UK - Daily Echo - Oystermen express fears over fluoride effluent

Oystermen express fears over fluoride effluent
CLAIMS the oyster fishing industry in the Solent could be threatened by controversial plans to add fluoride to tap water in and around Southampton will be considered by councillors today
Southampton's historic Court Leet wants Tory council leaders to examine the likely affects on shellfish of pumping tonnes of fluoride effluent into Southampton Water.
There are fears it could hit the livelihoods of local fisherman and studies have shown fluoride can stunt growth and
increase death rates. Between 60 and 80 boats are licensed to fish for oysters in the Solent. There are oyster beds off Calshot Spit, Stanswood Bay, Hamble River and Chilling near Hill Head.
Oysterman Stephen Matthews, whose plea was backed by the Court Leet, said: "It is incumbent upon the city council to take steps to determine the possible effects upon the shellfish environment which may occur due to the presence of fluoride and to take steps to halt the fluoridation
programme until the appropriate bodies have been consulted and a proper environmental assessment has been carried out." Environment chiefs at Southampton City Council have told councillors they have no power to protect marine life from harm caused by any effluent discharge into the Solent. And the Environment Agency said the fluoride dose level would be within environmental quality standards.

USA - Hundreds line up for free dental care

Hundreds line up for free dental care
Flint News and Saginaw News - abc12.com:

"There are thousands of people in our area who can't afford dental care. So, for the second year in a row, a group of dentists is offering free checkups, extractions and other dental procedures."

In Michigan where 91% of the water is fluoridated:NYSCOF

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UK - Daily Echo letter

Calm down! All this fury over a tiny drop
CALM down! I can't believe the Echo's latest banner coverage of the fluoride 'debate.
All this fury lasting months over a teaspoonful of fluoride in every five tonnes of water.
We've had chlorine products in the water for many decades to prevent disease - how about optimising the fluoride level to reduce dental disease? Many authorities carry this out safely after expert analysis. Do they do this just to annoy anti-fluoride zealots? Some areas have natural levels 25 times that proposed for Southampton with no problems.
Also, let's drop this mass medication slur; medicine is taken to cure illness. As for a debate, lauded by the Echo, I would assume this involves a balanced discussion of two opposing views. The Echo doesn't publish many supporting fluoride (I only remember two). Despite this, the only random survey gave a 32 for, 38 against result, which is hardly a basis for rioting in the streets. Of the letters against, the most bizarre must be one querying if wild birds will be harmed by drinking fluoridated water. In Romsey, we won't benefit from fluoridation, but I'm told we're already at
0.6ppm so there's little to be gained.
AK ROBERTS,
Romsey.

If AK Roberts has been following the great fluoride debate he seems ill informed.

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NZ - Waipukurau decision on fluoride in water.

Waipukurau decision on fluoride in water.
Posted by Robert Davids
Friday, 20 November 2009
The Central Hawkes Bay District Council has decided to continue adding fluoride to Waipukurau's drinking water despite wide-spread public disapproval.

The council proposed to stop fluoridation when the Waipukurau water treatment plant is replaced.

A local survey of around 700 people showed more than half wanted to stop fluoridation.

Mayor Trish Giddens says strong support of fluoridation was shown by the Ministry of Health, doctors and dentists who informed there are detrimental effects on people once fluoride in water is stopped

UK - GCSE quiz backfires on Balls as he makes 'schoolboy error' trying to outwit Tory shadow

GCSE quiz backfires on Balls as he makes 'schoolboy error' trying to outwit Tory shadow
By Laura Clark
Last updated at 8:37 AM on 20th November 2009
It was Ed Balls' attempt at revenge for a series of attacks on exam standards.
In the Commons yesterday, the Children's Secretary tried to fox his Tory shadow with GCSE science and maths questions.
But Mr Balls may be regretting not doing more homework after reading a 'schoolboy' error into one of the questions.

Goading Tory education spokesman Michael Gove, he asked: 'Explain how a fluoride atom can change into a fluoride ion. You're well known as an erudite and intelligent man. What's the answer?'
But scientists said the formulation 'fluoride atom' was wrong, and the GCSE paper from which the question was drawn states 'fluorine atom'.

Dr Richard Pike, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, said there was 'no such thing' as fluoride on its own, explaining: 'There is hydrogen fluoride, for example, but you wouldn't say a fluoride atom.

'You would use fluoride when it's in a compound or when referring to ions. A fluorine atom can become a fluoride ion.'

If Mr Balls' question is asked correctly, the answer is 'By gaining an electron'.

Mr Gove eventually answered correctly, but repeated Mr Balls' error.
Accusing Mr Gove of trying to 'run down' the achievements of youngsters, Mr Balls asked him: 'First question - name the type of enzyme that digests stains containing fats. Sounds quite difficult to me, do you have an answer?'
He then went on to challenge Mr Gove with a question from a maths exam, asking: 'Work out three and three quarters minus one and two fifths.' The answers are 'lipase' and '2.35'.
The clashes came as a report by the new exams watchdog lent weight to Mr Gove's attacks, finding that the OCR and Edexcel exam boards are still too lenient in grading GCSE science.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229438/GCSE-quiz-backfires-Balls-makes-schoolboy-error-tried-outwit-Tory-shadow.html#ixzz0XO8vRRQG

UK -Daily Echo - Disappointing comments

Disappointing comments
I WAS disappointed at Andrew Mortimore's comments about the recently published survey figures relating to the health of children's teeth and the proposed fluoridation of tap water (Daily Echo, October 29).
That is the third occasion in which he has tried to brush aside the results of a survey, the other two being the Echo phone poll, and the other being the self completion survey as part of the consultation.
In fact when near the time of the phone survey, a survey organised by the primary care trust produced a result indicating that if anything people were in favour of fluoridation.
At the time I wondered how the survey could have been worded to produce such a result.
1 raised my concerns that following the previous results, any survey could be manipulated to produce a result in favour of fluoridation.
My concerns were raised again when the PCT supplied their reply postcards with first class postage paid. However despite this, and the way the consultation was conducted 72 per cent of those who replied to the survey voted against fluoridation. However this kind of result should surely indicate to those in favour that there is still a lot of work to be done to convince people that fluoridation is a good thing, yet the talk from the Strategic Health Authority is that they have gone above their obligations. I would therefore dispute whether Dr Mapstone's original reassurance has proved justified.
MALCOLM CLARKE, Eastleigh.

Australia - Casey alarm at toddlers’ teeth

Casey alarm at toddlers’ teeth
News18 Nov 09 @ 02:15am by Dimity Barber
Dentist Desmond Yiu says he is finding a surprisingly high number of cavities in children's teeth. JANE OLLERENSHAW.
LESS than 11 per cent of Casey children have seen a dentist by their third birthday.
Child Dental Health Surveys have identified a worrying rise in decayed, missing or filled teeth in the area’s four-year-olds since 1998.
Now Casey-Cardinia dentists are urging parents to take toddlers’ dental health more seriously, warning decay in baby teeth can lead to problems later on.
Fountain Gate Dental Care surgeon Desmond Yiu said he had recently filled cavities in children as young as three.
“I’m finding a lot more tooth decay in children than I would expect, particularly given how readily available fluoride is in water and toothpaste,” Dr Yiu said.
“There is definitely an attitude out there that because they are just “baby teeth” there’s no need to worry. But that is a very distressing attitude. Parents need to understand that decay in a child’s first set of teeth can lead to problems in their permanent ones.”

Dr Yiu said poor diet was the cause of the concerning trend.

“There has been a cultural change towards high sugar drinks that are very damaging to teeth,” he said.

Dr Yiu said parents should book their children in for their first dental appointment at 12-24 months of age.

NZ - CHB Council considering adding flouride to Waipukurau water

CHB Council considering adding flouride to Waipukurau water
Posted by Robert Davids
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The Central Hawkes Bay District Council will continue to hear submissions tomorrow over the issue of adding fluoride into Waipukurau's drinking water.
The council began hearing around 15 verbal submissions on the plan at a special meeting on Monday, and will continue with the meeting tomorrow.
The council is raising the issue again, as the fluoride dosing system at the Waipukurau water treatment plant needs replacing.
Mayor Trish Giddens says there was no consultation with the public when fluoridation began in 1979, as it was seen as an important health issue at the time.
Ms Giddens says with more awareness now, the council wants people to have their own say.

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Expert cites importance of toxic-free environment

Expert cites importance of toxic-free environment
Nation
Written by Jonathan Mayuga / Correspondent
Monday, 16 November 2009 21:06
A VISITING US expert on Monday underscored the importance of applying the “precautionary principle” (PP) to ensure a toxic-free and life-sustaining environment to protect people and the environment from harm.

Paul Connett, a specialist on environmental chemistry and toxicology who has gone to 52 countries promoting zero waste and chemical safety, told participants to a seminar on toxicology at the Occupational Safety and Health Center in Quezon City that precautionary measures should be taken whenever an activity raises threats of harm to the environment or human health “even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.”

Connett is promoting the Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle that was drafted and finalized at a conference from January 23 to 25, 1998, at the Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, by 32 authors, mostly academicians, scientists and public-interest activists.

Since 1983, Connett taught chemistry at Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he specialized in environmental chemistry and toxicology.  He retired from teaching in May 2006.

The statement listed four central components of the Precautionary Principle:

· Taking preventive action in the face of uncertainty;

· Shifting burdens onto proponents of potentially harmful activities;

· Exploring a wide range of alternatives to possibly harmful actions; and

· Increasing public participation in decision-making.

“The PP posits the notion that when there is reasonable doubt on the safety of substance or practice, we should err on the side of caution,” Connett said.

Organized by the waste-and-pollution watchdog EcoWaste Coalition, Connett’s call bolstered the group’s campaign in the Philippines against toxic harm by urging the government to put in place mechanisms that will effectively prevent toxic pollution, starting with proper disposal of harmful chemical substances, Manny Calonzo, the group’s president, said.

Connett presented his seven-point criteria to assist citizens in justifying the citation of Precautionary Principle as a reason for rejecting a proposed activity.

Connett said these “trigger criteria” will help citizens employ the Precautionary Principle in a more disciplined way and thus avoid the criticisms leveled at the principle by supporters of  technological and industrial activities regardless of their costs to human health and the environment.

These criteria include an assessment whether (1) the evidence of harm plausible; (2) the evidence is supported by a number of peer-reviewed published studies; (3) the harm is real and/or serious; (4) the effects are reversible; (5) the evidence that the benefit being sought is real and significant; (6) how significant are the consequences if the practice is halted; and (7) the cost-effective alternatives to the practice.

He cited an examination of case studies on the incineration of domestic waste and the fluoridation of drinking water, and explored the responses to each of the trigger criteria. In the Philippines, clamor to ban waste incineration succeeded after calls to prevent its adverse effect to air quality, as well as its cost-effectiveness, were raised.

Fluoridation Increases Infant Death Rates

Fluoridation causes more premature births, one of the top causes of infant death in the USA. It poses the greatest risk to poor non-white mothers and babies. This is the finding State University of New York researchers from data spanning 1993 to 2002.
Research in Chile in the 1970s also showed fluoridation caused an increase in infant death rates. Chile stopped fluoridation as a result.
A baby born at least 3 weeks early is classified as premature - accounting for about 12 percent of US births.
To ensure fluoridation was the culprit, and not some other factor, the researchers recorded fluoridation residence status (under or over 1 ppm) and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty level, hypertension and diabetes.
The data came from the NY Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, which collects comprehensive information on patient characteristics and treatment history. The research was conducted within the university's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
"For the Ministry of Health to continue promoting fluoridation when there is this kind of evidence that it is real health risk is inexcusable" says Mark Atkin, Fluoride Action Network (NZ)'s co-representative on the Fluoridation-free NZ Coalition, adding "Only a few months ago we had further confirmation that fluoridation increases teenage male bone cancer rates. As has been said before, those who continue to promote fluoridation do so at the risk of future legal action against them."

Canada - Fluoride debate comes to city council

Fluoride debate comes to city council
Updated 9 hours ago
SHAWN JEFFORDS
The Observer
A city councillor wants a debate on the continued use of fluoride in drinking water.
Coun. Terry Burrell said he needs direction from the city before a vote on whether or not to remove fluoride from local drinking water occurs this January. Burrell, who represents council on the Lambton Area Water Supply System (LAWSS) board, has introduced a motion to council asking for a full debate, including expert speakers on both sides of the issue, and community input. If his motion is passed today the debate would take place at the Dec. 7 council meeting.
"When it comes up at LAWSS it is an important community-wide thing so I want to vote based on how council votes as opposed to just my own personal feelings," Burrell said.
The fluoride debate has been going on at the LAWSS board for over a year after Health Canada released updated data asking municipalities to lower their fluoride usage. Local fluoride rates were already well within acceptable standards. Burrell said his resolution would give the issue a full public airing.
"Some people in the community are very interested and this will give them a forum," he said.
Burrell said he knows the medical and dental communities want to weight in on the debate. The fluoride debate has been repeatedly delayed at the LAWSS board level as the group waited for a report from Health Canada. Now, the water system manager has left, pushing the issue back yet again.
"We can't wait forever," Burrell said.
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said he still favours the issue being decided by a plebiscite. It takes 10 per cent of the public to sign a petition to get a question on the ballot. He thinks the whole fluoride debate is being driven by politicians not the public.
"We should keep out of it and let the public have the debate," he said.

sjeffords@theobserver.ca

UK - Daily Echo letter - The science of spinning the Government's line

The science of spinning the Government's line
Whether or not one agrees with Dr David Mutt's personal, but informed professional, opinion as to the classification status of Cannabis, it would not be the first time that an accredited expert, seconded to Government, has run foul of the "authorised version" of political policy.
One of the best Labour environment ministers we ever had - Michael Meacher, who's views on nuclear energy and a handful of other issues, diverged from those held by Tony Blair - got the "bunch-of-fives" treatment from his leader. Blair phoned him at 3am saying "Sorry Michael, I'm letting you go."
The team of leading health scientists concluding their long deliberations at the NHS Centre for Reviews and Disseminations at York University in 1999/2000 gave a five point statement to Government which said:
1 Fluoride could not be said to be safe
2 Fluoridation would be unlikely to correct dental health inequalities.
3 Dental fluorosis could not be categorized
merely as a cosmetic condition
4 Lack of good quality studies made results inconclusive
5 More research of a higher standard, free from bias, should be conducted.

The Government's own media release said precisely the opposite on every point.
No prizes offered for guessing whose version was adopted as the "official" line
Who was the health minister in charge at that time? . . . none other than Alan Johnson.
BERNARD J SEWARD, Bristol.

Australia - Queensland Premier set to be ousted after 8 mths?

Queensland Premier set to be ousted after 8 mths?
November 15, 2009 06:22 PM EST (Updated: November 15, 2009 06:28 PM EST)
views: 115 | comments: 3
Below is a quick poll result by the Brisbane Courier Mail news paper Poll Results

Thanks for voting, here are the results so far:

Who would you vote for at the next state election?

Labor under Anna Bligh 6% (128 votes)
Labor under someone else5% (118 votes)
LNP under John Paul Langbroek 24% (479 votes)
LNP under Lawrence Springborg17% (352 votes)
LNP under someone else6% (135 votes)
Minor party21% (430 votes)
None of the above17% (344 votes)
Total votes: 1986 votes so far
The poll has just been going for 4 hours and already it appears Australia's First elected woman premier is about to be ousted from the Premiers position with just 6% of people saying they would vote for her at the next election. Anna Bligh, whose family were on the first ship to land in Australia from England in the 1770's, is the first women to stand for election as a premier and win an election as premier, She has seen the state go from surplus to debt.
She has resided over failed water supply crisis's, has seen the waste of over a billion dollars on trying to push through an unapproved dam and kicking thousands of people off their family farms, put unwanted fluoridation into the states water supply, at the whim of dentists, turned the state into a construction zone with more roadworks than any other time, taking the city of Brisbane from one of the worlds most livable cities to one of the most unlivable cities with mistake after mistake, overseen the Gold Coast Indy car debacle where the Indy Cars pulled out and then Bligh Declared she didn't need them and she will put on a better event with out them only to see the event nose dive, had her Treasurer resign, and then receive a $500,000 "Gift" payment for securing a government contract.
Things are not looking good for this Premier and it could be she will be ousted before Christmas.

Flouridation Issue: Head Of Preventive Dentistry, University Of Toronto Clarifies

Flouridation Issue: Head Of Preventive Dentistry, University Of Toronto Clarifies
Written by Dr. Hardy Limeback hardy.limeback@dentistry.utoronto.ca
Sunday, 15 November 2009 14:19
The American Dental Association article from which you (containing previous article about fluoridation) got your information actually has an error (compare Fig. 2 and Table 2). Those figures you quote ("Dentists' Nominal Net Income for 2000 was $533,000 up from $141,000 in 1982") are actually gross billings.

The net income (before income tax) in 1982 was $53,530 and in 2000 it was, on average, $183,050. Dentists are small business owners, employing anywhere from two to a dozen or more people. During this economic crisis many people are happy to have jobs, when one in every 10 Americans is out of work. In the US, depending on the size, small business owners have the potential to earn much more than dentists....see http://online.wsj.com/article/...&sjrss=wsj

Dentistry is much more cosmetically oriented these days (and more expensive), because patients now demand straight, white teeth, and want implants instead of partial dentures. Maybe dental fluorosis really is one of the reasons that dentists are earning more income from cosmetic work but dentists' salaries have really only kept up with the consumer price index and that was the point of that JADA article.

UK - The governmental Orwellian answer to the human rights challenge

Moreover, we consider that fluoridation is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights because new schemes could not be introduced before there has been a public consultation in the area that would be affected.

How could anybody write that after the debacle of Southampton's consultation where the people of Southampton demonstrated that they don't want fluoridation and the SHA completely ignore it - a politician?

TOXIC EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE ON REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN

174 Li 174
TOXIC EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE ON REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN
MALE RATS: SPERM MOTILITY, OXIDATIVE STRESS,
CELL CYCLE, AND TESTICULAR APOPTOSIS
Junling Wang,a,b Yingmei Zhang,a Haojun Zhang,c Ke Zhang,b Zhewen Zhang,d Jin Lib
Lanzhou, China
SUMMARY: To investigate the effects of sodium fluoride (NaF) on sperm motility,
oxidative stress, and apoptosis in the testes, male Wistar rats were exposed to 1.0,
2.0, and 3.0 mg NaF/kg bw/day by intragastric gavage for 90 days. Sperm motility was
significantly inhibited, especially at the lower F intake level. Significant increases in
oxidative stress with elevated malondialdehyde occurred in the 1.0 mg NaF group
and increased hydrogen peroxide in the 2.0 mg NaF group. Compared with the
control group without NaF, the cell percentage in G0/G1 phase increased
significantly, whereas it decreased significantly in S phase. On the other hand, the
percentage of cells in G2/M phase was similar to that of the control. In the 2.0 and 3.0
mg NaF groups, a significant increase in testicular cell apoptosis was observed.
Thus, especially at a comparatively lower level of exposure, F exhibits toxic effects
on reproductive function in the form of decreased sperm motility, enhanced oxidative
stress, and increased apoptosis, although the latter does not appear to be directly
connected with the increased level of oxidative stress.
Keywords: Fluoride and reproduction; Male rat reproductivity; Oxidative stress; Rat testis; Sperm
motility; Testicular apoptosis.

Halting the inertia of indifference: fluoride and fertility revisited

Editorial
Fluoride 42(3)159–161
July-September 2009
Halting the inertia of indifference: fluoride and fertility revisited
Spittle 159 159
HALTING THE INERTIA OF INDIFFERENCE:
FLUORIDE AND FERTILITY REVISITED
SUMMARY: Two new studies have demonstrated that fluoride can impair male fertility. The first, in mice, found fluoride decreases sperm hyperactivation and Catsper1 gene expression. The second, in rats, reports that fluoride decreases sperm motility, enhances oxidative stress in testis, and increases testis apoptosis. These findings are consistent with many earlier reports of adverse fluoride effects, including some of reduced fertility in animals drinking water containing 1 ppm of fluoride. The current recommendation by some authorities for adding fluoride to community water supplies is likely to impair male fertility.
Keywords: Fertility; Fluoridation; Indifference to fluoride effects on fertility; Infertility; Mice; Rats;
Spermatozoal hypermotility; Spermatozoal motility; Testis apoptosis; Testis oxidative stress.
Two further articles on the adverse effects of fluoride on male reproductive function are included in the present issue. Wang et al. found that fluoride in mice
decreases sperm hyperactivation and Catsper1 gene expression.1 Zhang et al.
report that fluoride in rats decreases sperm motility, enhances oxidative stress in testis, and increases testis apoptosis.2 These studies follow many previous reports published in Fluoride and other peer-reviewed publications of the detrimental effects of fluoride on male reproductive function.3-34
The need for additional studies of a possible association between fluoride and reproductive parameters was noted in a chapter on "Reproductive and developmental effects of fluoride" in the 2006 National Research Council publication Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA's standards notes.35 The two new studies now reported provide examples of such information as suggested. These findings are consistent with many earlier reports of fluoride adverse effects, including some of reduced fertility in animals drinking water containing 1 ppm of fluoride.36-40
Currently the authorities who recommend adding fluoride at 0.7–1.2 ppm to community water supplies give little attention to the effect of fluoride on male fertility. For example, the 2007 Australian Government publication A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of fluoridation found that the existing body of evidence strongly suggested that water fluoridation is beneficial at reducing dental caries but did not discuss the concerns about the effects of fluoride on fertility.41 Adding fluoride to community water supplies is likely to impair male fertility. The two studies reported in this issue provide further friction to help halt this inertia of indifference to the adverse effects of fluoride on male reproductive function.
Bruce Spittle MB ChB DPM FRANZCP, Managing Editor, Fluoride
727 Brighton Road, Ocean View
Dunedin 9035, New Zealand

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UK - Here to defend Dennis over fluoride

Here to defend Dennis over fluoride
Dulverton Road
Ruislip
Middlesex
Politicial leader David Cameron is calling for less "Big Government" and more emphasis on the individual.

One place to start would be to stop the prime example of Nanny State interference where the authorities add fluoride to tap water.

This chemical is not added to make the water safe to drink, but to bring about changes in the human body – a dangerous precedent. One size does not fit all, as some people may react badly to this chemical.

No sensible doctor would prescribe medication for a patient he's never met, whose medical history he doesn't know, in a dosage over which there is no control. The countries with the biggest drop in child tooth decay are Sweden, Netherlands, Finland & Denmark – who do not fluoridate!

May I defend local resident Dennis Edmondson. Some may not always agree with him, but he is an old soldier who fought for Britain and a few months ago won an award for bravely putting himself at risk to help a lady who was being attacked at night by a man.

His heart is definitely in the right place!

A Wills

UK - God gave us skill to move forward

God gave us skill to move forward
Date: 14 November 2009
Savile Park Road
Halifax
GRAHAM RIGBY, Your say November 7, I'm with him, says "If God had wanted fluoride in our water it would be there."

Down the centuries religion has opposed medical advances, saying as Graham Rigby does, that it's against God's will.
The most recent example was religious opposition to organ transplant surgery but I don't see any Graham Rigbys refusing organ transplant surgery when it's their own lives in danger.
So let's turn Graham Rigby's statement round.
If God hadn't wanted us to make these medical advances, including fluoride, he wouldn't have given us the intelligence to do so.
But he did, so that's God's will.
John Crabtree

RFH,14/11/2009 08:18:29
You’ve shot your own argument down in flames, Mr Crabtree, with your words, “when it's their own lives in danger.”
Few people would refuse heart surgery if their condition required it, but I suspect every sane person WOULD refuse it if they were told they had to have it without their consent because a minority of people in the area were possibly in danger of developing heart problems if they didn’t make slight changes to their lifestyle.
Furthermore, fluoride is NOT a medical advance. It is an industrial waste product.

USA - Early Childhood Caries are a serious problem in Virginia

NYSCOF: Virginia is 95% fluoridated. Yet, "Early Childhood Caries are a serious problem in Virginia"

UK - Lymington Times letter

SIR, — Regarding fluoridation and the 'A&T' story revealing improved dental statistics relating to Southampton flve-year-olds:
The most recent survey suggested that the teeth of the city's children now have average levels of decay, and not much worse than average — h.s previously claimed by the NHS.
The .strategic health authority (SHA) said comparing this year's statistics with previous data would give the false impression of an improvement in dental health because the new research was done • differently.
There are two problems with this response. First, an analysis of the statistics shows that the teeth of those who were omitted from the survey would have had to be really bad to have increased the Southampton decay rate to the level of earlier surveys.
Secondly, the same revised means of research indicated that the dental health of (unfluoridated) Southampton five-year-olds was now considerably better than those who live in (fluoridated) central Birmingham. How does the SHA explain that?
Jason Merrit
Glenwood Avenue,
Bassett.

Andy Burnham, fluoride and the fabians.

Do we believe any of this? Are the Freemason's so evil when they all have to believe in a God to join?

Andy did resign of course from the BFS when he was made a minister and it is not sodium fluoride, it is worse, hexafluorosilicic acid.

USA - Study Links Fluoride to Premature Births (press release)

Study Links Fluoride to Premature Births (press release)
News Release
Study Links Fluoride to Premature Births
New York -- November 12, 2009 -- State University of New York (SUNY) 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. (1)
Fluoridation is the addition of fluoride chemicals into public water supplies ostensibly to prevent tooth decay. Many groups oppose fluoridation because of its scientifically-documented health risks. (2)
Human pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks or just more than 9 months. A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered a preterm (or premature) birth. About 12 percent of US pregnancies are preterm and this is one of the top causes of infant death in the US, according to the US National Institutes of Health. (3)
The SUNY researchers used 1993-2002 data from the NY Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS), which collects patient characteristics, diagnoses, treatments, services and charges for every hospital discharge, ambulatory surgery patient and emergency department admission in New York State. They recorded fluoridation residence status (under or over 1 milligram fluoride per Liter of water) and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty level, hypertension and diabetes.
“Domestic water fluoridation was associated with an increased risk of PTB [preterm birth]. This relationship was most pronounced among women in the lowest SES [socio-economic-status] groups (>10% poverty) and those of non-white racial origin,” write Rachel Hart, et al. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SUNY School of Public Health.
Previous published research by others has shown that fluoride can interfere with the reproductive system. (4)
“It would be wise to follow the lead of the 7,000 Environmental Protection Agency scientists and public health professionals (5) who asked Congress to place a moratorium on fluoridation until definitive studies are conducted to prove fluoridation is safe for every human consuming it,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. “Clearly fluoridation is not safe for everyone," says Beeber.
At the request of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a National Research Council (NRC) panel of experts reviewed current fluoride toxicology. In 2006 they concluded that the maximum amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water is too high to be protective of health. At least three NRC panel members believe water fluoride levels should be as close to zero as possible. The EPA has yet to perform a fluoride risk assessment based on the NRC's findings leaving millions of Americans at risk of fluoride's adverse health effects.
According to Dr. Bill Hirzy, Chair of American University’s Chemistry Department and former EPA scientist from 1981 to 2008, the EPA fears “setting a maximum contaminant level goal of zero because that would mean the EPA is going to be responsible for the end of the water fluoridation program. EPA knows that there will be enormous political flak for doing that.” (6)
Contact: Paul Beeber, JD

President

NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. 516-433-8882

nyscof@aol.com

USA - Wisner voters reject flouride

Wisner voters reject flouride
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
WISNER, Neb. -- Voters in this community, which approved adding fluoride to the water system in 2008, voted Tuesday not to add it.
Results of Wisner's first all-mail election indicated 98 were in favor and 285 were against adding fluoride.
Tuesday was the final day in which voters could mail or return in person their ballots to the Cuming County Courthouse in West Point.
The result was the opposite of last year when 265 voted for it and 242 voted against it.
Part of the reason the issue was considered again was the wording of the original ballot language, which some called confusing.
Wisner is at least the second community in Northeast Nebraska that has voted on fluoride a second time.
Voters in Wakefield in September rejected adding fluoride to their town's water supply. During that special election, 135 votes were cast in favor of prohibiting fluoride while only eight votes supported it.
The previous November, 255 Wakefield residents voted in favor of adding fluoride while 216 voted against it. In Wakefield as well, many voters said they found the ballot language confusing.

FAN Bulletin 1098: More important news

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
FAN Bulletin 1098: More important news
November 12, 2009
We have a number of important news items to report today.

1) Three more victories in Nebraska.
2) Researchers find an association between fluoridation and premature births in NY
3) Health Canada's extraordinary translation mistake.
4) My response to Health Canada's new report: Fluoride in Drinking Water
5) A link to the Dr. Peter Cooney presentation in Dryden, Ontario, re-found.

1) Three more victories in Nebraska.

In 2008 the communities of Yutan and Wisner voted for fluoridation. Residents complained that the wording of the 2008 referendum was confusing and they got the right for a second vote. Both communities reversed their vote this week and voted NO to fluoridation. Go to Fluoride Alert

UK - Daily Echo Letter

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Brunei - Do Not Put Fluoride In Your Water System!

Do Not Put Fluoride In Your Water System!
Written by Jwillie6
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:47
This article contains some good suggestions, but please do not put fluoride in your water system. When the fertilitzer companies, and others, clean their smokestacks, they bag the waste fluoride chemical, (Hydrofluorosilicic Acid), which contains lead, mercury, arsenic, etc. and sell it to communities to add to our water systems.

The Government tries to convince us that it does not harm us if it is diluted enough. It is a hoax on the public. Follow the money! Those promoting fluoridation simply refuse to read the current research showing it is ineffective and dangerous to health. Go to (www.fluoridealert.org) and read several scientific articles.

Read the letter from Dr. Hardy Limeback (DDS, PhD Biochemistry) --- Head, Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto entitled "Why I am now officially opposed to adding fluoride to drinking water" He was the principal research advisor to the Canadian Dental Asociation for over 10 years in promoting fluoridation. His letter is an apology to other dentists and the public. Over 140 Research studies listed, including: Increased risk of bone cancer -- 13 studies Lead, arsenic, radium contaminants causing toxic water -- 10 studies Link with fluoride and other cancer -- 12 Fluoride causes birth defects -- 5 Fluoride affects the immune systems -- 12 Fluoride is neurotoxic (brain, nerves, lowering IQ) -- 11 Etc.

Also see the petition signed by over 2600 professionals opposing fluoridation.

UK - Daily Echo - Reverse decision to prove integrity

Reverse decision to prove integrity
OFFICIAL statistics now prove that the Strategic Health Authority's (SHA's) justification for fluoridation in Southampton is baseless.
So not only is the policy unethical, undemocratic and unsafe, but we now learn it was never needed in the first place.
This was just what Hampshire Against Fluoride (HAF) experts told the SHA long before they made their decision - and they were given the data proving it.
Yet despite everything, they stubbornly determined to force
fluoridation through.
There is no logical explanation for their behaviour, and it is this that prompts accusations of submitting to pressure for personal advancement, of extreme dereliction of duty, and of public betrayal.
They only have themselves to blame - and all they have to do to prove their integrity is reverse their decision.
Public opinion and virtually every local elected authority, opposes fluoridation, but they have all been overpowered by
this unelected quango.
This is dictatorship - a word not used lightly or rhetorically, but as absolute, irrefutable fact.
If they continue to ignore the voice of the people, the demand that board members face a jury, will become overwhelming.
The Judicial Review will make a judgement on the process.
The people who abused the process should also be examined, lest this abuse be repeated nationwide.
JENNIFER GODSCHALL JOHNSON (HAF member)

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK

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November 11, 2009

Fluoride Fury. Can Port Macquarie stop the inevitable? Part 4 of 5.

UK - Daily Echo - Don't sacrifice our democratic freedom

Don't sacrifice our democratic freedom
HOW right was the correspondent who wrote regarding fluoride in our water.
We have said, absolutely, positively and definitely, we do not wish to be guinea pigs for this experiment. What doesn't the SHA understand? Plain English?
Armistice Day will (I hope) cause them to remember with all due, the millions of lives sacrificed in two wars and the cream of today's young men who gave their lives in the precious name of
democracy and give thanks they enjoy this freedom.
I very much object (having done my bit) to being told at my age what I need for my health, having a good doctor, and dentist who has been doing this quite happily for years.
How dare a handful of people who were not even there, throw up the sacrifices of so many heroes J away on a whim! Step down now with grace.
J BAILEY, Southampton.

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Australia - Fluoride Fury. Can Port Macquarie stop the inevitable? Part 3 of 5.