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The Food and Medicines Administration (FDA, in English) announced on Tuesday that the process will begin to withdraw the drops and tables of fluorine prescribed for children. These supplements are usually administered to children with a high risk of caries.
The federal government and some state legislatures are increasingly drawing attention to what they affirm that are the risks associated with fluoride, a mineral that has been used for decades in community water systems, dental pasta and mouthwash to prevent dental caries.
Dentists strongly refute the idea that fluoride damage exceeds benefits.
The FDA Commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, said in a press release that he has instructed the agency Evaluation and Research Center of the Agency “to evaluate the tests related to the risks of systemic exposure to the fluoride of the prescription pediatric medications that contain fluoride regulated by the FDA, in order to better inform the parents already the medical community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emerging community on this emergence
The press release suggested that the fluoride ingested You can alter children’s intestinal microbiota and cause weight gain, thyroid disorders and “possibly a decrease in intellectual coefficient.”
“The best way to prevent decay in children is to avoid excessive sugar consumption and maintain good dental hygiene,” Makary said.
The FDA said the evaluation should be completed before October 31.
The new measure affects the tablets and drops that contain fluoride. According to the American Dental Association, pediatric dentists can prescribe fluorine supplements to children living in areas with low levels of fluoride in drinking water.
Dr. Meg Uboy, Pediatric Dentist of the Union County, in North Carolina, said she has prescribed more drops and tablets since the County Commissioners voted in favor of stop adding fluoride to the water supply last year.
“This will make our goal of providing fluoride to children very difficult”said Lohary. “It is ridiculous and removes parents the possibility of choosing that their children have a better dental health. It makes sense from the scientific point of view.”
“Unlike fluoride toothpaste or rinses fluoride, these products are swallowed and ingested by babies and small children,” said the press release.
The Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has previously referred to fluoride as “industrial residue” on the social media platform X and has declared in MSNBC that the sooner this mineral disappears, the better.
“It a long time since the use of ingestible fluorine should have been put,” Kennedy said in the statement on Tuesday.
Utah and Florida have prohibited Recently the addition of fluoride to public water systems.
