Even 0.5ppm F will overdose infants. Shame on Peel Council.
Peel Council, on the whole, disgraced themselves today (March 9, 2017).
Councillor John Sprovieri tried his best, and there were glimmers of sanity from a couple of others (Barb Shaughnessy and Nando Iannicca).
After admitting on Feb. 9th that they don’t even know if fluoridation is effective (after studying it for 2 years), and admitting that there are no proper toxicology studies on the industrial waste chemical they dump in our water, and knowing full well that they are overdosing infants, and that many Peel kids (even the ones with no F added to their water) have visible proof of harm from overexposure to fluoride (dental fluorosis), Council plans to continue and MAYBE reduce the level a tiny bit and look for a less contaminated chemical.
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Email of March 9, 2017, following delegations to Council
subject: even 0.5ppm F will overdose infants
Fluoride Poisoning of Formula Fed Babies
Units = mg of F / kg body weight / day
EPA’s Ref. Dose for Chronic Oral F Exposure, based on deleterious, objectionable dental fluorosis: 0.06
NRC 2006: effects on thyroid function at 0.05 – 0.13, and at 0.01-0.03 when iodine is inadequate
Even if you reduce F concentration in water to 0.5ppm, you will have only halved the contribution of F in Health Canada’s table that comes from the water. The contribution of F from the formula itself will still be the same. Hence, the total F intake for formula-fed infants will be more than half the numbers shown in table B3. Hence, some infants will still receive more than 0.06 mg of F / kg body weight / day.
Further, based on EPA-822-R-00-001: Infants consuming 0.8ppm F’d water receive up to 0.21 mg of F / kg body weight / day from the water alone (not including the formula contribution). Again, reduce the contribution of F from the water to correspond to 0.5ppm, and infants will still be overdosed from the water alone. See “slide 3” for F intakes from water, see “slide 4” to compare those intakes to the “no effect levels” for various adverse health effects (neurotoxicity, impaired thyroid function, etc): http://www.fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/thiessen-2007.pdf
Further, F concentrations in Canadian formulas have been shown to be higher than those in U.S. formulas.
Continue fluoridating our water, even at 0.5ppm, and you will know from official sources that you are still overdosing infants. And you already know that even un-fluoridated children are getting dental fluorosis.
Please do the right thing. Impose a moratorium immediately.
