Who Endorses Water Fluoridation?
Who INDEED!
Many organizations endorsing water fluoridation are part of the dental industry. Since the dental industry makes a lot of money from fluoride treatments of various types, they certainly want the public to BELIEVE in fluoride.
(What would happen to dentist’s businesses if people began demanding NOT to have fluoride treatments? That’s a huge money maker for dentists.)
But keep looking. There are some real surprises on the list. For example, why do the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Cancer Society endorse water fluoridation?
Research has shown that fluoride helps aluminum into the brain – which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. And fluoride has been correlated with cancer hundreds of times over in research around the world. Why would they support water fluoridation? For that matter, why would they even be involved in the whole water fluoridation issue?
One omission on this list is the National Kidney Foundation. They used to be listed – until 2008 when they disappeared from the list at the same time as they made a new public statement on fluoride.
ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSING WATER FLUORIDATION
According to the American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org/4051.aspx
Academy of Dentistry International
Academy of General Dentistry
Academy for Sports Dentistry
Alzheimer’s Association
America’s Health Insurance Plans
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Academy of Periodontology
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Association for Community Dental Programs
American Association for Dental Research
American Association for Health Education
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Endodontists
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Association of Orthodontists
American Association of Public Health Dentistry
American Association of Women Dentists
American Cancer Society
American College of Dentists
American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine
American College of Preventive Medicine
American College of Prosthodontists
American Council on Science and Health
American Dental Assistants Association
American Dental Association
American Dental Education Association
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
American Dietetic Association
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Hospital Association
American Legislative Exchange Council
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Pharmacists Association
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
American Student Dental Association
American Water Works Association
Association for Academic Health Centers
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Association of State and Territorial Public Health
Nutrition Directors
British Fluoridation Society
Canadian Dental Association
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Nurses Association
Canadian Paediatric Society
Canadian Public Health Association
Child Welfare League of America
Children’s Dental Health Project
Chocolate Manufacturers Association
Consumer Federation of America
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Delta Dental Plans Association
FDI World Dental Federation
Federation of American Hospitals
Hispanic Dental Association
Indian Dental Association (U.S.A.)
Institute of Medicine
International Association for Dental Research
International Association for Orthodontics
International College of Dentists
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Dental Assistants
National Association of Local Boards of Health
National Association of Social Workers
National Confectioners Association
National Council Against Health Fraud
National Dental Assistants Association
National Dental Association
National Dental Hygienists’ Association
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
National Eating Disorders Association
National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
National Head Start Association
National Health Law Program
National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
Oral Health America
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Society for Public Health Education
Society of American Indian Dentists
Special Care Dentistry
Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities
American Association of Hospital Dentists
American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
The Children’s Health Fund
The Dental Health Foundation (of California)
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Public Health Service
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
World Federation of Orthodontists
World Health Organization
* Per the American Dental Association at: http://www.ada.org/4051.aspx
2 Responses to “Who Endorses Water Fluoridation?”
Hi Golda,
How recent is this? I’m doing research on the subject too, and there may have been some changes.
Rae
That info is pretty recent – October 2, 2011. It came up when the city of Everett said that the National Kidney Foundation had not withdrawn its endorsement of fluoride. As far as I know this list is quite accurate. It’s directly off the ADA site.
Notice the American Cancer Society.
http://www.ada.org/4051.aspx