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DISEASES Question
24. ADA's
Fluoridation Facts Short Answer ADA's
Fluoridation Facts Long Answer A 1996 review of the literature on fluoride and white cell function examined numerous studies and concluded that there is no evidence of any harmful effect on specific immunity following fluoridation nor any confirmed reports of allergic reactions.159 Repeat
of Question 24. Opposition's Response Yes. As reported in the Journal of Dental Medicine, October 1961, (Vol.) 16:190, a 14 year experiment by Feltman and Kosel proved that 1% of the population is allergic to fluoride. (See 24-1: letter dated June 18, 1963, by E. R. Cooper, M.D. from Abbott Laboratories). "Six children and one adult exhibited various allergic reactions after the use of toothpaste and vitamin preparations containing fluoride. The following conditions were encountered: Urticaria, exfoliative dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, stomatitis, gastro-intestinal and respiratory allergy." (See 24-2: Allergy to Fluoride, by J.J.Shea, M.D., F.A.C.A., S.M.Gillespie, M.D., and G.L.Waldbott, M.D., F.A.C.A from Annals of Allergy, Vol. 25, July 1967). "No two people react alike to the same drug no matter how small the dose. At the so-called 'safe' concentration fluorine is a potent danger to every individual, especially to diabetics who drink more water, to nephritics who can't eliminate fluorine readily and to allergic people who have a low tolerance for drugs. That it is cumulative has recently been shown in Berkley at the University of California by radio-active tracer studies made by Dr. Wallace-Durbin with the Atomic Energy Commission, 1955." (Dr. George L. Waldbott, (M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.A., F.A.C.A.) Detroit, Michigan.) "As every physician knows some people have adverse reactions to the simplest drugs. It would be beyond expectation if none reacted unfavorably to fluoride." (Dr. G. W. Covey, (M.D.) Editor Nebraska State Medical Journal.) Dr. H. Trendley Dean (so-called "father of fluoridation") made this statement: "The same amount of fluorine that causes a mild toxic reaction in one individual may cause a severe reaction in another. In other words we are dealing with a low-grade chronic poisoning of the formative dental organ in which case some individuals may show a more severe reaction than others having a comparable fluorine intake." (Journal of The American Dental Association, August 1943.) However, in 1945, Dean was promoting the fluoridation experiments. Dr. Reuben Feltman, Research Dentist at Passaic, N. J. General Hospital, has spent years conducting studies of children and pregnant women given fluorides. He states: "We have had some individuals in our study who have had reactions to fluorides — urticarias, vomiting, etc. — and we have discontinued the use of the element with no deleterious effects. What will happen to such individuals, when water is fluoridated, if it may cause unusual reactions to a few?" |
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