Fiji - Flouridation a 'fake science'

Flouridation a 'fake science'
Peter Mackinlay
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The article 'Decay statistic in children 'alarming" in last Thursday's (3 August 2010) Fiji Times must be read with considerable scepticism.
No European countries (except the UK) and China fluoridate, due to a respect for the individual's right not to be compulsorily medicated, and a mass of evidence as to the harm it causes. Australia, Canada and the USA are the main countries that do.
Fluoride is waste from fertilizer plant filters and contains lead, arsenic and cadmium, all killers.
It is a primary constituent of Sarin nerve gas and rat poison.
It reduces the IQ of growing children.
Fluoride is not a nutrient as despite what some 'experts' say nobody has ever suffered ill-health for lack of it.
To the contrary, some people in India and kangaroos in Portland, Australia suffered severe bone deformation from airborne fluoride from chemical works and aluminium smelters.
Fluoride only works when applied to the outside of the teeth, and then only on children from two to 12 years.
If swallowed, it damages the bones (embrittlement leading to fracture), kidneys and thyroid.
Only 50% of ingested fluoride is excreted in urine, the other 50% builds up in the tissues. It must never be used to make up baby formulas as 0.01 ppm is 250 times the amount present in breast milk.
Many people, including some I know personally, suffer skin ulceration when showering in fluoridated water.
Geelong in Australia was fluoridated recently, and it's still going on with other towns and cities, despite no proper consultation with citizens, who in the main, oppose it.
My children have never had fillings after living in unfluoridated Geelong for 30 - 40years.
Dental decay is best prevented with proper dental hygiene, i.e. regular brushing.
Fluoridation is fake science. Don't let it happen here. Please!