Recent news on Sodium Fluoride

Dental Materials Improved for the Prevention of Caries  -  May 11, 2007
RDH,To increase patient acceptance, the new generation of fluoride varnish such as DENTSPLY’s AllSolution 5 percent Sodium Fluoride Varnish is available.

Nobody Left Smiling After NAD Toothpaste Ruling  -  May 18, 2007
AdAge.com (subscription)The NAD also recommended Pro-Health stop claiming it reduces cavities 17%-25% more than standard sodium-fluoride toothpastes, noting the research behind

Understanding what toothpaste does and doesn't do  -  Apr 25, 2007
Greeley Tribune,This is either sodium fluoride (NaF) or sodium monofluorophosphate (SMFP). Baby boomers may recall stannous fluoride first introduced by Crest in 1955 as

Arsenic in my Fluoride? CDC admits Yes  -  Mar 16, 2007
openPR (press release),Fluoridation chemicals - sodium fluoride, sodium fluorosilicate, and fluorosilicic acid (FSA) – are all derived from the manufacture of phosphate fertilizer

Treating Caries Chemically: Fact or Fiction  -  Feb 1, 2007
Woman Dentist Journal,For patients at severe risk, a higher concentration of fluoride is available at 5000 ppm as a 1.1% sodium fluoride dentifrice that is used daily (Prevident

Change can come, but we have to work at it  -  Jan 31, 2007
Lebanon Daily News,Even use of the safer sodium fluoride is not the same as that added to toothpaste and used in dental offices. Fluoride is a neurotoxin causing other health

Water Fluoride Chemicals Cause Cavities, study says  -  Jan 16, 2007
Business Portal 24 (press release),..."Our data did not correlate high water lead with high prevalence of elevated blood lead when sodium fluoride or no fluoride was in the water," says Coplan.

READING ROOM: Come, bathe and be cured  -  Jan 14, 2007
Sofia Echo,Going from south to north, there are increased levels of saltiness, temperature, sulfates, sodium, fluoride and silcon dioxide. Research shows that these

No worries about cryolite here  -  Jan 17, 2007
Seattle Times,Q: Can you find out if Washington and Oregon grapes are sprayed with the pesticide cryolite (aluminum sodium fluoride)? A: Cryolite is an insecticide widely

(REPOST) FLUORIDE-CANCER STUDY COVER UP  -  Jan 2, 2007
Free Market News Network,Putting silicofluorides in our water is food adulteration of the highest kind, While sodium fluoride is medication without consent plane an simple!

Patients With Cleft Conditions Can Prevent Tooth Decay By Adopting ...  -  Jan 10, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Rinse daily with a low dose of 0.05% sodium fluoride. 8. Brush weekly with 0.2% chlorhexidine gel to reduce infection and enamel lesions.

"Brush up" on smile care to prevent colds  -  Dec 26, 2006
Gladwin County Record,A new compound has been proven to inhibit mouth bacteria, in the form of plaque, significantly better than the typical sodium fluoride toothpaste for over

"Brush up" on smile care to prevent colds  -  26 Dec 2006
Gladwin County Record,A new compound has been proven to inhibit mouth bacteria, in the form of plaque, significantly better than the typical sodium fluoride toothpaste for over 24 ...

Fluoride, the facts you don’t hear  -  Dec 13, 2006
Fortnightly Tenerife News,According to The Crime and Punishment of IG Farben by Joseph Borkin, the alleged reason for mass-medicating water with sodium fluoride was to sterilize people ...

My turn: Let fluoride continue to be a matter of choice  -  Nov 28, 2006
Juneau Empire (subscription),Considering the cost of living here, that can't be too difficult. We are all currently ingesting and bathing in sodium fluoride. ... Sodium fluoride is cumulative. ...

LETTER: Fluoride is mass medication  Nov 7, 2006
The Standard Times's position in favor of fluoridation is very disturbing in that it doesn't consider all the underlying effects of sodium fluoride being used ... -SouthCoastToday.com, Do Not Use A Specific Lot Of Neutragel Sodium Fluoride Gel Due To ...  Oct 25, 2006
Health Canada is advising consumers that certain bottles of Neutragel, a sodium fluoride gel, have been contaminated with mould. ... -Medical News Today (press release), Fluoride never FDA safety-tested for ingestion  Nov 7, 2006
...added.. Sodium fluoride was sold before FDA safety and effectiveness testing laws were enacted in 1938 and 1962, respectively. So ... -MediaSyndicate (press release) Two out of two dentists disagree on fluoride and Measure W - Oct. ...  Oct 31, 2006
As with all medication, the providers of Arcata’s sodium fluoride (primarily Solvay Chemicals, Inc.) should be required to prove this substance is safe in ... -Arcata Eye, Advisory - Health Canada is advising consumers not to use a ...  Oct 25, 2006
OTTAWA, Oct. 25 /CNW Telbec/ - Health Canada is advising consumers that certain bottles of Neutragel, a sodium fluoride gel, have been contaminated with mould. ... -Canada NewsWire (press release), Arcata up to its eyeballs in fluoridated water  Oct 19, 2006
According to Dr. Brian Smith, an Arcata dentist, over 6,000 pounds of sodium fluoride was added to Arcata's drinking water in 2004, at a cost of $5,000. ... -North Coast Journal, Leader: Looking at the great fluoride debate  Oct 19, 2006
Fluoride is available in many forms. There is sodium fluoride (NaF), monofluorophosphate (MFP), and stannous fluoride (SnF). There ... -Malden Observer, Dental care is lacking for poor  Oct 14, 2006
...by 10 nursing and medical undergraduates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will use gauze to dry the teeth and then paint sodium fluoride on all ... -The Capital Times, How fluoride is added to Arcata's drinking water - Oct. 17, 2006  Oct 18, 2006
...last six months, and were resolved. The sodium fluoride Arcata uses comes in powdered form in 50 lb. bags. Every two to three days ... -Arcata Eye, Center's dental program offers kids 'healthy start'  Oct 17, 2006
Next year, the center will begin offering fluoride varnishes, a thin coat of sodium fluoride that is painted on the teeth to protect them from decay, Philley ... -Utica Observer Dispatch, Creative Leap designs branding for Colgate mouthwash  Oct 17, 2006
...endorsed by dentists.". Chlorohex Plus is an alcohol-free 0.2% chlorhexidine digluconate and sodium fluoride mouth-rinse. It will ... -Design Bulletin, More medical voices join pro-fluoride choir  Sep 21, 2006
Measure W backers suspect links between fluoride and a host of medical maladies, and believes that the sodium fluoride the City uses may contain contaminants ... -Arcata Eye

The great fluoride debate  Sep 17, 2006
Don Church: The term “fluoride� usually refers to Sodium Fluoride (NaF), but the actual fluoride used in Methven, and proposed for Ashburton, is Sodium ... -The Ashburton Guardian

Tina Wood: Fluoride yes – Sept. 12, 2006  Sep 13, 2006
Examples of the compounds where fluoride is happiest; Sodium fluoride (found in toothpaste), Calcium fluoride (used in making window materials and a certain ... -Arcata Eye

Bruce LeBel: Fluoride no – Sept. 12, 2006  Sep 13, 2006
As each individual batch of sodium fluoride that the City uses is not tested, the manufacturer’s specification is the only reasonable number to use when ... -Arcata Eye

Juneau, stop adding fluoride to water  Sep 11, 2006
Not only is fluoride not an essential nutrient, it is an insidious poison. Sodium fluoride is an industrial grade hazardous waste. ... -Juneau Empire (subscription)

Smelter Struggle: Trinidad Fishing Community Fights Aluminum ...  Sep 6, 2006
...of Commerce released a statement that Alcoa had violated more than 100 regulations on the export of potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride between 1991 and 1995 ... -CorpWatch.org

Medical, dental groups say No on W  Sep 15, 2006
Proponents of Measure W have raised concerns that the sodium fluoride added to Arcata's water increases the risk of several types of cancer and that it ... -Times-Standard

Keeping a Bright Smile  Aug 30, 2006
...trade on fighting cavities and getting a perfect smile.2He uses prescription-strength toothpaste called PreviDent 5000 Plus, which contains 1.1% sodium fluoride ... -Plattsburgh Press Republican

My turn: Let fluoride continue to be a matter of choice  -  12 Dec 2006
Juneau Empire (subscription),We are all currently ingesting and bathing in sodium fluoride. The city of Juneau spends approximately $30000 each year just to purchase it.

Demineralization and Remineralization: The Battle to keep teeth ...  -  12 Dec 2006
Woman Dentist Journal,...concentration of salivary fluoride available for remineralization with daily uses.4 Mouthrinses (0.05 percent sodium fluoride) available for purchase

‘Aluminium pans causing memory loss’  -  12 Dec 2006
The News - International,...cortex (main commanding part of brain) tissue cultured neurons were incubated with different concentrations of Aluminium Fluoride and Sodium Fluoride.

Anique-Marie Cabardos ’07 Studies Sodium Halides for Summer ...  Aug 23, 2006
Using solutions of sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, and sodium hydroxide, Cabardos studied the effects of the four different salts on ... -Hamilton College News

Fluoride Is Poison, Says Dartmouth Doctor  Aug 7, 2006
Until that time, most people were under the impression that water fluoridation used sodium fluoride, rat poison, a by-product of aluminum manufacturing. ... -American Free Press

Dr Bernard Brom  Aug 7, 2006
It is a chemical known as sodium fluoride and is not found in nature (calcium fluoride is found in nature, and is a very different chemical substance). ... -The South African Journal of Natural Medicine (subscription)

Community fights fire  Aug 1, 2006
...of salts, and when he set to do his chores, tired from loss of sleep, he reached for the salts box and instead picked up the box of sodium fluoride, kept for ... -Baraboo News Republic

Water issue to city ballot  Jul 12, 2006
Hanck said it is possible to add “straight sodium fluoride� to water, but said that generally only towns much smaller than Ft. ... -Colorado Daily

Dental stats revive fluoride debate  Jun 30, 2006
...foods. In the 1940s, an American dentist discovered that controlled doses of sodium fluoride in the water supply reduced cavities. ... -CBC Montreal



Lawmakers back cities' use of fluoride in water  Mar 28, 2006
There is no longer a reasonable argument to be made for adding sodium fluoride to drinking water, Juneau resident Alan Munro said, despite what the American ... - Juneau Empire (subscription)

Fluoride back in city’s water  Mar 21, 2006
Malcolm Fox, water treatment plant superintendent, said the city’s water department started adding sodium fluoride to the water on March 14. ... - Central Michigan Life

Our Water's Safe - WUC  Mar 30, 2006
...some of the dangers in drinking tap water include contaminants added by authorities in good faith like aluminium (added as sodium fluoride), chlorine, nitrates ... - AllAfrica.com



'Upstart' Waikato dentist against fluoride  Feb 8, 2006
...professionals not to do harm.". Dr Kruger said sodium fluoride, most commonly used to fluoridate water, was extremely toxic. He said 200mg of ... - Stuff.co.nz,

Fluoride in MI city in, then out, now in again  Feb 7, 2006
...and installing fluoridation equipment, which is expected to be operational in a few weeks; the ballot measure called for addition of sodium fluoride to city ... - Water Technology Online,

Reader's letter: Face ugly facts about fluoride  Feb 1, 2006
Because it causes cancer and Alzheimer's among other things, some time ago I protested the California law which requires rat poison (sodium fluoride) in our ... - Hi-Desert Star,

'Upstart' Waikato dentist against fluoride  Feb 8, 2006
...professionals not to do harm.". Dr Kruger said sodium fluoride, most commonly used to fluoridate water, was extremely toxic. He said 200mg of ... - Stuff.co.nz

Fluoride in MI city in, then out, now in again  Feb 7, 2006
...and installing fluoridation equipment, which is expected to be operational in a few weeks; the ballot measure called for addition of sodium fluoride to city ... - Water Technology Online

Fluoride not back in Mt. Pleasant water yet  Jan 27, 2006
One delay to the addition of sodium fluoride has been waiting for approval from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which has state oversight of ... - The Morning Sun

It's time for brushing up on toothpaste flavors  Jan 29, 2006
In many toothpastes, sodium fluoride is an active ingredient. ... A prescription toothpaste, Rising's Denta 5000 Plus, contains 1.1 percent sodium fluoride. ... - Annapolis Capital

What the National Centers for Disease Control Say About Fluoride?  Jan 24, 2006
It combines with metals to make fluorides such as sodium fluoride and calcium fluoride, both white solids. Sodium fluoride dissolves ... - Hampton Chronicle

Mom and Pop Whitman have concerns about fluoride  Jan 31, 2006
...pollutant that has been linked to respiratory illness. The sodium fluoride in many types of toothpaste is a health concern. [continue]. - Weymouth News

Reader's letter: Face ugly facts about fluoride  Feb 1, 2006
Because it causes cancer and Alzheimer's among other things, some time ago I protested the California law which requires rat poison (sodium fluoride) in our ... - Hi-Desert Star

DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORIDE  Jan 26, 2006
Half a tube of toothpaste can kill a child. Current content of sodium fluoride in toothpaste in Canada and the US is up to 0.4% = 4000 ppm (parts per million). ... - The Common Voice

Dentists warn of no-fluoride pain  Jan 24, 2006
Hamilton began fluoridation in 1966 with powdered sodium fluoride. It changed to liquid hydrofluosilicic acid (HFA), sourced from Morrinsville, in 1985. ... - Stuff.co.nz

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