Without fanfare or public announcement, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has put a new fluoride warning on its website — preventing fluoridated water mixed into baby formula from discoloring new teeth. (1)
It is not to be disputed that too much fluoride is the cause of dental fluorosis – spotted white, yellow or brown and sometimes enamel. The CDC now admits that babies can ingest too much fluoride when fluoridated water is mixed into forced infant formula and foods. Fluoride is added to 2/3 of public water supplies based on the disproved theory that fluoride prevents ingestion cavities.
Where the media must be vigilant so that parents, caregivers, healthcare workers and legislators know this,” asks attorney Paul Beeber, President, New infant formula may influence the risk of infant development fluoride enamel, especially if the baby’s only source of nutrition is from infant formula.
If the tap water is fluoridated or has substantial natural fluoride (0.7 mg/L or higher), the parent should consider using only low fluoride spring water. Bottled water known to be low in fluoride and labeled as purified, deionized, demineralized, dripped or prepared. reverse osmosis
Only using water with low fluoride levels to mix the formula increases the risk of enamel fluorosis… Other factors are not eliminated Contributors to developing fluorosis include swallowing toothpaste and using yellow or brown teeth), the daily intake of sufficient fluoride, regardless of the sources, should not exceed:
— 0.01 mg/day for 0 – 6-month-olds
— 0.5 mg/day for 7 to 12 months
— 0.7 mg/day for 1 – 3 year olds
Infants, at one year of age, consume more than adequate intake from only the supply of water at the so-called optimal levels (0.7 – 1.2 mg/L), according to the March 2006 NAS’ National Research Council (NRC) fluoride report (4). .
The CDC reports that “a third (33%) of children aged 12 to 15 years in the United States< /a> have very mild conditions However, the CDC omits that about 4% have moderate or severe fluorosis, and up to all children have fluorosis (5).
American Dental Association Fluoridation Matters describes suspected fluorosis as “white spots or white spots.” (6)
The CDC admits that “More cosmetically objectionable conditions of this condition can occur when young children consume excess fluoride from all sources during critical periods of tooth development [up to age 8].”
Then there is also the need to panic bottled water with added fluoride that is now sold and is now contraindicated to mix with infant formula. (7)
It has also been little publicized that the NRC report shows that some are at risk of thyroid dysfunction and bone damage from drinking even low levels of fluoride; and about studies linking fluoride with cancer and low IQ.
Few people know that too much fluoride can actually damage teeth. (7a) And that the most widely used chemical, silicofluoride, fluoridation has been linked to higher tooth decay. (7b)
It is also necessary for parents to teach the contents of foods in a language that is easy to understand, so that it is possible to teach the tally of the daily intake of fluoride and the adverse effects doctor doctor has banned all water supplies in Tennessee due to fluoride concerns. .(10) In Oregon, a bill for fluoridation by a doctor and nurse is stalled in the legislature citing health care (11).
Notes:
(1) http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/safety/infant_formula.htm
Accessed 1/18/07
(2) “Formula, fluoride mix can discolor children’s teeth” By Mark Hayward, The Union Leader, 11 Jan.
http://tinyurl.com/35ot7c
(2a) http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/_pgg10.php3
(3) Journal of National Sciences, “Reference Purity Ratios of Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride,” 1997.
(4) Journal of Science, Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: “Informative Review of EPA Standards,” March 2006
(5) US Centers for Disease Control. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/figures/s403a1t23.gif
(6) http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/fluoridation_facts.pdf (page 28)
(7) http://www.nurserywater.com/home.html
(7a) “Dentistry, dental Practice, and Community”, 5th edition 1999 Burt/Eklund.
(7b) http://tinyurl.com/yq8y66
(8) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Fluoride/Fluoride.html
(9) http://tinyurl.com/y58bfc
(10) http://www.fluoridealert.org/press/hensley.htm
(11) http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=116915487295110600
