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gave up on attempts to widen the uses of Olestra, and even sold off their Cincinnati-based Olestra
factory to Twin Rivers Technologies in February 2002.
The FDA removed the warning requirement in 2003 as it had "conducted a scientific review of
several post-market studies submitted by P&G, as well as adverse event reports submitted by
P&G and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (a particularly outspoken critic). The FDA
concluded that the label statement was no longer warranted", in spite of having received over
20,000 complaints. When removing the Olestra warning label, the FDA cited a 6-week Procter &
Gamble (makers of Olestra) study of more than 3000 people showing that an Olestra-eating group
experienced only a small increase in bowel movement frequency.
P&G also worked hard in its publicity campaigns to highlight the positives of the additive, even
working directly with the health-care community. But, outside of the popular culture disapproval of
the product, many consumers simply did not see the speedy results for which they had hoped from
a product they saw as being a cure-all. This was because Olestra only addressed the fat component
of the overall dietary pattern of Americans. Foods containing olestra do not contain calories from
fats and many Americans believed that they could just eat more of them to compensate for the
fat calories "saved". Eating olestra chips was not a particularly effective way to improve one's diet
overall.
Olestra is banned in many countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada
6. Fluoride (Water Fluoridation)
may present unreasonable health risks, particularly among children, at levels routinely added
to tap water in American cities.” - ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, July 2005
"I am quite convinced that water fluoridation, in a not-too-distant future, will be consigned to
medical history." - Dr. ARVID CARLSSON, Winner, Nobel Prize for Medicine (2000).
Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public water supply to allegedly reduce
tooth decay. Fluoridated water has fluoride at a level that is effective for preventing cavities; this
can occur naturally or by adding fluoride. Fluoridated water operates on tooth surfaces: in the
mouth it creates low levels of fluoride in saliva, which reduces the rate at which tooth enamel
demineralizes and increases the rate at which it remineralizes in the early stages of cavities.
Typically a fluoridated compound is added to drinking water, a process that in the U.S. costs an
average of about $0.94 per person-year. Defluoridation is needed when the naturally occurring
fluoride level exceeds recommended limits. A 1994 World Health Organization expert committee
suggested a level of fluoride from 0.5 to 1.0 mg/L (milligrams per liter), depending on climate.
Bottled water typically has unknown fluoride levels, and some domestic water filters remove some
or all fluoride
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"In summary, we hold that fluoridation is an unreasonable risk." - US ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY HEADQUARTERS' UNION, 2001.
“Over the past ten years a large body of peer-reviewed science has raised concerns that fluoride
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