According to the Academy of General Denistry (AGD), a non-profit organization, they recommend to not feed you baby formula using fluoridated water. The organization updated their article in 2007, calling parents to be careful with concentration formulas requiring water to be added. Community water can have a source of fluoride that will raise the the intake for infants and small children.
AGD can be contacted at 312.440.4308 or
media@agd.org. for more information.
The Mayo Clinic has also released the caution of adding fluoridated water to infant formula.
Note their comment below.
n addition, it's important to consider the amount of fluoride in the water you use to prepare your baby's liquid-concentrate or powdered formula. Exposure to fluoride during infancy helps prevent tooth decay during childhood and beyond, but it's possible to have too much of a good thing. Regularly mixing a baby's formula with fluoridated tap water can provide enough fluoride to cause fluorosis — mild white streaks on the teeth or more severe pitting or staining of tooth enamel. Fluorosis can affect both baby teeth and permanent teeth.
Realistically, how does a parent determine how much fluoride is being provided for the child? The article does go onto say check your local water utility and ask about the level of fluoride being added. Have you called your local water utility to inquire?
State level Department of Health are also cautioning their residents with the issue of ingested fluoride. Again, does any one realistically recall this information being provided? Additionally, if it is caution, then why have it at all? Fluoride in the water supply is maintained by the EPA, not by the FDA. Yet, here we have Department of Health, raising alarm to the issue of over fluoridation (much like over-medication).
Vermont Department of Health recommends water that is fluoride-free for feeding infants. Does Vermont provide this information to all new mothers? How does low-income families afford fluoride free water with formula? Assembly Bill 1319, Toxin-Free Babies and Toddler Act calls on the toxin found in baby bottles. Yet, this same type of exposure should be presented in fluoridation.
New York State Department of Health also cautions parents concern of over fluoridation should use fluoride free water.
Minnesota cautions those feeding their babies primarily with concentrate or powered infant formula to use fluoride free water. Examples of flouride free water are normally labeled purified, deminerilzed, deionized, distilled or revise osmosis water.
The American Dental Association also provides a Evidence based infant formula guide. This guide shows fluroisis occurring when multiple sources of fluoride is ingested.
The list goes on and on. Clearly we acquire two things from these sources;
1) caution is necessary if your providing concentrate formula while using fluoridated water for your baby or child.
2) Although caution is provided, no real means to determine how much fluoride intake is truly being given to the parent or child.
With the advancement of dental hygiene and education since the 60's, why are we still allowing the EPA providing a medication to our water supplies?
Contact your local water utility and ask how much are you being fluoridated (medicated) through your water supply.
More information can be found at
http://getridoftoxins.comAGD
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http://www.agd.org/public/oralhealth/Default.asp?IssID=303&Topic=F&ArtID=1247#body Mayo
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-formula/MY00193/NSECTIONGROUP=2Vermont
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http://healthvermont.gov/news/2006/120806fluoride.aspxAssembly Bill 1391
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http://asmdc.org/members/a53/pdf/ab1319/AB1319FactSheet.pdf New York
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http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/dental/fluoride_guidance_during_infancy.htm Minnesota
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/57490.phpAmerican Dental Association
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http://ebd.ada.org/contentdocs/ADA_Evidence-based_Infant_Formula_Chairside_Guide.pdf
