- NEW YORK - Despite
25 years of water fluoridation, children in Bauru, Brazil, have just as
many cavities as children in Jau, Brazil, where six years of fluoridation
ended in 1992, according to a study to be presented at the March 2002 International
Association for Dental Research General Session. (1a)
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- Many studies show cavity rates decline when fluoridation
ends, contradicting American Dental Association (ADA) predictions.
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- Fluoride added to over 62% of US water supplies is supposed
to reduce tooth decay but these six studies from dental journals show it
hasn't and, in fact, may have increased the likelihood of rotten choppers.
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- * "No increase in caries (cavities) was found in
Kuopio (Finland) 3 years after the discontinuation of water fluoridation,"
according to Caries Research (1b). In fact, when Kuopio was compared to
a similar never-fluoridated Finnish town, cavity rates in both towns either
remained the same or decreased six years after fluoridation was stopped
in Kuopio.
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- * Seven years after fluoridation ended in LaSalud, Cuba,
cavities remained low in 6 to 9 year olds, decreased in 10 to 11 year-olds,
significantly decreased in 12 to 13 year olds, while caries-free children
increased dramatically, reports Caries Research (2).
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- * East German scientists report, "following the
cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt)
and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed,"
according to Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (3). Additional
surveys in the formerly-fluoridated towns of Spremberg and Zittau found.
"Caries levels for the 12-year-olds of both towns significantly decreased...
following the cessation of water fluoridation."
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- * Not only did decay rates remain stable during an 11-month
fluoridation break in Durham, NC, between September, 1990, and August,
1991 but dental fluorosis declined in children born during that period,
according to the Journal of Dental Research (4)
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- * In British Columbia, Canada, "the prevalence of
caries decreased over time in the fluoridation-ended community while remaining
unchanged in the fluoridated community," reported in Community Dentistry
and Oral Epidemiology. (5)
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- * In 1973, the Dutch town of Tiel stopped fluoridation.
Researchers counted drilled, missing, and filled tooth surfaces (DMFS)
of Tiel's 15-year olds, then collected identical data from never-fluoridated
Culemborg. DMFS initially increased in Tiel then dipped to 11% of baseline
from 1968/69 to 1987/88 while never-fluoridated Culemborg's 15-year-olds
had 72% less cavities over the same period, reports Caries Research. (6)
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- A government report out of Canada (7) shows similar negative
results and offers a reason. Fluoridation was launched in the 1940's when
dentists believed fluoride's beneficial effects were achieved internally,
through the bloodstream then absorbed inside the teeth. The Canadians report
that "this effect is likely to be minor... The evidence for a post-eruptive
(topical) effect,... is much stronger."
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- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control corroborates the
Canadian Report. "Fluoride works primarily after teeth have erupted...,"
according to "Recommendations for Using Fluoride to Prevent and Control
Dental Caries in the United States."
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- Therefore, swallowing fluoride doesn't reduce tooth decay
but does cause dental fluorosis - white spotted, yellow or brown stained
and sometimes pitted teeth.
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- According to the ADA's website "Dental decay can
be expected to increase if water fluoridation in a community is discontinued
for one year or more, even if topical products such as fluoride toothpaste
and fluoride rinses are widely used." http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts-benefit.html#5
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- "Well, science proves the ADA is wrong about the
claimed benefits of water fluoridation and they are wrong about the safety
of water fluoridation, too" says lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New
York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.
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- "Studies link fluoridation chemicals to increased
blood lead levels, neurological defects, brittle bones, thyroid cancer
and more," says Beeber. "It's time for the media to challenge
the science that supports water fluoridation and present the truth to the
public. We've made it easy for the media to access the medline abstracts
via the links below. No more excuses."
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- Other US government studies and statistics support the
findings of these six studies and the Canadian government report. For example,
children in fluoridated-since-1945 Newburgh, New York, have no less tooth
decay but significantly more dental fluorosis than children from never-fluoridated
Kingston, New York, according to Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
June 1999.
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- Hawaii and California, the least fluoridated US states
(13.0% and 15.7%, respectively) also produce residents least likely to
be toothless, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Yet
Kentucky and West Virginia, 100% and 82.1% fluoridated, have the most toothless
residents.
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- (1a) The interruption in the water fluoridation related
to dental caries prevalence in Jau-SP, Brazil, Peres, et al, Universidade
de Sao Paulo, Brazil http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2002SanDiego/techprogram/abstract_14173.htm
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- (1b) "Caries trends 1992-1998 in two low-fluoride
Finnish towns formerly with and without fluoridation," Caries Research,
Nov-Dec 2000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
11093019&dopt=Abstract
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- (2) "Caries prevalence after cessation of water
fluoridation in LaSalud, Cuba," Caries Research Jan-Feb. 2000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
10601780&dopt=Abstract
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- (3) "Decline of caries prevalence after the cessation
of water fluoridation in the former East Germany," Community Dentistry
and Oral Epidemiology, October 2000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
11014515&dopt=Abstract
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- (4) "The effects of a break in water fluoridation
on the development of dental caries and fluorosis," Journal of Dental
Research, Feb. 2000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
10728978&dopt=Abstract
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- (5) "Patterns of dental caries following the cessation
of water fluoridation," Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology,
February 2001 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
11153562&dopt=Abstract
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- (6) "Caries experience of 15-year-old children in
The Netherlands after discontinuation of water fluoridation," Caries
Research, 1993
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- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
8519058&dopt=Abstract
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- (7) Benefits and Risks of Water Fluoridation http://www.gov.on.ca:80/MOH/english/pub/ministry/fluoridation/fluoridation.html
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- Fluoride Action Network http://www.fluoridealert.org
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- More News Releases: http://www.enn.com/direct/display-by-affiliate.asp?id=1765
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- For more information, contact: Paul Beeber President
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridaton 516-555-7309 nyscof@aol.com
Web site: http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
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