InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Mid-Valley Voice Forumhttp://my.midvalleyvoice.com/forums/mvcadmin@lee.netSat, 19 May 2012 08:55:41 GMT20http://my.midvalleyvoice.com/forums/Topic4403622-2076-1.aspx[size=2]News Release Fluoridation Opposition is Scientific, Respectable & Growing New York -- Aug 2010 -- More than 3,000 professionals (including over 270 dentists) urge the US Congress to stop water fluoridation citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html Also, eleven Environmental Protection Agency employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. (b) Approximately, 80 US communities rejected fluoridation in 2008 & 2009 (1) The Fluoride Action Network is working with Dr. Mercola to educate legislators about the health hazards associated with water fluoridation which isn't revealed to them by those lobbying in favor of fluoridation: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/03/paul-connett-interview.aspx Since the professionals' statement was first issued (Aug 2007), the following occurred: -- On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the "Top Ten Common Household Toxins" and described fluoride as both "neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed." -- Water fluoride chemicals boosts lead absorption in lab animals’ bones, teeth and blood, was reported by Sawan, et al. (Toxicology 2/2010). Earlier studies already show children’s blood-lead-levels are higher in fluoridated communities, reports Sawan’s research team. -- State University of New York researchers found more premature births in fluoridated than non-fluoridated upstate New York communities, according to a presentation made at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting on November 9, 2009 in Philadelphia. -- New York State Department of Health dentist J. V. Kumar published national statistics in the July 2009 Journal of the American Dental Association which show similar cavity rates regardless of water fluoride content, However, dental fluorosis rates increased along with water fluoride levels. See analysis “Fluoridation No Benefit; Definite Harm,” by Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D., SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Center for Risk Analysis here: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Clinch_2009_No_Benefit_Definite_Harm.pdf-- The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canada’s leading voice on environmental health issues, released a statement opposing fluoridation. (2)-- May 2009, Great Lakes United (GLU) supports the end of water fluoridation. GLU is made up organizations representing environmentalists, conservationists, hunters and anglers, labor unions, community groups, and citizens of the United States, Canada, and First Nations and Tribes. (13) -- The National Kidney Foundation dropped its fluoridation support replacing it with this caution: “Individuals with CKD [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure.” (3) -- Researchers reported in the Oct 6 2007 British Medical Journal that fluoridation never was proven safe or effective and may be unethical. (4) -- “A qualitative review of ...studies found a consistent and strong association between the exposure to fluoride and low IQ,” concluded Tang el al., in "Fluoride and Children’s Intelligence: A Meta-analysis” in Biological Trace Element Research (5) -- Scientific American editors wrote in January 2008, "Some recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland" -- Dr. A. K. Susheela, a leading fluoride expert, explains in a video why US physicians overlook fluoride as a possible cause of diseases commonly caused by fluoride. http://tinyurl.com/Susheela -- A study in the Fall 2008 Journal of Public Health Dentistry reveals that cavity-free teeth have little to do with fluoride intake. Researchers report, "The benefits of fluoride are mostly topical…while fluorosis is clearly more dependent on fluoride intake." -- Research published in Biological Trace Element Research (April 2009). indicates that blood fluoride levels were significantly higher in patients with osteosarcoma than in control groups. (13) Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, occurs mostly in children and young adults -- All infant formula, whether concentrated or not, contain fluoride at levels that can discolor teeth - even organic, according to research published in the October 2009 Journal of the American Dental Association. (16) -- A Tennessee State legislator, Joey Hensley, who is also an MD is urging all Tennessee Water Districts to stop fluoridation, reported a Tennessee newspaper on 11/29/08. At least 30 Tennessee water districts have already complied with his request.(6) -- Mt Pleasant, Michigan Fluoride Commission votes to suspend fluoridation (17) -- Crowley, Louisiana suspends fluoridation. (18) -- Sandpoint, Iowa stops fluoridation July 2010 (19) On 1/5/09, the Burlington Board of Health recommended that Burlington cease fluoridation because fluoridation can harm some people. (7) On 1/6/09, a Canadian town, Drayton, stopped fluoridation, not to save money, but because it was in the best interests of residents, said the Mayor. (8) The Arkansas Oral Health Director is accused of giving eight "false or misleading statements" on fluoridation to an Arkansas legislative Committee. (12) Signers to the FAN statement include: • Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine, 2000• Vyvyan Howard, MD, PhD, Immediate Past President, International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE)• Ingrid Eckerman, MD, MPH, President, Swedish Doctors for the Environment (LFM), Stockholm, Sweden• Raul Montenegro, PhD, Right Livelihood Award 2004 (known as the Alternative Nobel Prize), President of FUNAM, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, National University of Cordoba, Argentina• The current President and six past Presidents of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology• Three scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters Union in Washington D.C.* William Marcus, PhD, Former chief toxicologist of the EPA Water Division, Boyds, MD• Three members of the National Research Council committee who wrote the landmark 2006 report: Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards (Hardy Limeback, PhD, DDS; Robert L. Isaacson, PhD; Kathleen M. Thiessen, PhD) • The Board of Directors, American Academy of Environmental Medicine• Two advisory board members of the UK government sponsored “York Review”• Andy Harris, MD, former national president, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Salem, OR • Theo Colborn, PhD, co-author, Our Stolen Future• Lynn Margulis, PhD, a recipient of the National Medal of Science • Ken Cook and Richard Wiles, President and Executive Director, Environmental Working Group (EWG)• Ron Cummins, Director, Organic Consumers Association• Magda Aelvoet, MD, Former Minister of Public Health, Leuven, BELGIUM • Doug Everingham, former Federal Health Minister (1972-75), Australia• Peter Montague, PhD, Director of Environmental Health Foundation• Ted Schettler, MD, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network • Stephen Lester, Science Director, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice• Lois Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, Goldman Prize Winner (1990), Falls Church, VA • FIVE Goldman Prize winners (2006, 2003, 1997, 1995, 1990)• Sam Epstein, MD, author, “Politics of Cancer” and Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition• Pat Costner, retired Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International• Jay Feldman, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides• Sandra Duffy, Board President, Consumers for Dental Choice • Joseph Mercola, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, http://www.mercola.com, Chicago, IL• Michael W. Fox, DSc, PhD, BVM, MRCVS (former vice president of The Humane Society of the US, former vice president of Humane Society International and the author of more than 40 adult and children’s books on animal care, animal behavior and bioethics), http://www.twobitdog.com/DrFox/, Minneapolis, MN• Leo Cashman, Executive Director of DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome)• Chris Bryson, author, The Fluoride Deception• Environmental leaders from over 30 countries, and• Legendary folksinger, songwriter and activist, Pete Seeger Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Arvid Carlsson, says, “Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It's really obsolete.” Fluoride jeopardizes health - even at low levels deliberately added to public water supplies, according to data presented in a 2006 National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) report. Fluoride poses risks to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others and can severely damage children's teeth. (11) At least three panel members advise avoiding fluoridated water. “The NRC fluoride report dramatically changed scientific understanding of fluoride's health risks," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network. "Government officials who continue to promote fluoridation must testify under oath as to why they are ignoring the powerful evidence of harm in the NRC report,” he added. The Professionals’ Statement also references: -- The new American Dental Association policy recommending infant formula NOT be prepared with fluoridated water. -- The CDC’s concession that the predominant benefit of fluoride is topical not systemic.-- CDC data showing that dental fluorosis, caused by fluoride over-exposure, now impacts one third of American children.-- Major research indicating little difference in decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities.-- A Harvard study indicating a possible link between fluoridation and bone cancer. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a DC watchdog, revealed that a Harvard professor concealed the fluoridation/bone cancer connection for three years. EWG President Ken Cook states, “It is time for the US to recognize that fluoridation has serious risks that far outweigh any minor benefits, and unlike many other environmental issues, it's as easy to end as turning off a valve at the water plant.” Adverse health effects of fluoride: http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health END References: a) http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/files/Utilities/WRAB/5%2021%2007/wrab_agenda_memo_1.pdf b) Press Release August 19, 2005, “EPA Unions Call for Nationwide Moratorium on Fluoridation, Congressional Hearing on Adverse Effects, Youth Cancer Cover Up,” Contact: Dr. William Hirzy, Vice-President NTEU Chapter 280http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/United-States/National/EPA-unions-call-for-moratorium-on-fluoride-in-drinking-water c) http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/United-States/Massachusetts/Amesbury-Fluoride-concerns-are-worth-probing (1) http://www.fluoridealert.org/communities.htm (2) http://www.fluoridealert.org/cape.html (3) National Kidney Foundation, “Fluoride Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease,” April 15, 2008 http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/Fluoride_Intake_in_CKD.pdf (4) "Adding fluoride to water supplies," British Medical Journal, KK Cheng, Iain Chalmers, Trevor A. Sheldon, October 6, 2007 (5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18695947?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum (6) http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/United-States/Tennessee/Tennessee-Lawmaker-campaigns-against-fluoride-bill (7) http://www.swabvt.org/node/300 (8) http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1373584 (9) http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/commissioners_vote_to_halt_fluoride_program/ (10) http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090303/NEWS0301/90303100/1009/NEWS01 (11) National Research Council (2003-2006): Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standardshttp://www.fluoridealert.org/health/epa/nrc/ (12) "State oral health director challenged over comments about fluoridation," March 10, 2009,by Kathryn Lucariello, Carroll County Newshttp://www.carrollconews.com/story/1509198.html (13) Biological Trace Element Research, “Serum Fluoride and Sialic Acid Levels in Osteosarcoma,” by Sandhu R, Lal H, Kundu ZS, Kharb S, Apr 24, 2009 [Epub ahead of print] (14) http://www.glu.org/sites/default/files/Resolution-regarding-artificial-water-fluoridation.pdf (15) “The Association Between Enamel Fluorosis and Dental Caries in U.S. Schoolchildren,” Kumar & Iida Journal of the American Dental Association, July 2009 (Table 1) (16) “Assessing a potential risk factor for enamel fluorosis: a preliminary evaluation of fluoride content in infant formulas,” Journal of the American Dental Association October 2009 (17) http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2010/05/25/news/srv0000008357644.txt (18) http://www.crowleytoday.com/view/full_story/8751683/article-Crowley-City-Council-suspends-fluoridation?instance=home_news_lead (19) Sandpoint drops fluoride from waterPosted: Saturday, Jul 24, 2010 -By RALPH BARTHOLDThttp://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2010/07/24/news/doc4c4a859e7db98549932208.txt SOURCE: Fluoride Action Network http://www.FluorideAction.Net[/size]Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:28:52 GMTnyscof