FLUORIDATION STATUS OF SOME COUNTRIES
"...99% of western continental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation..."
Despite dental pressure, 99% of western continental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation due to environmental, health, legal, or ethical concerns.
Only about 5% of the world population is fluoridated and more than 50% of these people live in North America. The Danish Minister of Environment recommended against fluoridation in 1977 because "no adequate studies had been carried out on its long-term effects on human organ systems other than teeth and because not enough studies had been done on the effects of fluoride discharges on freshwater ecosystems."
"In 1978, the West German Association of Gas & Water Experts rejected fluoridation for legal reasons and because 'the so-called optimal fluoride concentration of 1 mg per L is close to the dose at which long-term damage [to the human body] is to be expected.' "
Country |
Fluoridation Status |
China |
BANNED: "not allowed" |
REJECTED: "toxic fluorides" NOT added |
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REJECTED: encourages self-determination – those who want fluoride should get it themselves. |
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STOPPED: "...do not favor or recommend fluoridation of drinking water. There are better ways of providing the fluoride our teethneed." A recent study found ..."no indication of an increasingtrendof caries...." |
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STOPPED: A recent study found no evidence of an increasing trend of caries |
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REJECTED: "...toxic fluorides have never been added to thepublicwater supplies in Denmark." |
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REJECTED: "...drinking water should not be fluoridated" |
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BANNED: "not allowed". No safety data available! |
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Inevitably, whenever there is a court decision against fluoridation, thedental lobby pushes to have the judgement overturned on atechnicality or they try to get the laws changed to legalize it. Their tactics didn't work in the vast majority of Europe. |
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STOPPED: for technical reasons in the '60s. However, despitetechnological advances, Hungary remains unfluoridated. |
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REJECTED: "...may cause health problems...." The 0.8 -1.5 mgregulated level is for calcium-fluoride, not the hazardouswasteby-product which is added with artificial fluoridation. |
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| Other Countries(% Rejected) |
USA 50%,Australia 33% Bulgaria 100%, Czechloslovakia80%, Finland 100%, Ireland 50%, Italy 100%, Luxemburg 100%, New Zealand 33%, Poland 96%, Portugal 100%, Romania 100%, Switzerland 96%, United Kingdom 91%, USSR 85%, Yugoslavia 100% |