Canada is a bit different in regulating fluoride within their tap water. They do not have an EPA allowing the chemical in their drinking water, rather its decided by their municipal governments.
In a March 3rd meeting, a report was prepared, directed by their city council to provide "unbiased assessment to fluoridated public water supplies." This concept of being unbiased is new to most Americans. Most Americans have already made up their mind without reading or listening to new material being provided on a given subject.
Regardless, this debate of health may turn out to be a debate of finances, for fluoridating their water supply.
"I have real reservations about putting $2.2 million into the system when we already have huge water rates," Matichuk said. "It's very costly to have fluoride in our system, but there is also potential risk factors to our employees who have to handle the chemical in its pure form. The amount that is in our water is very minute, but people need to take it upon themselves to be educated on fluoride."
in the end the decisions appear to be the following; pose the question to residents through a plebiscite, council to simply vote on it. A plebiscite is another word for referendum. If the residents agree to remove the fluoride, the council is bound to their decision. Gee, letting the people decide sounds good to me, so long as they are educated.
You can find more resources and articles at http://getridoftoxins.com
Source retrieved from
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2011/11/28-fluoride-drinking-water-sudbury.aspx
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sources for concern of over fluoridation in your baby's intake
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.com
AGD
Source retrieved from
http://www.agd.org/public/oralhealth/Default.asp?IssID=303&Topic=F&ArtID=1247#body
Mayo
Source retrieved from
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-formula/MY00193/NSECTIONGROUP=2
Vermont
Source retrieved from
http://healthvermont.gov/news/2006/120806fluoride.aspx
Assembly Bill 1391
Source retrieved from
http://asmdc.org/members/a53/pdf/ab1319/AB1319FactSheet.pdf
New York
Sources retrieved from
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/dental/fluoride_guidance_during_infancy.htm
Minnesota
Source retrieved from
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/57490.php
American Dental Association
Sources retrieved from
http://ebd.ada.org/contentdocs/ADA_Evidence-based_Infant_Formula_Chairside_Guide.pdf
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.com
AGD
Source retrieved from
http://www.agd.org/public/oralhealth/Default.asp?IssID=303&Topic=F&ArtID=1247#body
Mayo
Source retrieved from
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-formula/MY00193/NSECTIONGROUP=2
Vermont
Source retrieved from
http://healthvermont.gov/news/2006/120806fluoride.aspx
Assembly Bill 1391
Source retrieved from
http://asmdc.org/members/a53/pdf/ab1319/AB1319FactSheet.pdf
New York
Sources retrieved from
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/dental/fluoride_guidance_during_infancy.htm
Minnesota
Source retrieved from
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/57490.php
American Dental Association
Sources retrieved from
http://ebd.ada.org/contentdocs/ADA_Evidence-based_Infant_Formula_Chairside_Guide.pdf
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Free Fluoride-Free flyers hitting the streets and magazines
The fluoride battle continues as free Fluoride-Free Handouts are now being provided to push the message, ingesting Fluoride is bad for the health.
The flyers are provided by http://journal.livingfood.us/, Journal of Living Food and can be found here, http://livingfood.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e8134e1e20fe44e427759c17&id=45d2849e96.
In a cool icon "Get the F out of our water!, Fluoride is a drug", Living Food has posted http://www.fluoride.livingfood.us/ ; Fluoride Free Campaign to help others share the news about fluoride being a drug in our water system. Check it out and print them out, posting them in your area to get the education out. The printout provides a 3 to a page fact sheet.
Some facts presented are below:
97% of Western Europe has chosen fluoride-free water.
Water Fluoridation is a mass medication with no controlled dose, no medical monitoring and no FDA approval.
41% of teens are fluoride overdosed and have permanent health effects (CDC Studies)
Other facts are included in the PDF printout. I plan to print some copies to keep on hand within the car to easily pull and post!
Additional information can be found http://f.livingfood.us, Alliance of Fluoride-free Advocate site.
Shout-out to David Augenstein for this lead.
Sources retrieved from
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/fluoride-free-flyers-at-no-cost-at-natural-health-journal/
Fluoride Free Handouts
http://livingfood.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e8134e1e20fe44e427759c17&id=45d2849e96
Journal of Natural Foods
http://journal.livingfood.us/
Additional information can be found at http://getridoftoxins.com , Get Rid of Toxins.
The flyers are provided by http://journal.livingfood.us/, Journal of Living Food and can be found here, http://livingfood.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e8134e1e20fe44e427759c17&id=45d2849e96.
In a cool icon "Get the F out of our water!, Fluoride is a drug", Living Food has posted http://www.fluoride.livingfood.us/ ; Fluoride Free Campaign to help others share the news about fluoride being a drug in our water system. Check it out and print them out, posting them in your area to get the education out. The printout provides a 3 to a page fact sheet.
Some facts presented are below:
97% of Western Europe has chosen fluoride-free water.
Water Fluoridation is a mass medication with no controlled dose, no medical monitoring and no FDA approval.
41% of teens are fluoride overdosed and have permanent health effects (CDC Studies)
Other facts are included in the PDF printout. I plan to print some copies to keep on hand within the car to easily pull and post!
Additional information can be found http://f.livingfood.us, Alliance of Fluoride-free Advocate site.
Shout-out to David Augenstein for this lead.
Sources retrieved from
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/fluoride-free-flyers-at-no-cost-at-natural-health-journal/
Fluoride Free Handouts
http://livingfood.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e8134e1e20fe44e427759c17&id=45d2849e96
Journal of Natural Foods
http://journal.livingfood.us/
Additional information can be found at http://getridoftoxins.com , Get Rid of Toxins.
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