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November 29, 2006
Fluoridated water for infants
still on shelves
In a little-noticed but dramatic turnaround, the nation's leading fluoride advocate, The American Dental Association (ADA), issued an alert on November 9th urging parents to avoid fluoridated water when reconstituting infant formula.
The dentists are concerned that fluoride exposure at this age will permanently damage teeth, not protect them. A growing body of research also links fluoride to weakened bones, reduced thyroid activity, and possibly bone cancer in boys.
The advice, however, has gone largely unheeded. Nursery Water, the nation's leading fluoridated water for babies still markets its product nationwide at Wal-Mart and other major retailers.
In light of the new ADA recommendation, join me in signing this letter to Wal-Mart asking them to stop selling this product.
If you want to write to the other retailers you can cut and paste the text of the letter into their respective comments forms linked below:Safeway I Target I Kmart I Albertson's I CVS I Walgreen's I Brook's/Eckerd's I Kroger
Only telephone numbers are available for Toy "R" Us and Babies "R" Us:
1-800-ToysRUs or 1-888-BabyRUs
Comments
Is fluoride passed on during breastfeeding if mothers drink tap water?
Posted by: Kirsten | February 9, 2007 4:09 PM
No, fluoride is not passed on during breastfeeding.
It is, of course, present in formula that is mixed with fluoridated tapwater.
Posted by: Matthew | February 9, 2007 5:00 PM