1)
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Áúº´ÀÌ ÀÖ¾î º» ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Ù. Àΰ£Àº ºÒ¼Ò ¾øÀÌ ¿Ïº®ÇϰÔ
°Ç°ÇÑ Ä¡¾Æ¸¦ À¯ÁöÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
2)
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ÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò°í, ¹Ì±¹°ú °°Àº Á¤µµ·Î ÃæÄ¡°¡ °¨¼ÒÇØ¿Ô´Ù. (ºÎ·Ï1:
À¯·´, ¹Ì±¹, ´ºÁú·£µå, ±×¸®°í È£ÁÖÀÇ ÃæÄ¡ ¼öÁØÀ» ºñ±³ÇÑ
WHOÀÇ µ¥ÀÌÅ͸¦ Âü°íÇÒ °Í)
3)
ºÒ¼ÒÈÀÇ ÃæÄ¡¾ïÁ¦¿ªÇÒÀº ±ØÈ÷ Àǽɽº·´´Ù. ±¹¸³Ä¡Çבּ¸¼Ò(NIDR)¿¡¼
½Ç½ÃÇÑ ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ ÇàÇØÁø °¡Àå ´ë±Ô¸ðÀÇ Á¶»ç(84°³ Áö¿ªÀÇ
39,000¸í ÀÌ»óÀÇ ¾Æµ¿µéÀ» ´ë»óÀ¸·Î ÇÑ)¿¡ ÀÇÇÏ¸é ºÒ¼ÒȵÈ
Áö¿ª°ú ±×·¸Áö ¾ÊÀº Áö¿ª¿¡¼ ¾Æµ¿µéÀÇ ÃæÄ¡´Â °ÅÀÇ Â÷À̰¡
¾ø´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³ª°í ÀÖ´Ù(Hileman. 1989 ¹× Yiamouyiannis,
1990). NIDRÀÇ Åë°èÇÐÀڵ鿡 ÀÇÇÏ¸é ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ Áö¿ª°ú ±×·¸Áö
¾ÊÀº Áö¿ª¿¡ »ì°í ÀÖ´Â 5¼¼¿¡¼ 17¼¼±îÁöÀÇ ¾Æµ¿µéÀÇ ¿µ±¸Ä¡¿¡
³ªÅ¸³ ÃæÄ¡¸é¼ö(DMFS=Decayed Missing and Filled Surfaces)ÀÇ
Â÷À̰¡ 0.6°³¿¡ ºÒ°úÇÑ °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù.(Brunelle and
Carlos, 1990). ÀÌ´Â Ä¡¾Æ Ç¥¸é Çϳªº¸´Ùµµ ´õ ÀûÀº Â÷ÀÌÀÌ´Ù.
¾î¸°ÀÌÀÇ ±¸°¿¡´Â 128°³ÀÇ Ä¡¾ÆÇ¥¸éÀÌ Á¸ÀçÇÑ´Ù.
4)
ºÒ¼Òȸ¦ Áß´ÜÇÑ Ä³³ª´Ù, ±¸µ¿µ¶, Äí¹Ù, ÇɶõµåÀÇ ¿©·¯
Áö¿ª¿¡¼ ÃæÄ¡´Â Áõ°¡ÇÏÁö ¾Ê°í ¿ÀÈ÷·Á °¨¼ÒÇÏ¿´´Ù(Maupome
et al, 2001; Kunzel and Fischer, 1997, 2000; Kunzel
et al, 2000 and Seppa et al, 2000, http://www.fluoridealert.org/feb-2001.htm).
5)
Ãʱ⠺ҼÒÈ ½ÃÇà ½Ã ´º¿åÁÖ ´º¹ö±×¿¡¼ ½ÃÇèÀûÀ¸·Î ºÒ¼Òȸ¦
½Ç½ÃÇϰí, ´º¿åÁÖ Å·½ºÅÏÀº ´ëÁ¶Áö¿ªÀ¸·Î °ü¸®ÇÏ¿´´Ù. ½ÃÇèÀû
½Ç½Ã 10³â ÈÄ¿¡´Â(½ÃÇèÀº ¹æ¹ý·ÐÀûÀ¸·Î À߸øµÈ °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù)
ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ Áö¿ªÀÇ ÃæÄ¡À²ÀÌ ±×·¸Áö ¾ÊÀº Áö¿ªº¸´Ù Å©°Ô °¨¼ÒÇÑ
°Íó·³ º¸¿´´Ù. ±×·¯³ª 1995³â¿¡(½ÃÇèÀû¿ë 50³â ÈÄ) ´Ù½Ã
°Ë»çÇßÀ» ¶§ µÎ Áö¿ªÀÇ ÃæÄ¡À²ÀÇ Â÷ÀÌ´Â °ÅÀÇ ¾ø¾ú´Ù. ¿ÀÈ÷·Á
ºÒ¼ÒȵÇÁö ¾ÊÀº Å·½ºÅÏÀÇ Ä¡¾Æ»óŰ¡ ´õ ¾çÈ£ÇÏ¿´´Ù(Kumar
and Green 1998).
6)
ÃÖ½ÅÀÇ ¿¬±¸°á°ú¿¡ ÀÇÇϸé(Diesendorf, 1986; Colquhoun,
1997, and De Liefde, 1998) ºÒ¼Òȸ¦ Çϱâ ÀÌÀüºÎÅÍ ÃæÄ¡À²Àº
³·¾ÆÁö°í ÀÖ¾úÀ¸¸ç ºÒ¼ÒÈÀÇ ÀÌÀÍÀÌ ±Ø´ë鵃 ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ½ÃÁ¡ÀÌ
Áö³ª¼µµ °è¼Ó ¶³¾îÁø´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù. ¸¹Àº º¹ÇÕÀûÀÎ
¿äÀεéÀÌ ÃæÄ¡¿¡ ¿µÇâÀ» ¹ÌÄ£´Ù. Àεµ¿Í ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ¾Æ¸®Á¶³ªÁÖ
Åõ¼Õ¿¡¼ÀÇ ¿¬±¸¿¡ µû¸£¸é ¹° ¼ÓÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò³óµµ°¡ Áõ°¡ÇÒ¼ö·Ï
ÃæÄ¡µµ ½ÇÁúÀûÀ¸·Î Áõ°¡ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³ª°í ÀÖ´Ù(Teotia
snd Teotia, 1994, Steelink, 1982).
7)
¼Õ²ÅÈ÷´Â Ä¡ÇÐ Àü¹®°¡µé°ú(Levine, 1976; Fejerskov, Thylstrup
and Larsen, 1981; Carlos, 1983; Featherstone, 1987,
1999, 2000; Margolis and Moreno, 1990; Clark, 1993;
Burt, 1994; Shellis and Duckworth, 1994 and Limeback,
1999, 2000) Áúº´ÅëÁ¦¼¾ÅÍ(CDC, 1999)´Â ºÒ¼ÒÈ¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ
ÇýÅÃÀº Àü½ÅÀû(systemic) È¿°ú°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ±¹¼ÒÀû(topical)
È¿°ú¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ °ÍÀ̶ó´Â Á¡À» ÀÌÁ¦´Â ÀÎÁ¤Çϰí ÀÖ´Ù. µû¶ó¼
Ä¡¾Æ¸¦ º¸È£Çϱâ À§ÇÑ ¸ñÀûÀ¸·Î ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ¼·ÃëÇØ¾ß ÇÒ ÇÊ¿ä´Â
¾ø´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ºÒ¼ÒÈÀÇ ÇýÅÃÀÌ(¸¸¾à ÀÖ´Ù°í ÇÑ´Ù¸é) ±¹¼ÒÀûÀÎ
¹Ý¸é À§ÇèÀº Àü½ÅÀûÀ̶ó¸é, ±»ÀÌ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ÀÌ¿ëÇϰíÀÚ ÇÏ´Â
»ç¶÷µéÀº Ä¡¾àÀ» »ç¿ëÇÔÀ¸·Î½á ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ Ä¡¾Æ¿¡ Á÷Á¢ Á¢Ã˽Ã۵µ·Ï
ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ Çö¸íÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ »ïÄÑ¾ß ÇÒ Çʿ䰡 ¾ø±â
¶§¹®¿¡ »ç¶÷µé·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý (±×µéÀÇ Àǻ翡 ¹ÝÇÏ¿©) »ó¼öµµ¸¦
ÅëÇØ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ¸¶½Ãµµ·Ï °Á¦ÇÒ ÇϵîÀÇ ÀÌÀ¯°¡ ¾ø´Ù. (±¹¼ÒÀû
È¿°ú ¹× Àü½ÅÀû È¿°ú¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼´Â Âü°í¹®Çå¿¡¼ ³ª¿µÈ ±ÛµéÀ»
ÂüÁ¶ÇÒ °Í).
8)
¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ºÒ¼ÒÈ ÇÁ·Î±×·¥Àº Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõ(¹ÝÁ¡Ä¡¿Í º¯»öÄ¡)À»
ÃÖ¼ÒÈÇÏ¸é¼ ÃæÄ¡¸¦ ÁÙÀδٴ ±× ÁÖ¿äÇÑ ¸ñÇ¥ ÁßÀÇ Çϳª¸¦
´Þ¼ºÇÏ´Â µ¥¿¡ ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ½ÇÆÐÇÏ¿´´Ù. Ãʱ⠺ҼÒÈ ÃßÁø ÁÖüµéÀÇ
¸ñÇ¥´Â Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõ(°¡Àå °¡º¿î ÇüÅÂÀÇ)À» Àüü ¾î¸°À̵éÀÇ
10% À̳»·Î ÇÑÁ¤½ÃŲ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù(NRC, 1993, pp.6-7).
'ÀûÁ¤ÇϰÔ' ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ Áö¿ª¿¡¼ Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõÀ» °¡Áø ¾î¸°À̵éÀÇ
ºñÀ²Àº ÀÌ ¸ñÇ¥ÀÇ ÃÖ°í 8¹è¿¡ À̸£°í ÀÖ´Ù(Williams, 1990;
Lalumandier, 1995; Heller, 1997 and Morgan, 1998). ¿äÅ©´ëÇÐ
°ËÅäÀ§¿øÈ¸ º¸°í¼¿¡ ÀÇÇϸé ÀûÁ¤ÇÏ°Ô ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ Áö¿ª¿¡¼
¾î¶² ÇüÅ·εç Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõÀ» °¡Áø ¾î¸°À̵éÀÇ ºñÀ²ÀÌ 48%¿¡
À̸£°í ÀÖÀ¸¸ç, 12.5%¿¡ À̸£´Â ¾î¸°À̵éÀÌ °æÁõ ³»Áö´Â
ÁßÁõÀÇ Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõ Áõ»óÀ» º¸ÀÌ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³µ´Ù(McDonagh,
2000).
9)
Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõÀº ¾î¸°À̰¡ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ °úÀ׳ëÃâµÇ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù.
¿¡³ª¸áÀÌ ¼Õ»óµÇ´Â ¸ÞÄ«´ÏÁòÀÌ È®½ÇÇÏ°Ô ¾Ë·ÁÁöÁö´Â ¾Ê¾ÒÁö¸¸,
Ä¡¾ÆºÒ¼ÒÁõÀº ¼ºÀåÇϰí ÀÖ´Â Ä¡¾Æ¿¡¼ È¿¼ÒȰµ¿ÀÌ ÀúÇØµÈ
°á°úÀ̰ųª ºÒ¼Ò·Î ÀÎÇØ °©»ó¼±ÀÌ °£¼·À» ¹ÞÀº °á°úÀÏ ¼ö
ÀÖ´Ù(Dan Besten 1999).
10)
¼öµ¾¹°¿¡ ÅõÀԵǴ ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ ±âÁسóµµ(1ppm)´Â ¸ðÀ¯¿¡¼ Á¤»óÀûÀ¸·Î
¹ß°ßµÇ´Â ¼öÁØ(0.01ppm)ÀÇ 100¹è¿¡ À̸¥´Ù(Institute of
Medicine, 1997). À¯¾Æ°¡ ¾î¸° ³ªÀÌ¿¡ ÀÌÅä·Ï ³ôÀº ³óµµÀÇ
ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ¼·ÃëÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ¾Æ¹«·± À̵æÀÌ ¾øÀÌ À§Ç踸À» ÃÊ·¡ÇÏ´Â
°ÍÀÌ´Ù(ÀÌ ³ªÀ̴ ȯ°æµ¶¼º¹°Áú¿¡ ƯÈ÷ ¹Î°¨ÇÑ ¶§´Ù).
11)
ºÒ¼Ò´Â ÃàÀû¼º µ¶±Ø¹°ÀÌ´Ù. ¿ì¸®°¡ ¸ÅÀÏ ¼·ÃëÇÏ´Â ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ
50%¸¸ÀÌ ½ÅÀåÀ» ÅëÇØ ¹è¼³µÇ¸ç, ±× ³ª¸ÓÁö´Â ¿ì¸®ÀÇ »À,
¼Û°ú¼±, ±×¸®°í ±âŸ Á¶Á÷¿¡ ÃàÀûµÈ´Ù. ¸¸¾à ½ÅÀåÀÌ ¼Õ»óµÇ¾î
ÀÖÀ» °æ¿ì¿¡´Â ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ ÃàÀû·®Àº Áõ°¡µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
12)
ºÒ¼Ò´Â Àú³óµµ¿¡¼µµ »ý¹°ÇÐÀûÀ¸·Î ¸Í·ÄÇÑ È°¼ºÀ» ¶í´Ù.
ºÒ¼Ò´Â ´Ü¹éÁú°ú ÇÙ»êÀÇ ±¸Á¶¿Í ±â´É¿¡ ÇÙ½ÉÀûÀÎ ¿ªÇÒÀ»
ÇÏ´Â ¼ö¼Ò°áÇÕÀ» °£¼·ÇÑ´Ù. µû¶ó¼ ºÒ¼Ò´Â ÀáÀçÀûÀ¸·Î »ì¾ÆÀÖ´Â
°ÍµéÀÇ °¡Àå Çٽɿ¡¼ÀÇ »ý¸íȰµ¿À» ±³¶õ½Ãų ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù(Emsley,
1981).
13)
ºÒ¼Ò´Â ½ÃÇè°ü(Waldbott, 1978), ±¸°³» ¹ÚÅ׸®¾Æ(Featherstone,
2000), ¼ºÀåÇÏ´Â Ä¡¾Æ(DenBesten, 1999), »À(Krook and
Minor, 1998), ±×¸®°í ±âŸ Á¶Á÷(luke, 1998)¼Ó¿¡¼ È¿¼ÒȰµ¿À»
ÀúÇØÇÑ´Ù.
14)
´Ù¾çÇÑ °ïÃæ¡¤Á¶Á÷¹è¾ç¡¤µ¿¹°½ÇÇè¿¡¼ ºÒ¼Ò°¡ µ¹¿¬º¯À̸¦
ÀÏÀ¸Å°°í, ¿°»öü ¼Õ»óÀ» À¯¹ßÇϸç, DNA º¹±¸¿¡ °ü·ÃµÈ
È¿¼Ò¸¦ ±³¶õÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(DHASS, 1991, Mihashi
and Tsutsui, 1996).
15)
°í³óµµÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ µ¿¹°¿¡°Ô Åõ¿©ÇÏ¸é »ý½Äü°è°¡ ÆÄ±«µÈ´Ù.
ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ÀÇÇØ Á¤ÀÚ°¡ ±â´ÉÇÏÁö ¸øÇÏ¸ç ºÒÀÓ·üÀ» Áõ°¡½ÃŲ´Ù(Chinoy
et al, 1995; Kumar and Susheela, 1994; Chinoy and Sequeira,
1989). ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ÀÇ ÃÖ±Ù ¿¬±¸¿¡ µû¸£¸é ºÒ¼Ò³óµµ°¡ 3ppm
ÀÌ»óÀÎ Áö¿ª¿¡ °ÅÁÖÇÏ´Â ¿©¼ºÀÇ ºÒÀÓ·üÀÌ Áõ°¡µÇ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î
³ªÅ¸³µ´Ù. <µ¶¼ºÇÐ ¹× ȯ°æº¸°ÇÁö(Journal of Toxicology
and Environmental Health)>¿¡ ¼ö·ÏµÈ ÀÌ ¿¬±¸¿¡ µû¸£¸é
"´ëºÎºÐÀÇ Áö¿ª¿¡¼ Àüü ÀӽŷüÀÇ °¨¼Ò´Â ºÒ¼Ò³óµµÀÇ
»ó½Â°ú °ü·ÃÀÌ ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³µ´Ù"(Freni, 1994).
16)
ºÒ¼Ò´Â ÀÎü¿¡ ÇÊ¿äÇÑ ±Ý¼Ó(Ä®½·, ¸¶±×³×½· µî)°ú ÀÎü¿¡
À¯µ¶ÇÑ ±Ý¼Ó(³³, ¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½ µî)À» Æ÷ÇÔÇÏ´Â ¼ö¸¹Àº ±Ý¼Óµé°ú
ÇÔ²² ¹ÝÀÀÇÏ¿© º¹ÇÕ¹°À» Çü¼ºÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ´Â ¸¹Àº ¹®Á¦¸¦ À¯¹ßÇÒ
¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é, ºÒ¼Ò´Â ¸¶±×³×½·ÀÌ Áß¿äÇÑ °øµ¿ÀÎÀÚ(co-factor)ÀÎ
°÷¿¡¼ È¿¼Ò¸¦ ±³¶õÇϸç, ¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½ÀÇ Á¶Á÷³» ħÅõ--ºÒ¼Ò°¡
¾øÀ» °æ¿ì¿¡´Â ¾î·Á¿î--¸¦ ¿ëÀÌÇÏ°Ô ÇØÁØ´Ù.
17)
ÀÌÁßÀ¸·Î Áõ·ùµÇ°í Å»ÀÌ¿ÂÈµÈ ¹°·Î ºÒȳªÆ®·ý ¶Ç´Â ºÒȾ˷ç¹Ì´½À»
»ç¿ëÇÏ¿© 1ppm ³óµµÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò¿ë¾×À» ¸¸µé¾î 1³â°£ Áã¿¡ Åõ¿©ÇÑ
°á°ú, ½ÅÀå°ú ³ú¿¡ ÇüÅÂÀûÀÎ º¯È°¡ ÃÊ·¡µÇ¾úÀ¸¸ç, ³ú ¼ÓÀÇ
¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½ ÃâÇö ¼öÁØÀÌ Áõ°¡µÇ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(Varner
et al, 1998). ³ú ¼ÓÀÇ ¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½Àº ¾ËÃ÷ÇÏÀ̸Ӻ´°ú °ü·ÃµÇ¾îÀÖ´Ù.
18)
ºÒ¼Ò¿Í ºÒȾ˷ç¹Ì´½ ÈÇÕ¹°Àº GÇÁ·ÎÅ×Àΰú »óÈ£ÀÛ¿ëÇϰí,
±× °á°ú ¸¹Àº È£¸£¸ó ¹× ´Ù¼ÒÀÇ ½Å°æÈÇÐÀû ½ÅÈ£¸¦ ÀáÀçÀûÀ¸·Î
±³¶õÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù(Struneka and Patocka, 1999).
19)
Ãֱ٠ȯ°æÃ»(EPA)°ú ±¹¸³È¯°æº¸°Ç°úÇבּ¸¼Ò(NIEHS)´Â ºÒȾ˷ç¹Ì´½À»
±¹¸³ µ¶¼ºÇÐ ÇÁ·Î±×·¥(National Toxicology Program)ÀÇ
Æò°¡´ë»óÀ¸·Î ÁöÁ¤ÇÏ¿´´Ù. ȯ°æÃ»°ú ±¹¸³È¯°æº¸°Ç°úÇבּ¸¼Ò¿¡
µû¸£¸é ºÒȾ˷ç¹Ì´½Àº 'À½¿ë¼ö ¿À¿°¹°Áú'·Î¼ '¿ì¼±¼øÀ§
¿¬±¸´ë»ó'À̸ç '¾Ë·ÁÁø ½Å°æµ¶¼º¹°Áú'ÀÌ´Ù. ¸¸¾à ¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½ÀÌ
ÇÔÀ¯µÈ ¹°¿¡ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ÷°¡ÇÏ¸é ¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½ ÈÇÕ¹°ÀÌ Çü¼ºµÈ´Ù(BNA,
2000, http://www.fluoridealert.org/alum-fluoride.htm).
Ȳ»ê¾Ë·ç¹Ì´½Àº Á¤¼öÀå¿¡¼ ÀÀÁýÁ¦·Î¼ ÀÚÁÖ »ç¿ëµÈ´Ù.
20)
µ¿¹°½ÇÇè°á°ú ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâ½Ã ³ú½Å°æÀå¾Ö°¡ ÃÊ·¡µÇ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î
¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(Mullenix et al, 1995). žƱ⿡ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâµÈ
Áã´Â °úÀ×Çൿ Áõ»óÀ» º¸¿´°í, Ãâ»ýÈÄ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâµÈ Áã´Â
ÇൿµÐÈ Áõ»óÀ» º¸¿´´Ù.
21)
Á¦´ÏÆÛ ·çÅ©ÀÇ ¿¬±¸(1997)¿¡ µû¸£¸é ºÒ¼Ò´Â ³úÀÇ ¼Û°ú¼±¿¡
°í³óµµ·Î ÃàÀûµÇ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù. ±×³à´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ¹Ú»çÇÐÀ§
³í¹®¿¡¼ µ¿¹°½ÇÇè°á°ú ºÒ¼Ò´Â ¸á¶óÅä´Ñ »ý»êÀ» ¾ïÁ¦Çϰí,
»çÃá±âÀÇ ½ÃÀÛÀ» ¾Õ´ç±ä´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¹àÇô³»¾ú´Ù.
22)
Áß±¹¿¡¼ ÇàÇØÁø 3ÆíÀÇ ¿¬±¸´Â ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ³ëÃâ°ú ¾Æµ¿µéÀÇ
IQ ÀúÇϰ¡ °ü·ÃµÇ¾î ÀÖÀ½À» º¸¿©ÁØ´Ù(Li et al, 1995; Zhao
et al, 1996 and Lu et al, 2000). ¶Ç´Ù¸¥ ¿¬±¸´Â Àú³óµµÀÇ
ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâµÇ¾îµµ (¿¹¸¦ µé¾î, 0.9ppm) ¿ä¿Àµå °áÇÌ¿¡
ÀÇÇÑ ½Å°æ°áÇÔÀÇ ¾ÇÈ·Î IQ°¡ ÀúÇÏµÇ°í ¹ß´ÞÀÌ ÁöüµÈ´Ù´Â
°ÍÀ» º¸¿©ÁÖ°í ÀÖ´Ù(Lin et al, 1991). (Áúº´ÅëÁ¦¼¾ÅÍ(CDC)¿¡
µû¸£¸é, ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ ¿ä¿Àµå°áÇÌ Áõ»óÀº 1970³â´ë ÀÌ·¡ ¾à
4¹è·Î Áõ°¡ÇÏ¿´À¸¸ç, Áö±Ý Àü Àα¸ÀÇ ¾à 12%°¡ ¿ä¿Àµå °áÇÌÀ̶ó°í
ÇÑ´Ù. (http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/ad981001.htm)
23)
20¼¼±â ÃÊ¿¡ À¯·´ÀÇ ¼ö¸¹Àº ÀÇ»çµéÀº °©»ó¼± ±â´É Ç×ÁøÁõ
ȯÀÚµéÀÇ °©»ó¼± Ȱµ¿À» ÀúÇϽÃ۱â À§ÇØ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ó¹æÇÏ¿´´Ù(Merck
Index, 1960, p.952; Walbott, et al., 1978, p.163). ±×·¯´Ï±î,
¼öµ¾¹°ºÒ¼ÒÈ´Â ½Ã¹Îµé¿¡°Ô °©»ó¼± ±â´ÉÀúÇϸ¦ ÃÊ·¡ÇÒ ¼ö
ÀÖ´Â °©»ó¼± ¾ïÁ¦Á¦¸¦ °Á¦ÀûÀ¸·Î Åõ¾à½Ã۰í ÀÖ´Â ¼ÀÀÌ´Ù.
°©»ó¼± ±â´É ÀúÇÏ¿¡ µû¸¥ °Ç°¹®Á¦¿¡´Â ¿ì¿ïÁõ, ÇÇ·Î, üÁßÁõ°¡,
±ÙÀ° ¹× °üÀýÅë, ÄÝ·¹½ºÅ×·Ñ Áõ°¡, ±×¸®°í ½ÉÀ庴ÀÌ µé¾îÀÖ´Ù.
ÁÖ¸ñÇÒ
°ÍÀº, ¹Ì±¹ º¸°Çº¹ÁöºÎ¿¡ µû¸£¸é(1991) ¼öµ¾¹°ºÒ¼ÒÈ Áö¿ª¿¡¼
ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâµÇ´Â Á¤µµ´Â 1ÀÏ 1.58mg ³»Áö 6.6mgÀ̶ó°í Çϴµ¥,
ÀÌ´Â Àΰ£ÀÇ °©»ó¼± ±â´ÉÀ» ÀúÇϽÃŰ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¾Ë·ÁÁø ¾ç(1ÀÏ
2.4mg ³»Áö 4.7mg)À» ½ÇÁ¦·Î ÃʰúÇÏ´Â ¼öÁØÀÌ´Ù.(Golletti
& Joyet, 1958; http://www.fluoridealert.org/galletti.htm).
À̰ÍÀº ³î¶ö¸¸ÇÑ »ç½Ç·Î¼, ÇöÀç ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ °©»ó¼± ±â´ÉÀúÇÏÁõÀÌ
°¥¼ö·Ï ¸¸¿¬Çϰí ÀÖ´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀ» °í·ÁÇÏ¸é ¸¶¶¥È÷ Á»´õ Å«
ÁÖ¸ñÀ» ¹Þ¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ È®½ÇÇÏ´Ù(1999³â¿¡ ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼
µÎ¹øÂ°·Î ¸¹ÀÌ Ã³¹æµÈ ¾àǰÀº '½Å½º·ÎÀ̵å(Synthroid)'Àε¥,
À̰ÍÀº °©»ó¼± ±â´ÉÀúÇÏ Áõ»óÀ» Ä¡·áÇϱâ À§ÇØ »ç¿ëµÇ´Â
È£¸£¸ó ´ëü ¾à¹°ÀÌ´Ù. http://www.rxlist.com/top200.htm).
24)
Àεµ, Áß±¹, ±×¸®°í ¾ÆÇÁ¸®Ä«ÀÇ ¼ö¹é¸¸ Àα¸°¡ °É·ÁÀÖ´Â
°ñ°ÝºÒ¼ÒÁõ--ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ÀÇÇØ À¯¹ßµÇ´Â »À¿Í °üÀýÀÇ Áúº´--ÀÇ
ÃʱâÁõ»ó Áß ÀϺδ °üÀý¿° Áõ»ó°ú Èí»çÇÏ´Ù. ¹Ì±¹ ÈÇÐȸ(American
Chemical Society)ÀÇ ±â°üÁö°¡ ÇàÇÑ 'ºÒ¼ÒÈ °ËÅ亸°í¼'¿¡
µû¸£¸é, "ÀÓ»óÀû Áõ»óÀÌ °üÀý¿°°ú Èí»çÇϱ⠶§¹®¿¡
°ñ°ÝºÒ¼ÒÁõÀÇ ÃʱâÁõ»óÀ» ³ªÅ¸³»´Â µÎ ´Ü°è´Â ½±°Ô °üÀý¿°À¸·Î
¿ÀÁøµÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù"(Hileman 1988). ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ¿ÀÁøÀÇ Á¤µµ¿¡
´ëÇÑ ÃøÁ¤À» Á¶»çÇϱâ À§ÇÑ ¿¬±¸µµ, ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ â±ÈÇϰí
ÀÖ´Â °üÀý¿°ÀÌ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ³ëÃâÁõ°¡¿Í °ü·ÃµÇ¾î ÀÖ´ÂÁö¸¦
ÃøÁ¤Çϱâ À§Çؼ ÀÌ·ç¾îÁø ¿¬±¸´Â Áö±Ý±îÁö °ÅÀÇ ¾ø¾úÁö¸¸,
±× °¡´É¼ºÀº ¸Å¿ì ³ô´Ù°í ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ °üÀý¿°(¿¹ÄÁ´ë,
°ñ°üÀý¿°)Àº ±× ¿øÀÎÀÌ ¾Ë·ÁÁ® ÀÖÁö ¾Ê´Ù.
25)
¸î¸î ¿¬±¸¿¡ µû¸£¸é, °ñ´Ù°øÁõ ȯÀÚÀÇ »À¸¦ °ÈÇÏ°í °ñÀý·üÀ»
ÁÙÀ̱â À§ÇÑ ½ÃÇèÀû ó¹æ¿¡¼ °í³óµµ ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ ¼·Ãë´Â ½ÇÁ¦·Î
µÐºÎ°ñÀý·üÀ» ´õ ³ôÀÌ´Â °á°ú¸¦ °¡Á®¿Ô´Ù(Hedlund and Gallagher,
1989; Riggs et al, 1990).
26)
1990³â ÀÌ·¡·Î ºÒ¼ÒÈ¿Í ³ë³âÃþÀÇ µÐºÎ°ñÀýÀÇ °ü·Ã°¡´É¼º¿¡
´ëÇÏ¿© 18°³ÀÇ ¿¬±¸°¡ ÀÌ·ç¾îÁ³´Ù(À̵é Áß ³ÝÀº ¹ÌÃâ°£µÇ¾úÀ¸¸ç,
±× Áß Çϳª´Â ¿ä¾àº»ÀÌ´Ù). À̵é Áß 10°³ ¿¬±¸¿¡¼´Â ºÒ¼Ò¿Í
µÐºÎ°ñÀýÀÌ °ü·Ã¼ºÀÌ ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³µÀ¸¸ç, 8°³ÀÇ ¿¬±¸´Â
±×·¸Áö ¾ÊÀº °ÍÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³µ´Ù. ÇÑ ¿¬±¸¿¡¼´Â ºÒ¼Ò ³óµµ°¡
1ppm¿¡¼ 8ppmÀ¸·Î Áõ°¡ÇÒ ¶§ µÐºÎ°ñÀýÀÌ ºÒ¼Ò·®¿¡ ¿¬°üµÇ¾î
Áõ°¡ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(Li et al, 1999, Ãâ°£¿¹Á¤).
µÐºÎ°ñÀýÀº ³ëÀε鿡°Ô´Â ´ë´ÜÈ÷ ½É°¢ÇÑ ¹®Á¦·Î¼ µÐºÎ°ñÀý
ȯÀÚÀÇ 1/4Àº ¼ö¼ú ÈÄ 1³â ³»¿¡ »ç¸ÁÇϸç, Àý¹ÝÀº µ¶¸³ÀûÀ¸·Î
»ýȰÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Á¶°ÇÀ» ȸº¹ÇÏÁö ¸øÇÑ´Ù (18°³ÀÇ ¿¬±¸´Â
ÀüºÎ µÚÀÇ Âü°í¹®Çå¿¡ ¼ö·ÏµÇ¾î ÀÖ´Ù).
27)
ÇÑ µ¿¹°½ÇÇè¿¡¼´Â ¼öÄÆ »ýÁã¿¡¼ ºÒ¼Ò·®°ú °ü·ÃÇÏ¿© °ñ¾Ï(osteosarcoma)ÀÌ
Áõ°¡µÇ´Â °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(National Toxicology Program,
1990). ÀÌ ¿¬±¸¿¡¼ÀÇ ¹ß°ßÀº ¿ø·¡ '¹ß¾Ï¼º¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¸í¹éÇÑ
Áõ°Å'·Î ÀÎÁ¤µÇ¾úÀ¸³ª °ð '¹ß¾Ï¼º¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¸ðÈ£ÇÑ Áõ°Å'·Î
°ÝÇϵǾú´Ù(Marcus, 1990). ȯ°æÃ» º»ºÎ Àü¹®°¡ ³ëÁ¶(EPA
Professional Headquaters Union)´Â ÀÇȸ°¡ ÀÌ ¿¬±¸ÀÇ °á°ú¿¡
´ëÇÏ¿© µ¶¸³ÀûÀÎ °ËÅ並 ½Ç½ÃÇØ ÁÙ °ÍÀ» ¿äûÇÏ¿´´Ù.
(Hirzy 2000, http://www.fluoridealert.org/testimony.htm)
28)
µÎ °³ÀÇ ¿ªÇÐÀû ¿¬±¸´Â ³²ÀÚ Ã»¼Ò³âÀÇ °ñ¾Ï°ú ºÒ¼ÒÈ Áö¿ª¿¡¼ÀÇ
°ÅÁÖ »çÀÌ¿¡ ¿¬°ü¼ºÀÌ ÀÖÀ» ¼ö ÀÖÀ½À» º¸¿©ÁØ´Ù(Hoover,
1990 and 1991, National Cancer Institute, 1989 and Cohn,
1992). ´Ù¸¥ ¿¬±¸µéÀº ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ¿¬°ü¼ºÀ» ¹ß°ßÇÏÁö ¸øÇß´Ù.
29)
ºÒ¼ÒÈ´Â ºñÀ±¸®ÀûÀÌ´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇϸé ÀÇ·áóġ¿¡ ¾Õ¼ °³Àε鿡°Ô--°ü·ÃµÈ
¹®Á¦¿¡ °üÇØ ÃæºÐÇÑ Á¤º¸¸¦ ¾Ë·ÁÁØ ÈÄ--µ¿ÀÇ ¿©ºÎ¸¦ ¹¯Áö
¾Ê±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. µ¿ÀÇ ¿©ºÎ¸¦ ¹¯´Â °ÍÀº ¸ðµç ÀÇ·áÇàÀ§ÀÇ
±âº» ÀýÂ÷ÀÌ´Ù. »çȸ¿¡¼ º»ÀÎÀÇ Àǻ翡 ¹ÝÇÏ¿© ÀÇ·áÇàÀ§¸¦
°Á¦ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â À¯ÀÏÇÑ ´ë»óÀº ¼öÀÎ(áöìÑ)µé°ú Á¤½ÅÁúȯÀÚµéÀÌ´Ù.
30)
ÁÖ¹ÎÅõÇ¥´Â Áß¾ÓÁ¤ºÎ¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ ÀϹæÀûÀÎ Á¤Ã¥°áÁ¤º¸´Ù´Â ¹Ù¶÷Á÷ÇÏÁö¸¸,
±×·¯ÇÑ ¹æ½ÄÀ¸·Îµµ ¿©ÀüÈ÷ °³ÀÎÀû ±Ç¸® ´ë ´Ù¼öÀÇ Áö¹è¶ó´Â
¹®Á¦°¡ ³²´Â´Ù. ´Ù½Ã ¸»ÇÏ¿©, ÀÌ¿ô »ç¶÷À¸·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý--½º½º·ÎÀÇ
Àǻ翡 ¹ÝÇÏ¿©--¾î¶² ¾à¹°À» ¼·ÃëÇϵµ·Ï ¿ä±¸ÇÒ ±Ç¸®°¡
ÅõÇ¥ÀÚ °³Àο¡°Ô ÀÖÀ» ¼ö Àִ°¡ ÇÏ´Â ¹®Á¦ÀÌ´Ù.
31)
»ç·Ê¿¬±¸¿Í ÀÌÁ߸Ͱ˹ýÀ» ÅëÇÑ ¿¬±¸¿¡ µû¸£¸é, »ç¶÷µé Áß
ÀϺδ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ±ØÈ÷ ¹Î°¨ÇÑ °ÍÀ¸·Î º¸ÀδÙ(Waldbott, 1978
and Moolenburg, 1987). ÀÌ´Â ºÒ¼Ò°¡ °©»ó¼± È£¸£¸ó°ú °°Àº
È£¸£¸ó ºÐºñ¿¡ °£¼·ÇÏ´Â ¹®Á¦¿Í °ü·ÃÀÌ ÀÖÀ»Áöµµ ¸ð¸¥´Ù.
ÇÑ »çȸ°¡ ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ »ç¶÷µé·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ¸¶½Ãµµ·Ï °Á¦ÇÒ
¼ö Àִ°¡?
32)
µ¶¼º¹°Áú ¹× Áúº´ µî·Ï±¹(Agency for Toxic Substance and
Disease Registry)¿¡ µû¸£¸é, Àα¸ Áß ÀϺδ º¼¼ÒÀÇ µ¶¼ºÀÛ¿ë¿¡
ƯÈ÷ Ãë¾àÇÏ´Ù(ATSDR, 1993). ¿©±â¿¡´Â °í·ÉÀÚ, ´ç´¢º´
ȯÀÚ, ±×¸®°í ½ÅÀå±â´É Àå¾ÖÀÚµéÀÌ Æ÷ÇԵȴÙ. ´Ù½Ã Çѹø,
¿ì¸®°¡ Á¤¸» ¾ç½ÉÀûÀ¸·Î ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ »ç¶÷µé¿¡°Ô ¸ÅÀÏ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦
¸¶½Ã¶ó°í °Á¦ÇÒ ¼ö Àִ°¡?
33)
ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ µ¶¼ºÀÛ¿ë¿¡ Ãë¾àÇϱâ´Â ¿µ¾çºÎÁ· (Áï, Ä®½·, ¸¶±×³×½·,
ºñŸ¹Î C, ºñŸ¹Î D, ±×¸®°í ¿ä¿Àµå °áÇÌ, ´Ü¹éÁú ºÎÁ·)¿¡
½Ã´Þ¸®´Â »ç¶÷µéµµ ¸¶Âù°¡Áö´Ù. ºó°ïÇÑ ¿µ¾çÀ¸·Î ½Ã´Þ¸®´Â
»ç¶÷µéÀº ¹Ù·Î ºÒ¼ÒÈ »ç¾÷ÀÇ ÁÖµÈ ¸ñÇ¥Áý´ÜÀ̶ó°í ÇÏ´Â
ºó°ïÃþÀÇ »ç¶÷µéÀÏ °¡´É¼ºÀÌ Å©´Ù(Oral Health in America,
May 2000, http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/execsumm.htm).
´õ ³ôÀº À§Çè¿¡ ³ëÃâµÇ¾î ÀÖÀ¸¸é¼µµ, °¡³ÇÑ °¡Á¤Àº ºÒ¼Ò¸¦
ȸÇÇÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Á¶Ã³(¿¹ÄÁ´ë, »ý¼ö³ª ºÒ¼ÒÁ¦°Å ÀåÄ¡ÀÇ ±¸ÀÔ)¸¦
ÃëÇÒ ¿©À¯°¡ ¾ø´Ù.
34)
ÃæÄ¡´Â ÁÖ·Î °¡³ÇÑ Áö¿ª¿¡ ÁýÁߵǾî Àֱ⠶§¹®¿¡ ¿ì¸®´Â
°¡³ÇÑ °¡Á¤ÀÌ Ä¡°úÁø·áÀÇ ÇýÅÃÀ» ½±°Ô ¹ÞÀ» ¼ö ÀÖµµ·Ï
ÇÏ´Â ¹æ¹ýÀ» °±¸ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¿À´Ã³¯ ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ÀÇ ÁøÁ¤ÇÑ
'±¸°º¸°ÇÀ§±â'´Â ºÒ¼ÒÀÇ ºÎÁ·ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ºó°ï°ú Ä¡°ú º¸ÇèÀÇ
ºÎÁ·ÀÌ´Ù.
35)
¼öµ¾¹°ºÒ¼ÒÈ´Â °¡³ÇÑ ¾Æµ¿µé¿¡°Ô °¡Àå ½É°¢ÇÑ ±¸°º¸°Ç¹®Á¦ÀÇ
ÇϳªÀÎ À̸¥¹Ù ¿ìÀ¯º´ ÃæÄ¡(baby bottle tooth decay)¶ó°í
ÇÏ´Â À¯³â±â ÃʱâÀÇ ÃæÄ¡¸¦ ¿¹¹æÇÏ´Â µ¥ ºñÈ¿À²ÀûÀÎ °ÍÀ¸·Î
¹àÇôÁ³´Ù(Jones, 2000, http://www.fluoridealert.org/BBTD.htm)
36)
ºÒ¼Ò°¡ ÀÏ´Ü »ó¼öµµ¿¡ ÅõÀÔµÇ¸é °¢ °³ÀÎÀÌ ¼·ÃëÇÏ´Â º¹¿ë·®À»
ÅëÁ¦ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÏ´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇϸé ù°, ¾î¶² »ç¶÷µéÀº(¿¹ÄÁ´ë,
À°Ã¼³ëµ¿ÀÚ, ¿îµ¿¼±¼ö ¶Ç´Â ´ç´¢º´È¯ÀÚ) ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷µéº¸´Ù
¸¹Àº ¾çÀÇ ¹°À» ¼·ÃëÇϱ⠶§¹®À̸ç, µÑ° ¿ì¸®µéÀº ¼öµ¾¹°
ÀÌ¿ÜÀÇ ´Ù¸¥ °æ·Î·Îµµ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ ¼·ÃëÇϱ⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ
ºÒ¼Ò ¼·Ãë¿øÀº ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ ¹°À» »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ¸¸µé¾îÁø À½½Ä ¶Ç´Â
À½·á, Ä¡°ú ºÒ¼Ò¿ëǰ, À½½Ä¹° ¼Ó ÀÜ·ù »ìÃæÁ¦ µîÀÌ´Ù.
ÇÑ
Àǻ簡 ÀûÀýÈ÷ ¸»ÇßµíÀÌ, "Á¦Á¤½ÅÀ» °¡Áø ÀÇ»ç¶ó¸é
ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ Çѹøµµ ¸¸³ ÀûÀÌ ¾ø°í º´·Â¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÀüÇô ¾Æ´Â ¹Ù°¡
¾ø´Â »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô ½ÅüÀû º¯È¸¦ ÀÏÀ¸Å°µµ·Ï ÀǵµµÈ ¹°ÁúÀ»
ó¹æÇϸé¼, '¸¶À½´ë·Î µå½Ê½Ã¿À. ¾î¸°À̵éÀÌ ÃæÄ¡·Î °í»ýÇϰí
ÀÖÀ¸´Ï±î ´ç½ÅÀº Á×À» ¶§±îÁö À̸¦ µå¼Å¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù'¶ó°í
¸»ÇÒ ¼ö Àְڴ°¡? ÀÌ´Â Å͹«´Ï¾ø´Â »ý°¢ÀÌ´Ù."
37)
¿ì¸®°¡ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ Áö³ªÄ¡°Ô ¸¹ÀÌ ¼·ÃëÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ Àνĵǰí
ÀÖÀ½¿¡µµ ºÒ±¸Çϰí, ¶Ç ¿ì¸®°¡ ºÒ¼Òȸ¦ ½ÃÀÛÇÑ 1945³â
´ç½Ãº¸´Ù 2000³â ÇöÀç ÈξÀ ´õ ¸¹Àº ¾çÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò¿¡ ³ëÃâµÇ¾î
ÀÖÀ½¿¡µµ ºÒ±¸Çϰí, ÀûÁ¤ ºÒ¼Ò³óµµ ±âÁØÀº ¿©ÀüÈ÷ 1945³âµµ¿¡
ÀûÁ¤ ³óµµ¶ó°í °£ÁֵǴø ±×´ë·Î 1ppmÀÌ´Ù!
38)
ºÒ¼ÒÈ ½Ç½Ã¸¦ µÞ¹ÞħÇϱâ À§ÇØ 1945³â¿¡¼ 1955³â »çÀÌ¿¡
¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ ÇàÇØÁø Ãʱ⿬±¸´Â ±× ºó°ïÇÑ ¹æ¹ý·Ð°ú ºÎÀûÀýÇÑ
ÅëÁ¦Áö¿ª ¼±Á¤ ¶§¹®¿¡ È£µÇ°Ô ºñÆÇ¹Þ¾Æ ¿Ô´Ù(De Stefano,
1954; Sutton 1959, 1960, 1996). ͏®Æ÷´Ï¾Æ ´ëÇÐ µ¥À̺ñ½º
Ä·ÆÛ½ºÀÇ Åë°èÇÐÀÚ ÈÞ¹öÆ® ¾Æ³îµå ¹Ú»ç¿¡ ÀÇÇϸé, Ãʱâ
ºÒ¼ÒÈ ½ÇÇèµéÀº "ƯÈ÷ ¿À·ù°¡ ¸¹°í, ºÎÀûÀýÇÏ°Ô ¼³°èµÇ°í,
È¿·Â¾ø´Â Åë°èÇÐÀû ¹æ¹ý·ÐÀ» äÅÃÇϰí, ºÒ¸®ÇÑ µ¥ÀÌÅÍ´Â
»ý·«ÇÏ´Â µî °£´ÜÈ÷ ¸»Çؼ ¾û¸ÁÁøÃ¢ÀÇ ¹Ùº¸°°Àº ½ÇÇèÀ̾ú´Ù.
(http://www.fluoridealert.org/uc-davis.htm)
39)
¹Ì±¹ °øÁߺ¸°Ç¿ø(Public Health Service)Àº ´Ü ÇϳªÀÇ ½ÇÇèÀÌ
¿Ï·áµÇ±âµµ ÀüÀÎ 1950³â¿¡ ºÒ¼Òȸ¦ ½ÂÀÎ, ÁöÁöÇÏ¿´´Ù(McClure,
1970). °øÁߺ¸°Ç¿øÀÌ ºÒ¼Òȸ¦ ½ÂÀÎÇÑ ¹Ù·Î ±× ÇØ¿¡ 130°³
±â¾÷ÀÇ Áö¿øÀ» ¹Þ´Â ¼³ÅÁ¿¬±¸Àç´Ü(Sugar Research Foundation)ÀÌ
"ź¼öȹ°(¼³ÅÁ) ¼·Ãë Á¦ÇÑ ÀÌ¿ÜÀÇ ¹æ¹ý¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ È¿°úÀûÀÎ
ÃæÄ¡ Á¦¾î ¼ö´ÜÀÇ ¹ß°ß"À̶ó´Â ±×µéÀÇ ¸ñÇ¥¿¡ °ü·ÃÇÏ¿©
Ä¡ÀÇÇп¡ ´ëÇÑ °ü½ÉÀ» Ç¥¸íÇÑ °ÍÀº ´Ü¼øÇÑ ¿ì¿¬ÀÇ ÀÏÄ¡°¡
¾Æ´ÒÁö ¸ð¸¥´Ù(Waldbott, 1965, p131)
40)
ºÒ¼ÒÈ ÇÁ·Î±×·¥¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¸ð´ÏÅ͸µÀº ±ØÈ÷ ºÎ½ÇÇÏ°Ô ÀÌ·ç¾îÁ®¿Ô´Ù.
¹Ì±¹ »ç¶÷µéÀÇ »À¼ÓÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò ÇÔ·®¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Á¾ÇÕÀûÀÎ ºÐ¼®ÀÌ
Çѹøµµ ÇàÇØÁöÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù. ¹Ì±¹ º¸°Ç´ç±¹Àº ¿ì¸®°¡ ¹Ì¹¦ÇÑ
¶Ç´Â ½ÉÁö¾î ½É°¢ÇÑ »À ¼Õ»ó°ú °üÀý ¼Õ»óÀ» À¯¹ßÇÒ ¼öÁØÀ¸·Î
¾ó¸¶³ª ´Ù°¡°¡°í ÀÖ´ÂÁö¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÀüÇô ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ¸ð¸£°í ÀÖ´Ù!
41)
´ºÀúÁöÀÇ ÇÏ¿øÀÇ¿ø Á¸ Ä̸®ÀÇ Áú¹®¿¡ ´ëÇØ ½ÄǰÀǾ౹(FDA)ÀÌ
º¸³½ ÆíÁö¿¡ µû¸£¸é, ½ÄǰÀǾ౹Àº ºÒ¼ÒÈµÈ ¼öµ¾¹°°ú °°Àº
¾çÀÇ ºÒ¼Ò¸¦ °ø±ÞÇϱâ À§ÇØ °í¾ÈµÈ, ¾Æµ¿¿ë ºÒ¼Ò º¸ÃæÁ¦¸¦
½ÂÀÎÇÑ ÀûÀÌ ¾ø´Ù. (http://www.fluoridealert.org/fda.htm).
42)
¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ ºÒ¼ÒÈ¿¡ »ç¿ëµÇ´Â ÈÇй°ÁúÀº ¾àÁ¦µî±ÞÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó
Àλêºñ·á °øÀåÀÇ ½À½Ä ¼¼Á¤½Ã½ºÅÛÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ ³ª¿Â´Ù. À̵é
ÈÇй°ÁúÀº(ÇÔ·®Áß 90%°¡ ºÒȱԼҳªÆ®·ý°ú ºÒȱԼһêÀÌ´Ù)
Á߱ݼӰú ¹Ì·® ¹æ»ç¼º µ¿À§¿ø¼Ò·Î ¿À¿°µÈ À¯ÇØ Æó±â¹°·Î
ºÐ·ùµÈ´Ù. ÃÖ±Ù Àü±¹À§»ýÀç´Ü(National Sanitation Foundation)¿¡¼
½Ç½ÃÇÑ Å×½ºÆ®´Â À̵é ÈÇй°Áú¿¡ ÇÔÀ¯µÈ ºñ¼ÒÀÇ ³óµµ´Â
½É°¢ÇÏ°Ô ¿ì·ÁÇÒ ¸¸Å ³ô´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» º¸¿©ÁÖ°í ÀÖ´Ù.
(http://www.fluoridealert.org/f-arsenic.htm)
43)
À̵é À¯ÇØ Æó±â¹°Àº Á¾ÇÕÀûÀÎ Å×½ºÆ®¸¦ ¹ÞÀº ¹Ù ¾ø´Ù. º¸Åë
µ¿¹°½ÇÇè¿¡¼ »ç¿ëµÇ´Â ÈÇй°ÁúÀº ¾àÁ¦µî±ÞÀÇ ºÒȳªÆ®·ýÀÌÁö,
»ê¾÷ ºÎ»ê¹°ÀÎ ºÒȱԼһêÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ Æó±â¹°ÀÌ ¹°¿¡¼
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°ü·Ã¼ºÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» º¸¿©ÁØ´Ù. (http://www.fluoridalert.org/silicofluorides.htm)
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¹Ý´ë ¼º¸í¼¸¦ ¹ßÇ¥ÇÏ¿´À¸¸ç(Hirzy, 1999), °ø°ø »ó¼öµµÀÇ
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ÀÇ»ç ¹× Ä¡°úÀÇ»çµéÀº °Ë¿°ú À§ÇùÀ» ¹Þ¾Æ¿Ô´Ù(Martin
1991). ºÒ¼ÒȰ¡ È®°íÇÑ °úÇÐÀûÀÎ ±Ù°Å À§¿¡ ¼ ÀÖ´Ù¸é,
ÀÌ¿Í °°Àº Àü¼úÀº ÇÊ¿äÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾ÒÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
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¸í¹éÈ÷ À§¹èÇÏ´Â ÇàÀ§ÀÌ´Ù."(Easley, 1999).
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°°Àº ³íÆòÀ¸·Î ÀÎÇØ <¼ÒºñÀÚ ¿¬¸Í(Consumers Union)>ÀÇ
±â¼úºÎ±¹ÀåÀÎ ¿¡µå¿öµå ±×·Î½º ¹Ú»ç´Â "Ä£ºÒ¼ÒÈÀÇ
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1.9 |
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|
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3.8 |
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1.6 |
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5.9 |
1975 |
2.4 |
1999 |
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6.5-8.2 |
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0.9 |
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1)
Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry, 1939) 2) Arvid Carlsson
(Chemistry, 2000) 3) Hans von Euler-Chelpin (Chemistry,
1929). 4) Walter Rudolf Hess (Medicine, 1949)
5) Corneille Jean-Francois Heymans (Medicine, 1938)
6) Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (Chemistry, 1956)
7) Joshua Lederberg (Medicine, 1958) 8) William
P. Murphy (Medicine, 1934) 8) Giulio Natta (1963
Nobel Prize in Chemistry) 10) Sir Robert Robinson
(Chemistry, 1947) 11) Nikolai Semenov (Chemistry,
1956) 12) James B. Sumner (Chemistry, 1946)
13) Hugo Theorell (Medicine, 1955) 14) Artturi
Virtanen (Chemistry, 1945)
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