, new evidence shows […]
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Overdoing Toothpaste Can Damage Preschoolers’ Teeth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Parents know that fluoridated toothpaste is good for their children’s teeth and can help prevent cavities. What they may not realize, however, is that overusing toothpaste or other sources of fluoride in very young children can be a case of too much of a good thing. According to a report […]
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CDC: Hip Fractures Are Increasing
ATLANTA (AP) – Hip fractures among women 65 and older have climbed 40 percent between 1988 and 1996, with about a third of older Americans suffering serious falls each year, the government said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the increase in part to a growing number of people 85 and older. […]
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Study: More Kids On Prescribed Drugs
CHICAGO (AP) – The number of 2- to 4-year-olds taking psychiatric drugs like Ritalin and Prozac soared 50 percent between 1991 and 1995, according to a new study that experts said reveals a troubling and growing trend. Doctors said the effects of such drugs are largely unknown in children so young and they worry the […]
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Medical Journals Exercise Clout in News Coverage
Every week, the most prestigious medical and scientific journals in the world send advance information on their newest research findings to general interest news organizations in cities large and small. Most of the journals also send along press releases, touting the most important of their findings and hoping to see the names of their publications […]
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Do the Kids Need Fluoride?
I grew up on fluoride toothpaste, diligently brushing my teeth after every meal. So I was resistant to any suggestion that there may be a problem with fluoride. Countless commercials drummed in the claim that it fights cavities, and if anything to the contrary caught my eye, I dismissed it as mere ranting and raving. […]
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Ludwik Gross, a Trailblazer in Cancer Research, Dies at 94
Dr. Ludwik Gross, who influenced cancer research by showing that viruses could cause cancers in animals, died on Monday at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. He was 94 and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The cause was stomach cancer, said his daughter, Dr. Augusta H. Gross. Dr. Gross won an Albert […]
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Utilities prepare for bad environmental news
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An electric utility went on the offense Thursday, anticipating unfavorable public response to data showing significant pollution from coal-fired power plants. American Electric Power sent representatives to news organizations to explain that the utility will report substantial levels of hydrochloric acid in the Toxic Release Inventory to be issued Friday. “We are […]
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Fluoride, A Missing Ingredient
Barker Hamill’s children take fluoride pills every other day. The reason: Morrisville, Pa., where they live, does not have fluoridated water. ”Our pediatrician recommended taking them,” Mr. Hamill. ”There’s no lack of evidence that it helps to prevent tooth decay.” Mr. Hamill is not just any proponent of fluoridation. He is also chief of the […]
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Fear of Fluoride
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, especially if you’re the parent of young children. The advisory, which began appearing on […]
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