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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12749628
"Fluoridation: a violation of medical ethics and human rights"
"Silicofluorides, widely used in water fluoridation, are unlicensed medicinal substances, administered to large populations without informed consent or supervision by a qualified medical practitioner. Fluoridation fails the test of reliability and specificity, and, lacking toxicity testing of silicofluorides, constitutes unlawful medical research. It is banned in most of Europe; European Union human rights legislation makes it illegal. Silicofluorides have never been submitted to the U.S. FDA for approval as medicines. The ethical validity of fluoridation policy does not stand up to scrutiny relative to the Nuremberg Code and other codes of medical ethics, including the Council of Europe's Biomedical Convention of 1999. The police power of the State has been used in the United States to override health concerns, with the support of the courts, which have given deference to health authorities."
PMID: 12749628
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19812419
"Is there a need of extra fluoride in children?"
"The issues related to fluoridation of water or fortification of tooth paste with compounds of fluorides are controversial. Fluoride is stored mainly in the bones, where it increases the density and changes the internal architecture, makes it osteoporotic and more prone to fractures. Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general cancer death rate, disrupts the synthesis of collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle, skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea, causing disruptive effect on various tissues in the body. It inhibits antibody formation, disturbs immune system and makes the child prone to malignancy. Fluoride has been categorized as a protoplasmic poison and any additional ingestion of fluoride by children is undesirable."
PMID: 19812419
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18756850
"The fluoride content of drinking water and caries experience in 15-19 year old school children in Ibadan, Nigeria"
"955 students aged 15-19 years randomly selected from eleven secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis were examined for dental caries. The fluoride level of the different water sources was between 0.02 and 0.03 ppm. [Only] Forty-four (4.6%) of the children had dental caries. In conclusion, both the fluoride level and caries prevalence were low."
PMID: 18756850
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11093019
"Caries trends 1992-1998 in two low-fluoride Finnish towns formerly with and without fluoridation"
"Water fluoridation in Kuopio, Finland, was stopped at the end of 1992. In our previous study, no increase in caries was found in Kuopio 3 years after the discontinuation of water fluoridation. The fact that no increase in caries was found in Kuopio despite discontinuation of fluoridation and decrease in preventive procedures suggests not all of these measures were necessary..."
PMID: 11093019
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11153562
"Patterns of dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation" [Canada]
"The prevalence of caries (assessed in 5,927 children, grades 2, 3, 8, 9) decreased over time in the fluoridation-ended community while remaining unchanged in the fluoridated community."
PMID: 11153562
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11014515
"Decline of caries prevalence after the cessation of water fluoridation in the former East Germany"
"In contrast to the anticipated increase in dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed. This correspondeds to the national caries decline and appears to be a new population-wide phenomenon. There is still no explanation for the pattern."
PMID: 11014515
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10601780
"Caries prevalence after cessation of water fluoridation in La Salud, Cuba"
"In the past, caries has usually increased after cessation of water fluoridation. More recently an opposite trend could be observed: following the cessation of drinking water fluoridation, in contrast to an expected rise in caries prevalence, DMFT and DMFS values remained at a low level for 6-9-year-olds and to decrease for 10/11-year-olds. In the 12/13-year-olds, there was a significant decrease (DMFT from 2.1 to 1.1; DMFS from 3.1 to 1. 5), while the percentage of caries-free children of this age group had increased from 4.8 (1973) and 33.3 (1982) up to 55.2%."
PMID: 10601780
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12749628
"Fluoridation: a violation of medical ethics and human rights"
"Silicofluorides, widely used in water fluoridation, are unlicensed medicinal substances, administered to large populations without informed consent or supervision by a qualified medical practitioner. Fluoridation fails the test of reliability and specificity, and, lacking toxicity testing of silicofluorides, constitutes unlawful medical research. It is banned in most of Europe; European Union human rights legislation makes it illegal. Silicofluorides have never been submitted to the U.S. FDA for approval as medicines. The ethical validity of fluoridation policy does not stand up to scrutiny relative to the Nuremberg Code and other codes of medical ethics, including the Council of Europe's Biomedical Convention of 1999. The police power of the State has been used in the United States to override health concerns, with the support of the courts, which have given deference to health authorities."
PMID: 12749628
On PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19812419
"Is there a need of extra fluoride in children?"
"The issues related to fluoridation of water or fortification of tooth paste with compounds of fluorides are controversial. Fluoride is stored mainly in the bones, where it increases the density and changes the internal architecture, makes it osteoporotic and more prone to fractures. Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general cancer death rate, disrupts the synthesis of collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle, skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea, causing disruptive effect on various tissues in the body. It inhibits antibody formation, disturbs immune system and makes the child prone to malignancy. Fluoride has been categorized as a protoplasmic poison and any additional ingestion of fluoride by children is undesirable."
PMID: 19812419
On PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18756850
"The fluoride content of drinking water and caries experience in 15-19 year old school children in Ibadan, Nigeria"
"955 students aged 15-19 years randomly selected from eleven secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis were examined for dental caries. The fluoride level of the different water sources was between 0.02 and 0.03 ppm. [Only] Forty-four (4.6%) of the children had dental caries. In conclusion, both the fluoride level and caries prevalence were low."
PMID: 18756850
On PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11093019
"Caries trends 1992-1998 in two low-fluoride Finnish towns formerly with and without fluoridation"
"Water fluoridation in Kuopio, Finland, was stopped at the end of 1992. In our previous study, no increase in caries was found in Kuopio 3 years after the discontinuation of water fluoridation. The fact that no increase in caries was found in Kuopio despite discontinuation of fluoridation and decrease in preventive procedures suggests not all of these measures were necessary..."
PMID: 11093019
On PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11153562
"Patterns of dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation" [Canada]
"The prevalence of caries (assessed in 5,927 children, grades 2, 3, 8, 9) decreased over time in the fluoridation-ended community while remaining unchanged in the fluoridated community."
PMID: 11153562
On PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11014515
"Decline of caries prevalence after the cessation of water fluoridation in the former East Germany"
"In contrast to the anticipated increase in dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed. This correspondeds to the national caries decline and appears to be a new population-wide phenomenon. There is still no explanation for the pattern."
PMID: 11014515
On pubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10601780
"Caries prevalence after cessation of water fluoridation in La Salud, Cuba"
"In the past, caries has usually increased after cessation of water fluoridation. More recently an opposite trend could be observed: following the cessation of drinking water fluoridation, in contrast to an expected rise in caries prevalence, DMFT and DMFS values remained at a low level for 6-9-year-olds and to decrease for 10/11-year-olds. In the 12/13-year-olds, there was a significant decrease (DMFT from 2.1 to 1.1; DMFS from 3.1 to 1. 5), while the percentage of caries-free children of this age group had increased from 4.8 (1973) and 33.3 (1982) up to 55.2%."
PMID: 10601780