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Study finds children drinking fluoridated water does not effect

cavities

 

Subj: News Release

 

 

 

 

Children Need Dentists; NOT Fluoridation, study shows

 

 

New York - July 13, 2003 - Despite living without fluoridated water, rural

children's cavity rates equal those of urban children, who are more likely to

drink fluoridated water, according to a large national government study of over

24,000 U.S. children, ages 2- to 17-year-old.(1)

 

Poor children, whether from rural or urban areas, are more likely to have

cavities and least likely to find dentists willing to fill those cavities,

report researchers Vargas et al. in the Summer 2003 Journal of Rural Health(1).

 

Researchers, surprised by fluoridation's apparent ineffectiveness write, " The

lack of difference in caries (cavities) prevalence between rural and urban

children is puzzling..., children residing in rural areas are more likely than

urban children to use well water which usually has a low fluoride content, "

report Vargas and colleagues

 

" Differences were present by poverty status; poor children aged 2 - 10 years

have double the mean number of teeth with caries experience compared with

non-poor children, " they write.

 

" In both rural and urban areas, poor children were more than twice as likely to

have untreated decay, " the authors reveal.

 

(Fluoridation) " is not feasible for most rural areas because of small water

treatment plants or dependence on well water. " the authors report. Rural areas

are defined by the Bureau of Census as areas with less than 2500 inhabitants.

 

" This doesn't surprise us, " says lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State

Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. " Cavity rates decline equally in

fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities and countries along with the rise in

better overall nutrition and health, " he said. " Over 66% of US citizens drink

fluoridated water yet tooth decay is an epidemic among our poorer populations,

most of whom drink fluoridated water and can't afford to buy non-fluoridated

bottled water, " he said.

 

Tooth decay is a symptom of poverty and/or poor nutrition not fluoridation

status. Fluoride is not essential for cavity-free teeth, and should never be in

anyone's water supply.

 

Most legislators want to believe that water fluoridation is an innocuous,

simple, cheap and politically correct way to tackle poor children's tooth decay.

But, by avoiding the complexity involved in finding and/or paying dentists to

actually treat the poor, legislators ignore the real problem.

 

Diet is the only consistent difference between those with and those without

cavities. Fluoride makes no difference if a child goes to bed hungry everyday.

Fluoride makes no difference if a child's belly is satisfied with cheap chips

and soda because fresh produce is too expensive. Fluoride makes no difference

when middle class children sip sodas and eat junk food every day.

 

Reference:

 

(1) Journal of Rural Health, Summer 2003, " Oral Health Status of Children and

Adolescents

by Rural Residence, United States. " by

Clemencia M. Vargas, DDS, PhD; Cynthia R. Ronzio, PhD; and Kathy L. Hayes, DMD,

MPH

http://www.nrharural.org/JRH/JRH19-3/rurh-19-03-260.pdf

 

 

For more information, contact:

Paul S. Beeber

 

President & General Counsel

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.

PO Box 263

Old Bethpage, NY 11804

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Web site:

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

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