1874: By the mid-19th century, experiments have established that fluoride occurs naturally in varying concentrations in teeth, bone, and drinking water. In 1874, Alvaro Francisco Carlos Reynoso of France files a U.S. patent for an "elixir" containing fluoride of potassium, sodium, or ammonium, as "invigorating, nutritious, and complemental to food ... for infants at the period when the bones and teeth are in process of formation." In the same year, Carl Erhardt of Emmendingen, Germany, recommends "potassium fluoride for the preservation of the teeth" via pastilles, especially "for children during dentition and for women during pregnancy when the teeth so frequently suffer."
1892: In his "Address on tooth culture," the English physician Sir James Crichton-Browne declares, "Analysis has proved that the enamel of the teeth contains more fluorine, in the form of fluoride of calcium, than any other part of the body"; he recommends "a supply of fluorine, while the development of the teeth is proceeding, is essential to the proper formation of the enamel ... to fortify the teeth of the next generation."
1928: After 25 years of research, Frederick S. McKay of Colorado Springs, Colo., concludes that teeth marked by "Colorado Brown Stain" or similar mottling (e.g., "Texas Teeth") show "a singular absence of decay" and that both the staining and the decay resistance are caused by something in the local drinking water. In 1931, the substance is confirmed as fluoride; excessive levels in some regional water sources produce the staining known as "fluorosis."
1936: U.S. Public Health Service Officer Trendley Dean concludes that fluoride concentrations of about one part per million
prevent tooth decay while not
discoloring teeth.
1945: Grand Rapids, Mich., becomes the first city to fluoridate its water.
1951: Water fluoridation becomes an official policy of the U.S. Public Health Service.
1958: The John Birch Society was founded by Robert Welch Jr. in Indianapolis to combat alleged "international Communist conspiracy" secretly governing both the U.S. and the USSR; it opposes water fluoridation as a Communist plot.
1960: Water fluoridation becomes widely used in the U.S., reaching about 50 million people.
1964: Dr. Strangelove released – Stanley Kubrick's satirical film in which General Jack D. Ripper initiates a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to stop Communist conspiracy of water fluoridation.
1972: Austin public referendum approves fluoridation of water supply (57% to 43%).
1999: Centers for Disease Control cites water fluoridation to prevent tooth decay as one of the 10 Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century.
2000: Presidential candidate Ralph Nader opposes fluoridation; Fluoride Action Network formed to oppose fluoridation.
2004: Publication of The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson.
2006: 69% of the U.S. population on public water systems are receiving fluoridated water (61.5% of the total U.S. population); 3% of the population on public water systems are receiving naturally occurring fluoride.
Those promoting fluoridation simply refuse to read the current research showing it is ineffective and dangerous to health. Go to (www.fluoridealert.org) and read several scientific articles.
Read the letter from Dr. Hardy Limeback ( DDS, PhD Biochemistry) --- Head, Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto entitled "Why I am now officially opposed to adding fluoride to drinking water"
He was the principal research advisor to the Canadian Dental Asociation for over 10 years in promoting fluoridation. His letter is an apology to other dentists and the public.
Dr. Limeback includes over 140 Research studies, including:
Increased risk of bone cancer -- 13 studies
Lead, arsenic, radium contaminants causing toxic water -- 10 studies
Link with fluoride and other cancer -- 12
Fluoride causes birth defects -- 5
Fluoride affects the immune systems -- 12
Fluoride is neurotoxic (brain, nerves, lowering IQ) -- 11
Etc.
Also see the petition signed by over 2600 professionals opposing fluoridation.
11-25-2009Tooth decay rates declined equally in countries that do and do not fluoridate the water. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient required for healthy teeth and bones. A vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets, a symptom of which is tooth decay. Foods such as milk were vitamin D fortified at the same time fluoridation began in the US.
When fluoridation began in the 1940's, dentists theorized that ingested fluoride was an essential nutrient that the body required to build sound teeth. Modern science has proven that theory wrong. Not only is fluoride not essential or a nutrient, ingesting fluoride delivers no benefits. Fluoride actually hardens tooth enamel from topical application alone. However, swallowing fluoride delivers a host of adverse effects, some of which are listed here: http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health
Today despite 60+ years of water fluoridation reaching 70% on public water supplies and 100% via the food and beverage supply, tooth decay is a national crisis as more kids drink cavity causing sodas (made with fluoridated water) and shun vitamin D enriched milk.
Tooth decay is simply a reflection of diet. As diets decay, so do teeth. And no amount of fluoride can change or fix that.
Fluoridation is just a tool or organized dentistry to give the illusion that they are doing something about the dental health crisis that has occurred o their watch because most dentists refuse Medicaid patients and over 130 million Americans don't have dental insurance. Americans have died from the consequences of untreated tooth decay after being rejected by dozens of dentists for treatment.
Dentists should be mandated to treat everyone, but they would rather mandate all of us eat fluoride instead. It gives them political viability and doesn't hurt their bottom line at all.
11-25-2009In Kyle, we can't even give our children the water out of the tap because the flouride levels exceed federal limits. (The federal limit is 2.0ppm and Kyle's water has 3.29-3.3ppm) We live in one of two huge subdivisions right next to a flouride-rich well that is one of three sources of water for the city.
We get a letter from the city every year warning us that if we live close to this well, to provide children under nine with an alternate drinking source.Allowing children who do not have a full set of adult teeth to drink it can cause enamel fluorosis, which can cause mild symptoms such as white mottling or spotting on teeth or more severe symptoms like large brown stains that are impossible to remove without expensive dental procedures such as micro-abrasion or cosmetic veneers. Isn't it nice that my kids can't drink the city water that I still have to pay for!?
City of Kyle Flouride Response Letter from City ManagerArticle about Kyle's Water from The Hays Free Press 12-04-2009