MARCH 15, 2012 7:11AM

Top Fluoride News Stories of 2011

Misinformed fluoridation promoters falsely assure unquestioning and confused legislators that fluoride-laced water is safe for everyone and no credible evidence proves otherwise.  However, hundreds of studies and an abundance of evidence prove them wrong.

Here's what happened in 2011

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JANUARY 6, 2012 9:30AM

NYS Medicaid Pays for Fluoridation Ignoring Harmful Effects

 

 

The NYS Department of Health proposes to spend Medicaid funds on fluoridation equipment, supplies and staff (1) despite clear evidence that fluoridation fails to prevent tooth decay in NYS and can be health-harming. Many NYS cities and counties have already rejected

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JULY 29, 2011 9:07AM

FDA: Fluoride Supplements Never Found Safe or Effective

Sodium fluoride supplements “have not been found by FDA to be safe or effective,” according to the US National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) website.
 

Routinely prescribed to children in non-water-fluoridated communities, sometimes even in fluoridated areas, sodium fl

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MAY 2, 2010 8:09AM

You Are an Unpaid Participant in Fluoride Experiments

New York -- May 2, 2010 -- Sixty-five years ago today, officials added fluoride chemicals into Newburgh, NY's public water supply making residents  guinea pigs in a failed experiment to discover whether fluoride could safely reduce tooth decay. It didn't. But political pre… Read full post »
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APRIL 11, 2010 7:01AM

Fluoride Increases Lead Absorption, study says

Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies, boosts lead absorption in lab animals’ bones, teeth and blood, report Sawan, et al. (Toxicology 2/2010). Earlier studies already show children’s blood-lead-levels are higher in fluoridated communities, reports Sawan’s research te… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 2, 2010 3:12PM

Dentists Reaffirm Fluoride & Infant Formula Warnings

       American Dental Association Reaffirms Infant Fluoride Warning

New York – February 2, 2010 – The American Dental Association (ADA) confirms that infant formula should not be mixed with “optimally” fluoridated water so as to prevent fluoride… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009 11:00AM

Study Links Fluoride to Premature Births

New York -- November  2009 -- State University of New York (SUNY) researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting on November 9, 200… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 7:43AM

Fluoride/Cancer Link is Plausible, Gov't Report Reveals

"Fluoride appears to have the potential to initiate or promote cancers, particularly of the bone...," according to the most recent and extensive review of fluoride toxicology by the prestigious National Research Council (NRC). (1)
 
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JULY 14, 2009 8:22AM

Toxics on Tap - Fluoride

Fluoridation Opposition: Scientific, Respectable & Growing
 
Over 2,550  professionals urge the US Congress to stop water fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted, citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective a
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