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Posted by: Elizabeth A McDonagh, Doncaster, South Yorks. UK on 10:03am Sun 18 Nov 07
The claim that water fluoridation has been shown to be highly effective in preventing tooth decay is unsupportable. A recent Report by the Nuffield Council for Bioethics confirms that the evidence supporting fluoridation is ‘weak’. Simply comparing surveys of the diseased, missing and filled teeth of children between fluoridated and non fluoridated areas is invalid because, as the Government-commissio ned York Review (2000) stated, such comparisons do not take into account ‘confounding factors’, other things which vary between areas and influence the results. It has also been shown that, although at younger age groups fluoridation may appear to give a slight reduction in tooth-decay, the apparent benefit diminishes with age and is non-existent by age fifteen. Fluoridation gives no control on any individual’s fluoride intake because people drink differing amounts and obtain fluoride from many other sources, food, beverages, toiletries, toothpaste and medicines to name a few. High levels of fluoride are known to have crippled millions of people in India. At lower levels (e.g. the 1ppm suggested for fluoridation schemes) harm is more difficult to detect, especially as no specific monitoring is carried out. However it is known that fluoride adversely affects enzymes and hormones making it a subtle poison disrupting the body’s sensitive regulation systems. It has also been shown to increase cancer rates and have adverse effects on fertility and neonatal survival. Elizabeth A McDonagh (Chairman, National Pure Water Association)
Posted by: Lillian Winter on 11:55am Sun 18 Nov 07
As a pensioner I am adding my objection to any plans to fluoridate our water supply. This blanket medication means that there will be yet another dangerous chemical that I and other members of the public will have to ingest with no proven benefit to children and definitely none to adults. Will the public be informed of the costs to the NHS when cost cutting in East Lancs is already to the detriment of patients?
As a pensioner I am adding my objection to any plans to fluoridate our
The claim that water fluoridation has been shown to be highly effective in preventing tooth decay is unsupportable. A recent Report by the Nuffield Council for Bioethics confirms that the evidence supporting fluoridation is ‘weak’. Simply comparing surveys of the diseased, missing and filled teeth of children between fluoridated and non fluoridated areas is invalid because, as the Government-commissio ned York Review (2000) stated, such comparisons do not take into account ‘confounding factors’, other things which vary between areas and influence the results. It has also been shown that, although at younger age groups fluoridation may appear to give a slight reduction in tooth-decay, the apparent benefit diminishes with age and is non-existent by age fifteen. Fluoridation gives no control on any individual’s fluoride intake because people drink differing amounts and obtain fluoride from many other sources, food, beverages, toiletries, toothpaste and medicines to name a few. High levels of fluoride are known to have crippled millions of people in India. At lower levels (e.g. the 1ppm suggested for fluoridation schemes) harm is more difficult to detect, especially as no specific monitoring is carried out. However it is known that fluoride adversely affects enzymes and hormones making it a subtle poison disrupting the body’s sensitive regulation systems. It has also been shown to increase cancer rates and have adverse effects on fertility and neonatal survival. Elizabeth A McDonagh (Chairman, National Pure Water Association)
Posted by: Lillian Winter on 11:55am Sun 18 Nov 07
As a pensioner I am adding my objection to any plans to fluoridate our water supply. This blanket medication means that there will be yet another dangerous chemical that I and other members of the public will have to ingest with no proven benefit to children and definitely none to adults. Will the public be informed of the costs to the NHS when cost cutting in East Lancs is already to the detriment of patients?
As a pensioner I am adding my objection to any plans to fluoridate our
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