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Forced Medicine: The Philosophy Behind Fluoridation
Scientific studies have linked fluoridation of the water supply to lowered IQs, increased risk of cancer, and bone disease, amongst other conditions. So why do we still fluoridate? As researchers like Anthony Gucciardi warn, fluoridation may in fact only be the thin edge of the wedge when it comes to forced medication of the population. [...]
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Water fluoridation: Action Network criticizes JADA authors
NEW YORK, N.Y., USA: The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has criticized the authors of an article recently published in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). It has accused Drs. Molly L.R. Melbye and Jason M. Armfield of urging dentists to promote fluoridation even though many of them are not well informed about the [...]
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Water Fluoridation Affects Children’s IQ
Why, in 1974, didn’t authorities learn from this terrible tragedy? A 3-year-old Brooklyn boy, during his first dental checkup, had fluoride paste applied to his teeth. He was then handed a glass of water, but the hygienist failed to inform him to swish the solution around in his mouth, and then spit it out. Instead, [...]
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Fluoride in water lowers IQ levels: report
Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence, says a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Fluoride is added to 70 percent of U.S. public drinking water supplies. For the study, 512 children aged 8-13 years in two Chinese villages were tested – Wamaio with an [...]
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Do We Really Need Fluoride In Water?
Have you ever wondered why we need to have fluoride in drinking water when there is already fluoride in our toothpaste? The October 2010 issue of the journal of the American Dental Association has confirmed that infants fed with formula milk prepared from fluoridated water run a greater risk of fluorosis (mottling and discolouration of [...]
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Normal children’s toothpaste not strong enough to prevent tooth decay, study finds
Parents should use toothpaste with stronger concentrations of fluoride to prevent tooth decay in their children, a new report says. Researchers found that toothpaste that contained fluoride concentrations less than 1,000 parts per million were only as effective at preventing tooth decay as non-fluoride products. The study, carried out by the Cochrane Oral Health Group, [...]
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Best Fluoride Levels Determined for Children’s Toothpastes
Everyone who has ever seen a toothpaste commercial knows that fluoride is the ingredient that helps fight tooth decay, but a new review has determined exactly how much fluoride is best in toothpastes for children. For optimal prevention of cavities in children over age 6, toothpastes should contain at least 1,000 parts per million of [...]
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Lithium in water ‘curbs suicide’
Researchers examined levels of lithium in drinking water and suicide rates in the prefecture of Oita, which has a population of more than one million. The suicide rate was significantly lower in those areas with the highest levels of the element, they wrote in the British Journal of Psychiatry. High doses of lithium are already [...]
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Global map project for arsenic and fluoride contaminated groundwater.
EXCERPT from Drinking Water: The Need For Constant Innovation … Taking precautions and identifying risks … Risk identification of a quite different kind is the subject of the “Water Resource Quality” research project (WRQ). Worldwide, millions of people rely on groundwater contaminated with health-threatening arsenic or fluoride of natural (geogenic) origin. With the aid of [...]
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Vietnam to launch salt fluoride project in Lao Cai
HA NOI — A pilot phase of a salt fluoridation project will be implemented in Lao Cai province by the end of the year in an effort to improve oral health in Viet Nam, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen. Xuyen was speaking at a three-day National Dental Congress and International Exhibition 2008 [...]
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