Analysis of data from Statistics Canada has fueled a conclusion that the addition of fluoride to the drinking water in Ontario may have no positive impact on dental health.

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by Paul Connett, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

1) Fluoride is not an essential nutrient (NRC 1993 and IOM 1997). No disease has ever been linked to a fluoride deficiency. Humans can have perfectly good teeth without fluoride.

2) Fluoridation is not necessary. Most Western European countries are not fluoridated and have experienced the same decline in dental decay as the US (See data from World Health Organization in Appendix 1, and the time trends presented graphically at http://www.fluoridealert.org/who-dmft.htm ). The reasons given by countries for not fluoridating are presented in Appendix 2.) (more…)

By Chris Reinolds
Green Right Now ABC7, June 3, 2009
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A new cancer study from India suggests that fluoride is a contributing factor to osteosarcoma, or bone cancer - but just how much fluoride intake causes the uncommon disease is not clear.

Fluoride in Americans’ tap water has spurred controversy since its introduction in 1945. Anti-fluoride activists say the risks are too high to add “medication” to the water, while government officials cite scientific studies that prove fewer cavities and no serious risk.
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Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
November 29, 2008

By Pam Sohn

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DALTON, Ga. — A national debate about fluoride in water spilled into North Georgia last week when Dalton Utilities fired an employee over his concerns about the fluoridation of water here.

Water plant worker Wally Babb, 45, was a purchaser for the utility when he first became uneasy several years ago about fluoride — a chemical recommended by the American Dental Association to help prevent tooth decay. (more…)

by Dr. Hardy Limeback PhD, DDS
Associate Professor and Head, Preventive Dentistry
University of Toronto

I am the Head of Preventive Dentistry at the University of Toronto in Toronto Canada , a professor with a PhD in Biochemistry and a practicing dentist who has done years of funded research in tooth formation, bone and fluoride. I was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA’s Standards.

I would like to outline my arguments that fluoridation is an ineffective and harmful public health policy.

1. Fluoridation is no longer effective .

Fluoride in water has the effect of delaying tooth eruption and, therefore, simply delays dental decay (Komarek et al, 2005, Biostatistics 6:145-55). The studies that water fluoridation work are over 25 years old and were carried out before the widespread use of fluoridated toothpaste . There are numerous modern studies to show that there no longer is a difference in dental decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas, the most recent one in Australia (Armfield & Spencer, 2004 Community Dental Oral Epidemiology. 32:283-96). Recent water fluoridation cessation studies show that dental fluorosis (a mottling of the enamel caused by fluoride) declines but there is no corresponding increase in dental decay (e.g. Maupome et al 2001, Community Dental Oral Epidemiology 29: 37-47).
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State health department says cost-saving move is ill-advised
By NICHOLAS DESHAIS
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Port Huron may stop adding fluoride to its drinking water, changing a city procedure for the first time since 1974.The discussion surrounding the issue has little to do with science or health. It’s more about the city’s coffers.

“I’ve made it very clear that everything is on the table when it comes to the budget,” Mayor Brian Moeller said.Moeller learned recently that adding fluoride to the water, which costs the city about $15,000 a year, wasn’t mandated by state or federal governments.
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