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  • ADA and HHS Working Together to Downplay Fluoride’s Disproportionate Harm to Minorities

    April 19, 2011 Letter from ADA to HHS
    April 19, 2011 Letter

    It is not clear why the American Dental Association®, a private organization that is heavily invested in promoting water fluoridation, would have an ally in our nation’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but it is clear from this April 19, 2011 letter from William Calnon, DDS and Kathleen O’Loughlin DMD, MPH that they do.  There is increasing evidence that shows that the fluoridation of our water supply, something that was intended to benefit those without access to proper dental care, is having a disproportionate impact on minority populations.  This is something that our government should have an interested in addressing as a matter of the civil rights of these citizens.

    However, it is clear that, at least in the mind of the ADA, that HHS has more interest in preventing this issue from “gaining traction” by working with ADA to develop a “mutually supportable” response.  It is astounding that this private organization with deep-rooted financial stakes in fluoride and water fluoridation would have the expectation of a close, almost back-door, relationship with the Assistant Secretary of Health – the person charged with protecting the health of all Americans, white, black, latino, etc.

     

     

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  • Nidel Law Re-files Case For Injury From Fluoridated Drinking Water

    Nidel Law, P.L.L.C., in conjunction with Paulson and Nace, P.L.L.C., re-filed a case against Nestle U.S.A., Nestle Waters North America, Inc., The Dannon Company, Inc., and the Gerber Products Company, for damage caused by fluoride contained in their products marketed and sold for consumption by children under the age of eight. The Plaintiff, a 13-year old girl, suffers from “dental fluorosis” which is a permanent disfigurement of her teeth.

    According to the CDC, dental fluorosis is caused by the ingestion of fluoride before the age of eight. While many in the public may have heard the claims that fluoride prevents cavities, according to the CDC the preventative benefits of fluoride are predominantly when it is applied topically (rather than ingested) to adult teeth, after the age of eight. The science thus shows that when fluoride is ingested by people under the age of eight, there is a significant risk of harm, while at the same time there is no benefit. The defendants in this case knew that their products contained fluoride and actively marketed these products to children and to parents for the use in their children. The defendants’ failure to warn of the risk of harm from these products is unacceptable.

    CLICK HERE for a copy of the complaint.

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