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PART 3:
Appendix 1 and References:
A critique of CDC's William Bailey's comments to the
Fairbanks, Alaska, City Council, on March 6, 2008

 

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APPENDIX 1

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Oral Health
Atlanta GA

(Information as of March 2008) Name Degree

Office of the Director
Director William Maas DDS, MPH
Deputy Director Steven Cahill MPH
Assoc. Director for Science William Kohn DDS
Health Economist Susan Griffin PhD
Management & Prog Analyst Stephanie Arrindell -
Health Communications Spec. Linda Orgain MPH
Health Scientist Christopher Callahan MS
Budget Analyst Sam Oyerinde BA, MBA

Admin Operations Assistant

Tanya Turner-Brown -
Lead Secretary Angel Key -
Office Automation Assistant Norman Williams -


Surveillance, Investigations, and Research Team


Team Leader Eugenio Beltran DMD, MPH
Statistician Laurie Barker MSPH
Dental Officer Jennifer Cleveland DDS, MPH
Epidemiologist Amy Colins BS, BSN, MPH
Epidemiologist Paul Eke PhD, MPH
Dental Officer Barbara Gooch DMD, MPH
Health Scientist Freder Jaramillo DDS, MPH, MHA
Dental Officer Gina Thornton-Evans DDS, MPH

Program Services Team
Team Leader Scott Presson DDS, MPH
Dental Officer William Bailey DDS, MPH
Nat'l Fluoridation Engineer Kip Duchon PE, MSEnvE
Public Health Educator Elizabeth Hines RDH, MPH
Evaluation Scientist Rene Lavinghouze MA
Public Health Educator Karen Sicard RDH, MPH
Public Health Analyst Bridgette Smith -
Dental Public Health Resident Ella Oong DMD, MPH
Public Health Educator Sherry Williams MPH, CHES
Evaluation Contractor Kisha Smith BS, MPH, CHES
Secretary Angela Fisher -

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Paul Connett's References (the IQ and BRAIN studies are listed at the end of Connett's references):

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CDC. 2002. Prevalence of Self-Reported Arthritis or Chronic Joint Symptoms Among Adults --- United States, 2001. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 51(42):948-950. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5142a2.htm

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Colquhoun J. 1985. Influence of social class and fluoridation on child dental health. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 13:37-41.

Connett, P. 2001. Guest Editorial: Waterborne fluoride and bone fractures. Fluoride 34(2):91-94.

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Fagin D. 2008. Second thoughts about fluoride. Scientific American. January. pp 74-81.

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Kunzel W, et al. 2000. Decline in caries prevalence after the cessation of water fluoridation in former East Germany. Community Dent. Oral Epidemiol. 28(5):382-389.

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Leverett DH. 1982. Fluorides and the changing prevalence of dental caries. Science. 217(4554):26-30.

Li Y et al. 2001. Effect of long-term exposure to fluoride in drinking water on risks of bone fractures. J Bone Miner Res. 16(5):932-9.

Maupome G et al. 2001. Patterns of dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 29(1):37-47.

McDonagh M, Whiting P, Bradley M, Cooper J, Sutton A, Chestnutt I, Misso K, Wilson P, Treasure E, Kleijen J. 2000. A systematic review of public water fluoridation. Report 18. York: NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK. p. 59-63. (See also: http://www.fluoridealert.org/york.htm)

Moriber G. 1974. Environmental Science. Allyn & Bacon. Boston. p. 361.

National Academies. 2006. EPA standard for fluoride in drinking water Is not protective; tooth enamel loss, bone fractures of concern at high levels. News Release. March 22. Available at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11571

NHMRC. 1991. The effectiveness of water fluoridation. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Canberra, Australia. Australian Government Publishing Service.

NHMRC. 1999. Review of water fluoridation and fluoride intake from discretionary fluoride supplements. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Melbourne, Australia.

NHMRC. 2007. A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of fluoridation. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Canberra, Australia.

NRC. 1993. Health effects of ingested fluoride. National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=030904975X&page=R1

NRC. 2006. Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA's standards. National Research Council of the National Academies. The National Academies Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571

Phipps KR et al. 2000. Community water fluoridation, bone mineral density and fractures: prospective study of effects in older women. British Medical Journal. 321:860-4.

Rocha-Amador D, et al. 2007. Decreased intelligence in children and exposure to fluoride and arsenic in drinking water. Cadernos de Saude Publica 23(Suppl 4):S579-87.

Schlesinger ER et al. 1956. Newburgh-Kingston caries-fluorine study XIII. Pediatric findings after ten years. Journal of the American Dental Association 52:296.

Seppa L et al. 2000. Caries trends 1992-98 in two low-fluoride Finnish towns formerly with and without fluoride. Caries Res. 34(6):462-8.

Seppa L. et al. 2002. Caries occurrence in a fluoridated and a nonfluoridated town in Finland: a retrospective study using longitudinal data from public dental records. Caries Research 36:308-314.

Spencer H et al. 1980. Fluoride metabolism in patients with chronic renal failure. Arch Intern Med. 140:1331-1335.

Trivedi MH, Verma RJ, Chinoy NJ, Patel RS, Sathawara NG. 2007. Effect of high fluoride water on intelligence of school children in India. Fluoride 40(3):178-183.

Yiamouyiannis JA. 1990. Water Fluoridation and Tooth decay: Results from the 1986-87 National Survey of U.S. Schoolchildren. Fluoride. 23:55-67.

Wang SX, Wang ZH, Cheng XT, Li J, Sang ZP, Zhang XD, Han LL, Qiao, Wu ZM, Wang ZQ.  2007.  Arsenic and fluoride exposure in drinking water: children's IQ and growth in Shanyin county, Shanxi province, China. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(4):643-7.  April.

York Review. McDonagh M et al. 2000. A Systematic Review of Public Water Fluoridation. NHS Center for Reviews and Dissemination,. University of York, September. http://www.fluoridealert.org/york.htm

BRAIN STUDIES. The asterisk denotes those papers that have been translated into English. These translations were paid for, and are available from, the Fluoride Action Network. 

Bera I, et al. 2007. Neurofunctional effects of developmental sodium fluoride exposure in rats. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 11(4):211-24.

Bhatnagar M, Rao P, Sushma J, Bhatnagar R. 2002. Neurotoxicity of fluoride: neurodegeneration in hippocampus of female mice. Indian J Exp Biol. 40(5): 546-54.  May.

Chen J, Chen X, Yang K. 2000. [Effects of selenium and zinc on the DNA damage caused by fluoride in pallium neural cells of rats]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 29(4):216-7. July.    

Chen J, Chen X, Yang K, Xia T, Xie H (2002). [Studies on DNA damage and apoptosis in rat brain induced by fluoride]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 36(4):222-4. July.  

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* Du L. 1992. The effect of fluorine on the developing human brain. Chinese Journal of Pathology 21(4):218-20.

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Ge Y, Ning H, Wang S, Wang J. 2005. Comet assay of DNA damage in brain cells of adult rats exposed to high fluoride and low iodine. Fluoride 38:209-214.  

Guan ZZ.  1986. [Morphology of the brain of the offspring of rats with chronic fluorosis.] Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi (Chin. J. Pathol.). 15(4):297-9.  December.

Guan ZZ, Wang YN, Xiao KQ, Dai DY, Chen YH, Liu JL, Sindelar P, Dallner G. 1998. Influence of chronic fluorosis on membrane lipids in rat brain. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 20(5):537-42.  September-October.     

* Han H, et al. 1989. The effects of fluorine on human fetus. Chinese Journal of Control of Endemic Diseases 4:136-138.

Inkielewicz I, Krechniak J. 2003. Fluoride content in soft tissues and urine of rats exposed to sodium fluoride in drinking water.  Fluoride 36(4):263-266.    

Isaacson RL, Varner JA, Jensen KF. 1997. Toxin-induced blood vessel inclusions caused by the chronic administration of aluminum and sodium fluoride and their implications for dementia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 825:152-166.

Liu WX, Dong Z, Liu JL. 1989. [Experimental study of behavior and cerebral morphology of rat pups generated by fluorotic female rat]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 18(4):290-2.  December.

Long YG, Wang YN, Chen J, Jiang SF, Nordberg A, Guan ZZ. 2002. Chronic fluoride toxicity decreases the number of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat brain. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 24(6):751-7. Nov-Dec.  

Mullenix PJ, Denbesten PK, Schunior A, Kernan WJ. 1995. Neurotoxicity of sodium fluoride in rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 17(2):169-77. Mar-Apr.    

Paul V, Ekambaram P, Jayakumar AR.  1998. Effects of sodium fluoride on locomotor behavior and a few biochemical parameters in rats. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 6:187- 191.

Pushpalatha T, Srinivas M, Sreenivasula Reddy P. 2005. Exposure to high fluoride concentration in drinking water will affect spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in male albino rats. Biometals 18(3): 207-12. June.

Shan KR, Qi XL, Long YG, Nordberg A, Guan ZZ. 2004.  Decreased nicotinic receptors in PC12 cells and rat brains influenced by fluoride toxicity – a mechanism relating to damage at the level in post- transcription of the receptor genes.  Toxicology 200:169-177.   

Shao Q, Wang Y, Guan Z. 2000. [Influence of free radical inducer on the level of oxidative stress in brain of rats with fluorosis]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 34(6):330-2. November. 

Shashi A. 1992. Studies on alterations in brain lipid metabolism following experimental  fluorosis. Fluoride 25(2):77-84. 

Shashi A, Singh JP, Thapar SP. 1994. Effect of long-term administration of fluoride on levels  of protein, free amino acids and RNA in rabbit brain. Fluoride 27(3):155-159.

Shashi A. 2003. Histopathological investigation of fluoride-induced neurotoxicity in rabbits.  Fluoride 36(2):95-105.

Shen X, Zhang Z, XU X. 2004. [Influence of combined iodine and fluoride on phospholipid and fatty acid composition in brain cells of rats]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 33(2):158-61. March.   

Shivarajashankara YM, Shivashankara AR, Gopalakrishna Bhat P, Hanumanth Rao S.  2001. Effect of fluoride intoxication on lipid peroxidation and antitoxidant systems in rats. Fluoride 34(2):108-113.

Shivarajashankara YM, Shivashankara AR, Bhat PG, Rao SH. 2002. Brain lipid peroxidation and antioxidant systems of young rats in chronic fluoride intoxication. Fluoride 35(3):153-160.    

Shivarajashankara YM, Shivashankara AR, Gopalakrishna Bhat P, Muddanna Rao S, Hanumanth Rao S. 2002. Histological changes in the brain of young fluoride-intoxicated rats.  Fluoride 35(1):12-21.

• Sun ZR, et al. 2000. Effects of high fluoride drinking water on the cerebral functions of mice. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 19:262-263.

Trabelsi M, Guermazi F, Zeghal N. 2001. Effect of fluoride on thyroid function and cerebellar development in mice. Fluoride 34(3):165-173. 

Vani LM, and Pratap Reddy K. 2000. Effects of fluoride accumulation on some enzymes of brain and gastrocnemius muscle of mice. Fluoride 33(1):17-26.  

Varner JA, Jensen KF, Horvath W, Isaacson RL. 1998. Chronic administration of aluminumfluoride or sodium-fluoride to rats in drinking water: alterations in neuronal and cerebrovascular integrity. Brain Research 16; 784(1-2):284-98.  February.      

Wang J, Ge Y, Ning H, Wang S. 2004.  Effects of high fluoride and low iodine on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense of the brain in offspring rats.  Fluoride 37(4):264-270.   

Wang J, Ge Y, Ning H, Wang S. 2004. Effects of high fluoride and low iodine on biochemical indexes of the brain and learning-memory of offspring rats. Fluoride 37(3):201-208.   

Wang Y, Guan Z, Xiao K. 1997. [Changes of coenzyme Q content in brain tissues of rats with fluorosis]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 31(6):330-3.  November.

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• Yu Y, et al. 1996. Changes in neurotransmitters and their receptors in human foetal brain from an endemic fluorosis area. Chinese Journal of Endemiology 15:257-259.

Zhai JX, Guo ZY, Hu CL, Wang QN, Zhu QX. 2003. [Studies on fluoride concentration and cholinesterase activity in hippocampus.] Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi. 21(2):102-4. April. 

 Zhang C, Ling B, Liu J, Wang G. 1999. [Effect of fluoride-arsenic exposure on the neurobehavioral development of rats offspring]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 28(6):337-8. November.    

• Zhang Z, et al. 1999. [Effect of fluoride exposure on synaptic structure of brain areas related to learning-memory in mice] [Article in Chinese]. Journal of Hygiene Research 28(4):210-2.

Zhang Z, Shen X, Xu X. 2001. [Effects of selenium on the damage of learning-memory ability of mice induced by fluoride]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu  30(3):144-6. May.    

Zhao XL, Wu JH. 1998. Actions of sodium fluoride on acetylcholinesterase activities in rats.  Biomed Environ Sci. 11(1):1-6. March.   

IQ STUDIES: The asterisk denotes those papers that have been translated into English.  These translations were paid for, and are available from, the Fluoride Action Network. 

* Chen YX, et al. 1991. Research on the intellectual development of children in high fluoride areas. Chinese Journal of Control of Endemic Diseases. 6(supplement):99-100.

* Guo XC, et al. 1991. A preliminary exploration of IQ of 7-13 year old pupils in a fluorosis area with contamination from burning coal. Chinese Journal of Endemiology 10:98-100.

* Hong F, et al. 2001. A study of fluorine effects on children's intelligence development under different environments. Chinese Primary Health Care  15:56-57.

* Li Y, et al. 1994. Effect of excessive fluoride intake on mental work capacity of children and a preliminary study of its mechanism. Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences 25(2):188-91.

* Li Y, et al. 2003. The effects of endemic fluoride poisoning on the intellectual development of children in Baotou. Chinese Journal of Public Health Management 19(4):337-338.
 
Li XS, Zhi JL, Gao RO. 1995. Effect of fluoride exposure on intelligence in children.  Fluoride  28(4):189-192.     

Lu Y, Sun ZR, Wu LN, Wang X, Lu W. 2000. Effect of high-fluoride water on intelligence in children. Fluoride 33(2):74-78.   

* Qin LS, Cui SY. 1990. The influence of drinking water fluoride on pupils IQ, as measured by Rui Wen's standards. Chinese Journal of the Control of Endemic Diseases 5:203-204.
 
* Ren Da-Li. 1989. An investigation of intelligence development of children aged 8-14 years in high-fluoride and low-iodine areas. Chinese Journal of Control of Endemic Diseases 4:251.
 
Rocha-Amador D, et al. 2007. Decreased intelligence in children and exposure to fluoride and arsenic in drinking water. Cadernos de Saude Publica 23(Suppl 4):S579-87.
 
* Seraj B, et al. 2006. [Effect of high fluoride concentration in drinking water on children’s intelligence]. Journal of Dental Medicine 19(2):80-86.

Trivedi MH, et al. 2007. Effect of high fluoride water on intelligence of school children in India. Fluoride 40(3):178-183.   

* Wang G, et al. 1996. Research on intelligence quotient of 4-7 year-old children in a district with a high level of fluoride. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 11:60-62.
 
Wang SX, et al. (2007). Arsenic and fluoride exposure in drinking water: children's IQ and growth in Shanyin county, Shanxi province, China. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(4):643-7.

Xiang Q, Liang Y, Chen L, Wang C, Chen B, Chen X, Zhou M. 2003. Effect of fluoride in drinking water on children's intelligence. Fluoride 36(2):84-94.
 
Xiang Q, Liang Y, Zhou M, Zang H. 2003. Blood lead of children in Wamiao-Xinhuai intelligence study. Fluoride 36(3):198-199.   

Wang SX, Wang ZH, Cheng XT, Li J, Sang ZP, Zhang XD, Han LL, Qiao, Wu ZM, Wang ZQ. 2007.  Arsenic and fluoride exposure in drinking water: children's IQ and growth in Shanyin County, Shanxi Province, China. Environmental Health Perspectives 115(4). April.

Zhao LB et al. 1996. Effect of high-fluoride water supply on children's intelligence. Fluoride 29(4):190-192.    

Dr. Bruce Spittle’s references:

1. Anon. 1998. Fluoride publications of George L Waldbott, MD. Fluoride 31:21-5.

2. Spittle B. 1993. Allergy and hypersensitivity to fluoride. Fluoride 26:267-73.

3. York Review. McDonagh M, Whiting P, Bradley M, Cooper J, Sutton A, Chestnutt I, Misso K, Wilson P, Treasure E, Kleijen J. 2000. A systematic review of public water fluoridation. Report 18. York: NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, p. 59.

4. NRC. 2006. NRC, 2006. Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA's standards. National Research Council of the National Academies. The National Academies Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571 p. 269, 293, 303.

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6. Petraborg HT. 1974. Chronic fluoride intoxication from drinking water (preliminary report). Fluoride 7:47-52.

7. Grimbergen GW. 1974. A double blind test for determination of intolerance to fluoridated water (preliminary report). Fluoride 7:146-52.

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11. National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia. 1999. Review of water fluoridation and fluoride intake from discretionary fluoride supplements. Melbourne, Australia.

12. Australian Government. 2007. A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of fluoridation. National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra.

13. World Health Organization (WHO). 2002. Fluorides. Environmental Health Criteria No. 227. Geneva.

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15. NRC. 2006. NRC, 2006. Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA's standards. National Research Council of the National Academies. The National Academies Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571 p. 131-80, 216-7, 252-6. An abstract of the paper Varner JA, Jensen KF, Horvath W, Isaacson RL. Chronic administration of aluminum-fluoride or sodium fluoride to rats in drinking water: alterations in neuronal and cerebrovascular integrity. Brain Res 1998;784:284-98 is in Fluoride 1998;21:91-5.

16. McDonagh M, Whiting P, Bradley M, Cooper J, Sutton A, Chestnutt I, Misso K, Wilson P, Treasure E, Kleijen J. 2000. A systematic review of public water fluoridation. Report 18. York: NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK. p. 59-63.

17. Zhao LB, Liang GH, Zhang DN, Wu XR. 1996. Effect of a high fluoride water supply on children's intelligence. Fluoride 29:190-2.

18. Lin FF, Zhao HX, Lin J, Jian JY. 1991. The relationship of a low-iodine and high-fluoride environment to subclinical cretinism in Xinjiang. Yutian, Xinjiang, China: Xinjiang Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Research, Office of Leading Group for Endemic Disease Control of Hetian Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China and County Health and Endemic Prevention Station, Yutian, Xinjiang. Unpublished report submitted through NHS CRD web site. The reference was omitted from the NHMRC report but included in the York report.

19. Ge YM, Ning HM, Feng CP, Wang HW, Yan XY, Wang SL, Wang JD. 2006. Apoptosis in brain cells of offspring rats exposed to high fluoride and low iodine. Fluoride 39:173-8.

Dr. Bill Osmunson’s references:

CDC. 1999.   Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries. MMWR, 48(41); 933-940, October 22.

CDC. 2001. MMWR Report August 17,  2001/Vol 50/No. RR-14)

NIH. 2001.  Dental caries throughout life.

NRC. 2006. Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA's standards. National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC). The National Academies Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571

Osmunson B. 2007. Guest Editorial. Water fluoridation intervention: dentistry’s crown jewel or darkest our? Fluoride, 40(4):210-217.

WHO data online. See http://www.Fluoridealert.org/who-dmft.htm for a graphical presentation of this data.

Carol Clinch’s references:

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Cohen H, Locker D.  2001. The science and ethics of water fluoridation. Journal of  the Canadian Dental Association 67(10):578-80.

Coplan MJ, Patch SC, Masters RD, Bachman MS.  2007.  Confirmation of and explanations for elevated blood lead and other disorders in children exposed to water disinfection and fluoridation chemicals. Neurotoxicology 28(5):1032-42. September.

Gray AS. 1987. Fluoridation: time for a new base line? Journal of the Canadian Dental Association. No. 10.

IAOMT. 2003. Policy position on ingested fluoride and fluoridation. pp 24-25. International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. Available at http://www.iaomt.org/articles/files/files196/IAOMT%20Fluoridation%20Position.pdf

Ito D. 2007. Determinants of caries in adjacent fluoridated and non-fluoridated cities. Presentation 2757. IADR Conference, New Orleans, LA.. Available at  http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2007orleans/techprogram/abstract_93552.htm

JADA. 1984. Editorial. Preserving the perfect tooth. Journal of the American Dental  Association 108:448.

Kelly M et al. 1987.  The prevalence of baby bottle tooth decay among two native American populations. J Pub Health Dent; 47:94-97.

Kick CH, Bethke RM, Edgington BH, Wilder OHM, Record PR, Wilder W, Hill TJ, Chase SW . 1935. Fluorine in animal nutrition. Bulletin 558. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station.

Koplan JP. 2000. Letter from Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, PPH, Director Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) Atlanta GA to Congressman Kenneth Calvert, Chairman,  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science, Washington, DC. August 8.

Locker D. 1999. Benefits and risks of water fluoridation. An update of the 1996 Federal-Provincial sub-committee report. Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. Canada. November 15. Available at http://fluoridealert.org/locker.1999.pdf

Maas RP, Patch SC, Christian AM, Coplan MJ.  2007. Effects of fluoridation and disinfection agent combinations on lead leaching from leaded-brass parts. Neurotoxicology 28(5):1023-31. September.

Machalinski B, Baskiewicz-Masiuk M, Sadowska B, Machalinska A, Marchlewicz M, Wiszniewska B, Stecewicza I.  2003.  The influence of sodium fluoride and sodium hexafluorosilicate on human leukemic cell lines.  Fluoride 36(4):231-240.

McDonagh M, Whiting P, Bradley M, Cooper J, Sutton A, Chestnutt I, Misso K, Wilson P, Treasure E, Kleijen J. 2000. A systematic review of public water fluoridation. Report 18. York: NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK. p. 59-63.

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Carol Kopf’s References:

1a) KTUU-TV. 2007. Dentistry in the bush. The root of the problem, Part 2. Channel 2 News. Anchorage, Alaska. May 3. Available at http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6468677

1) National Research Council. Health effects of ingested fluoride. National Academy Press. Washington DC. 1993 p. 30

2) National Research Council. 1989. Recommended dietary allowances: 10th Edition. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press Washington, DC.  page 235.

3) Physicians' Desk Reference  <http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/flu_0109.shtml>

4) American Dental Association News Release. Good oral health begins in the womb. February 2002 Available from: http://www.ada.org/public/media/releases/0202_release06.asp

5) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral health in America: a report of the Surgeon General. Released in 2000.

6) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Bone health and osteoporosis: a report of the Surgeon General. October 14, 2004. Available from: <http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/chapter_7.html>

7) U.S. National Institutes of Health. Office of Dietary Supplements. Magnesium Fact Sheet. accessed 1/14/06 Available from:  <http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp>

8) Hampl JS, Taylor CA, Johnston CS. 2004. Vitamin C deficiency and depletion in the United States: the third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988 to 1994. Am J Public Health May.

9) Holick MF. 2005. The vitamin D epidemic and its health consequences. J Nutr 135:2739S-2748S. November.

10) Beltrán-Aguilar ED, Barker LK, Canto MT, Dye BA, Gooch BF, et al. Surveillance for dental caries, dental sealants, tooth retention, edentulism, and enamel fluorosis --- United States, 1988--1994 and 1999—2002. MMWR Available from: <http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5403a1.htm>

11) IADR/AADR/CADR 82nd General Session in Honolulu, Hawaii: The health eating index (HEI) and Dental caries among children, J Dent Res 83(Spec Iss A):abstract number 2917, 2004   <http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2004Hawaii/techprogram/abstract_48118.htm>

12) Dye BA, Shenkin JD, Ogden CL, Marshall TA, Levy SM,  Kanellis MJ. 2004. The relationship between healthful eating practices and dental caries in children aged 2-5 years in the United States, 1988-1994. J Am Dent Assoc. January.

13) Center for Reviews and Dissemination. 2003. What the 'York Review' on the fluoridation of drinking water really found. University of York. York, UK Originally released: October 28 2003  Available from <http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/fluoridnew.htm>

14) Palmer CA. 2003. Diet and Nutrition in Oral Health. 1st ed. Prentice Hall. New Jersey.

15) Centers for Disease Control. Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. fruits and vegetables nationwide – 2003 Available from:
<http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/display.asp?cat=FV&amp;yr=2003&amp;qkey=4415&amp;state=US>

Chris Neurath’s References:

Barnes DE, Bero LA. 1998. Why review articles on the health effects of passive smoking reach different conclusions. JAMA 279:1566-1570. Available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/279/19/1566

Schlesinger ER et al. 1956. Newburgh-Kingston caries-fluorine study XIII. Pediatric findings after ten years. Journal of the American Dental Association 52:296.


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