LABEL STATES THE CHEMICAL
TARGETS THE HEART, KIDNEYS, BONES, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, GASTROINTESTINAL
SYSTEM AND TEETH.
“I doubt that anyone who has never seen teeth mottled from excess fluoride can imagine how unattractive they cause a child to be. Such a mouth is similar to that of a person who has been chewing tobacco. Because I have seen these teeth, I can sympathize with the heartbroken mother who wrote me about her boy. She is blaming herself because she has ruined her son’s appearance by giving him, while a baby, drops containing fluoride. His permanent teeth, now erupting, are each horribly stained an ugly brown. Unfortunately, her report is only one of many I receive; and several dentists have told me that they have frequently seen ugly fluoride mottling in children given such drops. That an excess in fluoride intake can cause lifelong mottling of teeth is well known.
“Fluoride has never been proven to be a body requirement.16 Generation after generation of rats have been observed; and those
given fluoride had no better teeth, nor were they in any way healthier, than
the animals receiving no fluoride.
Though claims have been made that fluoride increases calcium absorption
and retention, studies with humans show the reverse seems to be true, especially
if the calcium intake is low. Fluoride
is an acknowledged enzyme inhibitor.
Enzymes start and speed up reactions in the body. They remain unchained when the reaction is
finished, and may therefore repeat the same reactions again and again. Fluoride interferes with this process when
it enters the body.17 An excess causes kidney damage, calcification of the soft
tissues, and such brittleness that bones break easily.18,19
“Though glowing claims have been made that fluoride prevents tooth
decay, reports have been conflicting.
For example, a U. S. Public Health Service study of Newburgh, New
York, one of the first cities in our country to have fluoridated water, found
that there was slightly more decay after fluoridation than before. In Puerto Rico, after the water was
fluoridated for fifteen years, 62% of the children were found to have decayed
teeth; and the teeth of 64% of the adolescents (ten to fourteen years old)
showed ugly staining. The doctors making
the Puerto Rican study pointed out that no amount of fluoride could make up for
an inadequate diet.
“A survey by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare revealed
that in ten states decay was so rampant that 18% of the children over ten years
old had trouble biting and chewing despite fluorides being added to the water
in many locales. On the other hand,
children of Seventh‑Day Adventists families, allowed little candy, have
much less decay without fluorides than children drinking fluoridated
water. A report of the World Health
Organization claims that fluoride decreased decay in thirty countries, but then
points out that it can prevent decay only wherever sugar is not eaten.
“It is said that rarely if ever have such huge sums of money been made
available for publicity purposes as the astronomical amounts which have been
paid for the claims that fluoridation can decrease tooth decay. Aluminum interests formerly spent millions
getting rid of poisonous fluorides. Now
they sell them to fluoridate water supplies.
The implication that decay could be prevented merely by obtaining
fluoride while large amounts of sweets could still be eaten gained the
enthusiastic support of the soft‑drink industry, the candy and bakery
industries, and any others which made money by selling sweets. Their propaganda to laymen, dentists and
pediatricians, almost impossible to distinguish from fact, has been vigorous
and widespread.
“A. Schatz has shown that cavities develop at the same rate in
permanent teeth of children if the water has been fluoridated or not.20 It seems to be generally agreed, even by those who claim that it
will decrease the amount of cavities, that once the permanent teeth have fully
formed and emerged, fluoride intake will have no effect on future cavity
incidence. Adult teeth do not benefit
from fluoridated water.21
“Most people eat at least some foods grown in areas where water is
already fluoridated. In addition,
dozens of industries now pour fluorides into our atmosphere; thus, much
fluoride is being taken into our bodies through air pollution.22 Still more fluorides from such pollution contaminate the animals
and plants we use as food. We may
therefore already be getting too many fluorides. It is estimated that when the water supply is at one part per
million (ppm) level the personal intake of fluorides increase threefold.23
“The American Journal of Diseases of Children cautioned in an editorial
that fluoride is indeed a potential poison and that the dosage is still
inaccurate. Now follow this logic if
you can. Fluoride is added to many
water supplies across the United States supposedly to prevent or decrease the
amount of cavities. Enough fluoride is
added to equal one part per million.
Because fluorosis, the unsightly mottling of teeth, occurs in some
infants at 0.5 part per million in drinking water, the American Academy of
Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition recommended in 1979 that 0.25 part per
million be allowed for infants age two weeks to two years.24,25,26 This parallels the recommendation of the Council of Dental
Therapeutics of the American Dental Association (ADA) 1977. Yet our water supplies are altered so that
they supply approximately four times that amount. This error must be remedied.
I personally feel extremely concerned that so many pediatricians are
recommending fluoride drops to babies.
Under no circumstances would I recommend them. If your water supply is fluoridated, it means your water has
compulsory medication in it. This is
done usually without your permission or consent. Additional fluoridation is potentially dangerous, and avoidance
is the best policy.”
The preceding quotations are
from my favorite book on nutrition,
LET’S HAVE HEALTHY CHILDREN by Adelle Davis,
revised by Marshall Mandell, M. D.,
pages 206‑208. References from
book:
16. C. Pfeiffer, Mental and Elemental
Nutrition (New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1975), p. 298.
17. B. T. Hunter, Food Additives and Federal Policy: The Mirage of Safety (New York, NY: Scribner’s, 1975), p. 107.
18. L. Morrison, “Fluoridated Water Can Kill You”, Cancer Control Journal, Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2 (1978), pp. 113‑119.
19. M. Soriano and F. Manchon, “Radiological Aspects of a New Type of Bone Fluorosis, Periostitis Deformans”, Radiology, Volume 87 (1966), pp. 1089‑1094.
20. A. Schatz, “The Failure of Fluoridation in England”, Prevention Magazine, (August 1972), pp. 64‑68.
21. C. Pfeifer, Zinc and other
Micronutrients (New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1978), p. 144.
22. N. Groth, “Air is Fluoridated”, Cancer Control Journal, Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2 (1978), p. 132.
23. Council on Dental Therapeutics, “Prescribing Fluoride Supplements”, Accepted Dental Therapeutics (Chicago, IL: American Dental Association, 1977), pp. 293‑295.
24. D. K. Hennon et al, “Fluoride‑Vitamin Supplements: Effects on Dental Caries and Fluorosis When in Areas with Suboptimum Fluoride in the Water Supply”, Journal of the American Dental Association, Volume 95 (1977), p. 965.
25. E. R. Grossman, “More on Prophylactic Dose of Fluoride”, Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 87 (1975), p. 840.
26. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Nutrition, “Fluoride Supplementation: Revised Dosage Schedule”, Pediatrics, Volume 63 (1979), pp. 150‑152.
“$750,000
GIVEN IN CHILD’S DEATH IN FLUORIDE CASE.
BOY, 3, WAS IN CITY CLINIC FOR ROUTINE CLEANING. AFTER CLEANING [THE BOY’S] TEETH,...[THE DENTAL HYGIENIST], USING A SWAB, SPREAD A STANNOUS FLUORIDE
JELL OVER THE BOY’S TEETH AS A DECAY PREVENTIVE. ACCORDING TO A NASSAU COUNTY TOXICOLOGIST,...[THE BOY] INGESTED 45 CUBIC CENTIMETERS OF 2 PERCENT
STANNOUS FLUORIDE SOLUTION, TRIPLE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO HAVE BEEN FATAL.”
New York Times, January 20, 1979
“MOST EXPERTS IN
SKELETAL FLUOROSIS AGREE THAT INGESTION OF 20 MG OF FLUORIDE A DAY FOR 20 YEARS
OR MORE CAN CAUSE CRIPPLING SKELETAL FLUOROSIS. DOSES AS LOW AS 2 TO 5 MG PER DAY CAN CAUSE THE PRECLINICAL AND
EARLIER CLINICAL STAGES.
“THE SITUATION
IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE THE RISK OF SKELETAL FLUOROSIS DEPENDS ON MORE THAN THE
LEVEL OF FLUORIDE IN THE WATER. IT ALSO
DEPENDS ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS, INTAKE OF VITAMIN D AND PROTEIN, ABSOLUTE
AMOUNT OF CALCIUM AND RATIO OF CALCIUM TO MAGNESIUM IN DRINKING WATER, AND
OTHER FACTORS.
“IN PARTS OF
INDIA, CHINA, AFRICA, JAPAN, AND THE MIDDLE FAST, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HAVE
SKELETAL FLUOROSIS FROM DRINKING NATURALLY FLUORIDATED WATER. IN INDIA ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE THIS
DISEASE. MOST OF THE VICTIMS LIVE IN
AREAS WHERE THE WATER FLUORIDE LEVEL IS 2 PPM OR ABOVE, BUT SOME CASES ARE
FOUND IN COMMUNITIES WITH NATURAL FLUORIDE LEVELS BELOW 1 PPM.
“IN THE
U. S., MORE THAN A DOZEN CASES OF SKELETAL FLUOROSIS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. SOME HAVE OCCURRED AT HIGH
FLUORIDE LEVELS, OTHERS AT LEVELS LOWER THAN 4 PPM WHEN AGGRAVATING CONDITIONS
WERE PRESENT, SUCH AS DIABETES OR IMPAIRED KIDNEY FUNCTION.
“IN SETTING THE
RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER IN 1986,
EPA CONSIDERED ONLY CRIPPLING SKELETAL FLUOROSIS AS A HEALTH EFFECT AND
ESTABLISHED LITTLE OR NO MARGIN OF SAFETY, EVEN FOR THIS DISEASE. (A MARGIN OF SAFETY IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL AND THE LEVEL AT WHICH HEALTH EFFECTS FIRST OCCUR
IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS).
ACCORDING TO A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY, ABOUT 3% OF THE
U. S. POPULATION DRINKS 4 LITERS OR MORE OR WATER PER DAY. THEREFORE, ABOUT 3% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN AREAS WHERE THE WATER CONTAINS THE NATURAL FLUORIDE LEVEL OF 4 PPM ALLOWED
BY EPA ‑ SUCH AS CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS OR SOUTH CAROLINA ‑
ARE INGESTING AT LEAST 16 MG OF FLUORIDE A DAY, NOT INCLUDING THE FLUORIDE THEY
DERIVE FROM OTHER SOURCES, SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE, FOOD OR AIR.
“ALSO,
BECAUSE A MORE OR LESS CONSTANT PERCENT OF INTAKE IS ACCUMULATED IN BONE,
PERSONS WHO CONSUME 8 MG A DAY FOR 50 YEARS ACCUMULATE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF
FLUORIDE IN THEIR BONES AS THOSE WHO CONSUME 20 MG A DAY FOR 20 YEARS. THEREFORE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DRINK 2 LITERS OR
MORE PER DAY OF WATER WITH 4 PPM FLUORIDE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, THERE APPEARS
TO BE NO MARGIN OF SAFETY EVEN FOR CRIPPLING FLUOROSIS. IN ITS REGULATIONS FOR MOST OTHER DRINKING
WATER CONTAMINANTS, EPA HAS INCLUDED SAFETY FACTORS OF 10 TO 100 AND HAS
CALCULATED INTAKES IN TERMS OF A LIFETIME—THAT IS, 70 YEARS INSTEAD OF 20.”
Chemical & Engineering News, August 1, 1988
“SLANDER AND SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
HAVE BEEN COMMONPLACE IN THE FRENZY OF THE FLUORIDATION WARS. DR JOHN YIAMOUYIANNIS, A FORMER BIOCHEMICAL
EDITOR OF THE PRESTIGIOUS JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE, THE WORLD’S
LARGEST CHEMICAL INFORMATION CENTER, WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POST IN 1969 WHEN HE
BEGAN TO PUBLISH ARTICLES CRITICAL OF FLUORIDATION. SINCE THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES ROUTINELY PASSED THROUGH HIS HANDS,
MANY OF WHICH SHOWED THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF EVEN MINUSCULE AMOUNTS OF FLUORIDE
ON ENZYME FUNCTION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, HE BEGAN TO QUESTION ITS ADVISABILITY
FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. HE SAYS HE WAS
TOLD BY HIS EDITOR‑IN‑CHIEF AT THE TIME...THAT THE CHEMICAL
ABSTRACTS SERVICES FEDERAL FUNDING ($1.1 MILLION) WAS IN JEOPARDY AND THAT IF
YIAMOUYIANNIS DID NOT ‘CEASE AND DESIST’ IN HIS ATTACK ON FLUORIDATION, HE
WOULD BE FIRED. WHEN YIAMOUYIANNIS DID
NOT COMPLY, HE WAS PUT ON PROBATION AND ULTIMATELY FORCED TO RESIGN.” East West, October 1989
“I am opposed to the mind control
of soldiers by the fluoridation
of water on military bases.”
James Vincent Forrestal, first
secretary of defense of U. S.
“STUDIES SHOW THAT FLUORIDE
WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, THE BODY’S MAJOR DEFENSE AGAINST DISEASE. IN 1985, JAPANESE RESEARCHERS PROVED THAT AS
LITTLE AS 10% OF THE AMOUNT OF FLUORIDE USED TO FLUORIDATE PUBLIC WATER
SUPPLIES IS CAPABLE OF WEAKENING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. IN 1987, RESEARCH FROM OREGON DENTAL UNIVERSITY AGAIN SHOWED THAT
FLUORIDE WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
RECENT STUDIES FROM RUSSIA HAVE FOUND IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES AMONG 10 TO 12
YEAR OLD CHILDREN LIVING IN NATURALLY FLUORIDATED AREAS. FLUORIDE INDUCED DAMAGE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS PROLONGED COLDS, CANCER IN INDIVIDUALS
WHOSE IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE TOO WEEK TO ARREST THE GROWTH OF ‘PRECANCEROUS’ CELLS,
AND OTHER IMMUNE‑DEFICIENCY DISEASES.”
Mothering, Winter 1989
“BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL STUDY RESULTS BY THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM SHOWING THAT FLUORIDE CAUSED CANCER IN BONE, MOUTH, LIVER AND OTHER TISSUES.... THE RESULTS ARE THE TIP OF THE CANCER RESEARCH ICEBERG WHICH SHOW FLUORIDE’S ABILITY TO INDUCE AND PROMOTE CANCER AS WELL AS TO CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ALLOWS A HIGHER LEVEL OF FLUORIDE IN THE DRINKING WATER THAN BENZENE, ALAR OR VINYL CHLORIDE, EVEN THOUGH FLUORIDE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE A MORE POTENT CARCINOGEN.”
National Cancer Institute – Cancer Weekly, April 16, 1990
The first rule of medicine is
“do no harm”.
There is an abundance of evidence
that fluoridation is harmful.
“FLUORIDE
BANNED. THE RESIDENTS OF CUMBERLAND,
MARYLAND HAVE VOTED TO BAN FLUORIDE FROM THEIR DRINKING WATER.”
People’s Doctor Newsletter, August 1990
“ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE DENIES THAT FLUORIDATED WATER IS UNSAFE, THE CHIEF TOXICOLOGIST FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY...PRESENTED A REPORT STATING THAT THE NATIONAL
TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM’S RESEARCH UNDERSTATED THE SERIOUSNESS OF ITS OWN FINDINGS. THE OCCURRENCE OF A RARE LIVER CANCER
(HEPATOCHOLANGIOCARCINOMA) IN MICE AND THE MUTAGENIC PROPERTIES OF FLUORIDE
WERE OMITTED FROM THE FINAL NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM REPORT.” The Lancet, September 22, 1990
“OFFICIALS AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ALL‑PURPOSE HEALTH AGENCY, STOPPED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FROM ISSUING A STANDARD TO PREVENT DENTAL FLUOROSIS.... ...THIS STORY DEMONSTRATES HOW A POWERFUL AGENCY, INTENT UPON ENFORCING ITS OWN VIEW OF THE PUBLIC GOOD, CAN SUPPRESS ANYONE WHO GETS IN ITS WAY.”
The Progressive, December 1990
“CONCERNS CAN BE RAISED ABOUT THE APPARENT INCREASE IN DENTAL FLUOROSIS (DISCOLORATION OF THE TEETH).... IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS RESULTS FROM THE INGESTION FROM A VARIETY OF DENTAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS SUPPLEMENTS OR TOOTHPASTE.”
Journal of the American Dental Association, August 1991
“THE FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES TO ALLEGEDLY PREVENT DENTAL CARIES IN CHILDREN MAKES ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS PUTTING ASPIRIN IN THE WATER TO DETER HEADACHES.”
Better Nutrition for Today’s Living, October 1991
“THERE IS NO ‘MINIMUM SAFE
DOSE’ FOR SUCH A POISON. THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RECENTLY EXPRESSED SUCH
CONCERNS IN THE FACE OF AN UPSURGE IN VERTEBRAL AND HIP FRACTURES AND OTHER
DETERIORATION OF BONES AND JOINTS.” Nutrition Health Review, Spring 1992
“Concern for man
himself and his safety
must always form the chief interest
of all technical endeavours.
Never forget this in the midst of your
diagrams and equations.”
Albert Einstein
“FOUR PREVIOUS STUDIES
PUBLISHED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS SHOW A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN ELEVATED
RISK OF HIP FRACTURE AND FLUORIDATED WATER.”
Chemical & Engineering News, August 17, 1992
“THESE RESULTS PROVIDE ‘EVIDENCE THAT FLUORIDATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY TO 1 PPM WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF HIP FRACTURE IN MEN AND WOMEN.”
Nutrition Research Newsletter, September 1992
“FLUORIDATION: 12 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS HAVE TERMED THE
PROCESS ‘WORTHLESS’. WHY IS THE
U. S. ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES STILL PROMOTING THIS DISCREDITED
TECHNIQUE?” Better Nutrition, February 1996
“OUTBREAK OF ACUTE FLUORIDE
POISONING CAUSED BY A FLUORIDE OVERFEED, MISSISSIPPI, 1993.” Public Health Reports, September–October 1997
“WHY I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT
WATER FLUORIDATION.”
by John Colquhoun, Dentist. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Autumn 1997
“CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WITH FLUORIDATED PUBLIC WATER HAVE MORE CAVITIES AND TOOTH DISCOLORATION THAN CHILDREN WHO DRINK UNFLUORIDATED WATER, ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.”
Natural Health, April 1999
“EIGHT
PEER‑REVIEWED PAPERS PROVED AN UNDENIABLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCREASED
HIP FRACTURE RATES AND OVERALL FLUORIDE EXPOSURE. THE COMPOUND USED TO ARTIFICIALLY FLUORIDATE PUBLIC DRINKING
WATER IS TOXIC HEXAFLUOROSILICIC ACID, WHICH IS COLLECTED FROM THE SMOKESTACK
SCRUBBERS OF THE PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY TO PREVENT THIS SUBSTANCE,
REGARDED AS A SEVERELY CARCINOGENIC HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT BY THE U. S.
EPA [ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY] OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION, FROM
ESCAPING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.” The Lancet, May 6, 2000
Precautionary
Principle
When an activity raises threats of harm
to human health or the environment,
precautionary measures should be taken
even if some cause and effect
relationships are not fully established
scientifically.
“SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK AND FINLAND BANNED WATER FLUORIDATION BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH WAS KNOWN ABOUT THE LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS. GERMANY REJECTED THE PRACTICE AS ‘FOREIGN TO NATURE, UNNECESSARY, INEFFICIENT, IRRESPONSIBLE AND HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.’ THE DUTCH REWROTE THEIR CONSTITUTION TO OUTLAW FLUORIDATION. FRANCE’S CHIEF OF PUBLIC HEALTH DECLARED THAT FLUORIDATION WAS ‘TOO DANGEROUS.’”
British Medical Journal, June 10, 2000
“STUDIES IN RECENT YEARS HAVE INDICATED A
LINK BETWEEN THE EXTRAORDINARY MINUSCULE AMOUNTS OF FLUORIDE IN FLUORIDATED
WATER AND YOUTHFUL ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR INCLUDING CRIME, DRUG USE, VIOLENCE AND
POOR ACADEMIC SHOWING. RESEARCH SHOWS
THAT WHERE SILICOFLUORIDE IS USED, CHILDREN HAVE HIGHER BLOOD‑LEAD
LEVELS. LEAD DAMAGES BRAIN
CHEMISTRY. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DISPUTE
IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT LINKS BETWEEN LEAD POISONING AND
CRIME, LEARNING DISABILITIES, HYPERACTIVITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.” Insight on the News, January 29, 2001
“A NEW GOVERNMENT STUDY FROM CANADA INDICATES
THE RISKS FROM FLUORIDATION MAY BE GREATER THAN THE BENEFITS. THE CANADIAN STUDY INDICATES THAT THERE IS
LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN DECAY RATES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH FLUORIDATED WATER WHEN
COMPARED TO THOSE WITHOUT. THE STUDY
ALSO FOUND THAT THE USE OF THE CHEMICAL CAN INCREASE THE RATE OF FLUOROSIS, A
CONDITION THAT CAUSES PITS AND WHITE MARKS ON TEETH.” Insight on the News, February 19, 2001
“Given a
recommendation
for medication,
individuals in a free society
have a right to choose whether or not
to accept treatment,
a right to expect
properly controlled dosage
and medical supervision,
and a right to be told the truth.
Water fluoridation
abrogates these rights.”
David R.
Hill, P. Eng.
“FLUORIDATION OF DRINKING
WATER TENDS TO AGGRAVATE THYROID CONDITIONS IN PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH GOITER.”
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, April 2001
“UNION OF EPA [ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY] PROFESSIONALS OPPOSES FLUORIDATION.
RESEARCH LINKS FLUORIDE TOXICITY TO BONE PATHOLOGY, INCLUDING CANCER,
AND TO DIVERSE BRAIN AND NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.” Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, May
2001
“IN 1991, THE EPA CONCLUDED THAT A PERSON CAN ABSORB MORE CONTAMINANTS FROM BATHING AND SHOWERING THAN FROM DRINKING POLLUTED WATER.
“A majority vote which violates
ethical or moral principles,
or deprives individuals of rights
they should be free to enjoy,
is not democracy but tyranny.
It is a subversion of democracy
that will bring democracy to an end
in the degree
that it is allowed to operate.”
F. B.
Exner, MD
“STUDIES DONE BY BROWN, BISHOP AND ROWAN IN THE EARLY 1980s SHOWED THAT AN AVERAGE OF 64 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL DOSE OF WATERBORNE CONTAMINANTS IS ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN.
“WITH DERMAL EXPOSURE AND INHALATION, VIRTUALLY 100 PERCENT OF THE CONTAMINANTS ARE ABSORBED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
“A STUDY BY BRITISH RESEARCHERS AT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY IN SHEFFIELD PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 19, 2000 ISSUE OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT TOXICANTS SUCH AS FLUORIDES CAN BE STORED IN THE SKIN AND RELEASED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
“A REVIEW OF NEARLY 40,000 RESEARCH PAPERS LISTED ON NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND OTHER U. S. GOVERNMENT INTERNET SITES HAS FAILED TO DISCOVER A SINGLE STUDY ADDRESSING WATER FLUORIDATION AND DERMAL ABSORPTION.
“ALL DOSAGE RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY EPA ARE BASED ON INGESTION ALONE. THE EPA AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAVE NEVER COMMISSIONED STUDIES ON THE DERMAL ABSORPTION OF FLUORIDATED WATER AND REFUSE TO DO SO.”
Third World Traveler – Earth Island Journal, Summer 2001
“CONSUMING FLUORIDATED WATER
DOES NOT PREVENT CAVITIES, ACCORDING TO A NEW U. S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) REPORT.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAYS THAT SILICOFLUORIDES, THE
FLUORIDATION CHEMICALS USED BY OVER 90% OF FLUORIDATING COMMUNITIES, HAVE NEVER
BEEN TESTED FOR SAFETY. WHERE SILICOFLUORIDES
ARE IN USE, THERE ARE HIGHER RATES OF BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LINKED
TO LEAD TOXICITY (INCLUDING HYPERACTIVITY, OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES,
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND VIOLENT CRIME).”
Health & Medicine Week, November 5, 2001
“Most men can seldom accept
even the simplest and most obvious truth
if it would oblige them to admit
the falsity of conclusions
which they have delighted
in explaining to colleagues,
have proudly taught to others
and have woven thread by thread
into the fabric of their lives.”
Leo
Tolstoy
“ACCORDING TO THE YORK REVIEW
OF OCTOBER 8, 2000, DENTAL FLUOROSIS IS IMPACTING 48% OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
FLUORIDATED COMMUNITIES, ABOUT 12% OF IT IN SERIOUS FORM.”
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, April 2002
“THERE IS CONCERN FLUORIDE
LEVELS IN FOODS ARE…, IN SOME CASES, RELATIVELY HIGH, IN PART DUE TO THE
WIDESPREAD USE OF FLUORIDE‑CONTAINING PESTICIDES.”
United Press International Science & Technology Desk, May 30, 2002
“THE LATE DEAN BURK, PhD,
FORMER CHIEF CHEMIST AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, DESCRIBED FLUORIDE’S
RISK IN THE STARKEST TERMS. AFTER CO‑CONDUCTING
THE LARGEST UNITED STATES FLUORIDATION STUDY IN HISTORY, BURK CONCLUDED:
‘FLUORIDE CAUSES MORE CANCER, AND CAUSES IT FASTER, THAN ANY OTHER CHEMICAL.’”
Better Nutrition, June 2002
“THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WOULDN’T
ALLOW A BUCKET OF THIS STUFF [FLUOROSILICIC
ACID] TO BE POURED DIRECTLY INTO
THE GREAT SALT LAKE, YET MANY TONS WILL FLOW THERE IN COMING YEARS VIA DAVIS
COUNTY WASTE WATER ALONE. AS LONG AS
SOME OF IT PASSES THROUGH PEOPLE FIRST, THE EPA [ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY] RULES AGAINST DUMPING WASTE ARE SUSPENDED. A 1999 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE STUDY – LINKING FLUOROSILICIC ACID TO
HIGH UPTAKES OF LEAD IN CHILDREN – IS ONE OF SEVERAL THAT HAVE RAISED RED FLAGS
ABOUT THE ACID.” Salt Lake Tribune, June 16, 2002
Water purveyors should have
indemnity agreements signed by
the municipalities that they furnish
fluoridated water to.
“THE PUMP SEAL FAILED AT THE MOUNT CLEMENS [MICHIGAN] WATER FILTRATION PLANT…. AROUND
3,000 GALLONS OF A CHEMICAL KNOWN AS HEXAFLUOROSILICIC ACID WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING.… THE ACID IS USED TO ADD FLUORIDE TO
WATER.” Detroit Now, July 29, 2002
“BELGIUM TO BAN FLUORIDE TABLETS, CHEWING GUM
— THE MINISTRY MADE THE DECISION AFTER THE RESULTS OF A STUDY FOUND THAT
EXCESSIVE USE OF FLUORIDE PRODUCTS COULD CAUSE FLUORIDE POISONING, DAMAGE THE
NERVOUS SYSTEM AND FOSTER OSTEOPOROSIS,….”
Hoover’s Online, July 30, 2002
“ALMOST ALL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY FLUOROSIS OF THE TEETH WHILE IN OTHERS, IT HAS MANIFESTED AS JOINT
PAINS AND DEFORMITY OF THE SPINAL CORD AND BONES OF THE LIMBS. ACCORDING TO TALUK HEALTH OFFICER DR
MANJUNATH, FLUOROSIS CAN AFFECT THE TEETH, RIBS OR OTHER PARTS OR MANIFEST EVERYWHERE. FLUOROSIS CAN ONLY BE PREVENTED AND THERE IS
NO CURE ONCE A PERSON HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY IT, HE NOTED.”
Deccan Herald [Bharat aka India], August 21, 2002
“DR. HARDY LIMEBACK, HEAD OF PREVENTIVE
DENTISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, WHO ONCE EXTOLLED THE BENEFITS OF
FLUORIDATION TO HIS STUDENTS, NOW SAYS, ‘MASS MEDICATING THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE
WATER SUPPLY IS DANGEROUS AND UNNECESSARY.
THE BENEFITS ARE EXAGGERATED AND THERE IS GROWING EVIDENCE OF OVEREXPOSURE
FROM FLUORIDATED TOOTHPASTE AND OTHER SOURCES.
ON THE RISK SIDE, SO MANY PEOPLE WILL END UP WITH RUINED TEETH, FRAGILE
BONES, ACUTE SENSITIVITIES, THYROID PROBLEMS AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR CANCER. I AM ASHAMED FOR MY PROFESSION AND CAN NO
LONGER TAKE PART IN THE CHARADE.’” Maclean’s, November 25, 2002
“THE CDC [CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL] RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT 32% OF AMERICAN CHILDREN NOW HAVE SOME FORM OF
DENTAL FLUOROSIS, A WHITE OR BROWN MOTTLING OF THE TEETH. IN WESTERN EUROPE, 17 OF 21 COUNTRIES HAVE
EITHER REFUSED OR DISCONTINUED FLUORIDATION….”
Time, October 24, 2005
“A REPORT FROM THE
U. S. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM LEVELS OF FLUORIDE
ALLOWED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY’S DRINKING WATER
CAN CAUSE HARM TO TEETH AND BONES.” Chemical & Engineering News, March 27, 2006
“IN MARCH, A PANEL OF DENTISTS, TOXICOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
ASSEMBLED BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) DETERMINED THAT THE LEVEL OF
FLUORIDE ALLOWED IN COMMUNITY DRINKING WATER IN THIS COUNTRY IS TOO HIGH. IN A CRUEL IRONY, THE PANEL FOUND THAT
CHILDREN WHO CONSUME WATER CONTAINING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FLUORIDE PERMITTED
BY THE EPA MIGHT ACTUALLY BE DAMAGING THEIR TEETH; THERE WAS EVEN A HINT THAT
IT MIGHT DEPRESS IQ. WHAT'S MORE, THE
PANEL STATED THAT CONSUMING WATER WITH THAT AMOUNT OF FLUORIDE OVER A LIFETIME
COULD WEAKEN BONES AND INCREASE THE RISK OF FRACTURES; AND JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER
THE NRC REPORT MADE HEADLINES, A HARVARD STUDY SUGGESTED THAT FLUORIDATED WATER
COULD CAUSE A RARE FORM OF BONE CANCER IN YOUNG BOYS.
“THE TWO REPORTS HAVE HELPED FUEL THE PASSIONS OF FLUORIDATION
OPPONENTS, A GROUP MADE UP OF SCIENTISTS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS. THEY CLAIM THAT ADDING FLUORIDE TO DRINKING
WATER MAY HAVE MADE SENSE ONCE, BUT IS UNNECESSARY NOW BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE
IN OTHER FORMS, SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE.
DRINKING THE STUFF, THEY SAY, EXPOSES MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO NEEDLESS
HEALTH RISKS. ‘FLUORIDATION SHOULD BE
ABANDONED’, SAYS DENTIST HARDY LIMEBACK, PHD, DDS, HEAD OF PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND A MEMBER OF THE PANEL THAT WROTE THE NRC'S
FLUORIDE REPORT. ‘IT COULD TURN OUT TO
BE ONE OF THE TOP 10 MISTAKES OF THE 21st CENTURY.’
“IF LIMEBACK AND OTHER TOP-NOTCH RESEARCHERS AT RESPECTED UNIVERSITIES
ARE NOW CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GETTING TOO MUCH FLUORIDE, SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED,
TOO?” Prevention, August 2006
“END FLUORIDATION, SAY 600 PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISTS.” U. S. Newswire, August 9, 2007
“IN AN IMPORTANT STUDY RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN
THE JOURNAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, CHINESE CHILDREN DRINKING WELL
WATER WITH VERY HIGH LEVELS OF FLUORIDE SCORED POORLY ON INTELLIGENCE TESTING
COMPARED TO THOSE WITH LOWER EXPOSURES.
EXCESSIVE FLUORIDE INTAKE CAN LEAD TO SKELETAL FLUOROSIS, A CONDITION IN
WHICH TEETH HAVE WEAK ENAMEL AND BONES HAVE POOR MINERALIZATION. AS THE TOOTH SURFACE BECOMES HARDER, THE
TOOTH ITSELF BECOMES MORE BRITTLE.
OTHER RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT FLUORIDE CAUSES JOINT PROBLEMS, SKELETAL
DEFORMATIONS, OSTEOPOROSIS, AND POSSIBLY EVEN CAUSE BONE CANCER.”
Natural Life, September-October 2007
“DR
HARDY LIMEBACK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY [AT THE] UNIVERSITY OF
TORONTO, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY FOR WATER FLUORIDATION IN 1999, CHANGED HIS VIEWS
AFTER READING THE AVAILABLE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
“THE FIRST REASON DR LIMEBACK GIVES FOR HIS CHANGE OF MIND AND
OPPOSITION IS THE USE OF HYDROFLUOSILICIC ACID. IT IS VERY COSTLY TO DISPOSE OF SAFELY AND IS INDUSTRIAL TOXIC
WASTE FROM SMOKESTACK SCRUBBERS OF THE PHOSPHATE FERTILISER INDUSTRY BEING USED
TO FLUORIDATE WATER SUPPLIES.
“THIS TOXIC WASTE HAS NOT BEEN TESTED FOR SAFETY FOR CONSUMPTION AS A
MEDICINE.
“DR LIMEBACK ALSO POINTS OUT THAT THERE ARE
SO MANY EXPOSURES TO FLUORIDE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS NOWADAYS THROUGH PRESCRIBED
DRUGS, PESTICIDES, SOFT DRINKS AS WELL AS TEA, TOOTHPASTE, TOBACCO AND
COUNTLESS OTHER PRODUCTS MOST PEOPLE WILL ALREADY NOW HAVE TOO MUCH EXPOSURE TO
FLUORIDE WITHOUT IT BEING ADDED TO TAP WATER.”
Halifax Evening Courier [England], September 30, 2009
“EXPOSURE TO FLUORIDE OFTEN RESULTS IN DENTAL FLUOROSIS. LARGE NUMBERS OF U. S. YOUNG PEOPLE –
ESTIMATED UP TO 80% IN SOME CITIES – NOW HAVE DENTAL FLUOROSIS, THE FIRST
VISIBLE SIGN OF EXCESSIVE FLUORIDE EXPOSURE.
DENTAL FLUOROSIS CONSISTS OF DAMAGE TO TOOTH-FORMING CELLS, LEADING TO A
DEFECT IN TOOTH ENAMEL. IT IS ALSO AN
INDICATOR OF FLUORIDE DAMAGE TO BONES.
FLUORIDE IS A BIG TIME NEUROTOXIN.
SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH REVEALS IT RESULTS IN WIDESPREAD BRAIN DAMAGE AND
LEARNING DISABILITIES. EXTENSIVE
RESEARCH ON FLUORIDE AND THE BRAIN HAS BEEN PROMPTED BY STUDIES FROM CHINA,
INDIA, IRAN AND MEXICO DISCOVERING THAT ELEVATED LEVELS OF FLUORIDE EXPOSURE
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IQ DEFICITS IN CHILDREN.”
Prison Planet, March 14, 2010
Chemical & Engineering News, August 1, 1988
www.fluoridealert.org/media/1988a.html
Third World Traveler – Earth Island Journal, Summer 2001
www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Environment/Bathtub_Toxic_Dump.html
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology, January 9, 2007
www.iaomt.org/news/archive.asp?intReleaseID=218&month=1&year=2007
Dangers of Fluoride
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dangers+of+fluoride&btnG=Google+Search
Consumers for Dental Choice
Natural News, October 1, 2011
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A836C957ADAE569341FC01576B3D1A10
Prison Planet, October 1, 2011
Food Consumer, November 11, 2011
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Safety/chemical/fluoride_1111110834.html
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