Thursday, 17 September 2009
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Healthy Smile Worth the Risk?
From: Dr. Chun WongTuesday mornings were always “Fluoride Day” when I was in elementary school. We’d all pile into the cafeteria and wait anxiously to see which flavor of the often used teeth treatment would be distributed. Some days, parents would be invited to come in and take part in the fluoride festivities. Why shouldn’t they have? Clean teeth are important in both children and adults.
Could it be that this weekly ritual does more harm than good? Could too much of a good thing actually be detrimental and cause neurological disorders in children?
It’s possible - according to researchers investigating fluoride and its effects. Too much fluoride consumed by women who are pregnant lowers their thyroid levels and this may affect the brain and neurological development of the unborn child. Such disturbance in development can cause ADD, Autism and decreased IQ levels.
This raises the question: “How much is too much?” and “If I stop doing fluoride treatments will this put me in the clear?” Not so fast. Fluoride is found not only in toothpaste and other dental products but in drinking water and some foods as well. Exposure to fluoride from these multiple sources could be enough to cause the lower Thyroid levels that can lead to neurological deficiencies.
As much as 2/3 of the nation’s water sources contain fluoride. There are organizations such as the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation whose goal is to omit fluoride from public water sources.
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Fluoride May Damage the Brain, Report
Says
New York – February 26, 2008 -- "It
is not clear that the benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water outweigh
risks of neurodevelopment or other effects such as dental fluorosis," according
to an Institute for Children's Environmental Health report. (1)
Fluoride chemicals are added to 2/3
of U.S. public water supplies ostensibly
to reduce tooth decay. Fluoride is found in dental products, supplements and
virtually all foods and beverages (2).
"Excessive fluoride ingestion is
known to lower thyroid hormone levels, which is particularly critical for women
with subclinical hypothyroidism; decreased maternal thyroid levels adversely
affect fetal neurodevelopment," reports a prestigious committee of scientists
and health professionals in a “Scientific
Consensus Statement on Environmental Agents Associated with Neurodevelopmental
Disorders.”
Studies they reviewed and others link
fluoride to brain abnormalities and/or IQ deficits. (3)
"The question is what level of
exposure results in harmful effects to children. The primary concern is that
multiple routes of exposure, from drinking water, food and dental care products,
may result in a high enough cumulative exposure to fluoride to cause
developmental effects," they write.
"Given the serious consequences
of LDDs [learning and developmental disabilities], a precautionary approach is
warranted to protect the most vulnerable of our society," the authors
caution.
"It's time to stop water
fluoridation," says lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation. “With many neurological diseases, such as autism and
ADD, afflicting too many American children, fluoride's dubious promises of less
cavities no longer outweigh fluoride's serious health risks," says
Beeber.
The National Research Council
reviewed fluoride toxicology evidence and reported in March 2006 that
studies
linking fluoride to lowered IQ are plausible.(3a)
"The real dental dilemma facing
American children today is their inability to get dental care," says
Beeber. “Eighty-percent of dentists
refuse Medicaid patients (4) and 108 million Americans don’t have dental
insurance (5),” says Beeber.
Studies show that when fluoridation
ends, cavities actually go down. (6)
Please sign the petition urging
Congress to end fluoridation and hold hearings about why federal officials
continue to promote water fluoridation in the face of growing scientific
evidence of harm at http://www.FluorideAlert.org/congress .
Dr.
Phyllis Mullenix was the first U.S. scientist to find evidence that
fluoride damages the brain. She published her study in a respected peer-reviewed
scientific journal (7) and then was fired because she wouldn’t squelch
it.(8) References:
http://tinyurl.com/32o9u3
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