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Chemicals and Crime: A Truly Toxic Effect
Rates of violent crime can vary tremendously between American counties. For example, one community may experience only 100 crimes per 100,000 people, while another of about the same size and population may have more than 3,000 per 100,000. Why such a huge difference? Conventional thinkers blame poverty, lack of education and opportunity, and bad role […]
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Fluoride Salesmen Use Apples versus Oranges to Sell Their Case
Recent reports of an epidemic in tooth decay in California children is a prime example of science by press release. No viable study shows that California children have more tooth decay than the rest of the nation. The 1994 study, cited as proof of this epidemic, has never been published, and until just recently, has […]
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Surgeon General: U.S. Dental Health Lags
More than 100 million people lack private dental insurance and millions more can’t get necessary dental care, says the first-ever Surgeon General’s report on oral health. The 309 page report “Oral Health in America” – the latest in a series on such topics as smoking and mental health – also says that about 40% of […]
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Oral Diseases Epidemic Among Poor
WASHINGTON (AP) – From cavities to mouth cancer, a “silent epidemic” of oral diseases afflicts minorities and low-income Americans even as most of the nation benefits from healthier teeth and gums, the U.S. surgeon general said today. Thanks to fluoridated drinking water and better dental care, most Americans middle-age or younger can expect to keep […]
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Skip the Fluoride: Semiannual treatments pointless for many kids
WEDNESDAY, May 24 (HealthSCOUT) — Hundreds of millions of dollars may be wasted annually on children’s fluoride treatments by dentists, a new study suggests. Typically given once or twice a year at routine checkups, the treatments do nothing to reduce cavities in kids, says a study of insurance records published in a recent issue of […]
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Speaker outlines fluoride hazards
LAYTON –Once the fluoride initiative is defeated here in Utah, those who worked hard to bring about its demise can’t go home and “sit on their laurels,” a California dentist who is against fluoridating water told a group of about 75 people here last week. Dr. David Kennedy, a retired dentist from San Diego, who […]
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What’s the big fuss about fluoridation?
OGDEN – Voting members of Weber, Davis and Utah counties should be pleased to find the issue of whether fluoride should be added to their community water supply will be on an upcoming ballot. Utah legislators have been working feverishly on this topic as they try to elevate Utah to the standards set by the […]
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Stop Fluoride Supplements for Children Under Age 7 Says Canadian Dental Association
HICKSVILLE, N.Y., May 24 /PRNewswire/ — To avoid permanent tooth discoloration, the Canadian Dental Association advises against fluoride supplement use for children before their permanent teeth have erupted, at about 6 or 7 years old. There is “…weak scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of fluoride supplements.” This was reported at a Canadian Consensus Conference on […]
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Sodium Fluoride Proposed for Use in New Organic Standards
Comments due by: June 12, 2000 In the proposed National Organic Standards Rule (the Rule), the USDA states its intention to allow the use of EPA’s List 4 Inerts as Allowed Substances for the production and handling of organic food… unless specifically prohibited. The List 4 Inerts includes sodium fluoride (NaF), but NaF should be […]
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Cumberland to Add Fluoride to Water
Cumberland residents cleared the way for the city to add fluoride to their water supply by voting overwhelmingly in favor of repealing a 10-year-old ban on the cavity-fighting chemical. They voted 2,525 to 1,633 Tuesday to repeal the ban, a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent. The issue has divided residents for decades in […]
United States, Maryland