Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoride Support
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From: nyscof on 9 Jun 2008 18:10 Kidney Foundation Drops Fluoridation Support Fluoride may damage bones of kidney patients The National Kidney Foundation withdrew its support of water fluoridation citing the 2006 National Research Council (NRC) report indicating that kidney patients are more susceptible to fluorides bone and teeth-damaging effects. The kidney-impaired retain more fluoride and risk skeletal fluorosis (an arthritic-type bone disease), fractures and severe enamel fluorosis, which may increase the risk of dental decay, reports the NRC. Fluoride is added to US water supplies ostensibly to reduce tooth decay. Fluoride is also in foods, beverages, (1) drugs and dental products. The National Kidney Foundations (NKF) (2) former fluoridation position statement also carried surprising cautions. The NKF advised monitoring childrens fluoride intake along with patients with chronic kidney impairment, those with excessive fluoride intake, and those with prolonged disease. But NKF now admits, exposure from food and beverages is difficult to monitor, since FDA food labels do not quantify fluoride content. The NKFs April 15, 2008 statement goes further: Individuals with CKD [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure. More than 20 million Americans have CKD, and most dont even know it. More than 20 million others are at increased risk for developing CKD, NKF reports. There is consistent evidence that impairment of kidney function results in changes to the way in which fluoride is metabolized and eliminated from the body, resulting in an increased burden of fluoride, concludes Kidney Health Australia. (3) in a paper NKF recommends reading (4) NKFs fluoridation support was dropped when a lawyer, (5) an academic dentist and public health professional, Daniel Stockin, (6) alerted it to NRCs findings. An easy way to reduce the uncontrolled flow of fluoride into our bodies is to stop water fluoridation, says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. But it takes political will to reject fluoridation. The American and Louisiana Dental Associations (7,8) erroneously claim the National Kidney Foundation supports fluoridation. However, even the ADA reports (9) that decreased fluoride removal may occur among persons with severely impaired kidney function who may not be on kidney dialysis. Chronic kidney disease is a growing health problem in the United States occurring more often in African-American populations, says the Centers for Disease Control. (10) More fluoride/kidney information here: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/kidney/index.html SOURCE: NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc PO Box 263 Old Bethpage, NY 11804 http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof http://www.FluorideAction.Net References: 1) USDA Fluoride in Foods Database http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Fluoride/fluoride.pdf 2) National Kidney Foundation, Fluoride Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease, April 15, 2008 http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/Fluoride_Intake_in_CKD.pdf 3) Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Effects of fluoridation of community water supplies for people with chronic kidney disease, (2007) 22: 27632767, Ludlow et al. http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/KHAFluoridation_CKD-NDT_2007.pdf 4) National Kidney Foundation, Fluoride http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=205 5) September 18, 2007 letter, Reeves to National Kidney Foundation http://www.fluoridealert.org/NKF_letter01.pdf 6) October , 2007 news release Did Kidney Foundation Leave Millions at Risk by Failing to Warn about Fluorides and Fluoridated Drinking Water? by Daniel Stockin, MPH, The Lillie Center http://fluoridealert.org/press/nkf.htm 7) American Dental Association, http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/compendium.asp 8) Louisiana Dental Association, Health Smiles Coalition http://www.healthysmileslouisiana.org/coalition.html 9) American Dental Association, Fluoridation Facts http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/fluoridation_facts.pdf 10) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, MMWR Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors --- United States, 1999 2004 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5608a2.htm
From: mainframetech on 21 Jun 2008 19:46 On Jun 9, 6:10 pm, nyscof <nys...(a)gmail.com> wrote: It's certainly good to see more information pointing away from fluoridation and use of fluorides. Very profitable for the chemical companies, but dangerous for us, the guinea pigs that pay for such junk. Chris
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