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• Southampton: improve teeth by topping up levels of fluoride in water

  Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) have just received news that one of the biggest port cities in the United States, San Diego, has decided to tackle tooth decay by topping up the natural fluoride content in the water supplied to most of its 1.2 million citizens. Both Southampton and San Diego have been largely […]

• Ethics Journal Reports: Fluoridation – Unethical, Risky, Benefits Doubtful, Poor Most Harmed

  Fluoridation is an “unacceptable risk,” says Public Health Professor Niyi Awofeso in the Journal Public Health Ethics, August 2012. He writes, “There is insufficient ethical justification for artificial water fluoridation,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Awofeso, a University professor in Australia, who published over 70 peer-reviewed academic papers in […]

• Fluoride, Dentists’ “Magic Bullet,” Is Shooting Blanks

  Despite decades of water fluoridation in New York State, the Journal of the American Dental Association reports that emergency treatment for NYS toddlers’ severe tooth decay has grown substantially in numbers and costs, many require general anesthesia, (1) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) Fluoridation is touted as an effective […]

• Is Fluoride Added to Your Water? Get It Out!

  New York – June 15 — Water suppliers nationwide are required to supply consumers with annual Water Quality Reports or Consumer Confidence Reports at least once a year at around this time. “Consumers should take this yearly opportunity to check their water fluoride levels,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to […]

• Fluoridation Does Not Decrease Childhood Cavities

  “It may…be that fluoridation of drinking water does not have a strong protective effect against early childhood caries (ECC),” reports dentist Howard Pollick, University of California, and colleagues, in the Winter 2003 Journal of Public Health Dentistry(1). The dental profession promises steep cavity declines in populations who drink water with fluoride added, especially in poor […]

• NYC. Vallone: Fluoride – If In Doubt, Keep It Out

  Did you know that the government is putting toxic chemicals in our water which come from the scrubbing systems of the fertilizer industry and are classified as “hazardous wastes” (sodium fluorosilicate and fluorosilicic acid). Are you concerned? You should be. Unfortunately, when these chemicals are called “fluoride,” safety concerns go down the drain. There is […]

• NYC. Gennaro: Beware The Anti-Fluoride Charlatans

  Published in the Feb 17-23, 2011, edition of the Queens Tribune. Two weeks ago in the Queens Tribune, a City Council colleague of mine wrote a piece entitled, “Fluoride – If in Doubt, Keep It Out.” My colleague believes that the New York City drinking water supply should no longer be fluoridated, and this Council […]

• 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 […]

• NYC: Fluoride costs to be increased $1.1 million for Fiscal Year 2009

  Excerpt from The City of New York Executive Budget Fiscal Year 2009 Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Office of Management and Budget Mark Page, Director Message of the Mayor Page 161 • the Department [of Environmental Protection] will increase its budget for FLUORIDE by $1.1 million due to rising costs. ————————————————————————- See also: Fiscal 2009 Executive […]

• 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 […]