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June 2, 2010
Some things missing in water quality report
To the Editor:
Cumberland Times-News
The City of Frostburg and the Maryland Environmental Services just released the 2009 Drinking Water Quality Report to the public.
In bold print they make the claim that “Independent testing of sodium fluoride used at the Frostburg Water Filtration Plant finds the water treatment chemical complies with all Federal and State standards to produce safe drinking water.”
In fact, they claim that “the highest level detected for fluoride in Frostburg’s Drinking water was .56 ppm with the EPA’s MCL & MCLG both at 4 ppm.” MES claims that “the products used for water fluoridation and disinfection, produce safe, healthy drinking water.”
Let’s examine their claims. When I visited the water plant earlier this spring the pump injector was averaging .8 ppm, which is set to comply with the proposed optimal rate for reducing dental decay between .7 to 1.2 ppm.
Last week, I received my own water analysis, which shows .68 ppm fluoride.
Clearly, MES is fudging the numbers. MES and Frostburg are hiding behind a homeland security policy that blocks local taxpayers from visiting the water plant to obtain factual information from the water plant about their use of Chinese fluoride.
Missing from this report now for three years is the American Dental Association warning to parents that infants shouldn’t be given fluoridated water in reconstituted baby formula because of the risks of dental fluorosis (the first outward sign of fluoride poisoning).
Missing from the report is the warning from the Physicians’ Desk Reference that children under the age of 6 shouldn’t be given the full 1 mg per liter concentration of fluoride, because of the risk of dental fluorosis.
Missing from the report is any reference to the 2006 National Research Council Report that suggests that both the maximum contamination level and goal for fluoride should be reduced to reflect the latest scientific research. (see) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7547385139152764985&hl=en#
The latest research shows that EPA’s reference dose of .06 mg/kg/day fluoride from community water at .8 ppm is not protective for the following health endpoints: Impaired thyroid function, stage 1 skeletal fluorosis that mimics arthritic conditions, moderate and severe dental fluorosis, neurotoxicity, and impaired glucose metabolism.
Population subsets that may have a higher risk to chronic toxicity exposure of fluoride include, infants, young athletes that drink a lot of water, diabetics, kidney and arthritic patients.
In fact, if we use iodine deficient thyroid function as the most sensitive health endpoint, we find that fluoride levels above .005 mg/kg/day can further impair iodine deficient thyroid function.
The EPA Water Division needs to do their job and reduce the MCL and MCLG for fluoride to a new appropriate level that would clearly end water fluoridation.
The Maryland Environmental Services and Dental Association should realize that making fraudulent health claims to the public, especially when they continue to promote the use of Chinese fluoride, may make these individual and organizations liable for such false claims.
The research is very clear now that ingesting fluoride doesn’t reduce tooth decay and that all the adverse health effects by ingesting fluoride makes it necessary to end this practice immediately.
Both Amesbury and Hanover, Mass., have discontinued using Chinese fluoride, and the full Senate of the state of Louisiana have voted to ban Chinese fluoride.
It seems that Frostburg’s current council doesn’t want to listen to reason, but would rather financially imperial the city into a future class action lawsuit.
If the pending class action against Nursery Water Inc. becomes set, it will be just a matter of time before fluoridated municipalities will be enjoined into a similar class action.
Bernard W. Miltenberger
Frostburg
Some things missing in water quality report
To the Editor:
Cumberland Times-News
The City of Frostburg and the Maryland Environmental Services just released the 2009 Drinking Water Quality Report to the public.
In bold print they make the claim that “Independent testing of sodium fluoride used at the Frostburg Water Filtration Plant finds the water treatment chemical complies with all Federal and State standards to produce safe drinking water.”
In fact, they claim that “the highest level detected for fluoride in Frostburg’s Drinking water was .56 ppm with the EPA’s MCL & MCLG both at 4 ppm.” MES claims that “the products used for water fluoridation and disinfection, produce safe, healthy drinking water.”
Let’s examine their claims. When I visited the water plant earlier this spring the pump injector was averaging .8 ppm, which is set to comply with the proposed optimal rate for reducing dental decay between .7 to 1.2 ppm.
Last week, I received my own water analysis, which shows .68 ppm fluoride.
Clearly, MES is fudging the numbers. MES and Frostburg are hiding behind a homeland security policy that blocks local taxpayers from visiting the water plant to obtain factual information from the water plant about their use of Chinese fluoride.
Missing from this report now for three years is the American Dental Association warning to parents that infants shouldn’t be given fluoridated water in reconstituted baby formula because of the risks of dental fluorosis (the first outward sign of fluoride poisoning).
Missing from the report is the warning from the Physicians’ Desk Reference that children under the age of 6 shouldn’t be given the full 1 mg per liter concentration of fluoride, because of the risk of dental fluorosis.
Missing from the report is any reference to the 2006 National Research Council Report that suggests that both the maximum contamination level and goal for fluoride should be reduced to reflect the latest scientific research. (see) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7547385139152764985&hl=en#
The latest research shows that EPA’s reference dose of .06 mg/kg/day fluoride from community water at .8 ppm is not protective for the following health endpoints: Impaired thyroid function, stage 1 skeletal fluorosis that mimics arthritic conditions, moderate and severe dental fluorosis, neurotoxicity, and impaired glucose metabolism.
Population subsets that may have a higher risk to chronic toxicity exposure of fluoride include, infants, young athletes that drink a lot of water, diabetics, kidney and arthritic patients.
In fact, if we use iodine deficient thyroid function as the most sensitive health endpoint, we find that fluoride levels above .005 mg/kg/day can further impair iodine deficient thyroid function.
The EPA Water Division needs to do their job and reduce the MCL and MCLG for fluoride to a new appropriate level that would clearly end water fluoridation.
The Maryland Environmental Services and Dental Association should realize that making fraudulent health claims to the public, especially when they continue to promote the use of Chinese fluoride, may make these individual and organizations liable for such false claims.
The research is very clear now that ingesting fluoride doesn’t reduce tooth decay and that all the adverse health effects by ingesting fluoride makes it necessary to end this practice immediately.
Both Amesbury and Hanover, Mass., have discontinued using Chinese fluoride, and the full Senate of the state of Louisiana have voted to ban Chinese fluoride.
It seems that Frostburg’s current council doesn’t want to listen to reason, but would rather financially imperial the city into a future class action lawsuit.
If the pending class action against Nursery Water Inc. becomes set, it will be just a matter of time before fluoridated municipalities will be enjoined into a similar class action.
Bernard W. Miltenberger
Frostburg
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