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 […]
February 3rd, 2015 Facts about Fluoride, 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 […]
November 25th, 2013 Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride Dangers, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
In October 2012, Environmental Health Perspectives published an article entitled “Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” that noted “the possibility of an adverse effect of high fluoride exposure on children’s neurodevelopment.” Anti-fluoride groups often cite this finding out of context. Here are four important observations that the Campaign for Dental Health research team […]
August 19th, 2013 Fluoride in the News
For the past 15 years, Bill Hirzy has attacked community water fluoridation. When he first began this crusade, he worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This year, Hirzy (no longer an EPA employee) worked from the outside and filed a petition with the agency, asking it to prohibit a form of fluoride called Hydrofluorosilicic […]
May 6th, 2013 Fluoride and Public Health
A memorandum issued in March 2013 by a senior official with the U.S. Department of Defense outlines plans to ensure that all military personnel have access to fluoridated water. The memo reports that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs “has determined that providing optimally fluoridated water at DoD installations helps to improve and […]
April 16th, 2013 Fluoride and Public Health, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Opponents of fluoridation make a long list of claims about fluoridated water, but they don’t reflect the scientific evidence that has been gathered over the years. For example, anti-fluoride groups try to create fear among the public by asserting that the fluoride additives used in fluoridation are dangerous because they contain arsenic. But, according to […]
March 24th, 2013 What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Three of the leading figures of the health community at Harvard University have written a letter expressing their support for community water fluoridation. Dr Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of Harvard Medical School, Dr Bruce Donoff, dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Julio Frenh, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and […]
March 22nd, 2013 Fluoride and Public Health, What the Experts Say about Fluoride
Anti-fluoride activists continue to circulate a set of studies from China and other foreign countries, claiming that fluoride lowers IQ scores in children. Those studies have serious flaws, and they are also countered by a peer-reviewed U.S. study from 2009. Dr Gary Whitford of the Georgia Health Sciences University was a co-author of that 2009 […]
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