Health Freedom Resources Public Awareness Announcement # 2
FLUORIDE- CURE OR CURSE?
FACE THE TRUTH OR TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES...
[Full text of the article appears on our website at
http://www.healthfree.com/paa/paa0002.htm ]
Dear Readers,
Fluoridation of drinking water has been called everything
from a Public Health cure-all for tooth decay to a
Communist plot against the USA. We feel that this issue
is worth investigating to sort out the facts. Millions of
people are now being forced to drink water that contains
a foreign additive that most of them never asked for or
agreed to accept.
We have four questions:
1) Does fluoride actually help prevent tooth decay, THE
reason promoters use to justify its addition to our water
supply?
2) What, if any, negative health effects does fluoride
have on people?
3) If fluoride has known negative health effects, why
is it so heavily promoted by certain groups?
4) Even if fluoride is beneficial, it is also readily
available in nearly all toothpastes and in dental
treatments. Why are whole populations being
force-medicated with fluoridated water- why are
individuals not being offered the power of choice in
this matter?
Rather than answer these questions completely for you,
we prefer that you do your OWN research on this issue.
The following links offer a great deal of useful information
on this topic. We encourage you to seek out "positive"
data on fluoride as well as negative, and to draw your
own conclusions. (We have included the American Dental
Association (ADA) information on Fluoride for you- they are
about as "Pro-Fluoride" as you can get, yet even they
are concerned about some aspects of fluoridation.)
Our position is this: For most of the 20th century, the
tobacco industry enjoyed the "protection" of the United
States government- the courts, congress and such agencies
that are supposed to protect the welfare of the American
public as the FDA and the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare. Then, in the last ten years their scam was
attacked in the courts and now practically all who do not
smoke view the industry as an "evil business." Details of
how they came to power and maintained their lucrative hold
over so many consumers is now the subject of drama in
books and movies.
This will also be the fate of the use of fluoride in
our society. This story has many of the same elements,
only much larger and more pervasive than cigarette use.
Both the tobacco industry and the fluoridation promoters
used falsehoods, half-truths, distortions and cover-ups
to promote their products. The continued use of both
substances destroys the health and lives of millions
of unsuspecting consumers. Vast profit is realized by
the corporations involved and various aspects of
government look the other way. However, fluoride had one
tremendous point going for it that tobacco could never
claim- the myth that fluoride is beneficial to one's
teeth. As long as this could be believed by enough
people at large, the use of fluoride could be justified.
Now, read further to find out the truth regarding fluoride
in our lives and environment.
Before I researched this material, I thought that the
fluoride issue didn't really apply to me personally
because I don't live in a community that uses fluoride
in the water supply, haven't used fluoride toothpaste
for years and refuse to let dentists use fluoride on me
in their treatments. However, fluoride is also found in
many of the liquid food products on the market, like
soft drinks and juices from concentrates, teas, etc., as
well as fish, chicken, beef and other food sources
exposed to fluoridated water.
These materials are very eye-opening and provide information
we all need to know. To this end, we have excerpted
portions of each site's article so that you can get an
idea of what it is about before choosing to visit it.
THE ADA's SITE- "THE FACTS ABOUT FLUORIDE"
http://www.ada.org/consumer/fluoride/articles/fa-01.html
Includes the following excerpts:
"Acid is formed when the bacteria in plaque
break down sugars and carbohydrates from the
diet. Repeated acid attacks break down the
tooth, which causes cavities. Fluoride also
acts to repair, or remineralize, areas in
which acid attacks have already begun."
Editor's Note: Are not these "sugars and carbohydrates from
the diet" usually from processed sources, rather than raw
and natural?
"The ADA recommends the use of fluoride
mouth rinses, but not for children under
six years of age because they may swallow
the rinse."
Editor's Note: Wow!
"It is important to note that fluoridated
water may be consumed from sources other
than the home water supply, such as the
workplace, school and/or day care, bottled
water, filtered water and from processed
beverages and foods prepared with fluoridated
water."
Editor's Note: Materials from other sources show just
how pervasive fluoride is in the food supply.
"No matter how you get the fluoride you need --
whether it be through your drinking water,
supplements, toothpaste, mouth rinse or
professionally applied fluoride -- you can
be confident that fluoride is silently at
work fighting decay. Safe, convenient,
effective...however you describe it,
fluoride fits naturally into any dental
care program. For more information about the
oral health benefits of fluoride, just ask
your dentist."
Editor's note: now for the rest of the story:
The next Reference is titled "ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS"
http://www.bruha.com/fluoride/html/adverse_health_effects.htm
and consists of a number of other articles available on
the web regarding fluoride and its effects on allergies,
stomach function, AIDS, yeast infections, Diabetes,
Thyroid, Alzheimer's and Pregnancies. The reference
includes the following sections:
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FLUORIDE: PROTECTED POLLUTANT OR PANACEA?
http://www.fluoridation.com/
"Fluoridation proponents often assert that there is no
legitimate scientific controversy over the benefits
or safety of this measure. These web pages clearly
show controversy existed from the outset and continues
to this day."
Featured Articles:
*Study finds correlation between fluorides in
water and lead levels, Dartmouth College News
Release and Plenary Address to the Annual
Conference of the Association for Politics
and the Life Sciences
*Why the United States Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) Union of Scientists Opposes
Fluoridation
*Why I Changed My Mind About
Water Fluoridation, by Dr. John Colquhoun,
the former Chief Dental Officer of Auckland,
NZ and once an ardent fluoridation proponent.
Sadly, Dr. Colquhoun passed away on March 23,
1999 (see ISFR website)
*Do other countries fluoridate? Most countries
have rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation
due to health, legal, environmental, or freedom
of choice concerns.
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CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SERVICES WATER TREATMENT PLANT
http://home1.gte.net/pubsrvcs/wtp.htm
These web pages show a typical water treatment plant process.
"Chemical Addition: Chlorine, ammonia, liquid
ferric sulfate, lime, and polymer are added to
the water. The water and chemicals are mixed
together to start the purification process.
Chlorine and ammonia combine to form chloramine,
which is a disinfectant. Ferric sulfate,
together with lime, serve as coagulants. The
polymer is a filter aid. These chemicals kill
germs, improve taste, remove odor and help to
settle solids. Fluoride is added after the
treatment process to aid in the prevention of
tooth decay."
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OREGON CITIZENS FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER
http://www.greatseal.com/writer/youessay/fluoridation.html
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong,
gives it a superficial appearance of being right."
Thomas Paine (Introduction to Common Sense, 1776)
"Did Somebody Say FLUORIDATION?"
"20 Questions"
"Let's say you've never heard of "fluoridation."
You have no idea what it's all about. Then one
day a Government-Man tells you that the State
is going to add some chemicals to your drinking
water. He says it will save taxpayers money
because your kids won't get as many cavities.
Here are a few of the questions you might
ask and the answers you would get if the truth
were known."
"1.What are these chemicals they want me to drink?
2.What does the FDA say about fluoride?
3.How much fluoride do they say my kids should have?
4.Is this a good way for children to get fluoride?
5.What's this going to cost us taxpayers?
6.How do they know my kids need more fluoride?
7.How can I tell if my kids are getting too much fluoride?
8.What else happens when we get too much fluoride?
9.What's the proof that fluoridated water reduces cavities?
10.Do other states fluoridate their water?
11.Do other countries fluoridate their water?
12.Does fluoridation violate the Safe Drinking Water Act?
13.What do the experts say?
14.What does the fluoride do when it gets into our rivers?
15.Why are fluoridationists so fanatical?
16.How did the U.S. Government get involved?
17.What motivates people who don't want fluoridated water?
18.What if I don't want fluoride in my drinking water?
19.One more time, please: what's this really all about?
20.Where can I learn more? - including Updated News and Reports, and
how you can support a call for Congressional hearings on fluoridation
chemicals."
"1. What are these chemicals they want me to drink?
The most common forms of fluoride added to your
drinking water are the silicofluorides (SiF),
which include fluorosilicates and fluorosilicic
acid (FSA). They're used in approximately 90% of
fluoridated U.S. water supplies. FSA is an
extremely corrosive and toxic compound that
originates from the phosphate fertilizer
industry. Air pollution scrubbers collect
FSA to prevent it from escaping into the
environment, where it would poison plant and
animal life. Unfortunately, fluoride isn't the
only toxin collected.
The actual substance used to fluoridate your
water is only about 25% FSA. The rest is a toxic
soup of heavy metals and industrial contaminants.
According to a retired supervisor with 21
years of experience in phosphate fertilizer
production, the FSA used to fluoridate drinking
water is made with water from evaporation ponds.
These noxious pools are a catch-all for toxic sludge
and every imaginable waste chemical.
What's going into your water is not some
pharmaceutical that's been tested for purity.
It is a waste product containing mercury, lead,
cadmium, arsenic, and numerous other toxic
compounds. Its exact composition is unknown,
because it's never analyzed.
If this FSA solution and other fluoride
compounds weren't being purchased by taxpayers
and dumped into their drinking water, then the
fertilizer industries would have to take them
to the highest rated hazardous waste facility.
But because these toxic compounds are first
being channeled through our homes and our bodies,
fluoridation is really a form of legalized pollution,
an end-run around laws that require hazardous
fluoride compounds to be properly disposed of
(at a cost of several thousand dollars per
tanker truck).
4. Is this a good way for children to get
fluoride? Fluoridation is almost 100%
inefficient - a total waste of money.
For example, the city of Escondido, California
added 33 tons of fluoride to their water
supply in a single year. Only 16 pounds of it
actually reached the target group of children.
In other words, 99.98% of the fluoride - 33 tons
of a poison more toxic than lead -
was dumped into the environment.
Imagine two trucks that each contain 1300
pounds of fluorosilicic acid mixture, about
a week's supply for Escondido. The first
load is bought by the city for $455 and added
to the water supply. The second is just
dumped into the river, which should result in
environmental fines of several thousand dollars.
Since water treatment plants cannot remove
fluoride compounds (nor can household carbon
water-filters), what's the difference to
the environment?
Adding fluoride to the public water supply
would be like adding aspirin in order to prevent
heart attack and stroke in the elderly, or . . .
like spraying anti-hay fever medicine into the
air. Adding this or any drug to our water supply
is ridiculous, unless you want to fluoridate our
lawns, cars, clothes, dishes, and skin, as well
as fish and other wildlife. This is a
grossly inefficient way to deliver fluoride.
Fluoride is best delivered in toothpaste or
by a dentist, because its greatest benefit
is received when the fluoride is topically
applied and held against tooth structure.
Ingesting fluoride from drinking water isn't
effective. In 1997, the Canadian Dental
Association agreed with the American Academy
of Pediatrics that "the primary mechanism of
action of fluoride to prevent dental decay is
topical."
At about age 13, any advantage fluoridation
might offer comes to an end. Fluoride's supposed
benefits are for children older than three years,
not adults and senior citizens, therefore very
little of the fluoridated water actually reaches
the target group. Everyone else is overdosed.
Mass medication via fluoridated water puts
certain groups of people at risk. It is a
reckless and criminal practice that most
countries prohibit. Since everyone drinks
different amounts of water, there is no way
to control how much fluoride people consume.
Laborers, athletes, diabetics, and
people in hot or dry climates tend to
drink more water, hence more fluoride
(in fluoridated areas). It is therefore
impossible to safely control what dosage
of fluoride a person receives via
the water supply.
What's more, in 1993 the U.S. Dept. of Health
stated that "subsets of the population may be
unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of
fluoride and its compounds. These include the
elderly, people with deficiencies of calcium,
magnesium, and/or vitamin C, and people with
cardiovascular and kidney problems." In other
words, most of us. Poor nutrition is widespread
throughout America. Furthermore, adult-onset
diabetes is becoming increasingly prevalent in
children. This disease adversely affects kidney
function, which means more fluoride will be
retained by the body - building lifetime levels
that will have serious consequences later.
(If the authorities were serious about protecting
health, they would add magnesium to the water
instead of fluoride. Magnesium deficiency alone
has been associated with hundreds of thousands
of deaths due to heart attacks.)
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FLUORIDE IN FOOD
http://www.bruha.com/fluoride/html/f-_in_food.htm
Compiled by Andreas Schuld, PFPC
"This table is for reference only and gives a
general idea as to the high fluoride content
in some foods and beverages:
Juices
Soft Drinks
Tea
Fruit and Vegetables
Sugar and Substitutes
Meat
Dairy
Fish
Water
Cereals
Infant Foods
Strained Meats"
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FLUORIDATION
http://www.bruha.com/fluoride/html/fluoridation.htm
This web site lists quite a few more articles that
can be accessed. Topics include:
THE REAL FLUORIDATION FACTS
http://home.cdsnet.net/~fluoride/Schuld.htm
"Should I Change My Mind about Water Fluoridation?"
by Darlene Sherrell, September 1999
http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/change.htm
"Poisoning The Well", by Roger D. Masters, August 1999
http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/Poison_Well.htm
CDC STATUS OF WATER FLUORIDATION IN THE U.S.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/oh/flfact.htm
WHAT'S WRONG WITH FLUORIDATION?FOLLOW THE MONEY
http://home.cdsnet.net/~fluoride/wrong.htm
THE SECRET WAR AND THE FLUORIDE CONSPIRACY
(Dr Geoffrey E. Smith)
http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/smithbook.htm
32 CITIES WHICH HAVE REJECTED FLUORIDATION
http://www.nofluoride.com/cities_rejecting.htm
THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF FLUORIDATION
http://www.trufax.org/fluoride/psycho.html
FIND OUT IF YOU'RE AREA IS FLUORIDATED
http://www.trufax.org/fluoride/1992status.html
CV's OF PROFESSIONALS OPPOSED TO FLUORIDATION
http://www.cadvision.com/fluoride/authors.htm
THE FLUORIDATION FIASCO/GARY NULL
http://www.trufax.org/fluoride/fiasco.html ....
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STOP FLUORIDATION USA
http://www.rvi.net/~fluoride/index.htm
This web site and the links are a virtual treasure
trove of fascinating information. For instance,
an excerpt from the link under "History- Economic
and Political Motives Behind Fluoridation" -
"How We Got Fluoridated," by Philip Heggen
How We Got Fluoridated
PART II . . . A Federally Funded, National
Strategy Supporting Big Industry
"It was a quirk of fate that the early industrial
secrecy surrounding fluoride in America was to be
strongly reinforced by the federal government for
reasons of national security. Uranium hexafluoride
used in vast quantities was the key chemical
compound in the production of the atomic bomb,
and extensive government information on the
serious health risks of fluoride was kept secret
both during and after World War II. This helps
explain how the fluoride industries were able
to get virtually total cooperation from government
agencies in covering up industry's fluoride pollution.
When the concept of water fluoridation surfaced
around 1939, it was quickly seized by big industry
and turned into a relentless, no-holds-barred
drive for universal fluoridation. This drive
was then implemented by the US Public Health
Service as if it were a military mandate --
a "mission."
"Production of lead free gasoline in the US is
growing rapidly. The process involves the use
of HF to achieve high octane ratings without
using lead. HF is now present in automotive
exhaust gases instead of lead, even though
it is more toxic than lead (see Townsend N.
and Campbell D., Deadly Risks of Lead-free
Petrol. New Statesman, 20 October 1988)."
"It was determined that over the past 50 years
industries have released more than 25,000,000
tons of fluoride gases and particulates into
the atmosphere. Arthritis, one of the most
common physical symptoms of HF, is now found in
the bulk of the senior population in the US.
Fluorides and especially HF are severe nerve
poisons. Alzheimer's Disease, in parallel with
the fluoride poisoning of the US environment
has become the number four cause of death in
the US. Why are these striking synchronisms
not being investigated? The answer is simple:
Industry and their captive federal agencies
do not support it."
"The evidence against the safety of this
public health policy keeps mounting; it
is too compelling to ignore."
Phyllis J. Mullenix, Ph.D., Children's
Hospital, Boston, MA
"To continue to advocate disposal of
hydrofluosilicic acid (the major
fluoridation agent) from fertilizer
manufacturing recovery systems in the
nation's drinking water supplies borders
on the criminal."
J. William Hirzy, Ph.D., Senior
Scientist, Office of Toxic Substances,
EPA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
"Based on data from the National Academy of
Sciences, current levels of fluoride exposure
in drinking water may cause arthritis in a
substantial portion of the population long
before they reach old age."
Robert J. Carton, Ph.D., former
EPA scientist
"In Canada we are now spending more money
treating dental fluorosis than we do treating
cavities. That includes my own practice."
Dr. Hardy Limeback, B.Sc.,
Ph.D in Biochemistry, D.D.S., head of the
Department of Preventive Dentistry for the
University of Toronto, and president of the
Canadian Association for Dental Research.
Topics on the Stop Fluoridation web site include:
National Library of Medicine and Other References
EPA Scientists Who Oppose Fluoridation
Internet, Newspaper and Magazine Articles
Symptoms of Fluoride Poisoning
History-Economic and Political Motives Behind Fluoridation
Legal Matters
Junk Science, Errors, Misinformation
Increasing Fluoride Dosage
Links and Miscellaneous Information
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THE DANGERS OF FLUORIDE AND FLUORIDATION
http://www.enteract.com/~mgfree/Medical/Fluorine/fluoride_dangers.html
by Michael Schachter, M.D., P.A.
"Approximately half of the United States'
drinking water supply is fluoridated in an
attempt to reduce dental cavities in children.
Is this state of affairs justified? Is it safe?
"Most Americans are unaware of the dangers
of ingesting fluoride. Most dentists,
physicians and scientists are unaware of the
dangers of fluoride and water fluoridation.
According to a 1988 article in the prestigious
Chemical and Engineering News, scientific
voices of opposition to fluoridation have
been suppressed, since 1950 when the U.S.
Public Health Service first endorsed
fluoridation. Power tactics including
threats, ridicule and frank censorship
aimed at scientists and clinicians
knowledgeable about fluoridation have
prevented the truth about fluoride to be
disseminated to the science world as well
as to the public. Whenever a public agency
is charged with objectively evaluating the
safety of a procedure while at the same time
endorsing and recommending it, a serious
conflict of interest is set up. This is
exactly the position of the U.S. Public Health
Service for the past 44 years.
Facts About Fluoride
"Surprisingly, the most recent studies do not
even show that water fluoridation is effective in
reducing tooth decay. In the largest
U.S. study of fluoridation and tooth decay,
United States Public Health Service dental
records of over 39,000 school children,
ages 5-17, from 84 areas around the United States
showed that the number of decayed, missing, and
filled teeth per child was virtually the same
in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas.
Dr. John Colquhoun, former Chief Dental
Officer of the Department of Health for Auckland,
New Zealand, investigated tooth decay statistics
from about 60,000 12 to 13 year old children and
showed that fluoridation had no significant effect
on tooth decay rate."
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FLUORIDE - POISON IN THE WATER?
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr99/1999l%2D04%2D05g.html
"Listed as one of the top 25 censored stories of
1998, the use of fluoride in our drinking water
may have originated over 50 years ago as a
way to cover-up the dangers of fluoride first
discovered during the project to create the first
atomic bomb.
"While going over hundreds of declassified
documents about the U.S. atomic bomb
development program, the Manhattan Project,
reporters Joel Griffiths and Chris Bryson found
that fluoride was the key chemical in atomic
bomb production. Millions of tons were
subsequently used during the Cold War period to
manufacture the high-grade uranium and
plutonium for nuclear weapons.
"Fluoride was the top chemical hazard of the
U.S. nuclear weapons program, not only for
workers, but for those living in nearby
communities as well.
"The documents show that the first U.S.
lawsuits levied against the atomic weapons
program were over fluoride poisoning, not
radiation damage. The documents reveal that
the U.S. government secretly ordered atomic
bomb scientists to create "evidence useful
in litigation" against defense contractors
who were being accused of injuring citizens
with fluoride.
"In order to gather information, the
government experimented with the residents of
Newburgh, New York between 1945 and 1955.
In a highly classified operation, the government
secretly gathered blood and tissue samples from
people of that town with the help of the New York
Department of Health. Some of the results were
published, but the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
(now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
censored the report for reasons of "national
security" by removing the evidence of the adverse
health effects from fluoride."
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FLUORIDATION: UPDATED NEWS AND REPORTS
http://www.greatseal.com/writer/youessay/fluoridation4.html
Fluoride Action Network (www.fluoridealert.org)
Please go to this excellent new website for the latest updates and news.
Call for Congressional Hearing on Fluoridation Chemicals
Fluoride Salesmen Use Apples versus Oranges to Sell Their Case
Government Unable to Prove Fluorides are Safe
Escondido Rejects Fluoridation
Pro-Fluoridation Study Seriously Flawed
The Violence of Lead in the Brain
California Bill for Quality Control of Fluoridation Products
Fluoride's Implication in Thyroid Disorders
Poisoning the Well: Neurotoxic Metals, Water Treatment, and Human
Behavior
Cavities Abundant in Fluoridated Boston
Santa Barbara Rejects Mandated Fluoridation
Johnstown, New York Bans Fluoridation
Escondido Rejects Fluoridation (April 7, 2000)
Escondido City Council Member Marie Waldron
stated, "This is a classic example of the
manipulation of science to prove a case. . .
This Oral Health Needs Assessment was an
intentionally non-published, non peer-reviewed,
expensive study that they expected not one of
us without a background in science would want
to read. So they offered summarizing bullet
points and glossy brochures to our Council,
and evidently to many others throughout the
entire state, as proof that we should convert
our precious water supply into a delivery system
for special interests, forcing those who can not
afford bottled water to drink industrial-waste
fluoride every day of their lives. - Not here!"
Contact: Citizens for Safe Drinking Water,
Jeff Green, 800/728-3833, greenjeff@...
The safety and efficacy of fluoridating the
water supply to fight tooth decay in children
has been hotly debated for more than fifty
years. "Seven cities and three water districts
have placed total bans on fluoridation."
Bock points out, "However, throughout this battle,
little attention has been paid to the actual
fluorine-bearing substances that are added to
the water."
AB 1729 will require the substances used for
fluoridation in California to have been
approved for safety and effectiveness by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It
will further require them to be tested to
assure that any complex combination of elements
is broken down into harmless components
when introduced into actual conditions found
in end-result tap water. The bill also mandates
that no substance classified as a pesticide
or hazardous waste shall be added to the public
drinking water system.
The substances most widely used for water
fluoridation programs are hydrofluosilicic
acid and silicofluorides. A study of 280,000
Massachusetts children published in 1999 shows
that the levels of lead in children's blood was
significantly higher in Massachusetts communities
using silicofluoride, hydrofluosilicic acid, or
sodium silicofluoride, than in towns where water
is treated with sodium fluoride or not fluoridated
at all. The correlation with blood lead levels
is especially serious because lead poisoning is
associated with higher rates of learning
disabilities, hyperactivity, substance abuse, and
crime. (Sodium fluoride is utilized in only 10%
of the nation's programs.)
Of further concern is the interaction between
fluoridation chemicals and the other additives
used in water treatment for corrosion, turbidity,
odors, pH balance, etc. For example, aluminum
compounds are commonly used as clarifying agents
in tap water. A long-term study published in
1988 showed that even low levels of aluminum
fluoride in the drinking water delivered higher
levels of aluminum to the brain than concentrated
aluminum fluoride. In the same study, both the
low levels of aluminum fluoride and the same
amount of sodium fluoride as is found in
"optimally" fluoridated water caused severe
kidney damage and lesions to the brain similar
to those found in humans with Alzheimer's and
other forms of dementia. This is why fluoridation
agents must be tested for interaction with the
other 40+ additives.
"We must ensure the dental health of California's
children." states Bock, "However, we must also
ensure that the chemicals we use to do so do
not in and of themselves pose a severe health
risk. In any case, fluoride in the drinking
water cannot replace good dental hygiene."
Contact: Pamela Rasada, 916/319-2016
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THE FACTS ABOUT FLUORIDATION
http://www.voice.buz.org/fluoridation/index.html
Would you believe ...
- 98% of Europe's drinking water is
fluoridation-free
- the fluoride added to Irish drinking water
is toxic waste from the fertiliser industry
- the assertion that fluoride is good
for teeth is a myth
- in fact countries with the best dental
health do not fluoridate drinking water
- there is enough fluoride in a tube
of toothpaste to kill a small child
For the truth about fluoridation read on ........
THE FLUORIDATION OF IRELAND
WHAT DO OUR EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS THINK
ABOUT FLUORIDATION?
- Less than 2% of Europe's population have
fluoridated water.
- Sweden banned fluoridation in 1971.
- West Germany discontinued fluoridation in 1971.
- Norway rejected fluoridation in 1975.
- Holland banned fluoridation in 1976 and
changed its constitution so that it could
never again be introduced.
- Denmark rejected fluoridation in 1977.
The Minister for Environment stated that
"no adequate studies had been carried out
on the long term effect on human organ
systems".
- France rejected fluoridation in 1980.
The Chief of Public Health declared it was
too dangerous.
- 25 out of 26 Councils in Northern Ireland
have recently rejected fluoridation. Only
one small town, Tandragee, is fluoridated.
WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE WORLD THINK
ABOUT FLUORIDATION?
USA
Since 1990 over 45 US cities have rejected
fluoridation. In 1990 forty US dentists
brought a case against the American Dental
Association contending that the Association
purposefully shielded the public from data
that links fluoride to genetic defects, cancer
and other health problems. All US fluoride
toothpaste must carry a poisons symbol, with
a warning to contact the nearest poisons unit
if more than a pea-sized amount of toothpaste
is swallowed.
In 1997 the Union of Government Scientists of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency
voted unanimously to co-sponsor a Californian
initiative to ban fluoridation, stating "Our
members review of the body of evidence over
the last 11 years, including animal and human
epidemiology studies, indicates a causal link
between fluoride/fluoridation and cancer,
genetic damage, neurological impairment and
bone pathology"
THE BIG MYTH
"Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific
fraud of this century, if not of all time"
Dr Robert Carton, a scientist who spent
20 years working for the US EPA.
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If you are concerned about tooth decay in yourself or your kids, we suggest
that you check out our website and look over the information on diet and
nutrition at http://www.healthfree.com/ Lifestyle, diet and hygiene habits
can have a huge impact on dental health. Living healthfully may safely help
prevent the problem that the fluoride promoters claim to solve.
We sincerely hope that each of you will use the information wisely and so
help yourself, your children and your communities live longer, healthier and
more energetic lives.
Sincerely,
Ron Radstrom,
Founder
Health Freedom Resources
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