Fluoridation Fails in Modern Times, New Studies Show. Fluoride Confirmed Neurotoxic

[NYSCOF]

"Receipt of optimal water fluoridation [between the years] 2010 – 2020 resulted in very small positive health effects which may not be meaningful for individuals," according to the largest ever study of its kind conducted on UK adolescents and adults, (LOTUS study), published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology on 1/8/2024, reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF).

Fluoridation neither reduced social inequalities in dental health, nor reduced the number of missing teeth, the researchers report.

They write, “in high income countries, we may be reaching the limit of what can be achieved through fluorides alone.”  They suggest we look at diet, specifically sugar’s strong link to tooth decay.

Cavities are almost universal in adults exposed to fluoridated toothpaste and fluoridation from birth, they explain.

Fluoridation is the addition of unnecessary hydrofluosilicic acid, a lead- and arsenic-laced waste product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing, into the public water supply in a failed attempt to reduce tooth decay.

NYSCOF President, attorney Paul Beeber says, “Fluoride chemicals, added to public water supplies since 1945, was projected to massively decrease tooth decay, reduce disparities, save money, and put dentists out of business. But none of that happened”

A 2022 UK study of children (CATFISH study) reported fluoridation provided no clear benefits to 11-year-old's, and that disparities persisted.

It’s not just the UK. Studies from “Australia, the US, Sweden and South Korea have demonstrated inconsistent effects across age groups and/or absolute differences so small that whether they are meaningful is debatable,” the LOTUS researchers write.

In 2017, US researchers reported in the American Journal  of Public Health “Despite significant financial, training, and program investments [and decades of fluoridation], US children’s caries [cavities] experience and inequities continued to increase over the last 20 years.”

In July 2022, the State College Borough Water Authority in Pennsylvania, made up of scientifically trained professionals voted to reject fluoridation unanimously after members read the science and didn't just rely on outdated and unscientific endorsements.    They criticized fluoridationists who "misrepresented and discredited the scientific evidence," according to the Centre Daily Times. 

Media reports show fluoridation has failed 

It’s not from lack of fluoride. Federal statistics show that 70% of US children and adolescents are fluoride-overdosed, afflicted with dental fluorosis while 57% of adolescents still get tooth decay (65% of low-income adolescents).

Besides, fluoride is ubiquitous in our food supply, medicines, absorbed from dental products and more - making fluoridation money-wasting at least and health-robbing at worst.

January 31 marked the beginning of a federal lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency.    EPA is charged with ignoring hundreds of studies showing fluoride is neurotoxic. EPA currently sets safe levels of water fluoride contaminants  at levels to ostensibly protect only bones and teeth not brains, where fluoride also collects. The Judge is set to either make a ruling soon or force EPA to do its job.

EPA acknowledges that fluoride is neurotoxic; but doesn't know at what level fluoride turns from a cavity preventer to a brain damaging chemical. 

New York State Communities which have stopped or rejected fluoridation are:  Suffolk, Nassau & Rockland counties, Elba, Naples, Levittown, Canton, Corning, Johnstown, Oneida, Carle Place, Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Riverhead, Rockville Center, Central Bridge Water District, Homer, Ithaca, Rouses Point, Pulaski, Romulus, Amsterdam, Walden, Glens Falls and Manhasset  

NYS Dept of Health statistics show there is no correlation between the fluoridation rate of a county and tooth decay rates or to fewer dental-related hospital ER visits for toddler

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