USA letter fighting local fluoridation push.
The proposal to fluoridate water was defeated several years ago. Why must it be forced on us again?! There is no need to swallow fluoride. There is no reason to force people against their will to drink fluoride in their water supply. Consider the following:
• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that fluoride risks are systemic (i.e. when swallowed).
• The Food and Drug Administration has never approved any fluoride product designed to be ingested.
• Fluoride is the only chemical added to water that does not treat the water itself.
• Ninety-eight percent of western Europe has rejected water fluoridation.
• The rhetoric supporting fluoridation is increasingly centered around the notion that fluoridation benefits the poorest in society the most. This claim flies in the face of the experience of most U.S. inner cities over the past 50 years. Despite the fact that nearly all large U.S. cities have been fluoridated for decades, dental decay is currently rampant in virtually all poor urban areas. One of the major dental health problems experienced in poor communities is a condition known as “baby bottle tooth decay.” The prevalence of baby bottle tooth decay is about three times the national average among poor urban children in communities with a fluoridated water supply.
• The fluoride chemical used for fluoridation is an unprocessed industrial waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry. It is hazardous waste, contaminated with a number of toxins, particularly arsenic.
• Most people are already receiving too much fluoride from their toothpaste and diets. We ingest untold amounts of fluoride just from the canned foods, beverages, infant formulas and other foods that are processed in fluoridated cities. It has now reached the point where most of people receive the “optimal” 1 mg/day of fluoride (which fluoridated water was designed to deliver) without ever drinking a glass of fluoridated water.
Recent research has linked fluoride to serious health problems including arthritis, hip fractures, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Due to the increase in total fluoride exposure, there has been a major increase in the rate of dental fluorosis found among American children. This is the first visible sign that fluoride has poisoned the enzymes in the body. High levels of naturally occurring fluoride causes a crippling bone disease known as skeletal fluorosis. Fluoride also induces damage to the brain and its functions.
• Fluoride is a very toxic substance, which is why it is the active ingredient in a number of pesticides. Just over two grams of fluoride (roughly a teaspoon) is enough to kill a 160 pound adult, while just 300 mg is enough to kill a 20-pound child.
As Dr. J. William Hirzy, NTEU Chapter 280 vice president and Environmental Protection Agency employee said, “we hold that fluoridation is an unreasonable risk. That is, the toxicity of fluoride is so great and the purported benefits associated with it are so small — if there are any at all — that requiring every man, woman and child in America to ingest it borders on criminal behavior on the part of governments.”
Why would anyone, knowing there was any possibility of risk or harm, choose to medicate the water?! You owe it to yourselves and your loved ones to learn more about this issue so you can make an informed vote. Visit www.fluoridealert.org to learn more.
Melody Bates
Rush Valley
• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that fluoride risks are systemic (i.e. when swallowed).
• The Food and Drug Administration has never approved any fluoride product designed to be ingested.
• Fluoride is the only chemical added to water that does not treat the water itself.
• Ninety-eight percent of western Europe has rejected water fluoridation.
• The rhetoric supporting fluoridation is increasingly centered around the notion that fluoridation benefits the poorest in society the most. This claim flies in the face of the experience of most U.S. inner cities over the past 50 years. Despite the fact that nearly all large U.S. cities have been fluoridated for decades, dental decay is currently rampant in virtually all poor urban areas. One of the major dental health problems experienced in poor communities is a condition known as “baby bottle tooth decay.” The prevalence of baby bottle tooth decay is about three times the national average among poor urban children in communities with a fluoridated water supply.
• The fluoride chemical used for fluoridation is an unprocessed industrial waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry. It is hazardous waste, contaminated with a number of toxins, particularly arsenic.
• Most people are already receiving too much fluoride from their toothpaste and diets. We ingest untold amounts of fluoride just from the canned foods, beverages, infant formulas and other foods that are processed in fluoridated cities. It has now reached the point where most of people receive the “optimal” 1 mg/day of fluoride (which fluoridated water was designed to deliver) without ever drinking a glass of fluoridated water.
Recent research has linked fluoride to serious health problems including arthritis, hip fractures, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Due to the increase in total fluoride exposure, there has been a major increase in the rate of dental fluorosis found among American children. This is the first visible sign that fluoride has poisoned the enzymes in the body. High levels of naturally occurring fluoride causes a crippling bone disease known as skeletal fluorosis. Fluoride also induces damage to the brain and its functions.
• Fluoride is a very toxic substance, which is why it is the active ingredient in a number of pesticides. Just over two grams of fluoride (roughly a teaspoon) is enough to kill a 160 pound adult, while just 300 mg is enough to kill a 20-pound child.
As Dr. J. William Hirzy, NTEU Chapter 280 vice president and Environmental Protection Agency employee said, “we hold that fluoridation is an unreasonable risk. That is, the toxicity of fluoride is so great and the purported benefits associated with it are so small — if there are any at all — that requiring every man, woman and child in America to ingest it borders on criminal behavior on the part of governments.”
Why would anyone, knowing there was any possibility of risk or harm, choose to medicate the water?! You owe it to yourselves and your loved ones to learn more about this issue so you can make an informed vote. Visit www.fluoridealert.org to learn more.
Melody Bates
Rush Valley
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