I Can't Quite Put My Finger On it, But... (Unsubstantiated Truths Thread)

[Thruth]

From plain english Cochrane:

Data suggest that the introduction of water fluoridation resulted in a 35% reduction in decayed, missing or filled baby teeth and a 26% reduction in decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth. It also increased the percentage of children with no decay by 15%. Although these results indicate that water fluoridation is effective at reducing levels of tooth decay in children's baby and permanent teeth, the applicability of the results to current lifestyles is unclear because the majority of the studies were conducted before fluoride toothpastes and the other preventative meaures were widely used in many communities around the world.

There was insufficient information available to find out whether the introduction of a water fluoridation programme changed existing differences in tooth decay across socioeconomic groups.

There was insufficient information available to understand the effect of stopping water fluoridation programmes on tooth decay.

No studies met the review’s inclusion criteria that investigated the effectiveness of water fluoridation for preventing tooth decay in adults, rather than children.
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Thats not what the Newsweek article said.

shame the "journalist"' did not read the entire Cochrane review and was clearly not a native speaker as he "misinterpreted" insufficient evidence for "fluoridation is shite"

As for the Cochrane Review, the stringent inclusion/exclusion criteria eliminated 97% of all research articles.

The reality is that the efficacy of fluoridation is less than it was when first introduced as there are many more sources of fluoride today. Foodstuffs made with fluoridated water plus toothpaste, varnishes and the like have increased the bioavailability of fluoride in non-fluoridated communities.

This debate has and always will be primarily a political one.

 

[prince nez]

On the WiFi thing, the biological effects of EMR/RF are starting to get some serious academic attention. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a skull-splitting headache.

Cell Phone Radiation, Health Hazard and Precaution

Spoiler

We, the cell phone users, are seriously misled when buying a cell phone. We assume that this radiation-emitting product has been tested for human health safety before it was put on the market. We assume that cell phones are safe to use. However, this might be a wrong assumption.

Cell phones were not tested for their human health safety before they were put on market years ago. It is the first time in the history of the human kind when we put the microwave radiation-emitting device directly to our head and expose our organs, including the brain.
Engineers and dosimetry experts are convincing us that the cell phone-emitted microwave radiation causes only thermal effects and that any potential health danger caused by thermal effects is prevented by the 1998 ICNIRP safety standards.

The 2011 IARC classification of cell phone radiation invalidates the protective claims of the current safety standards. In three separate epidemiological case-control studies, adult participants used regular, off-the-shelf, cell phones. These cell phones were built to fulfil ICNIRP safety standards. However, avid use of such “safe” phones, for a period of over 10 years, led to an increased risk of developing brain cancer.

This means that the current safety standards do not protect sufficiently users of cell phones. This situation of scientific uncertainty calls for an action – implementation of the Precautionary Principle.

Also, we need The Shooman in this thread, stat.

 

[LelandJ]

Excellent new avi Nez.

 

[prince nez]

Yeah I finally found someone shorter and uglier than Foo.

 

[doghouse]

doggie - is that after you've fetched the tennis ball?

If I've been a good boy.