March 4th, 2015 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Advocates of community water fluoridation (CWF) stand on a bedrock of science that has been decades in the making and is thousands of studies deep. So the growing disbelief in science and medicine is a troubling and dangerous trend. Two recent blog posts shed light on why people doubt and how beliefs are not easy […]
March 2nd, 2015 What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Health and medical experts are raising concerns about a newly released study that linked fluoride in drinking water with hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gland doesn’t produce a sufficient amount of certain hormones. According to these experts, the methods used for the study give it “the lowest grade of evidence,” making it a […]
February 12th, 2015 Fluoride and Public Health
Among the generations of Americans who grew up before the implementation of community water fluoridation in the 1950s, some will likely tell you that “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone,” referring to the value of their teeth. In the early 1960s, fully 20 % of people between the ages of 45 and […]
February 10th, 2015 Fluoride and Public Health
The current measles outbreak offers valuable lessons to supporters of community water fluoridation. The choices people make about their health and welfare are a function of the belief systems they embrace, the communities they inhabit, and who they perceive themselves to be. Formerly anti-vaccine mom Juniper Russo recently described the influence that all of these […]
February 3rd, 2015 Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Most people don’t know that a leading cause for why recruits in both World War I and II were rejected from serving in the military was a lack of teeth. And, if asked to take a guess, many of us might venture that people’s teeth aren’t nearly as bad today. And they’d be right. But […]
January 22nd, 2015 Fluoride, Oral Health, and Access to Care
Contributed by the Children’s Dental Health Project The following guest blog post was written by John Fisher, a dentist in Salem, Mass. and a former president of the Massachusetts Dental Society. He shares his firsthand experiences of seeing the powerful, positive impact of community water fluoridation, a health practice that began 70 years ago this month in […]
January 12th, 2015 Fluoride in the News
The Washington Post’s Wonkblog closed 2014 with its list of the eleven worst policy ideas in 2014. Third among them were the ongoing efforts by anti-fluoride activists to remove fluoride from local water supplies. Wonkblog used Wellington County, Florida as an example of one community that lost. Despite earning a ranking on this list, attempts […]
January 9th, 2015 Facts about Fluoride
The U.S. celebrates fluoridation’s 70th anniversary this year, and this toolkit provides resources that local advocates can use to educate their communities. The 70th Anniversary of Community Water Fluoridation (CWF): How to Use the Toolkit guide offers instructions and tips to help you take advantage of the following resources: Blog Posts about Fluoridation Memo for Newspaper Editors […]
December 5th, 2014 Campaign for Dental Health News, Facts about Fluoride, Featured
Please see the following announcements in English, followed by Spanish. Two Posters Now Available: Fluoride: Cavity Fighter & Why Do Children Need Fluoride? Links to 8.5×11 PDFs of the posters can be found below or you may access them on the Health Professionals page of the CDH website (www.ilikemyteeth.org). Why Do Children Need Fluoride? (English) | ¿Por qué los niños […]
December 4th, 2014 What the Experts Say about Fluoride
How do we know community water fluoridation (CWF) is effective? Because the research says so. We are talking about literally hundreds of studies, including those that examined the safety of fluoridation and its positive impact on reducing the tooth decay rates. The U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends fluoridation based on its review of […]
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