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No
Fluoride for Bottle-Fed Infants
Environmental
Working Group:
Originally
published on: http://www.ewg.org/newsletter/20061129-fluoride
American Dental Association: No Fluoride for
Bottle-Fed Infants
In a little-noticed but dramatic turnaround,
the nation's leading
fluoride advocate, The American Dental
Association (ADA), issued an
alert on November 9th urging parents
to avoid fluoridated water when
reconstituting infant formula,
warning that "Infants less than one
year old may be getting more
than the optimal amount of fluoride if
their primary source of
nutrition is powdered or liquid infant
formula mixed with water
containing fluoride."
The dentists are worried that fluoride
exposure at this age will
permanently damage teeth, not protect
them. A growing body of
research also links fluoride to weakened
bones, reduced thyroid
activity, and possibly bone cancer in
boys.
The advice, however, has gone largely unheeded. Nursery
Water, the
nation's leading fluoridated water for babies still
markets its
product nationwide at Wal*Mart and other major
retailers.
Help us stop this unsafe practice. Sign our
letter to Wal*Mart,
asking them to stop selling this
product.
LINK: http://www.ewg.org/newsletter/20061129-fluoride/
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