Fluoridated Water & Bone Cancer in Boys (link found)

[JPace]

http://www.ewg.org/issues/fluoride/20060405/index.php

For Immediate Release: April 05, 2006
Contact: EWG Public Affairs, [phone]



Harvard Study:
Strong Link Between Fluoridated Water and Bone Cancer in Boys
Department Chair With Industry Ties Misrepresented Results to Federal Authorities


(WASHINGTON, April 5) — Boys who drink water with levels of fluoride considered safe by federal guidelines are five times more likely to have a rare bone cancer than boys who drink unfluoridated water, according to a study by Harvard University scientists published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The study, led by Dr. Elise Bassin and published online today in Cancer Causes and Control, the official journal of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, found a strong link between fluoridated drinking water and osteocarcoma, a rare and often fatal bone cancer, in boys. The study confirms studies by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the New Jersey health department that also found increased rates of bone cancer in boys who drank fluoridated tap water.

Bassin's study comes on the heels of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report that found the federal "safe" limit for fluoride in tap water did not protect children from dental fluorosis or increased bone fractures. The NAS recommended that the allowable limit for fluoride in tap water be lowered immediately.

"This study raises very serious concerns about fluoride's safety and its potential to cause bone cancer in teenage boys," said Richard Wiles, EWG's senior vice president. "The findings raise fundamental questions about the wisdom of adding fluoride to tap water."
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[kestrel91316]

1. That's "osteosarcoma".

[adarling]

2. I knew that crap was bad for me when the dentist forced me to do it all

time :(. Thats why i try not to drink tap water :) i have a filter or drink bottled water.

[trotsky]

3. I wonder if anyone will be able to duplicate the results?

Fluoride has been studied up the wazoo for decades and hasn't been shown to be linked to anything other than more decay-resistant teeth. Should be interesting to see if this lone study pans out.

[DELUSIONAL]

4. Replication of findings by independent researchers is important

and it is the basis of science.

You have a good point.