Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago https://arstechni.ca/5sTN #Oralhealth #cavities #fluoride #Alabama #Health #teeth
Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago

The water utility highlighted unsubstantiated health concerns.

Ars Technica

"Last week, residents of Birmingham, Alabama, were informed that their drinking water would no longer contain fluoride. Then came a twist: It turned out that their water utility had, without telling the public, actually stopped adding it years ago."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/alabama-no-fluoride-water-years-rcna265517

#PublicHealth #water #fluoride #dental #teeth #ToothDecay #prevention #alabama

Some Alabama residents learn their water hasn't had fluoride for years

In Birmingham, Alabama, fluoride has not been added to most drinking water for at least two years, but the public was not notified.

NBC News

@bich “In just eight years after fluoridation ended in 2011, the need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700 per cent at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.”
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan-to-reintroduce-fluoride-into-drinking-water-pushed-back-to-2025-1.6845098

#Fluoride #DrinkingWater #health

Link to article no longer works. Calgary news has several articles on topic, but none with "death by infection". Here is a Calgary article with general discussion:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/fluoride-cessation-in-calgary-negatively-impacts-childrens-dental-health-study/

Archive of original link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240413005033/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan-to-reintroduce-fluoride-into-drinking-water-pushed-back-to-2025-1.6845098

Calgary's plan to reintroduce fluoride into drinking water pushed back to 2025

The City of Calgary’s plan to reintroduce fluoride back into the drinking water supply has been delayed again – and is now set to be ready by 2025.

Calgary

"Tooth decay can begin very early in a child’s life. If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/fluoride-ban-kids-cavities-medicaid-costs-millions-study-rcna264070

#PublicHealth #OralHealth #dental #tooth #ToothDecay #fluoride #ChildrensHealth #medicaid #CDC

If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds

If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.

NBC News

#MAHA #fluoride #Medicaid

From NBC News.com: If states ban fluoride, more kids will get cavities and Medicaid costs could soar, study finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/fluoride-ban-kids-cavities-medicaid-costs-millions-study-rcna264070

If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds

If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.

NBC News

'Fluoride in tandpasta is niet gevaarlijk, zolang je niet veel inslikt'

"Fluoride in tandpasta is veilig en beschermt je tanden tegen gaatjes. Fluorose kan voorkomen, maar vooral bij jonge kinderen die lange tijd te veel tandpasta inslikken. Zelfs dan beperkt het zich meestal tot witte vlekjes op de tanden. Voor echte fluoride-vergiftiging moet je al meerdere tubes tandpasta inslikken. Wie het advies van influencers volgt en overschakelt op fluoridevrije tandpasta, loopt meer risico op gaatjes."

"Voor kinderen is het advies om een rijstkorrel tot een erwtje tandpasta te gebruiken. Zorg er ook voor dat ze het niet inslikken. Maar maak je geen zorgen als dat toch gebeurt. Om fluorose te ontwikkelen, zou een kind lange tijd 1,5 tot 2,5 gram tandpasta per dag moeten inslikken (4). Dat is ruwweg 6 tot 10 erwtjes per dag."

"Acute fluoride-vergiftiging is nog iets helemaal anders dan fluorose […] Als je rekent met een standaard tube tandpasta van ongeveer 100 mg fluoride per tube, dan zou een volwassene van 72 kg 4 tot 7 tubes in korte tijd moeten inslikken om in de toxische zone te komen."

https://www.gezondheidenwetenschap.be/gezondheid-in-de-media/fluoride-in-tandpasta-is-niet-gevaarlijk-zolang-je-niet-veel-inslikt

#gezondheid #tandpasta #fluoride #fluorose #FluorideVergiftiging

Fluoride in tandpasta is niet gevaarlijk, zolang je niet veel inslikt - 11/02/2026 · Gezondheid en wetenschap

gezondheidenwetenschap.be

Do you remember when Colgate had MFP? (Tap, tap.)

I remember the TV advertisements, with the perfectly manicured finger taps

What did MFP mean? Some kind of fluoride protection.

#toothpaste #fluoride

MAHA Bait and Switch? Trump's EPA Calls for Review of Fluoride Science While Ignoring Historic Ruling on Fluoride https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/maha-bait-switch-fluoride/ #Fluoride #MAHA

No fluoride in your water? Here’s how to protect your kids’ teeth https://www.futurity.org/fluoride-water-kids-teeth-3317782/

But older children can safely use fluoride rinses, even prescription-strength ones. Dentists sometimes prescribe rinses for children with braces, who may have a hard time brushing and flossing around the wires and brackets.

#Fluoride #Health #Teeth

Fluoride Lawsuit Plaintiffs Push Back Against Trump EPA In Ongoing Litigation https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/fluoride-plaintiffs-response-epa/ via @DBrozeLiveFree #FluorideTrial #Fluoride #EPA #MAHA