Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Fluoridation opponent rebuts 'common sense' Letters to the EditorPublished July 19, 2004 Re: Look around; millions have shown fluoride is okay, column by North Pinellas Editor of Editorials Diane Steinle, July 11. Unless Ms. Steinle s to the philosophy that "might makes right," it is a pity she didn't do a better job conveying the arguments Dr. Bill Hirzy and I made about fluoridation before she rushed to defend the practice in her column. Steinle makes a big thing about "common sense," but has she used hers? For example, my "common sense" tells me that the reason that no health official came forward to defend this practice last week is because they have no case that can be defended scientifically. When Steinle, in response to my criticism that Pinellas County officials are relying on "secondhand information," says that we did the same thing, she misconstrues what I meant by secondhand information. I meant relying on other people's review of the primary literature instead of reading it for oneself - a particularly disastrous thing to do in the case of the Centers for Disease Control since the latest literature that they cite in their publications on health safety is now more than 11 years out of date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Really. But this does not stop them from going after things like Ephedra and Kava Kava because people are " taking far above the recommended dose " . ok_fine [ok_fine] Tuesday, July 27, 2004 3:57 PM herbal remedies Re: Herbal Remedies - Re: More on Fluoridation Doc Shillington wrote: >More on Fluoridation > >Fluoridation opponent rebuts 'common sense' >Letters to the Editor >Published July 19, 2004 > > > One more point I'd like to make here is lack of control over dosage. What doctor would prescribe anything in such a haphazard way for anything to anyone? The two items which come immediately to mind are flouride and iodine. I have quit using iodized table salt as I had determined my family was receiving several times the reccomended dose. I felt this to be irresponsible to administer preventive or curitive medicine in this manner. Are there any other substances which are treated in this way? Vitamin aditives in milk and bread? -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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