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EPA Reverses Itself on Fluoride
FoxNews.com ^ | February 22, 2011 | By Deirdre Imus

Posted on 02/28/2011 6:18:08 PM PST by DBCJR

For decades, fluoride has been marketed and heralded as essential for good dental hygiene and used in most toothpastes and mouthwashes. In addition, parents have been routinely encouraged to give their kids cavity-fighting fluoride treatments when they visit the dentist. ...

But that was then and this is now. In a surprising reversal, last month EPA’s announced that it intends to lower the maximum amount of fluoride in drinking water because of growing evidence supporting the chemical’s possible deleterious effects to children’s health.

In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences report that found dental fluorosis – caused by too much fluoride – capable of putting children at risk of developing other dental problems including the breakdown of tooth enamel, discoloration and pitting. January’s EPA recommendation reversal was made following a revised risk assessment study that found 2 out of 5 adolescents had tooth streaking or spottiness and some pitting as a result of excessive fluoride. In addition, other studies have found excessive ingestion of fluoride capable of increasing the risk of brittle bones leading to fractures and debilitating bone abnormalities.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigsaleontinfoil; epa; fda; flouride; fluoride; ripperwasright
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To: rlmorel

The first thing I thought of seeing the headline was “I guess General Ripper was right about his precious bodily fluids and purity of essence!”


41 posted on 02/28/2011 6:46:26 PM PST by L,TOWM (The Democratic Party Platform: Lies, promulgated by Liars whose only real talent is Lying.)
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To: DBCJR

Not sure about this. All I know is it is another US government agency which may be trying to attain parity with the World’s toothless masses.


42 posted on 02/28/2011 6:46:55 PM PST by WesternPacific (Deafness has its Advantages)
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To: sportutegrl
She replied that babies can't spit out toothpaste after brushing, they swallow it, so they make a special toothpaste without Floride!

To be truthful, it's the pumice (the polishing agent) in toothpaste that is missing from baby's toothpaste. Ingestion of pumice is more deleterious than ingestion of the trace amount of fluoride.

43 posted on 02/28/2011 6:47:05 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Twotone
But why did they never come up with an extra sharp cheddar cheese toothpaste?! ;-)

Ever been to Green Bay...???

44 posted on 02/28/2011 6:54:37 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Borax Queen
Thank you. You could buy those three essential oils separately for less I think. But you would have to figure out the proportions yourself. Might not be too hard to do. You could just compare the taste until you got close.

A friend suggested that I use water with some Tea Tree Oil in it instead of Listerine or the like for a mouthwash. She said to put 4 or 5 drops in a liter of water and I put in 6. I can certainly taste it. Haven't used it long enough to say whether it works or not.

45 posted on 02/28/2011 6:55:41 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: Borax Queen

“using herbal drops”

What kind of herbal drops? I’ve been looking for a good alternative to flouride toothpaste.


46 posted on 02/28/2011 6:55:49 PM PST by webstersII
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To: Twotone

I guess it only works with cheese because I think cheese crackers before bed is one of my problems. LOL


47 posted on 02/28/2011 6:57:03 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: webstersII

bttt


48 posted on 02/28/2011 6:59:30 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

“And the opposition was from the John Birch Society and Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes, which is why it was a laugh line in ‘Dr. Strangelove’.”

It interferes with the thyroid gland, which controls metabolism and host of other functions.

There are some studies that show that fluoride inhibits testosterone in males, also.


49 posted on 02/28/2011 7:00:33 PM PST by webstersII
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To: DBCJR

i remember when my 17 year old was an infant and his pediatrician found out that we had well water and he gave us a prescription for floride drops for the baby. i went so far as to fill the script. When I was almost ready to give the baby the floride i stopped and thought about what this might do to him. did i trust the government? did i trust that five years down the road they wouldn’t say “oops, its poison.” i threw it away and never used it. glad now that i thought for myself.


50 posted on 02/28/2011 7:00:44 PM PST by annelizly
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To: TigersEye

I don’t know about drops but i use olive oil soap


51 posted on 02/28/2011 7:00:54 PM PST by mel (I DONATE to FR monthly...Do You?????)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

doesn’t it contain triclosan


52 posted on 02/28/2011 7:03:00 PM PST by mel (I DONATE to FR monthly...Do You?????)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

doesn’t it contain triclosan


53 posted on 02/28/2011 7:03:23 PM PST by mel (I DONATE to FR monthly...Do You?????)
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To: TigersEye

You’re welcome — I hope you find something that helps.

I have one friend who uses the real stuff for brushing/mouthwash, then the fake ones she concocted for breath mints/drops.... I’ve seen various recipes online too.

There are just so many different, hundreds of variations of those oils, as long as I have a job, I’m sticking with the regular stuff. Don’t want my teeth regressing.... Oh, and I’ve already cut down from having to go 3-4x a year for cleanings to just the 2, so that alone saves money.

I was having some crown work done a couple of weeks ago (old mercury fillings had to be replaced), and they would not stop ranting about my gums and healthy mouth and how, if I keep it up, I won’t have to see them much anymore. And this is one of the top 10 dentists in Tucson that I go to. And the other 9 people are scattered all around and don’t see the same dentist.

I always have Tea Tree Oil around too, for various things, good stuff too!


54 posted on 02/28/2011 7:03:34 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: webstersII

In post 38, I wrote a novel.... :0)


55 posted on 02/28/2011 7:04:23 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: dennisw

Thyroid problems are rampant in this country


56 posted on 02/28/2011 7:04:50 PM PST by mel (I DONATE to FR monthly...Do You?????)
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To: jeffc

I believe it is Dr. Mercola who has written some recent articles on fluoride - after the EPA announced this a month or so ago.

Rinsing after brushing isn’t going to remove the residue of the toothpaste so it is staying on your teeth contrary to what we believe. Rinsing your mouth out with peroxide/water will remove any residue left on the teeth that isn’t removed by just rinsing with water after brushing. A lot of damage has been done to children’s teeth with the flouride in toothpaste...

I’m one who fought the flouridation of city water supplies beginning in the ‘70’s and believed in the danger of such an application. Didn’t think I’d see the day when the government would admit to being wrong!!!


57 posted on 02/28/2011 7:06:12 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: rlmorel
“Mandrake...I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.”

Great line..great movie.

58 posted on 02/28/2011 7:08:26 PM PST by evad (SHUT IT DOWN!)
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To: mel

That is interesting. I’ll have to look that up.


59 posted on 02/28/2011 7:12:50 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: DBCJR

“found dental fluorosis – caused by too much fluoride – capable of ... discoloration”

Oh FGS - this is why it came to the attention of the discovering dentist in the 1st place. The irony of people with bad-colored teeth nonetheless having stronger teeth.

Maybe if it’s too much, they should stop the nonsense of saying we should brush twice a day, etc.

I had bad hygiene as a youth. I didn’t get a single cavity until I was 26 - after I started brushing more regularly. I DID always have the advantage of flouridated water.


60 posted on 02/28/2011 7:13:14 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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