US Kids Fluoride Overdosed: Gov't Report Reveals
NYSCOF
Primary Teeth: Gov't Report
New York - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that
1/3 of six to nineteen year-olds are fluoride overdosed and display
dental fluorosis - white spotted, yellow or brown and sometimes pitted
or crumbly teeth. (A) While, tooth decay increased in primary teeth of
two - five-year-olds.
When the questionable category of fluorosis is included, as it was in
1945, the report is more dire:
40% of 6-11-year-olds have fluorosis
49% of 12-15 year-olds have fluorosis
42% of 16-19-year-olds have fluorosis
The New York Times reports, "Dr. Burton L. Edelstein, a professor of
clinical dentistry at Columbia University...said, 'the dramatic finding
for young kids is that caries increased 15 percent between the two
periods...According to Dr. Edelstein, the best predictor of cavities in
permanent teeth is the number of cavities in baby teeth. If this holds
true, the next generation of adolescents could see a significant
decline in dental health." (B)
Today, about 70% of US public water supplies are fluoridated and dental
crises still exist in fluoridated cities.(D) In 1945, dentists
projected water fluoridation would create fluorosis (discolored teeth)
in 10% of the population in its mildest form - white spots. But now,
according to the CDC, not only do children and adolescents suffer from
fluoride overdose at rates three to four times over the 1945
projection, but 4% is severe fluorosis - yellow or brown stained
and/or pitted or crumbly teeth, which actually decays faster than
healthy dentition.
Fluorosis occurs more often in blacks (42% see table 20) who also have
the highest tooth decay rates (43% of 2 - 11 year-olds). (A)
"Since blacks have the most dental fluorosis and the most cavities,
if anything, this report shows fluoride is an ineffective cavity
fighter," says lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State
Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. "We are shocked at current media
reports indicating children who drink bottled water lack fluoride when
researchers and government reports clearly indicate a fluoride glut,"
says Beeber.
"Cavities doubled in Kentucky after mandatory fluoridation to prevent
tooth decay," says Beeber. (C)
Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated put babies at increased
dental fluorosis risk, according to research published in the Journal
of the American College of Nutrition (JACN) (1) and elsewhere.
JACN study co-author Marshall told Reuters Health, "Very young infants
are unlikely to benefit from the caries-prevention effects of
fluoride...They may be at increased risk of dental fluorosis." (1a)
To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing
infant formulas with fluoridated water.
Fluorosis is the too-late warning sign that babies overdosed on
fluoride, creating a new lucrative market for dentists - covering up
those fluorosed teeth (6). Neither a nutrient nor essential to health,
fluoride, can also damage bones.(1b)
Researchers Marshall and colleagues found more fluorosed teeth in
children who consumed the most fluoridated water either alone or
through infant formulas (1).
In a different study, researchers, Brothwell and Limeback, urge
breastfeeding, or mixing infant formula with non-fluoridated water, to
avoid dental fluorosis, in a November 2003 Journal of Human Lactation
study. They found three times more fluorosis in children consuming 1
milligram per liter fluoridated water compared to those who drank
non-fluoridated water.(2)
Breastfeeding does not increase cavity risk, according to a recent
Journal of the American Dental Association study (3).
Another researcher AK Mascarenhas, also advised parents to avoid
fluoridated water for infant formula preparation to prevent fluorosis,
in a 2000 Pediatric Dentistry study (4).
At least eleven other studies link reconstituted formula with
fluorosis.(5a-k).
"Neither the CDC nor the American Dental Association, who heavily
promote fluoridation warns parents to avoid fluoridated water for
infant feeding. Why not?" asks lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York
State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. "Are they protecting
fluoridation or children?"
However, the Academy of General Dentistry does recommend against mixing
infant formulas with fluoridated water. (6a)
Formula prepared with optimally fluoridated water provides 100 times
more fluoride than the amount in breast milk (7). And newborns do not
have "fully developed renal handling capacity for fluoride at this
early stage of life..."(8) which can lead to dangerous bone-fluoride
build up and more.
Not only is infant fluoride intake risky, it's unnecessary. According
to the CDC, "Fluoride works primarily after teeth have erupted?" (9).
Further, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration never safety-tested
fluoride for ingestion (10).
In 2000, after extensively reviewing fluoride and health studies, a
panel of British scientists report, "We were unable to discover any
reliable good-quality evidence in the fluoridation literature
world-wide," (11) despite incorrect news reports disseminated by
prominent fluoride proponents about this review (12).
Fluorosis intake can be lowered by avoiding obvious fluoride sources
and by signing a petition asking for a moratorium on water
fluoridation posted here: http://petition.powalliance.org/index.html
Eleven Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Unions have taken the
unprecedented action to jointly appeal to Congress members for an
immediate national moratorium on water fluoridation and a full
Congressional hearing. They also jointly urged "EPA management to
recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in
people."
(Access EPA Unions' press release at:
http://nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/Press%20Release.%20Fluoride.htm )
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For more information, contact:
Paul S. Beeber, President & General Counsel
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
PO Box 263,
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
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References:
A) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of
Communication, "New Report Finds Improvements in Oral Health of
Americans," 8/25/05
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050825.htm
B) "Dental Health Getting Worse for Some, Report Says." By Nicholas
Bakalar, The New York Times , September 13, 2005
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/091305HA.shtml
(C) "Water Fluoridation Doubles Cavities," Jan 4 News Release by New
York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
http://groups.google.com/group/Fluoridation-News-Releases/browse_thread/thread/e70b0d4fe2bbfd33/87cbed83b58babd8#87cbed83b58babd8
(D) "Cavity Crises in Fluoridated Cities and States," a compilation of
news stories
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof2/_pgg6.php3
1) "Associations between Intakes of Fluoride from Beverages during
Infancy and Dental Fluorosis of Primary Teeth,"
1a) "Too Much Fluoride May Harm Babies' Teeth," Reuters Health, May 5,
2004
http://www.laleva.org/eng/2004/05/too_much_fluoride_may_harm_babies_teeth.html
1b) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, "Public Health
Statement for Fluorides, Hydrogen Fluoride, and Fluorine"
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs11.html
2) "Breastfeeding is protective against dental fluorosis in a
nonfluoridated rural area of Ontario, Canada"
3) "The relationship between healthful eating practices and dental
caries in children aged 2-5 years in the United States, 1988-1994"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14959875&query_hl=3
4)"Risk factors for dental fluorosis: a review of the recent
literature"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10969430&query_hl=1
c)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9829868
d)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8639113
e)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7776294
f)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=2589311
g)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3198847
k)
http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2004Hawaii/techprogram/abstract_40477.htm
6) "Using microabrasive material to remove fluorosis stains"
http://www.pmbrowser.info/pmdi splay.cgi?issn=00028177&uids=1 5058619
6a) "Monitor Infant's Fluoride Intake," Academy of General
Dentistry, News Release
http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/baby/fluoride.asp
7) The Ecologist, 1986, Volume 16 "Fluoride: New Grounds for Concern,"
By Mark Diesendorf and Philip R.N. Sutton
http://www.fluoridealert.org/ecologist-1986.htm
8) Caries Research 1984 "Fluoride Balance Studies on Infants in a
1-ppm-water-fluoride area" by Ekstrand J, Hardell LI, SpakCJ
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=6580961&query_hl=6
9) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5014a1.htm
10) Suite 101 - Fluoridation - includes e-mail correspondence between
Suite 101 author and the FDA "Fluoride - Not FDA Approved for
Ingestion," March 21, 2004
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/11749/107324
11) "What the 'York Review' on the fluoridation of drinking water
really found," 28 October 2003, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination,
University of York, York, UK
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/fluoridnew.htm
12) National Center for Fluoridation Policy & Research and Oral Health
America's Center for Fluoridation,
Michael W. Easley, D.D.S., M.P.H.; Director
http://www.fluoridationcenter.org/papers/2000/stpetersburgtimes100700.htm
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