From the NPWA
As most all of you are aware, NPWA has been posting articles about the ongoing Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) scandal which has been unfolding in the US. 2004, Chester Douglass, Dean of the Harvard School of Dentistry said in written testimony to the National Research Council that he found no evidence that fluoridation increased risk of osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. However, in a 2001 study which he cited, and oversaw, it was found that boys who drink fluoridated water have a greater risk of developing osteosarcoma.
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/osteosarcoma.htm
http://www.ewg.org/issues/fluoride/20050606/petition.php
While the profluoridation camp is frenetically attempting to discredit the study that substantiated the osteosarcoma/fluoride link; however, the most important question investigative journalists are asking is: What was Douglass's motive in attempting to bury the bone cancer study thus risking his professional career and longstanding reputation on a gamble that no one would question his results? It appears that Douglass tossed the dice and came up with 'snake eyes' - he will never be able to regain his reputation and succeded in sending the profluoridation camp crashing into a damage control mode.
26 August 2005, the American Dental Association (ADA) sent out a "ADA Gram" to its members (Below) bracing them for an onslaught of questions from the public. Time Magazine is the most influential current affairs/political publications in the US. You will probably be able to pick the article up at http://www.msnbc.com either sometime in the coming week or the week following.
The ADA is more than likely, also bracing themselves for a class action lawsuit which will be the undoing of drinking water fluoridation and open the door for other legal actions against water companies and the ADA involving dental fluorosis, hypothyroidism, etc. This could be a 'Padora's Box' for fluoridation.
They are also attempting to educate their field operatives for a onslaught of questions form the media and public - It appears as if 26 August 2005 could go down as 'Black Friday' for the fluoridistas.
If this class action scenario occurs in the United States, it is likely that it will cross the pond into the UK. What does this mean for England's privatised water companies that fluoridate? Under the fluoridation contract with Strategic Health Authorities, the water companies have accepted all liability for damages and bill the Strategic Health Authority for court costs and damages if they lose. However, a class action can take years and millions of pounds to resolve. They might want to ask if the financially strapped Strategic Health Authorities can afford to cover the cost of such a legal action. The NPWA wager is that the water companies are going to get stuck with the bill and have to sue the, basically insolvent, Strategic
Health Authorities which will be like getting a blood transfusion out of a turnip.
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ADA Egram August 26, 2005
A forum for breaking news and timely information from the ADA
Time Magazine Article To Examine "Controversies Over Water Fluoridation"
Time magazine will be publishing an article (it could be as early as next week) on the "controversies over fluoridation of public water supplies." The reporter was given extensive background information from the ADA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and interviewed representatives from both organizations as well as the Washington State Dental Association. In addition, the reporter attended an event in Washington state sponsored by the Fluoride Action Network and has
interviewed at least one representative from a group opposed to water fluoridation.
Because the article in Time may spark patient inquiries about water fluoridation, we wanted to provide you with the following ADA resources. Some of these materials are available only to ADA members:
General talking points on the benefits of community water fluoridation
ADA statement and talking points on the Harvard doctoral thesis-the Time article may revisit this recent news story in their article
Fluoridation Facts, the ADA's premier resource on water fluoridaion
Fluoridation Facts includes information on tactics used by groups opposed to water fluoridation and information on what constitutes good science
Electronic press kit on water fluoridation
An ADA patient brochure, "The Benefits of Fluoride" also is available for purchase by calling the ADA at 800-947-4746 or visiting www.adacatalog.org.
If you have additional questions after reviewing these materials, please contact Ms. Jane McGinley in the ADA's Division of Dental Practice at 800-621-8099, x2862 or mcginleyj@ada.org.
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George Glasser
Water Quality Advisor
National Pure Water Association
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/osteosarcoma.htm
http://www.ewg.org/issues/fluoride/20050606/petition.php
While the profluoridation camp is frenetically attempting to discredit the study that substantiated the osteosarcoma/fluoride link; however, the most important question investigative journalists are asking is: What was Douglass's motive in attempting to bury the bone cancer study thus risking his professional career and longstanding reputation on a gamble that no one would question his results? It appears that Douglass tossed the dice and came up with 'snake eyes' - he will never be able to regain his reputation and succeded in sending the profluoridation camp crashing into a damage control mode.
26 August 2005, the American Dental Association (ADA) sent out a "ADA Gram" to its members (Below) bracing them for an onslaught of questions from the public. Time Magazine is the most influential current affairs/political publications in the US. You will probably be able to pick the article up at http://www.msnbc.com either sometime in the coming week or the week following.
The ADA is more than likely, also bracing themselves for a class action lawsuit which will be the undoing of drinking water fluoridation and open the door for other legal actions against water companies and the ADA involving dental fluorosis, hypothyroidism, etc. This could be a 'Padora's Box' for fluoridation.
They are also attempting to educate their field operatives for a onslaught of questions form the media and public - It appears as if 26 August 2005 could go down as 'Black Friday' for the fluoridistas.
If this class action scenario occurs in the United States, it is likely that it will cross the pond into the UK. What does this mean for England's privatised water companies that fluoridate? Under the fluoridation contract with Strategic Health Authorities, the water companies have accepted all liability for damages and bill the Strategic Health Authority for court costs and damages if they lose. However, a class action can take years and millions of pounds to resolve. They might want to ask if the financially strapped Strategic Health Authorities can afford to cover the cost of such a legal action. The NPWA wager is that the water companies are going to get stuck with the bill and have to sue the, basically insolvent, Strategic
Health Authorities which will be like getting a blood transfusion out of a turnip.
*******************************
ADA Egram August 26, 2005
A forum for breaking news and timely information from the ADA
Time Magazine Article To Examine "Controversies Over Water Fluoridation"
Time magazine will be publishing an article (it could be as early as next week) on the "controversies over fluoridation of public water supplies." The reporter was given extensive background information from the ADA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and interviewed representatives from both organizations as well as the Washington State Dental Association. In addition, the reporter attended an event in Washington state sponsored by the Fluoride Action Network and has
interviewed at least one representative from a group opposed to water fluoridation.
Because the article in Time may spark patient inquiries about water fluoridation, we wanted to provide you with the following ADA resources. Some of these materials are available only to ADA members:
General talking points on the benefits of community water fluoridation
ADA statement and talking points on the Harvard doctoral thesis-the Time article may revisit this recent news story in their article
Fluoridation Facts, the ADA's premier resource on water fluoridaion
Fluoridation Facts includes information on tactics used by groups opposed to water fluoridation and information on what constitutes good science
Electronic press kit on water fluoridation
An ADA patient brochure, "The Benefits of Fluoride" also is available for purchase by calling the ADA at 800-947-4746 or visiting www.adacatalog.org.
If you have additional questions after reviewing these materials, please contact Ms. Jane McGinley in the ADA's Division of Dental Practice at 800-621-8099, x2862 or mcginleyj@ada.org.
***************************
George Glasser
Water Quality Advisor
National Pure Water Association
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk
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