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Infant formulas prepared with
fluoridated water increase dental
fluorosis risk, according to the April
2004 Journal of the American College
of Nutrition and other studies. To
prevent this tooth staining,
researchers caution against mixing
infant formulas with fluoridated
water.
Fluorosis, white-spotted, yellow or
brown stained, sometimes pitted or
crumbly teeth, is the too-late warning
sign that babies overdosed on fluoride. Neither a nutrient nor essential to
health, fluoride can also damage bones.
Researchers Marshall and colleagues found more fluorosed teeth in
children who consumed the most fluoridated water, either alone or
through infant formulas.
Researchers, D. Brothwell and H. Limeback, urge breastfeeding or
mixing infant formula with non-fluoridated water to avoid dental fluorosis,
in a November 2003 Journal of Human Lactation study. They
found three times more fluorosis in children consuming one milligram
per liter fluoridated water compared to those who drank non-
fluoridated water.
Breastfeeding does not increase cavity risk, according to a recent
Journal of the American Dental Association study.
Researcher Ana Karina Mascarenhas also advised parents to avoid
fluoridated water for infant formula preparation to prevent fluorosis
in a 2000 Pediatric Dentistry study.
At least 11 other studies link reconstituted formula with fluorosis,
giving dentistry a new income source—concealing fluoride-induced
discolored teeth.
“To our knowledge, no U.S. dental or governmental agency promoting
fluoridation as a cavity preventive, such as the American
Dental Association or the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), warns
parents to avoid fluoridated water for infant feeding. Why not?” asks
lawyer Paul Beeber, president of the New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation.
Formula prepared with optimally fluoridated water provides 100
times more fluoride than the amount in breast milk. Newborns do not
have “fully developed renal handling capacity for fluoride at this early
stage of life . . . ” which can lead to dangerous bone-fluoride build up
and more.
Not only is infant fluoride intake risky, it’s unnecessary. According
to the CDC, “Fluoride works primarily after teeth have erupted”
Further, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration never safety-tested
fluoride for ingestion.
In 2000, after extensively reviewing fluoride and health studies, a panel of British scientists report, “We were unable to discover any reliable
good-quality evidence in the fluoridation literature worldwide,”
despite incorrect news reports disseminated by prominent fluoride proponents about this review.
For more information
Paul S. Beeber 516-433-8882
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President and General Counsel,
New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
P. O. Box 263
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
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