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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Fluoride and Our Children

Advocates for fluoride, talk about the benefits, they believe, it has for teeth. However, one must ask if drinking water that is fluoridated has any other effects on the body? Scientists, bio-chemists, and doctors worldwide are finding that it does, and the effects are not beneficial.

A recently-published Harvard University meta-analysis was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) concluded the following:

Findings from our meta-analyses of 27 studies published over 22 years suggest an inverse association between high fluoride exposure and children's intelligence ... The results suggest that fluoride may be a developmental neurotoxicant that affects brain development at exposures much below those that can cause toxicity in adults ...

In conclusion, our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children's neuro-development. Future research should formally evaluate dose-response relations based on individual-level measures of exposure over time, including more precise prenatal exposure assessment and more extensive standardized measures of neuro-behavioral performance...

Regarding fetuses:

Fluoride readily crosses the placenta (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 2003). Fluoride exposure to the developing brain, which is much more susceptible to injury caused by toxicants than is the mature brain, may possibly lead to permanent damage (). (Dr. Grandjean became Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard University in 2003.)

It has been found that "parents reported higher rates of medically-diagnosed ADHD in their children in states in which a greater proportion of people receive fluoridated water from public water supplies. The relationship between fluoride exposure and ADHD warrants future study," in a study done by Ashley J Malin corresponding author

and Christine Till entitled, Exposure to fluoridated water and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prevalence among children and adolescents in the United States: an ecological association.

Exposures in early life to neurotoxic chemicals can cause a wide range of adverse effects on brain development and maturation that can manifest as functional impairments or disease at any point in the human lifespan.

There are so many other references and studies regarding fluoride and its effects on both children and adults. What all the studies show, though, is that fluoride is not conclusively determined to be harmless. Experts from around the world question it being innocuous which is presently the general consensus.

These are just a few studies to consider especially if your city is getting ready to fluoridate its water supply. Water is something we cannot live without. It is paramount to our very existence.

As reported in one of the leading medical journals, The Lancet Neurology, Vol. 13, Issue 3, March 2014 Edition, fluoride is now listed as a neurotoxin along with lead, chlorpyrifos, methylmercury, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, arsenic, and toluene. Should we tamper with our water supply and add a substance that has been documented and classified as a neurotoxicant if there is no absolute need to do so?

Should a substance be added to municipal water supplies such as fluoride that will not be monitored on an individual basis, but, instead, be administered across the populace without consideration of age or health status? Scientists around the world are telling us that additional research is warranted and studies suggest that potential developmental neurotoxicity of fluoride should be a high research priority!

A neurotoxin according to the medical dictionary mentioned in my references, is a substance that is poisonous or destructive to nerve tissue.

Just ponder this, if you will... Your body is over 70% water. So whatever water you and your family ingest on a regular basis will become part of your innermost biological processes.

To your health and happiness,
Stephen

Ref:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/pdf/ehp.1104912.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4389999/
http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laneur/PIIS1474-4422(13)70278-3.pdf
neurotoxin. (n.d.) Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved July 13 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neurotoxin

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We do not say you shouldn't have fluoride which is available through tablets and numerous commercial products if you wish to ingest it: We are for choice and not making fluoride a mandatory addition to the public water supply. Thank you...

"By 1983 I was thoroughly convinced that fluoridation caused more harm than good. I expressed the opinion that some of these children with dental fluorosis could, just possibly, have also suffered harm to their bones" - Dr. Colquhoun, former Principal Dental Officer for Auckland New Zealand. (read his rationale)

".. the evidence is quite convincing that the addition of sodium fluoride to the public water supply at one part per million is extremely deleterious to the human body". - Chief Justice John Flaherty, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (presided over litigation involving fluoridation)

"This record is barren of any credible and reputable scientific epidemiological studies and/or analysis of statistical data which would support the Illinois Legislatures determination that fluoridation of the water supplies is both a safe and effective means of promoting public health." - Illinois Judge Ronald Niemann (presided over litigation involving fluoridation)

I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effects on a long range basis. Any attempt to use water this way is deplorable." - Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, Past President of the American Medical Association.

"Fuoridation ... it is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated on more people than any other fraud has." - Dr. Professor Albert Schatz, (Microbiology), co-discoverer of Streptomycin, the cure for tuberculosis and numerous other bacterial infections.

Fluoride may be destroying our bones, our teeth and overall health.. it doesn't need to be added to our water and we may be taking unnecessary risks by doing so. - Dr. Hardy Limeback, a leading Canadian fluoride authority, former fluoride advocate and long-standing consultant to Canadian Dental Association. (read his rationale)

"The evidence against the safety of this public health policy keeps mounting; it is too compelling to ignore." - Dr. Phyllis Mullenix, Children's Hospital, Boston*

Segments of the population are unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride. They include "postmenopausal women and elderly men, pregnant woman and their fetuses, people with deficiencies of calcium, magnesium and/or vitamin C, and people with cardiovascular and kidney problems." United States Public Health Service Report (ATSDR TP-91/17, pg. 112, Sec.2.7, April 1993)

"Since 1990, five major epidemiological studies from three countries-the United States, United Kingdom and France-- showing a higher rate of hip fractures in fluoridated regions.." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 1997 vol. 21 no. 24

"..significant increase in the risk of hip fracture in both men and women exposed to artificial fluoridation at 1 ppm." Journal of the American Medical Association, August 1992

"Water contains a number of substances that are undesirable, and fluorides are just one of them" stated Dr. F. A. Bull, State Dental Director of Wisconsin, speaking at the Fourth Annual Conference of State Dental Directors.

"Fluoride exposure, at levels that are experienced by a significant proportion of the population whose drinking water is fluoridated, may have adverse impacts on the developing brain." Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, May 2000

In Harlem, NY, which has been fluoridated for 32 years, "There's more dental decay among these kids; we see the beginning of inflamed gingivitis in their mouths." American Dental Association, May 2000

"Fluoride has been shown to adversely effect the central nervous system, causing behavioral changes, increased hip fractures and reproduction problems." Natick Report Research Team [Research Microbiologist, U.S. Army, Dr. B. J. Gallo, Environmental Chemist, J. Kupperschmidt Apollo Program Project Scientist, Dr. N.R. Mancuso, U.S. Army Natick Research Labs, A. Murray, Molecular Biologist, Dr. Strauss]

"If this stuff (hydrofluorosilicic acid) gets into the air, it's a pollutant; if it gets into the river, it's a pollutant; if it gets into the lake, it's a pollutant; but if it goes right straight into your drinking water system, it's not a pollutant. That 's amazing." ~ Dr. J. William Hirzy (2000) Senior Chemist at the U.S. EPA Headquarters

"The plain fact that fluorine is an insidious poison, harmful, toxic and cumulative in its effects, even when ingested in minimal amounts, will remain unchanged no matter how many times it will be repeated in print that fluoridation of the water supply is 'safe'."
- Ludwig Gross, M.D., former Chief of Veterans Administration
Cancer Research, Bronx, NY.

"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" -Dr. Robert Carton, former EPA Scientist.

"Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, probably because of their capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by changing the permeability of the cell membrane and by inhibiting certain enzyme systems." Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept 18, 1943

"The artificial fluoridation of public water supplies, such as contemplated by (Houston) City ordinance No. 80-2530 may cause or may contribute to the cause of cancer, genetic damage, intolerant reactions, and chronic toxicity, including dental mottling, in man; that the said artificial fluoridation may aggravate malnutrition and existing illnesses in man; and that the value of said artificial fluoridation is in doubt as to the reduction of tooth decay in man." - Texas Judge Anthony Farris (presided over litigation involving fluoridation)

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Fluoride and Our Children