Re: Fluoride in Our Water? by anonymous on 09/28/2009 02:36AM

I cannot beleive you would print such out and out miss information by Mr. Pollock. It is clear that he is promoting fluoridation because it is so profitable to dentists and the dental industry. A survey done by the ADA revealed that dentists who work in fluoridated cities make an average of 17% more income fixing cracked and broken teeth, working on gum disease, doing orthodonture and whitening teeth all caused be fluoride consumption. Another recent survey revealed that out of the top ten cities where dentists make the most money, all but one were fluoridated. Doesn't say much for fluoride's benefits. And, the product used to artificiallty fluoridate municipal water is not pharmaceutical grade fluoride. It is industrial waste. What the industries that produce it call a "toxic soup". It is only 17 to 23% fluoride. The rest is arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium, radio active isotopes, etc. All know carcinogens. No wonder the U.S. is getting sicker by the day. This product has never had a single safety study done on it despite the ADA continuing to say "safe and effective". Ask them to prove what they say. They can't. Supposedly the 1part per million, thought to not harm us in our municipal water, is all we are getting but I would challenge everyone to go to the government website at http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=6312 and see just how much overdose the normal American diet is giving us. How can fluoride, scientifically rated at just slighly less poisonous than arsenic and a little more poisonous than lead, be touted as good for us. There has never been a single disease found that is caused by the lack of fluoride. Wake up and see the truth. Read "The Fluoride Deception" which contains recently declassified top secret government documents that prove we have been deceived by the lie "safe and effective" and the ADA and other organizations are making money by touting this lie.

Re: Fluoride in Our Water? by Concerned on 09/27/2009 06:45AM

Those with an open mind are encouraged to look carefully at the scientific data and legal arguments at www.FluorideAlert.org , then read the well researched work by Christopher Bryson, "The Fluoride Deception." Many individuals who are working against fluoridation are degreed professionals who have carefully considered a broad range of peer reviewed scientific information, rather than parroting what the ADA or CDC recommends. Dr. Arvid Carlson, the man who stopped fluoridation in Sweden, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2000. These researchers aren't just a group of crazies shouting in the wilderness. Most of Europe does not fluoridate, and you will find that World Health Organization statistics show their dental health to be comparable, if not better, to that of America. Fluoridation is mass medication without consent, using a non-approved drug without measured dose or prescription, and without monitoring by a licensed health professional. The EPA union representing thousands of scientists, lawyers, engineers and other professionals in Washington, D.C. continue to work against fluoridation. Their statement can be found at: http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm The real reasons why adults and children have so many cavities can be traced to poor diet, poor dental habits, and lack of access to dental health care. Fluoridation is absolutely unnecessary for the prevention of cavities.

Re: Fluoride in Our Water? by Doug Cragoe on 09/26/2009 02:15PM

Your article states "all parties on both sides of the issue point out that infants who drink concentrated powdered formula should not be given water from general fluoridated systems." This is not true. When I asked Dr. Pollick if parents should be told about this he would not give me a direct answer. He merely said look, here is a webpage about it. In other words, parents have to somehow get this knowledge themselves, because Dr. Pollick does not feel they should be informed. The WIC program (women, infants, children) gives out free infant formula to poor parents. But very few WIC programs are willing to inform parents about the risks of making infant formula with fluoridated water. One state WIC program actually recommends fluoridated water when making infant formula. There seems to be this "don't tell" policy regarding the risks of infant formula made with fluoridated tap water. There is a difference between what those that promote fluoridation write about and what they are actually willing to tell the public.

Re: Fluoride in Our Water? by anonymous on 09/26/2009 12:10PM

Over 2,600 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 and has serious health risks. See statement:http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html. Al so, eleven Environmental Protection Agency employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. Last election day, 53 US cities rejected fluoridation joining a growing list of communities saying "No," to fluoridation "There is weak and inconsistent evidence that the use of fluoride supplements prevents dental caries [cavities] in primary teeth," according to a systematic review of fluoride supplement research published in the November 2008 Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). The authors could find only one study, from China, showing any fluoride cavity-preventing benefit to primary teeth and that study was probably biased with a high withdrawal rate, the authors write. Mild -to-moderate dental fluorosis (white spotted and/or yellow teeth) is a significant fluoride supplement side effect, they report. Fluoride supplements, although a prescription drug, were never FDA [Food and Drug Administration] tested for safety or effectiveness because sodium fluoride was on the market pre-1938 before FDA testing laws were enacted. In 2007, the American Dental Association (ADA) reported on its web site that fluoride supplements put children six and under at significant risk of permanently discolored teeth; but never shared that information with the American public, pediatricians or MD's who still prescribe fluoride supplements unnecessasrily to toddlers. "This review confirmed that, in non-fluoridated communities, the use of fluoride supplements during the first 6 years of life is associated with a significant increase in the risk of developing dental fluorosis, write researchers Ismail & Bandekar and first published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, February 1999, but posted to the ADA's website July 2007.