FluorideAlert Newsletter.
Another Community Ends
Fluoridation
Councilors in Carl Junction, Missouri voted to end fluoridation this past week after considering a number of concerns they had regarding the effectiveness and safety of the practice. The community, which is home to approximately 8,000 residents, started fluoridating the water supply in 2005 after voters approved the use of the additive.
Carl Junction isn’t alone in making this decision. According to a recent article, “over the past five years, [at least] seven cities and towns in the Show-Me-State have removed fluoride from their municipal water systems, and a half-dozen more have put the matter to vote.”
When asked about the lack of oversight for fluoride additives, the Senator responded:
If you’re a constituent or professional, please call and email Senator Murkowski today. You can also use FAN’s automated system to send a form letter to the Senator. Feel free to share FAN’s materials, including the link to our page on fluoridation chemicals. If you’re not a constituent or pro, then please hold off on contacting the Senator for now, we will mount a more inclusive campaign once she has heard from her voters.
April’s Teleconference & Social Media Event
This month’s International Fluoride Free Teleconference featured a discussion on using social media to engage, educate, and organize communities in opposition to fluoridation. The call also included “the world’s first ever fluoride free social media bomb (#FluorideFree)”. You can now download the audio and take your online fluoridation activism to the next level:
Councilors in Carl Junction, Missouri voted to end fluoridation this past week after considering a number of concerns they had regarding the effectiveness and safety of the practice. The community, which is home to approximately 8,000 residents, started fluoridating the water supply in 2005 after voters approved the use of the additive.
Carl Junction isn’t alone in making this decision. According to a recent article, “over the past five years, [at least] seven cities and towns in the Show-Me-State have removed fluoride from their municipal water systems, and a half-dozen more have put the matter to vote.”
Former
EPA Scientist To Give Fluoride Talk In Berkeley,
CA
Clean Water California (along with Clean
Water Sonoma-Marin) will be hosting and sponsoring "A
Conversation with Former EPA Scientist [and FAN Representative] Dr. William
Hirzy” on fluoridation this Saturday, April 18th,
from 2-4pm on the patio at Gather Restaurant in Berkeley,
CA. Light snacks
will be provided by Clean Water California from 2-3pm. Dr. Hirzy will give a
talk at 3pm followed by audience Q & A.
-For
more information please visit the official
event page.
-RSVP
appreciated by emailing: kristie@cleanwatercalifornia.org.
Dentist To Speak in Opposition to Fluoridation
at New Zealand Event
This weekend representatives of
Fluoride
Free Auckland will be attending the Auckland
Go Green Event, where Dr.
Lawrie Brett will be speaking on fluoridation at 1pm
on Saturday and at 2:30pm on Sunday.
Dr. Brett has practiced dentistry for
over 30 years, has studied fluoridation for 35 years, and has an educational
background in chemistry, providing him with a unique and well-rounded
perspective on this issue. Don’t miss this event if you live in or near
Auckland!
Senior U.S. Senator Comments on
Fluoridation
Alaskan Senator Lisa
Murkowski was recently interviewed by a local
newspaper, the Turnagain Times, and was asked her thoughts on
fluoridation
additives imported to the U.S. from China.
Senator Murkowski is a senior U.S. Senator and is also a member of several
important committees in regard to fluoridation, including the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources (she is the Chairman), the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Health.When asked about the lack of oversight for fluoride additives, the Senator responded:
“Are you telling me that the EPA and
the FDA don’t inspect fluoride from China? That’s not right. We can’t even
bring in prescription drugs from Canada into the United States. Why aren’t we
buying fluoride from U.S. companies? My committee is meeting with the Director
of the EPA, and I will be asking why fluoride from China is not being tested by
the EPA or the FDA. That’s unacceptable. No chemical should be coming into our
country that is going to be put into our water, without some U.S. agency testing
it. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it’s a situation that needs to be
addressed, and I will make sure my committee gets some answers.” (See
full interview)
Senator Murkowski will be hearing from
FAN, but she also needs to hear from citizens of Alaska, as well as scientific
and medical professionals from around the world. We need to ask all of our
Congressional representatives to demand that the EPA does its job by
prioritizing fluoride's neurotoxic impact on infant development and on
childrens' IQ, as well as the thyroid as the most sensitive end point--and not
dental fluorosis--in their long overdue assessment. If you’re a constituent or professional, please call and email Senator Murkowski today. You can also use FAN’s automated system to send a form letter to the Senator. Feel free to share FAN’s materials, including the link to our page on fluoridation chemicals. If you’re not a constituent or pro, then please hold off on contacting the Senator for now, we will mount a more inclusive campaign once she has heard from her voters.
April’s Teleconference & Social Media Event
This month’s International Fluoride Free Teleconference featured a discussion on using social media to engage, educate, and organize communities in opposition to fluoridation. The call also included “the world’s first ever fluoride free social media bomb (#FluorideFree)”. You can now download the audio and take your online fluoridation activism to the next level:
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