Should you mix fluoridated water with infant formula?
Should you mix fluoridated water with infant formula?
March 11th, 2011 by Jessica Carlson
A recent press release issued by the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation is warning parents and caregivers about mixing fluoridated water with infant formula. The organization, which systematically rejects and opposes fluoride water supplementation, says that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has recently lowered the recommended amount of fluoride supplementation in municipal water systems. While the organization’s press release uses this new recommendation to further their own organization’s agenda, citing potential long term health ramifications for fluoride excess, this may only be a small step towards their likely goal.
While it’s true that the HHS is making the recommendation to lower the amount of fluoride supplementation in water and suggests that mixing fluoridated water with infant formula has been associated with an increased risk of fluorisis, they fail to provide enough adequate proof to completely discount or eliminate fluoridation supplementation in public water sources.
From the HHS website, it appears that they still actively support the addition of fluoride into municipal water sources............................
CommentWillam Turner
March 11, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
I find your article really poorly researched. I’m not a fluoride activist, but I am a parent and because of that I have recently done a great deal of research on this issue. All you have to do is Google “infants” and “Fluoride” and it would have been evident that infants under 12 months of age should NOT CONSUME fluoridated water.
You fail to mention that ACTUAL REASON why our Government lowered the fluoride level = because 41% of our children have dental fluorosis, a sign of overexposure to fluoride. This is up from 32% in 2000, and 24% in the 80′s, according to the CDC. What is happening to their teeth is also happening to their bones, and tissue.
If you had taken 5 minutes to actually research the issue you would find that babies consuming reconstituted baby formula with fluoridated water are consuming 175 times more fluoride than a breastfed baby. Also you would have found these statements from leading medical organizations:
“… Infants less than one year old may be getting more than the optimal amount of fluoride (which may increase their risk of enamel fluorosis) if their primary source of nutrition is powdered or liquid concentrate infant formula mixed with water containing fluoride… If using a product that needs to be reconstituted, parents and caregivers should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoride.”
• American Dental Association. ADA.eGram, Interim Guidance on Reconstituted Infant Formula, November 9, 2006.
“…Recent evidence suggests that mixing powdered or liquid infant formula concentrate with fluoridated water on a regular basis may increase the chance of a child developing the faint white markings of very mild or mild dental fluorosis. This occurs on baby and permanent teeth while they are forming under the gums… It now appears that the amount of the fluoride contained in the water used for mixing infant formula may influence a child’s risk for developing dental fluorosis, particularly if the child’s sole source of nutrition is from reconstituted infant formula…”
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Background: Infant Formula and the Risk for dental fluorosis. Date last modified: Nov. 17, 2010.
“…the committee concluded unanimously that the present [allowable level] for fluoride should be lowered. Exposure at the [allowable level] clearly puts children at risk of developing severe enamel fluorosis, a condition that is associated with enamel loss and pitting. In addition, the majority of the committee concluded that the [allowable level] is not likely to be protective against bone fractures…”
• National Research Council of the National Academies, Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards, (bottom of page 2 to page 3), 2006.
“Babies should not receive fluoride supplementation during the first six months of life, whether they are breastfed or formula-fed.”
• Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, 2009 (as cited by HealthyChildren.org).
“If you add fluoridated water to your infant’s baby formula, you may be putting your child at risk of developing dental fluorosis…When formula concentrations need to be diluted, it is recommended parents use bottled water that is fluoride-free or low in fluoride water or tap water from a reverse osmosis home water filtration system, which removes most of the fluoride…”
• Academy of General Dentistry, Monitor Infant’s Fluoride Intake, 2007
March 11th, 2011 by Jessica Carlson
A recent press release issued by the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation is warning parents and caregivers about mixing fluoridated water with infant formula. The organization, which systematically rejects and opposes fluoride water supplementation, says that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has recently lowered the recommended amount of fluoride supplementation in municipal water systems. While the organization’s press release uses this new recommendation to further their own organization’s agenda, citing potential long term health ramifications for fluoride excess, this may only be a small step towards their likely goal.
While it’s true that the HHS is making the recommendation to lower the amount of fluoride supplementation in water and suggests that mixing fluoridated water with infant formula has been associated with an increased risk of fluorisis, they fail to provide enough adequate proof to completely discount or eliminate fluoridation supplementation in public water sources.
From the HHS website, it appears that they still actively support the addition of fluoride into municipal water sources............................
CommentWillam Turner
March 11, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
I find your article really poorly researched. I’m not a fluoride activist, but I am a parent and because of that I have recently done a great deal of research on this issue. All you have to do is Google “infants” and “Fluoride” and it would have been evident that infants under 12 months of age should NOT CONSUME fluoridated water.
You fail to mention that ACTUAL REASON why our Government lowered the fluoride level = because 41% of our children have dental fluorosis, a sign of overexposure to fluoride. This is up from 32% in 2000, and 24% in the 80′s, according to the CDC. What is happening to their teeth is also happening to their bones, and tissue.
If you had taken 5 minutes to actually research the issue you would find that babies consuming reconstituted baby formula with fluoridated water are consuming 175 times more fluoride than a breastfed baby. Also you would have found these statements from leading medical organizations:
“… Infants less than one year old may be getting more than the optimal amount of fluoride (which may increase their risk of enamel fluorosis) if their primary source of nutrition is powdered or liquid concentrate infant formula mixed with water containing fluoride… If using a product that needs to be reconstituted, parents and caregivers should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoride.”
• American Dental Association. ADA.eGram, Interim Guidance on Reconstituted Infant Formula, November 9, 2006.
“…Recent evidence suggests that mixing powdered or liquid infant formula concentrate with fluoridated water on a regular basis may increase the chance of a child developing the faint white markings of very mild or mild dental fluorosis. This occurs on baby and permanent teeth while they are forming under the gums… It now appears that the amount of the fluoride contained in the water used for mixing infant formula may influence a child’s risk for developing dental fluorosis, particularly if the child’s sole source of nutrition is from reconstituted infant formula…”
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Background: Infant Formula and the Risk for dental fluorosis. Date last modified: Nov. 17, 2010.
“…the committee concluded unanimously that the present [allowable level] for fluoride should be lowered. Exposure at the [allowable level] clearly puts children at risk of developing severe enamel fluorosis, a condition that is associated with enamel loss and pitting. In addition, the majority of the committee concluded that the [allowable level] is not likely to be protective against bone fractures…”
• National Research Council of the National Academies, Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards, (bottom of page 2 to page 3), 2006.
“Babies should not receive fluoride supplementation during the first six months of life, whether they are breastfed or formula-fed.”
• Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, 2009 (as cited by HealthyChildren.org).
“If you add fluoridated water to your infant’s baby formula, you may be putting your child at risk of developing dental fluorosis…When formula concentrations need to be diluted, it is recommended parents use bottled water that is fluoride-free or low in fluoride water or tap water from a reverse osmosis home water filtration system, which removes most of the fluoride…”
• Academy of General Dentistry, Monitor Infant’s Fluoride Intake, 2007
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