Fluoride Dangerous to Infants

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

File under "Duh." Newstarget reports: ADA reverses position, warns its members that fluoride is too dangerous to be consumed by infants.

On Nov. 9, the American Dental Association released an email alert to its members warning that, in order to prevent tooth damage, fluoridated water should not be mixed into formula or foods intended for babies aged 1 and younger.

Currently, two-thirds of the U.S. public water supply has fluoride chemicals added, a move centered on a now-disproved theory that fluoride ingestion prevents cavities.

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The Environmental Protection Agency, which sets allowable water fluoride levels, is required to consider the most vulnerable members of a population, so allowable fluoride levels should be near zero to protect infants.

"This should end water fluoridation," Beeber said. "Fluoridation is a failed concept that must be abandoned before more Americans are harmed."

This news will make lots of people I know happy. People like Dr. David Kennedy and especially Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Alert.

But why "fluoride is dangerous for infants" and not "mom's mercury is dangerous for the fetus and newborns" I wonder? That news will come eventually.