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Indian American Jayanth V. Kumar named California State Dental Director
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dr. Jayanth V. Kumar has been named California’s new state dental director, Gov. Jerry Brown announced June 5. For years, the California Dental Association has advocated for a state dental director — the establishment of this position is a major achievement for the state’s oral health program and access to care planning […]
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Public Health Service Recommendation for Fluoride Concentration in Drinking Water for Prevention of Dental Caries
Note from FAN: The Department of Health & Human Services released this same information on April 27, 2015, in Public Health Reports as noted in their press release. Summary Through this final recommendation, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) updates and replaces its 1962 Drinking Water Standards related to community water fluoridation—the controlled addition of […]
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FluorideGate deepens with release of 2000 pages of FOIA documents
Emails released by freedom-of-information requests reveal a too-close relationship among members of the Centers for Disease Control’s Oral Health Division (CDC), the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Pew Foundation. It appears they protect fluoridation while dismissing, insulting and marginalizing those who raise valid health concerns, reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc […]
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Senate includes dental caries report language
Today, the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee released the report [link doesn’t work] accompanying the FY15 Senate LHHS Bill. The subcommittee proposes funding levels of $30.5 billion for NIH and $402.4 million for NIDCR [National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research]. Additionally, on page 97 the subcommittee included report […]
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State dental head will discuss fluoride with Watertown City Council
Dr. Jayanth V. Kumar, a dentist for 30 years and the director of the state’s Bureau of Dental Health, went to Walden, Orange County, last week to persuade officials there to put fluoride back in the public water supply. On Monday, he will travel from Albany to persuade the Watertown City Council to keep the […]
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Dunedin Must Decide on Fluoride: Should it Stay or Go?
Fluoride in the drinking water — friend or foe? The subject is bound to touch a nerve. It was a hot-button issue after city officials released the projected 2012 budget in June. Officials proposed eliminating the city’s more-than-20-year fluoridation program as a cost-cutting measure. Doing so would save an estimated $13,000 from the budget and […]
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Pew. Water Fluoridation: What the Science Says
Over the past decades, more than 3,000 studies or reports have been produced about fluoride or community water fluoridation. Although some people oppose this practice, the clear weight of the evidence shows that fluoridated water safely and effectively reduces tooth decay in children and adults. See below for a list of health and medical organizations that support […]
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Bone Fluoride Levels Not Associated With Osteosarcoma
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The following is on a study by dentist Chester Douglass and colleagues, An Assessment of Bone Fluoride and Osteosarcoma, (7/28/11) which claims to show no association between fluoride bone levels and osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. However, Douglass’ study has serious scientific flaws and is incapable of disproving […]
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Salt Fluoridation to Prevent Dental Caries in Armenia
Master of Public Health Integrating Experience Project Utilizing Community Service Grant Proposal Framework Hayk Kanchinyan, MD, MPH Candidate College of Health Sciences American University of Armenia Advisor: Robert Bagramian, DDS, MPH DrPH Reader: Byron Crape, PHD, MSPH Excerpt Salt fluoridation As previously described, delivery of fluoride to a population to prevent development of dental caries […]
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Fairbanks. Letter: No to fluoride
To the editor: Pro-fluoridation lobbyists say “… there are no adverse health effects associated with fluoridated water.” This is simply false. The fluoridation orthodoxy tolerates no doubt, dismissing opposition as quackery after cursory review, holding faith in “expert opinion” of public health bureaucrats. Nobel laureate Arvid Carlsson is as qualified as any, but is strongly […]
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