Fluoridated water for infants ?

From this article, it appears the ADA workshop in 1994 resulted in a recommendation of zero fluoride for infants aged 0 - 6 months.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/infant/#ada


Yet, I seem to recall seeing in the store in the past couple years, a gallon of water that was fluoridated and seemed to be intended for infant formula !!

Babies suck about 4 ounces of milk, every three hours for a daily total of about a liter. so if ya used that store-bought F water in the formula, the babe would get 1 milligram of F per day, or 30 milligrams a month. If the babe weighs 10 kg after the first month, then their little body would contain 3 ppm of fluoride by weight, distributed in the bones, pineal, etc. assuming no elimination.

Are babies kidneys developed enough to eliminate fluoride ? I doubt it, I bet if one looks they can find that the female body has a mechanism in it that ensures breast milk is all but fluoride-free, even though the woman's serum F level may be higher - i.e., mother nature has in place a way to keep the F out of the milk.

Any thoughts on putting F into infants formula ?

My understanding is there is no recognized need for fluoride, and that it is a well-known neurotoxin and enzyme poison.

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