ADA: fluoride is too dangerous to be consumed by infants

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ADA reverses position, warns its members that fluoride is too dangerous to

be consumed by infants

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 by: Ben Kage

http://www.newstarget.com/021072.html

(NewsTarget) On Nov. 9, the American Dental Association released an email

alert to its members warning that, in order to prevent tooth damage,

fluoridated water should not be mixed into formula or foods intended for

babies aged 1 and younger.

Currently, two-thirds of the U.S. public water supply has fluoride

chemicals added, a move centered on a now-disproved theory that fluoride

ingestion prevents cavities. Research by the Centers for Disease Control

has shown that fluoride absorbs into tooth enamel topically, but ingestion

of the chemical can cause adverse reactions. Also, the CDC admitted that

enamel fluoride concentration was not inversely related to cavities.

Fluoridated bottled water is available in stores across the United States

along with instructions to mix into formula, which is what prompted the

ADA to warn its members.

" Infants could receive a greater than optimal amount of fluoride through

liquid concentrate or powdered baby formula that has been mixed with water

containing fluoride during a time that their developing teeth may be

susceptible to enamel fluorosis, " stated the ADA report, describing the

condition marked by pitting and white spotting as well as yellow and/or

brown teeth.

Beeber, lawyer and New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation

(NYSCOF) president, noted that news releases from the NYSCOF in 2000 and

2004 cited studies that linked fluorisis to infant foods mixed with

fluoridated water. However, Beeber remarked, it took the ADA until 2006 to

release its alert, right after the FDA disapproved of marketing

fluoridated water to babies in October and the National Research Council

reported that babies are fluoride overdosed from " optimally " fluoridated

water supplies.

" The ADA claims the NRC report didn't question the safety of fluoridation

but it did, as the ADA now admits, " Beeber said. " The NRC also revealed

fluoridation's adverse effects to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney

patients, high water drinkers and others. "

He added that the ADA warning had only gone out to its members, and asked,

" Who will alert parents? "

The Environmental Protection Agency, which sets allowable water fluoride

levels, is required to consider the most vulnerable members of a

population, so allowable fluoride levels should be near zero to protect

infants.

" This should end water fluoridation, " Beeber said. " Fluoridation is a

failed concept that must be abandoned before more Americans are harmed. "

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