"Incontrast to recommendations adopted in the 1950s, fluoridesupplementation is no longer recommendedfor newborn children. This includes both fluoride in drops, and fluoride in drinking water.Not only is fluoride ingestion during infancy unnecessary,it can also be harmful - as suggestedby a mounting body of evidence linking fluoride exposure during the first year of lifewith the development of dental fluorosis.
Because of the risk for dental fluorosis, and the lack ofdemonstrable benefit from ingesting fluoride before teetherupt, the American Dental Association - and a growing number of dental researchers - recommend that children under 12 months of age should not consume fluoridated water while babies under 6 months of age should not receive any fluoride drops or pills.
Fluoridated drinking water contains up to 200 times more fluoride than breast milk .... Read More at http://www.greenmedinfo.com
