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Fluoridation of water causes 20,000 plus cancer deaths per year in the U.S.
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Citizens for Safe Water are up in arms! Their "arms" are meetings, petitions, and spreading the word to say NO to fluoridation of their water supply.
Their purpose goes further: "To preserve safe drinking water and prevent addition of anything to water (other than what is necessary to make it safe to drink.)" Fluorine doesn´t fall under the category of making water safe --in fact, it can cause cancer! Qualified scientists in numerous laboratory tests have found that fluoride in water, even 1.0 part per million, (the amount typically used in water fluoridation) is a carcinogen and mutagen -- an agent that causes a change in a gene or chromosome. Fluoridation of water causes 20,000 plus cancer deaths per year in the U.S.
It gets worse! Two studies from China show that the I.Q. of children decreased 5 - 10 points when on fluoride. Another study shows that fluoride accumulates in the pineal gland. There it inhibits the production of melatonin, which causes an earlier onset of puberty.
Toxicologist Phyllis Mullenix demonstrated in the mid-1980´s that rats given fluoride as youngsters or adults became passive, underactive and lethargic, whereas those exposed in utero (before birth, through the mother´s womb) were born hyperactive and remained hyperactive throughout life.
The list of articles from reputable scientific organizations goes on: an increase in Down´s syndrome babies born to younger mothers following fluoridation, a higher incidence of hip fractures in the elderly and fluoridation. A study at India´s Punjabi University shows that shows that fluorosis causes testicular damage, leading to infertility. And while aluminum in the brain is recognized as contributing to Alzheimer´s Disease, evidence points toward fluoride´s ability to bond with aluminum, to imitate the hydrogen ion and thus trick the blood-brain barrier, aiding aluminum´s entry into brain tissue.
Remember when you were a kid and were told that fluoride prevents cavities? A study on 39,000 children age 5-17 by dentists trained by the National Institute of Dental Research shows no significant differences in fluoridated, non-fluoridated and partially fluoridated communities. A 50 year study of two New York cities, Newburgh (fluoridated water) and Kingston (non-fluoridated) showed the same, except that Newburgh had twice the number of cases of dental fluorosis!
In dental fluorosis, the enamel erodes and wears down, creating small pits and brown spots. In fluoridated communities in Canada, dental fluorosis ranges between 35 to 60% of the population. A survey in 1985 of US children ages 8-15, showed 28-76% had dental fluorosis. A Texas survey in the 80´s showed that African American children were more likely than white (Hispanic or non-Hispanic) to get dental fluorosis, ratio of 2.3 to 1. With poor looking teeth being a social stigma, even children are likely to suffer discrimination from brown, eroded, fluoridated teeth.
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"I say this in all earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spent nearly 20 years research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorides. Any person who drinks artificially fluoridated water for a period of one year or more will never again be the same person."
Charles E. Perkins, research scientist with 20 years experience with the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorides.
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Experts are speaking out against fluoridation. Dr. William Marcus, an EPA senior science adviser and toxicologist stated in "Food and Water Journal," 1998, " Fluoride is a carcinogen by any stand we use. I believe EPA should act immediately to protect the public, not just on the cancer data, but on the evidence of bone fractures, arthritis, mutagenicity and other effects." Dr. Robert Carton, a scientist who spent 20 years working for the US Environmental Protection Agency said, "Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific fraud of this century, if not all time." Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, Past President of the American Medical Association said: "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- term basis. Any attempt to use water this way is deplorable."
Fluoride compounds are not biodegradable and are accumulative. No matter how little we are told is being added to our drinking water, fluoride will accumulate in our bones, teeth, in the environment and food chain when added to our drinking water.
Even if you believe the fluoride toothpaste myth, the fluoride to be added to Pinellas drinking water is not the pharmaceutical grade stuff in Colgate. It´s hydrofluorisilicic acid --an industrial waste product. In Florida it comes from the processing of phosphate rock to make phosphate fertilizers, rock which also contains fluoride and silica. The phosphate rock is treated with sulfuric acid, which results in two gases: silicon tetrafluroide and hydrogen fluoride. The gases pass through scrubbers and react with water. Hydrofluorisilicic acid is formed, and becomes part of the "hazardous waste liquor" from the wet scubbers, along with lead, mercury, beryllium, radioactive material, arsenic and other pollutants. It is this impure mixture that is destined for our water supply as a fluoridating agent. This same mixture is illegal to dump at sea, in the Gulf of Mexico or even allow to drain into the rivers of Tampa Bay! So who wants fluoride? Special interest groups who want a convenient way to dump an industrial waste product And the Pinellas County Commissioners who voted 6 to 1 on August 26, 2003 to put it in our water.
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