Subject: Finally Proof Fluoride INCREASES CAVITIES! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:27 AM > Subject: News Release > > > > Dentists Show Fluoridation a Failure > > > > NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Unintentionally, studies by > dentist/researchers > > indicate fluoridation fails to reduce tooth decay, especially in the poor, > > reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. Also, > fluoride, > > above that found in toothpaste, confers no alleged benefit to the > > majority(14). > > > > * In CONNECTICUT, 88.8% fluoridated for decades, cavity rates > > increased -- average number of decayed, missing, or filled tooth > > surfaces (dmfs) increased from 2.8 to 3.0 and average dmfs in > > cavity-positive children increased substantially from > > 5.7 to 7.9, recently reported(1) by Connecticut Dentists. > > > > * In fluoridated NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, despite 50 years of > fluoridation, > > many children have more cavities than never-fluoridated Kingston, > > New York, according to a New York State Department of > > Health study(2). > > > > * National cavity rates average 1.4 DMFT (decayed, missing, > > filled teeth)(3) in over 62% fluoridated U.S.A. > > > > * A FLORIDA fluoridated county -- Three- to five-year olds studied > > averaged 3.05 to 4.05 dmfs(4). (Children have 128 tooth surfaces, > in > > 28 teeth. So, dmfs is a more sensitive cavity counter than dmft. > Some > > teeth have five surfaces.) > > > > * Non-fluoridated LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, second-graders are more > > cavity-free than nationally(5) ranging from no cavities to 0.6 > dmfs > > in 1987-88. > > > > * NEW YORK CITY, fluoridated for decades, 7-8 year-olds averaged > > 2.43 to 3.14 dft (decayed, filled primary teeth) 1993, according > to > > "Dispelling the Myth that 50 Percent of US Schoolchildren Have > Never > > Had a Cavity," by dentists Edelstein and Douglass(6). > > > > * Edelstein and Douglass cite studies that show: > > 1. CALIFORNIA, the fluoridated parts -- 4.80 dfs in a group of > > 3- to 5-year olds -- 1990. > > 2. Fluoridated NORTH CAROLINA -- peak rates of 5.3 for > > 9-year-old males and 4.7 for 8-year-old females -- 1990 > > 3. Fluoridated TENNESSEE -- Peak rates of 7.26 dfs and 2.61 dft > at > > age 7 > > > > * Fluoridated TENNESSEE -- five- to eleven-year-olds averaged > > 6.94 dfs(7) > > > > * Fluoridated IOWA -- low socioeconomic 8-year-olds 4.0 dfs(8) > > > > * Nonfluoridated FINLAND decay rates lower than U.S. -- 1.1 dmft for > > 5-year-olds and 0.2 DMFT for 6-year-olds.(10) > > > > * UGANDAN (Africa) 10- to 14-year-old children, with water their > only > > fluoride source, have less cavities than U.S children(9) that > increase > > along with greater water fluoride levels. > > > > * IRELAND, 73% fluoridated -- 12-year-olds are more cavity-prone > than > > 12-year-olds in four non-fluoridated European countries and 10% > > fluoridated U.K.(11). > > > > * Cavities declined WORLD-WIDE, even in non-fluoridated countries > (See: > > http://www.fluoridealert.org/abstracts.htm#industrialized). > > > > * U.S. children are over-fluoridated(12). Yet, "(t)he nation's > dentists > > are beginning to notice an alarming rise in cavities among > children > > and teens," reports the Wall Street Journal(13). > > > > "It's pointless to fluoridate water when the documented health risks of > > fluoride far overshadow any possible benefit, if any," says lawyer Paul S. > > Beeber, President, NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. "Lack of > fluoride > > is not associated with tooth decay, and fluoride won't help a poor diet as > > these studies and reports show," says Beeber > > > > References on our website: > > http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=6812 > > > > SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation > > > > /CONTACTS: Paul Beeber, NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, > > +1-516-433-8882, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > > > David Kennedy, DDS, Preventive Dental > > Health Association, +1-619-222-8177, [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > > > > /Web site: http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof > > > > http://www.fluoridealert.org > > > > http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/health.htm / > > IMPORTANT NOTE PLEASE--''Here's our latest news release. You can distribute it anywhere you'd like. However, IF IT IS POSTED ON AN INTERNET SITE, please REMOVE THE PHONE NUMBERS.''
