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• Kids eat too much fluoride from foods, studies show

  NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — Kids ingest excessive fluoride, studies show, not just from toothpaste, but from their foods, making water fluoridation unnecessary and unsafe, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). University of Indiana researchers analyzed foods typical three- to five-year-olds eat and found diet significantly contributes to children’s daily […]

• Study: Hidden fluoride in infant foods can mar babies’ teeth

  Babies risk dental fluorosis from unlabeled fluoride in infant foods, say researchers in General Dentistry, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Detectable fluoride levels, found in all 360 samples tested, is due to pesticides, fertilizers, soil, groundwater and/or fluoridated water used in processing, the researchers report. Foods containing mechanically de-boned chicken […]

• Manhattan U.S. Attorney announces $39 million civil fraud settlement against Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for selling half-strength fluoride supplements

  Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office for the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OIG”), and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal […]

• Fluoridation Comes To Palm Beach County

  Its official.  Palm Beach County is now a fluorinated county. The switch will be flipped later this week to begin injecting the highly controversial chemical into the County’s four public water drinking supply systems. The vote Tuesday was 5-2, but not before Commissioner and Chairman Tony Masilotti argued that fluoridation removes citizen choice.  And not […]

• Cavistat Toothpaste – “More Effective Than Fluoride”

  ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y.– Ortek Therapeutics Inc. announced today that CaviStat®, an experimental fluoride-free cavity fighting complex based on saliva chemistry, was significantly more effective than fluoride in a two year, 726 patient toothpaste study. These results were published in the most recent issue, Volume 16, Number 3, of The Journal of Clinical Dentistry, a peer […]

• Should fluoride be forced upon us?

  Health Secretary Alan Johnson is calling for fluoride to be added to England’s water supplies in the hope of reducing tooth decay among some of society’s poorest and most vulnerable. For a public which has grown accustomed to health interventions – from seat belts to smoking bans – it may seem curious that such a […]

• Binghamton water filtration plant evacuated

  Binghamton — The Binghamton Water Filtration Plant was evacuated Monday afternoon after an employee of the Rochester based Thatcher Chemical Company, entered hydrofluorosilicic acid into an incorrect containment unit. The water supply was not affected by this error and the plant continued to function during the evacuation. The roadways surrounding the plant remained closed until […]

• AP EXCLUSIVE: US says too much fluoride in water

  Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids’ teeth. A reported increase in the spotting problem is one reason the federal government will announce Friday it plans to lower the […]

• ALERT: Avoid Feeding Babies Fluoridated Water

  New York – April 5, 2005 – Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated water increase dental fluorosis risk, according to the April 2004 Journal of the American College of Nutrition(1) and other studies. To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing infant formulas with fluoridated water. Fluorosis, white-spotted, yellow or brown stained, sometimes pitted or […]

• Fluoride Risks Every Parent Should Know About

  “There is substantial evidence that fluoridated water, fluoride supplements, infant formulas, and fluoride toothpastes are risk factors for fluorosis,” alone and together, reports Ohio State University researcher, Dr. Ana K. Mascarenhas. And, too often, dentists and physicians misprescribe fluoride, she writes in “Risk factors for Dental Fluorosis: A review of the recent literature,” in Pediatric […]