Tag: Fluoridation
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Mr. Fluoride (Get the F Out of Our Water) Battle Hymn
A great new song by Leslie Thresher!
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Fluoridation: Worsening the Lead Crisis in Flint, and Beyond
Print-Friendly Copy of Report Press Release: Fluoride in Water Worsens U.S. Lead Crisis Introduction Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan. The details from Flint have been shocking: tap water so corrosive it caused lead levels in some homes to meet the […]
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Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries.
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Why I changed my mind about water fluoridation.
Former Advocate To explain how I came to change my opinion about water fluoridation, I must go back to when I was an ardent advocate of the procedure. I now realize that I had learned, in my training in dentistry, only one side of the scientific controversy over fluoridation. I had been taught, and believed, […]
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Acute fluoride poisoning associated with an on-site fluoridator in a Vermont elementary school.
Results Of the 44 vendors who attended the farmers market, 40 (91 per cent) were contacted. Inclusion of their family members brought the total subjects to 82; of these, 22 (27 per cent) reported a characteristic illness on the day of the market. All had onset of symptoms between 8:30 and 10:30 am. Of […]
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Water fluoridation and osteoporotic fracture.
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Mass intoxication from accidental overfluoridation of drinking water.
The literature reveals several episodes of acute mass poisoning due to sodium fluoride which had been mistaken for flour, sugar, and baking powder and added to food [1]. The number of persons affected ranged from 5 to 280. The most severe accident -with 47 deaths occurred in Salem, Oregon, where a helper in the kitchen […]
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Fluoride overfeed at a well site near an elementary school in Michigan.
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Acute fluoride poisoning in a New Mexico elementary school.
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Outbreak of acute fluoride poisoning caused by a fluoride overfeed, Mississippi, 1993.