Professionals Opposed to Fluoridation:
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Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
Featuring a Nobel Laureate in Medicine, three scientists from the National Research Council's landmark review on fluoride, as well as dentists, medical doctors, and leading researchers in the field, this professionally-produced 28-minute DVD presents a powerful indictment of the fluoridation program. The DVD also includes four special features including Dr. Bill Osmunson's acclaimed statement on fluoride. A great resource for anyone involved in the issue. To order the DVD, click here.
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• Professionals Opposed to Fluoridation: • Sign the Statement
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• Read the IQ studies• Read the 2006 review of the toxicology of fluoride (scroll down a bit)
• Overviews of Fluoride Concerns:
• 10 Facts about Fluoride
• 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
• The Absurdities of Fluoridation
• 10 Facts about Fluoride
• 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
• The Absurdities of Fluoridation
Over 260,000 views: Dr. Mercola's interview with Paul Connett (director of FAN): Warning: This Daily Habit is Damaging Your Bones, Brain, Kidneys, and Thyroid (July 1, 2010). Mercola.com is the #1 most visited natural health website. The very exciting and good news is that Dr. Mercola is committed to stopping fluoridation and helping activists in their campaigns. See entire video interview or read the transcript. The video interview is also available in 5 parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
July 20: Mercola: Villages in India show the U.S. just how dangerous fluoride in our water is...
PROFESSIONALS' STATEMENT: 3,042 Medical, Scientific, and Environmental Professionals Sign Statement Calling for End to Fluoridation Worldwide
August 8, 2010: U.S. signers (A-M - N-Z) and International signer:
• 483 Nurses (RN, MSN, BSN, ARNP, APRN, LNC, RGON)
• 438 DC's (Doctor of Chiropractic, includes M Chiro) • 400 PhD's - includes DSc (Doctor of Science); EdD (Doctor of Education); DrPH (Doctor of Public Health)
• 341 MD's (includes MBBS)
• 277 Dentists (DDS, DMD, BDS)
• 134 ND's (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine)
• 73 Lawyers (JD, LLB, Avvocato)
Not listed above, but included, are: pharmacist, veterinarian, water treatment worker, etc.
• 483 Nurses (RN, MSN, BSN, ARNP, APRN, LNC, RGON)
• 438 DC's (Doctor of Chiropractic, includes M Chiro) • 400 PhD's - includes DSc (Doctor of Science); EdD (Doctor of Education); DrPH (Doctor of Public Health)
• 341 MD's (includes MBBS)
• 277 Dentists (DDS, DMD, BDS)
• 134 ND's (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine)
• 73 Lawyers (JD, LLB, Avvocato)
Not listed above, but included, are: pharmacist, veterinarian, water treatment worker, etc.
See Professionals' Statement: PDF | HTML | in French | in Italian | in Spanish
If you are a professional, add your name to the Statement.
If you are a professional, add your name to the Statement.
IQ Studies: The water fluoride levels in these studies range from 0.88 - 9.4 ppm. |  |
• April 12, 2010: TIME Magazine Lists Fluoride among the Top Ten Common Household Toxins: "Health Hazards: Neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed; the American Dental Association advises that children under 2 not use fluoride toothpaste"
• Submissions to US EPA on the urgent need to revise the fluoride drinking water standard
-- Paul Connett, PhD, Director, Fluoride Action Network
-- Kathleen M. Thiessen, PhD, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Center for Risk Analysis
-- Paul Connett, PhD, Director, Fluoride Action Network
-- Kathleen M. Thiessen, PhD, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Center for Risk Analysis
• The State of Public Health in Norway 2010. NOTE: NORWAY HAS NO WATER FLUORIDATION. "Dental health among children and adolescents is on the whole good. In 2008, close to 80 per cent of all 5-year-olds and almost 50 per cent of 12-year-olds did not have any history of dental decay. The numbers have been increasing steadily over the past 25 years."
July 2010: Sandpoint, Idaho, drops fluoride from water.
"...The city council voted 4-2 this week to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system, which serves communities from Kootenai to Dover, including Sandpoint...." July 24, Bonner County Daily Bee.
"...The city council voted 4-2 this week to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system, which serves communities from Kootenai to Dover, including Sandpoint...." July 24, Bonner County Daily Bee.
NEW ZEALAND: Fluoride levels 'too high' for bottle fed babies.
"... Infants fully formula-fed on formulae prepared with optimally fluoridated water (0.7-1.0 mg/L) have a high probability of exceeding the UL [upper level of intake] for fluoride and are at increased risk of dental fluorosis." -From abstract of June 2 paper; see also news article.
Note from FAN: In the U.S., 0.7 - 1.2 mg/L (mg/L = ppm) is the "optimal" level of fluoride in fluoridation schemes. Levels up to 4 ppm of fluoride are legal under U.S. EPA drinking water standards for contaminants.
"... Infants fully formula-fed on formulae prepared with optimally fluoridated water (0.7-1.0 mg/L) have a high probability of exceeding the UL [upper level of intake] for fluoride and are at increased risk of dental fluorosis." -From abstract of June 2 paper; see also news article.
Note from FAN: In the U.S., 0.7 - 1.2 mg/L (mg/L = ppm) is the "optimal" level of fluoride in fluoridation schemes. Levels up to 4 ppm of fluoride are legal under U.S. EPA drinking water standards for contaminants.
• COMMUNITIES REJECTING FLUORIDATION IN MAY 2010:
• NEW ZEALAND: The towns of Kaitaia and Kaikohe voted no to fluoridation
• NEW ZEALAND: The towns of Kaitaia and Kaikohe voted no to fluoridation
• NEBRASKA: On May 11 there were 7 referenda held on fluoridation in Nebraska. Results so far: five of 7 communities voted NO. They were: Crete 59-41%; Dakota City 52-48%; Franklin 69-31%; Norfolk 58-42%; andWahoo 66-34%. The results from Alliance are not in yet, and Gretna passed fluoridation by 6 votes.
• CANADA: On May 4 the Gatineau city council (Québec) voted 16-2 against fluoridation.
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• May 11: Dr. Mercola's comments on fluoride.
• Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted on March 20 and April 10, 2010.
"... Professor James Curran, director of science and strategy at Sepa [Scottish Environment Protection Agency], said: "The greatest environmental concern from volcanic ash, and the most significant risk to grazing livestock, would be fluoride content in ash deposits." April 17, 2010: The Press Association (UK). Volcano ash cloud risk 'minimal'
"... Professor James Curran, director of science and strategy at Sepa [Scottish Environment Protection Agency], said: "The greatest environmental concern from volcanic ash, and the most significant risk to grazing livestock, would be fluoride content in ash deposits." April 17, 2010: The Press Association (UK). Volcano ash cloud risk 'minimal'
• April 15, 2010: Soluble fluoride on volcanic ash and scoria from the eruption on Fimmvörðuháls[area between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull in southern Iceland].
Soluble fluoride on ash surface: mg F pr. kg ash (ppm).
1. (pH 6.45) Fluoride 92 ppm (Leached in the laboratory. Fluoride and pH of leachate measured in the laboratory).
2. (pH 5.66) Fluoride 112 ppm (Fluoride and pH measured in meltwater).
3. (pH 5.55) Fluoride 112 ppm (Fluoride and pH measured in meltwater).
Source: Institute of Earth Sciences, Nordic Volcanological Center
1. (pH 6.45) Fluoride 92 ppm (Leached in the laboratory. Fluoride and pH of leachate measured in the laboratory).
2. (pH 5.66) Fluoride 112 ppm (Fluoride and pH measured in meltwater).
3. (pH 5.55) Fluoride 112 ppm (Fluoride and pH measured in meltwater).
Source: Institute of Earth Sciences, Nordic Volcanological Center
• Testing April 1 & 2, 2010. Remote sensing gas measurements on eruptive fissures at Fimmvörduháls: The flux of HF from the eruption was ~30 tonnes per day.
Source: Gas composition and flux report
Source: Gas composition and flux report
• Background on fluoride dangers from volcanic emissions
• Latest News
• Daily updates on the quality of air in cities across Europe
• Latest News
• Daily updates on the quality of air in cities across Europe
• April 16, 2010: Fluoridation: Quebec vs. Ontario. "Ontario has the country's highest rate of adding the tooth-enamel-strengthening chemical into municipal supplies, while Quebec has one of the lowest, with practically no one drinking fluoridated water. But surprisingly, the two provinces have very little difference in tooth-decay rates..." See full report in the Toronto Globe & Mail.
• China's sodium fluoride used for water fluoridation causing problems nationwide.
-- April 21, 2010: MASSACHUSETTS - Chairman: Water is completely safe. "...Of 132 municipal water systems in Massachusetts, 44 receive fluoride from China... Mr. Fisher said Somerset has been putting fluoride in its water supply since 1969 and said it does come from China. He said the only two countries that sell fluoride to the United States are China and Japan..."
-- April 13, 2010: LOUISIANA - A state Senate committee advanced legislation (SB 638) to forbid the purchase of fluoridation chemicals from China.
-- March 19, 2010: Hudson MA: discontinues use of Chinese fluoridation chemical
-- March 11, 2010: MA: Chinese fluoride In Mass. water raises concern
-- Jan 25, 2010: Amesbury MA: Feds note fluoride problems
-- Jan 19, 2010: Amesbury MA: Town halts use in water supply, seeks solutions
-- April 21, 2010: MASSACHUSETTS - Chairman: Water is completely safe. "...Of 132 municipal water systems in Massachusetts, 44 receive fluoride from China... Mr. Fisher said Somerset has been putting fluoride in its water supply since 1969 and said it does come from China. He said the only two countries that sell fluoride to the United States are China and Japan..."
-- April 13, 2010: LOUISIANA - A state Senate committee advanced legislation (SB 638) to forbid the purchase of fluoridation chemicals from China.
-- March 19, 2010: Hudson MA: discontinues use of Chinese fluoridation chemical
-- March 11, 2010: MA: Chinese fluoride In Mass. water raises concern
-- Jan 25, 2010: Amesbury MA: Feds note fluoride problems
-- Jan 19, 2010: Amesbury MA: Town halts use in water supply, seeks solutions
• US EPA requests Public Comments and/or Information on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Comments due May 28.
• November 2009: Researchers find an association between fluoridation and premature births in Upstate New York. See study & news release from the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.
DENTAL FLUOROSIS:
• INFORMATION: http://spotsonmyteeth.com/
• Derogation on the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC - April 16, 2010
SCHER (Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks)
This short report presents conclusions that are alarmingly ill-informed. SCHER is expected to release its report on the use of fluoride in drinking water on May 18.• Nov 27, 2008: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released its "scientific opinion" on the safety of addingSodium monofluorophosphat to food, albeit adding: "The safety of fluoride itself, in term of amounts that may be consumed, is outside the remit of this Panel." On the same day EFSA also approved Calcum fluoride "for nutritional purposes to food supplements."
See
-- Submission to EFSA from Dr. Vyvyan Howard on January 21, 2009
-- The Alliance for Natural Health in the UK is calling for an inquiry of EFSA because of their approval of a "toothpaste toxin for use in food supplements."
-- EFSA's Summary & Opinion on Calcium fluoride
• Fluoridated "Nursery® Water" - Notice of Class Action and Proposed Settlement.
• Dec 7, 2009: New Jersey Senate Health Committee approves state-wide mandatory fluoridation
-- NJ: A state at risk of mandatory fluoridation
-- Mandatory state laws on fluoridation-- Fluoride-Adjusted Public Water Supplies in New Jersey
-- NJ: A state at risk of mandatory fluoridation
-- Mandatory state laws on fluoridation-- Fluoride-Adjusted Public Water Supplies in New Jersey
• See video (Part 1 and Part 2) of the Austin Environmental Board (Texas) meeting of Dec 2. Also seeFluoride Free Austin site and newspaper report of the meeting.
• Responses to Health Canada report: Fluoride in Drinking Water (comment period ended Nov 27, 2009).
-- Kathleen Thiessen, PhD
-- Paul Connett, PhD, for Fluoride Action Network
-- Carole Clinch's Response and Omissions.
-- Kathleen Thiessen, PhD
-- Paul Connett, PhD, for Fluoride Action Network
-- Carole Clinch's Response and Omissions.
Earth Day roots trace back to a killer 'fluoride fog'"The Donora Smog that killed residents of a Pennsylvania town in 1948 was the first in a series of environmental disasters that led to today's environmental consciousness... Between Oct. 26 and Halloween night of 1948, a weather pattern contained air pollution from various sources, particularly the Donora Zinc Works smelting facility, over the Washington County town. Twenty people asphyxiated and half of the people in the town of 14,000 became ill. Cathy Milbourn, air quality spokeswoman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said the "fluoride fog" was one of the key events that prompted a cry for pollution control legislation. The Donora Smog gained national attention on Walter Winchell's radio show. "That supposedly triggered the first Clean Air Act," she said. "It's been said that if the smog lasted another day, it would have killed 1,000 instead of 20."...
• AUSTRALIA: On Dec 4, a letter was sent to Victoria's Health Minister calling for the resignation of mandatory fluoridation proponent Dr. John Carnie, Chief Health Officer for the province. See the letter (html or pdf), with nearly 200 signatures, that the Anti-Fluoridation Association of Mildura sent to the Health Minister.
• 2 more victories in Nebraska. On Nov 10 the communities of Wisner & Yutan voted NO to fluoridation.Last year both communities voted yes to fluoridation but complained that the wording of the referendum was confusing. They got the right to a second vote and this week both communities reversed their vote. On Sept 17, Wakefield, Nebraska, voted NO to fluoridation.
• See all contributions from the American Dental Association (ADA) to US Congressional representatives in 2008. See also the ADA's press release thanking Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) for sponsoring -- and the House of Representatives for passing -- a resolution on May 12, 2009, congratulating the ADA on its 150th anniversary. Simpson received $10,250 from the ADA in 2008.
• Sept. 29: JADA study proves fluoridation is money down the drain by the New York State Coalition Against Fluoridation.
• Sept. 26: New video, Fluoride in Water, Heath Effects and Dangers - focused primarily on the phosphate industry that supply silicofluorides as fluoridation agents.
• CALIFORNIA: “Fluoride and its salts” are one of 5 chemical categories selected for review by the California Prop 65 Cancer Hazard Identification Committee. See submissions.
• July 21, 2009: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada: City Council says NO to fluoridation. "While [City Councillor] Giertuga said calls and emails from the public were three to one against flouridation, Mayor Lynn Peterson said it was more like 10 to one..." Read more
• MISSISSIPPI: University of North Carolina students credited with getting mandatory fluoridation inMIssissippi for communities with a population of 2,000 or more. "A team of graduate stud in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health's department of health policy and management has helped convince the Mississippi state legislature..." Read more
• NEW: Chloramine + Lead Pipes + Fluoride = Contaminated tap water. See latest from the Environmental Working Group
SULFURYL FLUORIDE UPDATE: EPA selected sulfuryl fluoride for a registration review and and hasreleased several new documents, including a new Human Health Risk Assessment for public comment.
On June 10, Dow AgroSciences petitioned EPA for a 3-year Experimental Use Permit for a first-time use of sulfuryl fluoride as apre-plant fumigant.• See FAN's submission of July 10.
The Sierra Club organized a sign-on petition to EPA to deny the permit on the basis that sulfuryl fluoride has 4,780 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide.
-- July 13: Dow Pitching New Pesticide That Doubles as an Extraordinarily Potent Greenhouse Gas (Press release from Pesticide Action Network)
• Dog food contaminated with levels of fluoride above EPA's legal limit for humans. Study from the Environmental Working Group.
• Great Lakes United resolution of May 20 supports the end of water fluoridation. GLU is an international coalition dedicated to preserving and restoring the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem. GLU is made up of member organizations representing environmentalists, conservationists, hunters and anglers, labor unions, community groups, and citizens of the United States, Canada, and First Nations and Tribes. Part of the resolution reads:
Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United supports the United States Environmental Protection Agency unions (US EPA Unions), Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) statements and professionals world-wide that the practice of artificial drinking water fluoridation be terminated.
• July 11, 2008: CDC's latest (2006) list of populations-by-state with fluoridated drinking water.• 2006 - CDC's U.S. Water Supply Statistics
IRELAND: THE MOST FLUORIDATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
• April 12: Doctors ‘struggling to cope’ with upsurge in hip fractures, The Sunday Times (Ireland)
• April 19: Letter published in response from Professor Vyvyan Howard.
Note: In 1960, the Irish Parliament (the Dail) passed the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act. This mandated that fluoride be added to the public water supplies. Fluoridation began in 1963 and 73% of the population of Ireland drink fluoridated water.
• Feb 26: Background to the unanimous decision to fluoridate Southampton UK (and nearby communities) - The Feb 26th decision was made by the South Central Strategic Health Authority even though their own surveys reported 72% of people in the affected areas were opposed and that Hampshire County Council, where Southampton is located, opposed the scheme. At the 11th hour, on Feb 20, critical documents were released to the public. Among them were scientific critiques by Bazian Ltd. which were significantly flawed. See also FAN's Feb 26 press release and letter to the Board Members of the South Central SHA; also see updated UK press coverage on FAN's NewsTracker.
• Feb 26: Fluoridation Gamble Fails the Test of Time, by FAN's Director, Paul Connett, PhD. Published inRepublic Magazine.
• Feb 20. Kathleen Thiessen's submission to ATSDR's Health Assessment of fluoride releasesfrom Oak Ridge, TN. This is the most succinct and up-to-date review of fluoride releases from the K-25 and S-50 units at the Oak Ridge Reservation.
• Jan 22, 2009: American Diabetes Association receives Formal Notice of Failure to Warn and Responsibility to Amend Incorrect Public Statements. Letter sent by from Dan Stockin of The Lillie Center on behalf of the millions of people with diabetes and the millions more with pre-diabetes.
• Georgia water worker fired for refusing to purchase and add fluoride to water system
• Dec 17, 2008: Press Release from The Lillie Center
• Dec 2, 2008: US EPA Union letter (pdf) to the Commissioners of the Water Utility
• Nov 20, 2008: Termination of Employment letter and more
• Dec 17, 2008: Press Release from The Lillie Center
• Dec 2, 2008: US EPA Union letter (pdf) to the Commissioners of the Water Utility
• Nov 20, 2008: Termination of Employment letter and more
• Nov 4, 2008: 53 COMMUNITIES VOTE AGAINST FLUORIDATION!
• July 11, 2008: CDC's latest (2006) list of populations-by-state with fluoridated drinking water.• 2006 - CDC's U.S. Water Supply Statistics
184,028,038 = U.S. Population Receiving Fluoridated Water
265,794,252 = U.S. Population served by Community Water Systems
299,398,484 = U.S. Population
Nov 20: Hampshire County Council (UK) votes against fluoride planNov 18:
• Fluoride a health risk, doctors' group says
• End water fluoridation, professor says
Nov 13:
• Test Valley Borough Council (UK) votes 26 to 10 against fluoridation• Nov 2, 2008: Southampton, England: Fluoride – is it a crooked ballot? By Julian Lewis, Conservative MP for New Forest East.• Oct 1, 2008: Are we poisoning our babies and children with fluoride?
• Fluoride a health risk, doctors' group says
• End water fluoridation, professor says
Nov 13:
• Test Valley Borough Council (UK) votes 26 to 10 against fluoridation• Nov 2, 2008: Southampton, England: Fluoride – is it a crooked ballot? By Julian Lewis, Conservative MP for New Forest East.• Oct 1, 2008: Are we poisoning our babies and children with fluoride?
• June 9, 2008: American Water Works Assoc. warned not to remove or destroy evidence for water fluoridation injury legal actions• June 3, 2008: Kidney Foundation admits: kidney patients should be notified of potential risk from fluoride and fluoridated drinking water
• Feb 20, 2008: Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Agents Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Fluoride is identified as a chemical of "significant concern." The Statement is in pdf format and takes about a minute to download. It was released February 20, 2008 - see press release.• Fluoride: Top 10 Scientific Developments of 2007
MEDIA:
• Second Thoughts About Fluoride - Scientific American, January 2008
• Critics raise red flag over fluoride in tap water - Toronto Globe & Mail, Nov 23, 2007• Second Thoughts About Fluoride - Scientific American, January 2008
• Nov 8, 2007: Martin Sheen: Fluoridation "Hard to Swallow"
• PENNSYLVANIA: Proposed mandatory fluoridation bill HB 1649
ISLE OF MAN: Nov. 20, 2007, debate between the Director of Fluoride Action Network and the Chair of the British Fluoridation Society
Background:
Pro-fluoride campaign nets $151,623 - Juneau Empire
Keep Juneau's water fluoride-free - Juneau Empire
Another doctor against fluoride in the water - Juneau Empire
What I learned on the Fluoride Study Commission - Juneau Empire
Fluoridation: Why Europe matters - Juneau Empire
CALIFORNIA: Fluoride in Southern California Tap Water: Children are overexposed (also see EWG Press Release)
Press Release from the Lille Center, Inc.
ALERT: Fluoride Warning Issued for Infants
Water District Urged to Warn Parents of Infant Risk Mothering Magazine: New Fluoride Warning for InfantsFormula, fluoride can discolor children's teethAmerican Dental Association's "e-gram alert" Fluoride & Babies Don't Mix, Say ADABackground re: Fluoride & Infants VIDEO: Fluoride: Friend or Foe? VIDEO: Study: Fluoride possibly harmful to infantsVIDEO: Dental Experts: Too Much Fluoride Is Bad For Babies
VICTORIES! More Communities Throwing Out Fluoridation
FLUORIDE/BONE CANCER: "Professor's Fluoride Scandal Stinks"
FOX 25 Investigative Report (part 1)FOX 25 Investigative Report (part 2) Did Harvard Ethics Investigation Break the Rules?Dr. Samuel Epstein's letter in Harvard CrimsonFAN's Statement on Harvard Investigation
MEDIA: Boston Herald | WebMD | Metro West Daily | Harvard Crimson | FOX 25 Report | Associated Press | Wall Street Journal |Online Lawyer Source | Washington Post | MSNBC
READ IT FREE ONLINE AND/OR BUY ITFAN: Press Release | Excerpts from Report | Relevance to Fluoridation
MEDIA: Portland Tribune | Wall Street Journal | Chemical & Engineering News | Science | USA Today | Metro West Daily News |HealthDay | LA Times | NY Times | ABC News
MEDIA: FAN Conference Featured in American Chemical Society magazine - Chemical & Engineering News, September 4, 2006
PROTECTING OUR FOOD: The Campaign Against Sulfuryl Fluoride
Anti-Fluoridation Song: Get it Out!
Written and performed by Alex Wilson in Burlington VT.
Click here for words to song
(Burlington was fluoridated in 1952. Alex wrote this in 2005.)
Written and performed by Alex Wilson in Burlington VT.
Click here for words to song
(Burlington was fluoridated in 1952. Alex wrote this in 2005.)
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