Canada - Further research needed for fluoride effects on brain development
Re: No need for fluoridation, Doctor Game column, by Dr. W. Gifford-Jones, Oct. 4.
Dr. Gifford-Jones’ article brings attention to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study regarding fluoridated water’s negative effect on our children’s brains.
Fluoridation lobbyists will assert that the studies linking fluoride water to brain damage are not relevant to us because the level of F in our water is lower. But this would do a disservice to those who must rely upon the municipal water supply.
Health authorities have admitted that no one is monitoring our total fluoride exposure from our air, food and water.
No one argues that fluoride is toxic, only what level you can be exposed to before harm occurs and, of course, this is different for each person relying on WUC’s drinking water.
In a Harvard press release from Sept. 11, 2012, the researchers stated, “These results do not allow us to make judgment regarding possible levels of risk at levels of exposure typical for water fluoridation … neither can it be concluded that no risk is present. We therefore recommend further research to clarify what role fluoride exposure levels may play in possible adverse effects on brain development.”
Is this research being done in Canada? Why wasn’t it conducted before fluoridation experiments began?
Earlier, in a HSPH feature story published on their website in July 2012, senior author, Professor Philippe Grandjean, states, “Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury, and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain. The effect of each toxicant may seem small but the combined damage on a population scale can be serious, especially because the brain power of the next generation is crucial to all of us.”
Will council rely on the interpretation of these studies by people paid to promote the practice? Or, will they seek out the expertise of the scientists conducting research and exercise precaution?
KIMBERLY DeYONG, Windsor
Dr. Gifford-Jones’ article brings attention to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study regarding fluoridated water’s negative effect on our children’s brains.
Fluoridation lobbyists will assert that the studies linking fluoride water to brain damage are not relevant to us because the level of F in our water is lower. But this would do a disservice to those who must rely upon the municipal water supply.
Health authorities have admitted that no one is monitoring our total fluoride exposure from our air, food and water.
No one argues that fluoride is toxic, only what level you can be exposed to before harm occurs and, of course, this is different for each person relying on WUC’s drinking water.
In a Harvard press release from Sept. 11, 2012, the researchers stated, “These results do not allow us to make judgment regarding possible levels of risk at levels of exposure typical for water fluoridation … neither can it be concluded that no risk is present. We therefore recommend further research to clarify what role fluoride exposure levels may play in possible adverse effects on brain development.”
Is this research being done in Canada? Why wasn’t it conducted before fluoridation experiments began?
Earlier, in a HSPH feature story published on their website in July 2012, senior author, Professor Philippe Grandjean, states, “Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury, and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain. The effect of each toxicant may seem small but the combined damage on a population scale can be serious, especially because the brain power of the next generation is crucial to all of us.”
Will council rely on the interpretation of these studies by people paid to promote the practice? Or, will they seek out the expertise of the scientists conducting research and exercise precaution?
KIMBERLY DeYONG, Windsor
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