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News Releases generated by the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation and other like-minded groups.
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Fluoride Lowers IQ, studies show
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New York – August 16, 2008 - Dr. Vyvyan Howard, a prominent fetal
toxicologist said in a recent Canadian TV interview that current
brain/fluoride research convinces him that we should stop water
fluoridation.
Dr. Howard, President of the International Society of Doctors for the
Environment and Senior Lecturer, Developmental Toxico-Pathology,... more »
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Fluoride's Impact on Brain - Focus of Two Conferences
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New science indicating fluoride’s dangers to the brain
and other organs will be presented by prominent fluoride research
scientists during back-to-back conferences of the International
Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and the Fluoride Action Network
(FAN) in Toronto August 7-11, 2008.... more »
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Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoridation Support
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Fluoride May Damage Bones of Kidney
Patients
New York – June 9 – The National Kidney Foundation withdrew its
support of water fluoridation citing the 2006 National Research
Council (NRC) report indicating that kidney patients are more
susceptible to fluoride’s bone and teeth-damaging effects.... more »
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Fluoride May Damage the Brain, New Report Says
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New York - February 26, 2008 -- "It is not clear that the benefits of
adding fluoride to drinking water outweigh risks of neurodevelopment
or other effects such as dental fluorosis," according to an Institute
for Children's Environmental Health report. (1)
Fluoride chemicals are added to 2/3 of U.S. public water supplies... more »
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Fluoridation's Unhappy Birthday
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New York - January 25 2008 -- Sixty-three years ago, January 25,
1945, sodium fluoride was slowly poured into Grand Rapids, Michigan's
public water supply to prove that fluoridation reduces children's
tooth decay. Nearby Muskegon was left fluoridation-free as the
experiment's control city for comparison purposes.... more »
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"Second Thoughts about Fluoride," reports Scientific American
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New York - January 2, 2008 -- "Some recent studies suggest that over-
consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting
teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland," reports Scientific
American editors (January 2008). "Scientific attitudes toward
fluoridation may be starting to shift," writes author Dan Fagin.... more »
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Groups Push Fluoridation for Long Island NY Despite Evidence of Harm
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Old Bethpage - November 27, 2007 - Ignoring scientific evidence of
harm, a coalition of Nassau and Suffolk Dental Societies and the
Nassau County Department of Health wants to institute fluoridation on
Long Island, according to the Nassau County Dental Society Bulletin
(November-December 2006) and a Nassau County Health Department report... more »
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