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Fluoridation
Doing More Harm Than Good, Studies Show
New York
State
Coalition Opposed To Fluoridation, Inc
Originally
published at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=70558
Article
Date: 12 May 2007 - 1:00 PDT
Contrary
to belief, fluoridation is damaging teeth with little cavity
reduction, according to a review of recent studies reported
in Clinical Oral Investigations.(1)
Pizzo
and colleagues reviewed English-language fluoridation
studies published from January 2001 to June 2006 and write,
"Several epidemiological studies conducted in
fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities suggest that
[fluoridation] may be unnecessary for caries
prevention…"
They
also report that fluoride-damaged teeth spiked upwards to
51% from the 10-12% found over 60 years ago in
"optimally" fluoridated communities. Dental
fluorosis is white-spotted, yellow, brown-stained and/or
pitted teeth.
Fluoridation
began in 1945 when dentists thought that ingested fluoride
incorporated into children's developing tooth enamel to
prevent cavities. However, Pizzo's group reports that
fluoride ingestion confers little, if any, benefit and fails
to reduce oral health disparities in low-income Americans.
Also,
any difference in fluoride tooth enamel surface
concentration between fluoridated and low-fluoridated areas
is minimal. And the relationship between higher enamel
fluoride levels to less tooth decay was not found.
"Some
risk of increasing fluorosis may be attributed to the
ingestion of powdered infant formula reconstituted with
fluoridated water… [and] foods and beverages processed in
fluoridated areas… Furthermore, the use of dietary
fluoride supplements during the first 6 years of life is
associated with a significant increase in the risk of
developing fluorosis," they write.
Lawyer
Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to
Fluoridation says, "Recent news reports claiming
fluoride-free bottled water caused the cavity increase
trends in toddlers are implausible because rising fluorosis
rates clearly indicate that children are over-fluoridated,
not under-fluoridated."
"There's
no dispute that too much fluoride damages teeth, actually
making them more decay-prone. Research is indicated to see
if fluoride is causing the cavity escalation," says
Beeber.
Some
studies Pizzo reviewed focused on communities that stopped
water fluoridation. "…after the cessation, caries
prevalence did not rise, remained almost the same or even
decreased further," writes Pizzo's group.
"In
most European countries, where [water fluoridation] has
never been adopted, a substantial decline [75%] in caries
prevalence has been reported in the last decades," they
report.
To
avoid dental fluorosis, the American Dental Association and
the Centers for Disease Control advise against mixing
concentrated infant formulas with fluoridated water.
"Fluoride
is bone- and health-damaging as well," says Beeber.
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www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Pizzo-2007.pdf
For More Information:
New
York
State
Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc
PO Box
263
Old
Bethpage
,
NY
11804
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