Saturday, November 14, 2009

Study finds relationship between Community Water Fluoridation and Premature Births in Upstate NY

The New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF) sent out a news release on a new study that links fluoride to premature births in New York. According to NYSCOF, "State University of New York (SUNY) researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting on November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia."

According to the study by Hart et al.,
"... Domestic water fluoridation was associated with an increased risk of PTB [preterm birth] (9545 (6.34%) PTB among women exposed to domestic water fluoridation versus 25278 (5.52%) PTB among those unexposed, p <>10% poverty) and those of non-white racial origin. Domestic water fluoridation was independently associated with an increased risk of PTB in logistic regression, after controlling for age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty level, hypertension, and diabetes..."

4 comments:

  1. We had not only fluourides but penafenol clorides on our river where all the drinking water came from.

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  2. Hi Jay,

    My wife and I thoroughly enjoy your blog and have been for some time but she nudged me to write you a letter of support and appreciation. keep it up. Best wishes from Texas!

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  3. So the John Birch Society was right?

    What's with all the gay anglicans? Why the disproportionate number of gays in the clergy?

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