Comments on: Diluting infant formula can prove fatal for kids http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/diluting-infant-formula-can-prove-fatal-for-kids-2-200901098951 Entertainment, Showbiz, Celebrities, Television, Movies, Fashion! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:20:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nyscof http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/diluting-infant-formula-can-prove-fatal-for-kids-2-200901098951/comment-page-1#comment-4149 nyscof Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:04:03 +0000 http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/?p=8951#comment-4149 The water is even more damaging if it contains fluoride. The American Dental Association, the Centers for Disease Control and the Academy of General Dentistry all advise that concentrated infant formula should NOT be mixed with fluoridated water. This puts babies at high risk of developing dental fluorosis - yellow discolored teeth which is the body's outward warning that too much fluoride was ingested. Unseen is the damage fluoride ingestion causes to bones, thyroid and kidney function. Recent research shows that Good Start infant formula already contains more fluoride than babies are supposed to ingest See http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2009miami/webprogram/Paper117382.html Soy-based formulas contain more fluoride than milk based but fluoride is not on the labels. Since fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth, there is no harm from avoiding it. See http://www.fluorideaction.net/health Fluoride should be removed from all water supplies immediately, If parents don't know that they shouldn't super-dilute infant formula, they certainly are unaware of the danger to their babies that fluoridated tap water delivers. Obviously, we can't trust our health departments and legislators to properly inform people - because they already havn't done so even though researchers told them to do so before the year 2000 and after. Take action to stop fluoridation here: http://congress.fluorideaction.net The water is even more damaging if it contains fluoride. The American Dental Association, the Centers for Disease Control and the Academy of General Dentistry all advise that concentrated infant formula should NOT be mixed with fluoridated water. This puts babies at high risk of developing dental fluorosis – yellow discolored teeth which is the body’s outward warning that too much fluoride was ingested. Unseen is the damage fluoride ingestion causes to bones, thyroid and kidney function.

Recent research shows that Good Start infant formula already contains more fluoride than babies are supposed to ingest
See http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2009miami/webprogram/Paper117382.html

Soy-based formulas contain more fluoride than milk based but fluoride is not on the labels.

Since fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth, there is no harm from avoiding it.

See http://www.fluorideaction.net/health

Fluoride should be removed from all water supplies immediately, If parents don’t know that they shouldn’t super-dilute infant formula, they certainly are unaware of the danger to their babies that fluoridated tap water delivers. Obviously, we can’t trust our health departments and legislators to properly inform people – because they already havn’t done so even though researchers told them to do so before the year 2000 and after.

Take action to stop fluoridation here: http://congress.fluorideaction.net

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