The Fluoridation Record
July 14, 2016
July 14, 2016
Dentistry acknowledges fluoride’s health effects need to be determined
The American Dental Association (ADA) acknowledged five years ago that fluoride’s health effects on patients with kidney disease and diabetes are unknown and need to be studied.
The admission came in an email from the ADA to the Chief Medical Officer for Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Health Howard K. Koh in response to concerns that civil rights leaders in Atlanta including Andrew Young and Gerald Durley, had expressed opposition to water fluoridation. It was obtained through a Freedom of Information Request by Daniel G. Stockin of the Lille Center for Energy and Health Studies in Ellijay, Georgia.
In writing to Koh in April 2011 dental association officials expressed concern that the civil rights leaders’ opposition to fluoridation “had the potential to gain traction,” and indicated that a mutually supported response “would be instrumental for supporting the safety and effectiveness of community water fluoridation.”
Yet two months later the dental association advised HHS that several studies are recommended, including one to “seek to determine the health effects of optimally fluoridated water (0.7 mg/L) for individuals with kidney disease and/or diabetes (Type I and II) and if such an effect varies by age, sex, or race.”
The ADA also recommended research to “determine if and how fluoride metabolism – including fluoride availability, intake and excretion – is influenced by environment, altitude, temperature, genetics, age, sex, race, nutritional status, pharmacological agents, physiological status and culture.”
The American Dental Association (ADA) acknowledged five years ago that fluoride’s health effects on patients with kidney disease and diabetes are unknown and need to be studied.
The admission came in an email from the ADA to the Chief Medical Officer for Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Health Howard K. Koh in response to concerns that civil rights leaders in Atlanta including Andrew Young and Gerald Durley, had expressed opposition to water fluoridation. It was obtained through a Freedom of Information Request by Daniel G. Stockin of the Lille Center for Energy and Health Studies in Ellijay, Georgia.
In writing to Koh in April 2011 dental association officials expressed concern that the civil rights leaders’ opposition to fluoridation “had the potential to gain traction,” and indicated that a mutually supported response “would be instrumental for supporting the safety and effectiveness of community water fluoridation.”
Yet two months later the dental association advised HHS that several studies are recommended, including one to “seek to determine the health effects of optimally fluoridated water (0.7 mg/L) for individuals with kidney disease and/or diabetes (Type I and II) and if such an effect varies by age, sex, or race.”
The ADA also recommended research to “determine if and how fluoride metabolism – including fluoride availability, intake and excretion – is influenced by environment, altitude, temperature, genetics, age, sex, race, nutritional status, pharmacological agents, physiological status and culture.”
The dental association acknowledged that
“minority populations have a higher
incidence of dental fluorosis,” and
recommended studies that “look at total
fluoride intake from all sources and the
occurrence of dental fluorosis in all minority
populations.”
“Why did ADA not publicly release its research recommendations? Why did promoters continue saying fluoridation had been extensively researched?” asked Stockin, a career public health professional known internationally for his work to end water fluoridation.
Stockin noted that the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Campaign for Dental Health proclaims on its website, “With over 3,000 studies or research papers published on the subject, few topics have been as thoroughly researched as water fluoridation.”
In March 2011 Young, whose father was a dentist, wrote to Chip Rogers, the Georgia Senate Majority Leader, calling for the repeal of water fluoridation in Georgia.
“I am most deeply concerned for poor families who have babies: if they cannot afford unfluoridated water for their babies milk formula, do their babies not count? Of course they do. This is an issue of fairness, civil rights, and compassion. We must find better ways to prevent cavities, such as helping those most at risk for cavities obtain access to the services of a dentist.”
“Why did ADA not publicly release its research recommendations? Why did promoters continue saying fluoridation had been extensively researched?” asked Stockin, a career public health professional known internationally for his work to end water fluoridation.
Stockin noted that the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Campaign for Dental Health proclaims on its website, “With over 3,000 studies or research papers published on the subject, few topics have been as thoroughly researched as water fluoridation.”
In March 2011 Young, whose father was a dentist, wrote to Chip Rogers, the Georgia Senate Majority Leader, calling for the repeal of water fluoridation in Georgia.
“I am most deeply concerned for poor families who have babies: if they cannot afford unfluoridated water for their babies milk formula, do their babies not count? Of course they do. This is an issue of fairness, civil rights, and compassion. We must find better ways to prevent cavities, such as helping those most at risk for cavities obtain access to the services of a dentist.”
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Only 337 dentists in Georgia accept Medicaid
There are 3,872 licensed dentists in Georgia, but only 8.7 percent of them, or 337, accept Medicaid, according to a report by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In a commentary on the report Georgia Tech professor Nicoleta Serban writes,
There are 3,872 licensed dentists in Georgia, but only 8.7 percent of them, or 337, accept Medicaid, according to a report by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In a commentary on the report Georgia Tech professor Nicoleta Serban writes,
“Considering common access barriers,
roughly 865,000 Medicaid or PeachCare-
eligible children in Georgia need to travel
more than the state standards to reach a
dental provider for preventive care services.
The standards are driving distances to a
provider of 30 minutes or 30 miles for
urban areas and 45 minutes or 45 miles for
rural areas.”
About 1.5 million children in Georgia, 58 percent of the total, qualify for public dental benefits.
Current research underestimates neurotoxins’ effects on children
Current research on single effects of a neurotoxin on children may underestimate health problems by not adopting a fuller developmental perspective, according to researchers at Harvard and the University of Buffalo.
Writing in a recent issue of Environment International the authors note that an exposure in the womb or in early life can effect nerve cell growth and development that may have both an immediate adverse effect as well as other health effects years after birth.
They also report that the victim’s family interactions may alleviate the neurotoxic effects or make them worse. For example, stress may worsen the effect of a neurotoxin while positive stimulation may lessen it.
The authors focus extensively on lead poisoning, including its apparent role in aggressive and antisocial behavior.
They conclude, “To achieve a more complete understanding, and a better estimate of the societal burden, we must go beyond cataloguing deficits in isolation to consider the effects on the “whole child” within an ecological context, to describe developmental cascades that are expressed in diverse form across the lifespan, to consider how effects on an exposed child elicit changes in behaviors of parents and
About 1.5 million children in Georgia, 58 percent of the total, qualify for public dental benefits.
Current research underestimates neurotoxins’ effects on children
Current research on single effects of a neurotoxin on children may underestimate health problems by not adopting a fuller developmental perspective, according to researchers at Harvard and the University of Buffalo.
Writing in a recent issue of Environment International the authors note that an exposure in the womb or in early life can effect nerve cell growth and development that may have both an immediate adverse effect as well as other health effects years after birth.
They also report that the victim’s family interactions may alleviate the neurotoxic effects or make them worse. For example, stress may worsen the effect of a neurotoxin while positive stimulation may lessen it.
The authors focus extensively on lead poisoning, including its apparent role in aggressive and antisocial behavior.
They conclude, “To achieve a more complete understanding, and a better estimate of the societal burden, we must go beyond cataloguing deficits in isolation to consider the effects on the “whole child” within an ecological context, to describe developmental cascades that are expressed in diverse form across the lifespan, to consider how effects on an exposed child elicit changes in behaviors of parents and
siblings that, in turn, can either reduce or
aggravate those effects, and to determine
how deficits from early life neurotoxicant
exposures reduce a child’s ability to
respond effectively to later developmental
challenges. We might find greater success in
convincing stakeholders of the benefits of
more protective policies if we can offer
them a more complete accounting of the
societal burden caused by early-life
exposures to neurotoxicants.”
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Michael F. Dolan, editor.
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Books on fluoridation
Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma (new), $10
The Fluoride Deception (Used), $8
Fluoridation and Truth Decay (used), $5
Fluoride in Australia (used), $10
Clinical Uses of Fluoride (new), $10
Fluoride: The Freedom Fight (used), $10
Fluoride: The Aging Factor (used), $5
Environmental Fluoride 2e (new), $5
1951 Dental Directors transcript, $10
Water Fluoridation: Search and Victory, $5
First National Symposium on Fluoride, $10
The Fluoride Question, $5
Health Effects of Environ Pollution, $5
Fluoridation: Litigation and Publ. Policy, $20
hbandm.ecsn@outlook.com
____________________________________ The Fluoridation Record is published daily by
East Coast Science News,
P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007 USA. Phone: 1-413-323-5327.
Email: mdolan.ecsn@outlook.com
Michael F. Dolan, editor.
Copyright 2016. All rights reserved.
___________________________________
Books on fluoridation
Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma (new), $10
The Fluoride Deception (Used), $8
Fluoridation and Truth Decay (used), $5
Fluoride in Australia (used), $10
Clinical Uses of Fluoride (new), $10
Fluoride: The Freedom Fight (used), $10
Fluoride: The Aging Factor (used), $5
Environmental Fluoride 2e (new), $5
1951 Dental Directors transcript, $10
Water Fluoridation: Search and Victory, $5
First National Symposium on Fluoride, $10
The Fluoride Question, $5
Health Effects of Environ Pollution, $5
Fluoridation: Litigation and Publ. Policy, $20
hbandm.ecsn@outlook.com
Fluoride is a poison. Fluoride was poison yesterday. Fluoride is poison today. Fluoride will be poison tomorrow. Fluoride is a toxin that adds to our bodies toxic load. When our toxicity reaches a point that becomes to much illness follows. "When in doubt, get it out"
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