Fluoridation useless and especially harmful to poor children, research shows
Fluoride Action Network
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- According to Healthy People 2020, America's poorest
children suffer high tooth decay rates, double that of non-poor
children. Seventy-five years of water fluoridation failed to narrow oral
health disparities between haves and have nots. Cavities are linked to
poverty, malnutrition and inability to get dental care; not to fluoride
deficiency. Further, malnutrition, more prevalent in low-income families, is linked to more fluoride-induced tooth damage (dental fluorosis), reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN).
Paul Connett, PhD, FAN Director says, "In honor of Children's Dental Health Month, everyone reading this must contact their local and state legislators. Tell them to stop funding and/or implementing fluoridation. A large body of evidence shows fluoride is neurotoxic. We shouldn't sacrifice children's mental health to continue a failed dental health program."
Healthy People 2020, a project of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, reports: 66% of 6-9 year-olds and 60% of 13-15 year-olds from the lowest income families experienced tooth decay compared to 33% of non-poor. The uninsured or publicly-insured suffer more from untreated decay because most dentists shun them.
Connett says, "Most dentists prefer to treat the water rather than the teeth of low-income folks."
Current research (e.g. Irigoyen-Camacho 2015; Kajale 2015; Whitford 1990) supports a 1952 Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) study linking poor nutrition, especially calcium intake, to increased prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis – factors also linked to cavities.
Fluoridation began with the discovery that people consuming water naturally high in fluoride had discolored teeth with less cavities. Over-zealous dentists urged supplementation of "fluoride deficient" water supplies to equalize decay rates across America without safety studies. Instead, they spread dental fluorosis. Today over 70% of community drinking water supplies are fluoridated. Yet, tooth decay is now a national crisis along with dental fluorosis – which has skyrocketed.
We need safer ways to protect children's teeth, such as the Childsmile program in Scotland. A healthy diet, good oral hygiene, and access to dental care are prerequisites for healthy teeth. Consuming a fluoride-free diet doesn't cause tooth decay.
Lack of access to dental care is fueling a dental health crisis. Pew Charitable Trusts in 2012, reported that preventable dental conditions made up more than 830,000 emergency room visits in 2009 – up from 16% in 2006. JADA reported 101 deaths from the consequences of untreated tooth decay
SOURCE Fluoride Action Network
Feb 10, 2020, 12:33 ET
Paul Connett, PhD, FAN Director says, "In honor of Children's Dental Health Month, everyone reading this must contact their local and state legislators. Tell them to stop funding and/or implementing fluoridation. A large body of evidence shows fluoride is neurotoxic. We shouldn't sacrifice children's mental health to continue a failed dental health program."
Healthy People 2020, a project of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, reports: 66% of 6-9 year-olds and 60% of 13-15 year-olds from the lowest income families experienced tooth decay compared to 33% of non-poor. The uninsured or publicly-insured suffer more from untreated decay because most dentists shun them.
Connett says, "Most dentists prefer to treat the water rather than the teeth of low-income folks."
Current research (e.g. Irigoyen-Camacho 2015; Kajale 2015; Whitford 1990) supports a 1952 Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) study linking poor nutrition, especially calcium intake, to increased prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis – factors also linked to cavities.
Fluoridation began with the discovery that people consuming water naturally high in fluoride had discolored teeth with less cavities. Over-zealous dentists urged supplementation of "fluoride deficient" water supplies to equalize decay rates across America without safety studies. Instead, they spread dental fluorosis. Today over 70% of community drinking water supplies are fluoridated. Yet, tooth decay is now a national crisis along with dental fluorosis – which has skyrocketed.
We need safer ways to protect children's teeth, such as the Childsmile program in Scotland. A healthy diet, good oral hygiene, and access to dental care are prerequisites for healthy teeth. Consuming a fluoride-free diet doesn't cause tooth decay.
Lack of access to dental care is fueling a dental health crisis. Pew Charitable Trusts in 2012, reported that preventable dental conditions made up more than 830,000 emergency room visits in 2009 – up from 16% in 2006. JADA reported 101 deaths from the consequences of untreated tooth decay
SOURCE Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride is a poison. Fluoride was poison yesterday. Fluoride is poison today. Fluoride will be poison tomorrow. Fluoride has been a big lie right from the start. Dean the "Father of Fluoridation" did a 26 State study that was cherry picked down to 4 States and then cherry picked further to provide the statistical evidence the big corporations wanted. Statistics similar to tobacco, 5G, vaccines, glyphosate,ect,ect. Big fibbers and some of us believe them. When in doubt get it out.
ReplyDeleteIf you're in doubt move to a non fluoridated town,ASAP.
DeleteTell us,Pete, who in 'fluoridated Templeton' hasbeen harmed sickened or injured by the addition of fluoride to the towns water supply. Can you show us scientific evidence that proves fluoride caused the problems? Of course please dont cite your own very low IQ.
ReplyDeleteTG.......... sound alot like Dupont when discussing Teflon (c-8)
ReplyDeleteBottled water products labeled as de-ionized, purified or distilled have been treated in such a way
that they contain no or only trace amounts of fluoride, unless they specifically list fluoride as an
added ingredient. Other bottled water products (such as spring water) can contain fluoride that is
added or naturally present in the original source of the water. FDA sets limits for fluoride in
bottled water based on several factors, including the source of the water. These limits range from
0.8 to 2.4 milligrams per liter. To learn more, check out the CDC's Fact Sheet on Questions
about Bottled Water and Fluoride and FDA’s Website:
www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm203620.htm
If it was a public health benfit, wouldn't it be added to bottled water as a standard? Oh, notice that they change the standard, based on location of water, really..........8 to 2.4 is huge.
Getting caught up on how many angels can dance on the end of a pin may not be productive. Big corporations put fluoride in the water because it saved their bottom line profits. Fluoride being discharged to the air was causing huge law suits so they sold the poison to the gullible public,that's us. I will soon be posting the fluoride ceception by Christopher Bryson so that we can all learn how these big corporations take advantage of us sheep.
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