Endorsing and/or Supportive Organizations
Since the inception of water fluoridation in 1945, there have been unsubstantiated claims that water fluoridation causes a variety of health problems - cancer, Downs Syndrome, Alzheimer’s, bone disease, kidney problems, allergic reactions, etc. To ensure the public that these claims are false, the following are a few of the organizations that publicly endorse and/or publish supportive statements regarding the effectiveness and safety of water fluoridation.
National and International Organizations:
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
National Institutes
of Health
National Health
Council
U.S. Public Health
Service
World Health Organization
American Medical
Association
British Medical
Association
Canadian Medical
Association
American Nurses’
Association
American Academy of
Pediatrics
American Academy of
Family Practice
American Public
Health Association
American Dietetic
Association
American Society of
Clinical Nutrition
American Society for
Nutritional Sciences
American Council on
Science and Health
American School
Health Association
National Congress of
Parents and Teachers
National Parent
Teachers’ Association
Association of State
and Territorial Health Officials
Centers for Service
in the Public Interest
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of
Sciences
Indian Health Service
Head Start Bureau and
Early Head Start
American Osteopathic
Association
National Cancer
Institute
American Cancer
Society
National Down
Syndrome Society
American Osteopathic
Association
National Kidney
Foundation
American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
National Council
against Health Fraud
European
Organizations for Caries Research
International
Association for Dental Research
American Academy of
Pediatric Dentistry
American Society of
Dentistry for Children
American Dental
Association
American Dental
Hygienists’ Association
British Dental
Association
Canadian Dental
Association
Local Organizations:
Oregon Department of Human Services
OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Oregon Pediatric Society
Oregon Academy of Family Physicians
OHSU School of Dentistry
Oregon Dental Foundation
Center for Health Research
Oregon Public Health Association
Northwest Health Foundation
Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland
The Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency
Physicians
Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute
Association of Oregon Public Health Nurse Supervisors
American College of Nurse-Midwives, Oregon Chapter
Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Oregon Dietetic Association
ODS Health Plans
City Club of Portland
Community Action Organization Head Start
Oregon Parent Teacher Association
YWCA of Greater Portland
West District Caring Community
Multnomah County Health Department
Multnomah Education Service District
Legacy Health System
Providence Health System
Regence BlueCross/BlueShield of Oregon
Kaiser Permanente Foundation Health Plan
Northwest Permanente, PC (Kaiser physicians)
Permanente Dental Associates (Kaiser dentists)
Willamette Dental Group, PC
Division of Allied Health at Mt. Hood Community College
The Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Dental Clinic
Albina Head Start
Oregon Head Start
Capitol Dental Care, Inc.
Oregon Health Plan (OHP) Medical Directors Group
OHP Project Prevention
OHP Early Childhood Cavities Prevention Coalition
Oregon Dental Association
Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association
Oregon Dental Assistants Association
Multnomah County Dental Society
Washington County Dental Society
Portland Dental Hygienists’ Association
Mt. Hood Dental Hygienists’ Component
Washington County Dental Hygienists’ Component
Mt. Hood Community College Dental Hygiene Program
Portland Community College/Dental
Sciences Department
