Macedonian Health Ministry in the Twilight Zone
Macedonian Health Ministry in the Twilight Zone
Sunday, 11 October 2009
The approaching of October 15 has made many parents nervous who need to decide whether their children in kindergarten will drink milk enriched with fluoride. They must decide whether to join a government project in which children 3 to 5 years each day will be given a glass of milk enriched with 0.5 milligrams of fluoride (0.4mg is amount designated for adults in some US cities).
The parent’s opinion was further confused by a group of dentists who believe that fluoride should not be given in kindergarten. The dentists believe the daycare centers would not be able to administer whether all children will drink the fluoridated milk.
- My son’s group has 35 children. While their teacher gives milk to one kid, the rest are fighting. In such a large group it is likely the teacher will not be able to control which kid had fluoridated milk. Our dentist explained that fluoride must be received each day. I do not doubt the good intentions of the project, but the ability to administer it - says I.B. from Skopje, the parent of a four-year old boy.
Prof. Dr. Olivera Sarakinova, Pedagogy Specialist, explains that teachers will find a way to interest children in the milk that is given, and parents at home will not need to give their kids fluoride tablets. She claims that the dose is determined for the children healthy and safe.
Scary when there are individuals such as Mrs. Sarakinova working with children…
According to the Macedonian Ministry of Health, drinking fluoride will reduce the caries rates, or in other words it’s better to drink fluoride than brush your teeth!
The president of the Dental Association Vlado Venkovski says he is not a children dentist, however he is not sure what good will fluoride do if children are not brushing their teeth.
Fluoride is a salt of hydrofluoric acid which has been banned from the water supply in more than dozen European countries as it had been found to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Fluoride is also proven to depress the activity of the human thyroid gland and has been commonly used as an effective treatment for patients with overactive thyroids. Fluoride also depresses the activity of the healthy thyroid, as well, resulting in an underactive thyroid, a common cause of obesity.
In a "Taylor Study, at the University of Texas fluoride concentration of 1PPM (parts per million) is found to increase tumor growth rate by 25%"
This is just part of many diseases and health risks associated with Fluoride.
It would be wise for the Macedonian Ministry of Health to perhaps develop some kind (any) kind of knowledge on the subject before recommending or implementing this type of risky measures. Or if this project goes forward we strongly encourage the Health Ministry to put soap in children’s milk, this way kids wouldn’t have to wash their hands. //Gorazd V.
Sunday, 11 October 2009
The approaching of October 15 has made many parents nervous who need to decide whether their children in kindergarten will drink milk enriched with fluoride. They must decide whether to join a government project in which children 3 to 5 years each day will be given a glass of milk enriched with 0.5 milligrams of fluoride (0.4mg is amount designated for adults in some US cities).
The parent’s opinion was further confused by a group of dentists who believe that fluoride should not be given in kindergarten. The dentists believe the daycare centers would not be able to administer whether all children will drink the fluoridated milk.
- My son’s group has 35 children. While their teacher gives milk to one kid, the rest are fighting. In such a large group it is likely the teacher will not be able to control which kid had fluoridated milk. Our dentist explained that fluoride must be received each day. I do not doubt the good intentions of the project, but the ability to administer it - says I.B. from Skopje, the parent of a four-year old boy.
Prof. Dr. Olivera Sarakinova, Pedagogy Specialist, explains that teachers will find a way to interest children in the milk that is given, and parents at home will not need to give their kids fluoride tablets. She claims that the dose is determined for the children healthy and safe.
Scary when there are individuals such as Mrs. Sarakinova working with children…
According to the Macedonian Ministry of Health, drinking fluoride will reduce the caries rates, or in other words it’s better to drink fluoride than brush your teeth!
The president of the Dental Association Vlado Venkovski says he is not a children dentist, however he is not sure what good will fluoride do if children are not brushing their teeth.
Fluoride is a salt of hydrofluoric acid which has been banned from the water supply in more than dozen European countries as it had been found to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Fluoride is also proven to depress the activity of the human thyroid gland and has been commonly used as an effective treatment for patients with overactive thyroids. Fluoride also depresses the activity of the healthy thyroid, as well, resulting in an underactive thyroid, a common cause of obesity.
In a "Taylor Study, at the University of Texas fluoride concentration of 1PPM (parts per million) is found to increase tumor growth rate by 25%"
This is just part of many diseases and health risks associated with Fluoride.
It would be wise for the Macedonian Ministry of Health to perhaps develop some kind (any) kind of knowledge on the subject before recommending or implementing this type of risky measures. Or if this project goes forward we strongly encourage the Health Ministry to put soap in children’s milk, this way kids wouldn’t have to wash their hands. //Gorazd V.
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