USA - Anti-fluoride activists receive roaring applause after presenting powerful testimony to Austin Public Utilities Commission

......Charming and charismatic, local Austin dentist presents powerful testimony about the dangers of fluoride

Wooing attendees with his charm and charisma, local celebrity dentist Griffin Cole, DDS, gave a powerful testimony at Wednesday's meeting as he explained that teenagers and young children are suffering from dental fluorosis at unprecedented rates.

Approximately 41 percent of adolescents are suffering from dental fluorosis, or the rotting of tooth enamel, said Dr. Cole who presented photographs of his own patients who are suffering from mild to severe fluorosis.

Dr. Cole made it clear that fluoride is "not a nutrient" but rather a hazardous chemical that's damaging our communities' youth. Human breast milk contains very low levels of fluoride, about 0.004 parts per million, compared to the 0.7 ppm that's added to the city's water supply.

Bottle-fed babies may be exposed to 175 times the level of fluoride naturally found in breast milk, warned Dr. Cole. Even the American Dental Association (ADA), one of the biggest backers of water fluoridation, warned of the risks to infants.

"If liquid concentrate or powdered infant formula is the primary source of nutrition, it can be mixed with water that is fluoride free or contains low levels of fluoride to reduce the risk of fluorosis," said the ADA in 2006..............