USA - Fluoride in drinking water, credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay, may now be too much of a good thing. Study shows it's causing spots on some kids' teeth

USA - Help support national billboard campaign to warn public about dangers of fluoride

(NaturalNews) Leading the charge to protect America's children against fluoride damage, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has launched a nationwide billboard campaign to inform parents, legislators, and health authorities about the need to immediately stop artificially fluoridating public water.

More than 270 million Americans are exposed to fluoride through the tap for the stated purpose of preventing tooth decay, but the alleged science behind this longtime claim has been disproven. The latest scientific research shows that fluoride contributes to lowered IQ, developmental delays in children, brain damage, and more.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even admits that fluoride is a chemical "with substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity," and yet most major metropolitan areas throughout the country inject it into their water supplies at the behest of other government agencies that claim it's safe.

So far, FAN's fluoride awareness billboards have been put up in Fircrest and Tacoma, Washington, with more on the way in the coming weeks and months. The goal is to raise awareness about the toxic nature of fluoride, and to direct the public's attention to FAN's science-based website for more information.

"Forty-four human studies now show fluoride reduces IQ; 17 at levels the U.S. EPA claims are safe," explains FAN in a recent press release. "Over 100 animal studies show fluoride can directly damage the brain; with another 30 animal studies showing fluoride impairs learning or memory - including four published in 2014."

Dental professionals in Milton Keynes back 20 per cent tax on sugary drinkers

In Milton Keynes a small-scale community fluoride varnish programme operates out of eight Children’s Centres.

Dental Professionals from CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) - which operates a number of dentists in Milton Keynes - have backed proposals from doctors’ leaders for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks.

The British Medical Association (BMA) issued the call in its major report - Food for Thought - to tackle the UK’s obesity crisis, but CNWL’s dentists say this will also help tackle long-standing concerns the dental profession has had over the impact of high levels of sugar on dental health.

The report makes a series of recommendations that aim at promoting healthy diets among children and young people, including measures to improve attitudes and knowledge.

Jane Little, Clinical Director for CNWL’s Priority Dental Service (BPDS), said: “We are pleased to hear that the issue of sugar in people’s diets, which dentists have been talking about for many years, has finally become high profile.

"The level of sugar in people’s diets is a big problem for the dental profession as well as causing wider public health problems such as obesity.

“We hope the BMA’s intervention will help to raise awareness and to alter behaviours.”

Chemical spill from Marysville Water Plant triggers swim advisory

Chrysler Beach in Marysville was closed for about three and half hours Wednesday due to a spill of hydrofluorosilicic acid from the city's water treatment plant.

Fluorosilicic acid is used by the plant to fluoridate the water. The chemical exists in liquid form only.

"We're just about to lift the chemical spill warning," Steve Demick, environmental health director of the St. Clair County Health Department, said at 3:45 p.m.
Demick issued the no-swim advisory at 12:17 p.m.

USA Fluoride leak contained in Marysville

Emergency crews have contained a fluoride leak at the Marysville Water Filtration Plant, 1535 River Road. Marysville Public Safety Chief Tom Konik said an environmental contractor will finish cleanup at the plant.
Rescue crews responded the the plant about 10:15 a.m. for reports of a flouride leak.

Konik said fluoride had leaked from a tank at the plant. Some of the acid traveled from the south side of the building into a drain and from there into the St. Clair River. The leak did not affect the city drinking water.

Officials closed Chrysler Beach, just south of the plant, as a precaution shortly after the leak was discovered. Konik said water at Chrysler Beach was tested and no health hazards were identified.
He said the beach previously had been closed by the St. Clair County Health Department for high E. coli levels and likely would remain so.

The tank that leaked contained about 1,400 gallons. Konik said the environmental cleanup contractor should be able to ascertain how much of that 1,400 gallons leaked.

Bari Wrubel, supervisor for the Marysville water and waste water treatment plants, said the leak is believed to have been caused by a failure on one of the lines on the tank.

USA - UPDATE — Port Angeles' fluoridation survey will be done as an informal poll, won't be on the election ballot

PORT ANGELES — The fluoride question will not be posed to voters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

It will be too difficult to reach Clallam Public Utliity District customers who drink the city’s fluoridated water, the City Council decided Tuesday.

Instead, they decided that all city and PUD customers — including unregistered voters and businesses — will be informally polled on whether fluoridation should continue after May 18, 2016.
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That’s when a 10-year pledge to fluoridate city water expires with the Washington Dental Service Foundation.

City staff will discuss with PUD officials how the poll will be conducted, while council members will take up the issue further at their Aug. 4 meeting.

Council members had decided July 21 on a 4-3 vote to include PUD and city voters in an advisory ballot and said they wanted to include the PUD’s city water users in the vote.

The results will be non-binding.

But they will provide direction to City Council members as they face the deadline on continuing the controversial practice of adding the mineral to the city’s water supply to prevent dental disease — a practice opposed by many city residents who believe fluoridation harms them, instead.

The meeting Tuesday was a special half-hour session called to appoint chairs for and against committees on fluoridation, set informational hearing dates for the ballot measure, and adopt a resolution approving ballot language for the Nov. 3 election that the county Auditor’s Office had to have by Aug. 4......

Sugar: Can we trust industry?

Imagine a kilo of sugar - the large bag that you might buy in a supermarket.
It's a lot, isn't it? But that's exactly how much sugar the average adult consumes in a fortnight. Teenagers have even more.
This is the reason why the sweet stuff is the new frontier in the campaign to get people to live healthier lives.
One of the problems is that it's often hidden in the foods we eat. While fizzy drinks and confectionery are obvious sources, you may be surprised to learn that tinned soups, salad dressing and tomato ketchup all contain pretty high levels of sugar.
Government advisers have recently suggested no more than 5% of daily calories should come from added sugar - half the level of the previous recommendation..........

Fluoridealert.org News Letter

Watch the Denver Fluoridation Forum
Denver, Colorado has been fluoridated since 1953, but recent pressure on the Water Board to end fluoridation from citizens and local campaigners has resulted in the board hosting the city’s first information session on the issue.  The forum will be held tomorrow (July 29^th) from 1:00-3:30pm at the Denver Water Administration Building, and will include a panel of three experts representing both sides of the debate.
The board's decision on fluoridation will impact over 1.5 million residents in the Denver metro area, so if you live nearby please attend this meeting that will directly impact you, your friends, and your family.  Because of time restrictions the board will not be taking public comment at the meeting, but a large crowd will have a major influence by showing board members just how many residents believe this practice should to end.

• WATCH: Anyone can view this event live on a computer starting at 1pm on the 29th.  The link will be published on THIS PAGE once it becomes available.  Here is the agenda for the meeting.........................

Australia - High court challenge to north coast fluoridation mooted

Chris Dobney & Hans Lovejoy

Veteran anti-fluoride campaigner Al Oshlack is considering mounting a High Court challenge to the practice Australia-wide, after the announcement this week that new dosing plants in Lismore and Ballina LGAs will go online next month.

The carefully worded press release from Rous Water made much of the benefits of fluoridation, yet did not mention Byron Shire had rejected it, nor referred to any opposition.

That includes protests and court cases against the move, led by Al Oshlack.

Community forum

Mr Oshlack told Echonetdaily a big community forum is planned this Friday (July 31) at the Lismore Bowling Club from 6pm.

‘There will be food, music, information, speakers and the opportunity to formulate strategies to eliminate or lessen fluoride intake if the plants are turned on.

‘Also, a new association has formed: Fluoride Free Northern Rivers..............

BBC Radio Kent

Prof Stephen Peckham had a radio spot this morning as one of the dental tutors in Kent was trying to promote fluoridation in Kent. It is an hour 30 minutes into the programme:

BBC Radio Kent

USA Snowmass water board nixes fluoride

With no members of the public present other than two dental professionals and a journalist, the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District board of directors voted Friday to stop fluoridating its drinking water.

The board began reconsidering its practice in May after the federal government revised its recommendations regarding public-water fluoridation. Snowmass already followed the new standards, but the announcement sparked a debate that continued for three board meetings.

Friday’s meeting began with public comment from Ward Johnson, a Snowmass Village resident who practices dentistry in Aspen.

“Being a dentist in Aspen since 1992, of course I am in favor of continuing the fluoridation in the water,” Johnson said, citing a reduction in the rate of cavities in areas of the valley that have fluoridated drinking water. “In my opinion, the only thing that has changed is we have toothpaste with fluoride now. Without systemically ingesting that fluoride, … you do not get the lifetime of benefit that you get when fluoride is in your enamel.”

A report prepared by Glenwood Springs-based engineering company SGM agreed with Johnson’s statement on the dental-health benefits of fluoridation but noted that ingesting too much has proven to have negative health consequences and that research is limited on other potential impacts.

“Only recently have the studies been done on the effects of fluoride beyond your teeth,” board member Dave Dawson said Friday. “People can fluoridate if they wish. I don’t see it as our business to medicate the public.”..........

From UKCAF.org

The latest development in a field of medical research that you might think has nothing much to do with fluoridation is actually the most exciting development in years. Chris Exley's (and many others')  work on the link between aluminium and Alzheimer's Disease is at last beginning to be taken seriously. But he's also discovered how it may be possible to stop it developing - and the solution is absurdly simple  - just drink a litre of silica-rich mineral water a day!

And one of the emerging concerns over the aluminium link is the possible role of fluoride in this pandemic. It acts as a synergist, promoting the uptake of aluminium from food and water in the stomach - and virtually all municipal water supplies contain aluminium. Yes, they're only there in very small traces, but that's enough, over decades, to build up to a level that starts the dementia process.

So now we have the strongest argument ever for stopping the addition of fluoride to drinking water. If there's even a chance (and in fact it's almost certainly a lot stronger than that) that it could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer's, then it is criminally negligent to insist on adding fluoride to public water supplies.

I've run with this on my web site (www.ukcaf.org), and included embedded videos put out by Chris and the Futsci.com site as part of the campaign. Mine is probably the only site where you'll find this argument spelled out, but I have read all of the scientific papers, and can assure you that this is all based on very sound, high-quality research science indeed. The appeal is even backed by the Editor of the Journal of Alzheimer's Research, so this is genuine and reputable.

I've gone into more detail on a separate page - https://www.ukcaf.org/exley_crowdfunding_appeal.html - so you can check out some more of the details too. Below is a short Flyer that you can post on web sites to spread the word. Please also put this out on Twitter and other Social Media, so we can get it around the Anti-fluoridation community as quickly as possible.


Doug Cross

Fluoride’s final frontier?

This could be the killer argument against fluoridation.



http://www.ukcaf.org



There's a new kid on the block, one who is going to force the public sector to start taking notice of what we, the people, want from our medical services. I've already mentioned the work that Prof. Chris Exley has been doing on aluminium poisoning, and how it ties in with both the excesses of compulsory water fluoridation and the poisoning of my own community in Cornwall, almost 30 years ago.

And I've warned you that aluminium in our food and water is implicated in the rising tide of dementia, and that fluoride could simply be making it worse. Now he's challenging the medical establishment, right in the heart of its corrupt soul. He is inviting us all to get involved in a crucial experiment that could solve the dementia problem once and for all.

He's found that aluminium in our bodies can be removed, easily, painlessly - and cheaply - by simply drinking couple of glasses of silica-rich mineral a day - water that you can buy off the shelves at your local Supermarket! Now he wants to run a People's Clinical Trial, to find out if his discovery can lead to a way to eliminating what is almost certainly the most important stimulus in the onset of dementia.



Of course, nobody in either government or industry will fund such an apparently ridiculously idea - but he's already shown that it does work, with real Alzheimer's patients. So that's where we all come in now - how much would you pay to help to find a way to ensure that your own kids won't have to face that awful condition of dementia when they are old?

A preventive treatment to stop dementia is the Holy Grail of medicine, and since fluoridation is utterly incompatible with this vital discovery, all of us who oppose fluoridation now have an additional cause for denouncing this disreputable 'public health' practice.

If Chris' study gets the funding he needs, it will set a precedent for a revolutionary 'people-centred' approach to medical research that could spread far more widely than this. The possibilities are endless, and have the medical sector thoroughly alarmed! So if you've been looking for the ultimate argument against fluoridation, take note now - and get involved! This could bring the whole Fluoridation House of Cards tumbling around the ears of the dental charlatans who have assaulted us with their fake 'medicine' all these years!

http://www.ukcaf.org



Doug Cross FRSB,

UK Councils Against Fluoridation

37 per cent of Hong Kong kindergarten pupils have rotten teeth, study finds

Experts warn of complacency as kindergarten figures show that while the cavity rate dropped, it is still higher than in Japan and United States

Many children have tooth decay only a year or so after all their baby teeth had grown. Photo: The Beijing News

Despite a drop in the number of kindergarten pupils with tooth decay, the prevalence rate in Hong Kong remains higher than in Japan, Britain and the US.

The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Dentistry found that two out of five children, or 37 per cent of the 23,000 pupils it examined in the last academic year, had dental cavities.

On average they had 1.5 decayed teeth - just 0.1 tooth less than two years ago - according to the studies, which covered 125 kindergartens under its outreach dental service programme.

Although the overall prevalence rate of dental caries in kindergarten pupils had dropped from 44 per cent two years ago to 37 per cent, Dr Chu Chun-hung, from the faculty's Community and Family Dentistry, said the situation was worrying.

In the United States, the prevalence of tooth decay for children aged between two and five was 23 per cent, and only 18 per cent for three-year-olds in Japan.

Chu said the situation was serious because so many children had tooth decay only a year or so after all their baby teeth had grown. He warned it was a misconception that baby teeth needed less attention as they would be replaced by permanent teeth.

"The eruption of permanent teeth begins when they are six years old until 12. Decayed teeth could affect their learning at school as there could be pain and fever," he said.

Children studying in Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and North District had more decayed teeth than average - from 1.9 to 2 teeth - though the team did not look into an explanation for this.

But Edward Lo Chin-man, chair professor in dental public health at HKU, said it could be related to the parents' educational and wealth levels. He said some parents neglected the importance of cleaning the teeth of their children as they think there are other more important things to be taken care of.

The research team found it better to use a liquid called silver diamine fluoride to control tooth decay rather than taking young children to have fillings.

Lo said this was not only cheaper, it was a much quicker method of treatment.

"On average it takes 15 to 20 minutes to refill one decayed tooth. It only takes two to three minutes to apply the liquid," he said, adding that it was difficult to ask a child to sit tight since 90 per cent of them had never visited a dentist.

Lo said it was up to the government to expand its dental care service from primary schools to kindergartens.

In March, experts said more than 90 per cent of five-year-olds in the city with cavities would not get treatment because their parents lacked awareness of the problem. They also said there were patients who had not seen a dentist until they were in their 50s or even older.


Water fluoridation was implemented in Hong Kong in 1961

Healthwise: Data on sugar and tooth decay

Deming Headlight

POSTED:   07/26/2015 10:32:33 AM MDT

What ingredient in almost every processed food Increases your risk for obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, exacerbates arthritis and asthma, raises triglyceride levels, leaves you susceptible to yeast infections, negatively impacts virtually every aspect of your health and was found to be the ONLY cause of tooth decay?

Researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine analyzed public health records from around the world and found sugar, in any form, decays your teeth, which in turn erodes your health. The UK study pinpointed sugar as the only culprit in tooth decay.

The study, published in BMC Health, showed when sugar was rationed in Japan during World War II, tooth decay in Japan was "hugely reduced." When sugar imports and consumption in Japan rose back to pre-war levels tooth decay increased back to previous levels as well.

Other important information in the study came from studies in Nigeria. Sugar consumption in Nigeria is extremely minimal and so is tooth decay. Only 2% of Nigerians have tooth decay.

America is the land of sugar with the majority of sugar coming from sodas, fruit juices and processed sweet "treats." What a treat, eat this and have your teeth rot. 92% of American adults have tooth decay and 60% to 90% of American children have tooth decay. When we eat like our parents and continue those patterns as adults, we end up with the same health problems as our parents. In most cases we are told, and want to believe, it's genetic predisposition.

Tooth decay ranks among the most common causes of non-infectious, inflammatory diseases in the world. Scientists believe bacteria in your mouth can enter into your bloodstream and attack all your major organs. Different forms of bacteria can cause heart attack, dementia, rheumatoid arthritis and, for pregnant women, premature birth.

The study's researchers are recommending a disciplined cutback in sugar consumption. "This (the research findings) means that it is now even more important to develop a radical prevention policy with a marked reduction in sugar intake since the use of fluoride on its own is insufficient to reduce substantially the burden (of cavities) over the lifetime of the individual."

In another study, a team of scientists at Cambridge University tracked the diets of 25,000 people for 11 years. They found for every 5% increase in daily calories from sugary drinks, subjects risk for developing diabetes increased 18%. Dr. Nita Forouhi, the lead author of the study said, "We were able to study beverages, including sweetened tea or coffee, sweetened milk drinks, artificially sweetened beverages and juice. And, examine what would happen if they were substituted for water."

So, what were the results, how much was the decrease and how many sodas per day did it take?

They found replacing sugar-sweetened drinks with water, coffee or tea helped lower the odds of

contracting type 2 diabetes by up to 25%. How much of these drinks did the subjects have to cut out?

The researchers only swapped out one sweetened drink a day to see these results. If you're old enough, you probably remember the term "sugar diabetes." The sugar industry effectively killed that about 1970.

Larry R. Miller has been a freelance writer on health, fitness and anti-aging since 1982.

An old video but you may not have seen it.

USA - Removal of fluoride may face uphill fight

By MICKEY POWELL Bulletin Staff Writer

Indications are that any effort to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water would not be supported by a majority of Martinsville City Council members.

Two members say they definitely would not be supportive, and another is leaning that way.

The issue is not on the printed agenda for the council meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. However, Councilwoman Sharon Brooks Hodge has said that if no one else does, she will make a motion during the meeting to discontinue adding fluoride to water.

In January, the council unofficially decided to continue fluoridating water after it took no action on a resident’s request that the city end the practice.

At meetings since then, the panel has heard from numerous people on both sides of the issue. Some touted the potential benefits of fluoride in preventing tooth decay and dental diseases. Others voiced opposition along lines such as that exposure to too much fluoride could lead to health problems, including brain disorders.

Hodge did not return a phone call for comment. However, she recently said she is concerned about whether government has the right to force something that might be unsafe on the public.

She said at that time, though, that she was not questioning the benefits of fluoridating water.

Mayor Danny Turner and Councilman Gene Teague said Friday that if a motion is made Tuesday night to discontinue fluoridation, they will not support it. They cited studies showing that fluoride is beneficial.

Adding fluoride to water is “a very cheap way to help people” maintain good dental health, especially when compared to costs for correcting dental problems such as cavities, Turner said.

Teague made a similar comment.

“I believe it’s the right thing to do,” he said, because most scientific studies he has seen show that adding fluoride to water generally is safe.

Councilman Mark Stroud declined to say how he would vote if the issue were raised.

“I don’t think it’s fair” to announce how he will vote on issues before votes are taken because “there can always be some information that comes up from some source … at the 12th hour that could” change his opinion, he said.

Vice Mayor Jennifer Bowles, who at the July 14 council meeting suggested that a vote be taken on the issue at Tuesday night’s meeting, said she has not yet officially decided how she will vote.

She indicated, though, that she is leaning toward not supporting a motion to end fluoridation.

“I’ve received a lot of input from citizens saying they would prefer to keep fluoride in” the water, Bowles said.

She added that while her job as a council member is “to make informed decisions on issues,” she also is obliged to represent the public and vote according to its wishes.

Council members said they individually have received as many as perhaps 50 communications – including phone calls, text and email messages and letters – from people on the issue. Most favor continuing fluoridation, they said.

Teague said he thinks that if most city residents did not want fluoridated water, the majority of opinions council members have heard would be against the practice.

Not English but the pictures tell the story. Too much fluoride causes these deformities.

USA - Greer CPW will revisit fluoridation of water

The Greer Commission of Public Works (GCPW) is seeking public input about the fluoridation of drinking water, and we’d like to hear from you.

Fluoride helps with dental health and plays a major role in prevention of tooth decay. Public drinking water systems have been fluoridating their finished water since the 1950s, when the City of Grand Rapids added it to their system. CPW began fluoridating in 1975, and has done so continuously since then.........................

............Ultimately, our board of commissioners will decide if we continue fluoridation, reduce our fluoride amounts, or discontinue the practice all together. Their decision will be based both on our expertise in water treatment and on the feedback we get from you, our valued customer.

Our mission is to exceed customer expectations, and that is why we are leading the way on public discourse regarding drinking water fluoridation. We welcome your feedback, and look forward to seeing you at our public forums.


Jeffrey Tuttle is General Manager of the Greer Commission of Public Works. The Commission provides water, wastewater, power, and natural gas utility service to the Greer and nearby communities.

According to some the Nazi connection is not confirmed but apart from that doubt....

No evidence that fluoride in water supply prevents tooth decay in children

No evidence that fluoride in water supply prevents tooth decay in children
Thursday, July 23, 2015

There’s no evidence that putting fluoride in the public water supply—as happens across the US and in some counties in the UK—prevents tooth decay in children, an independent report has concluded.

Although the rate of dental caries (tooth decay) has fallen consistently over the past 40 years, there are too many factors that could be responsible, say researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration.

And public health agencies may be basing their decision to fluoridate the public water supply on out-dated and biased data, the researchers say.

The Cochrane researchers found 155 studies that looked at the effects of fluoridation, but virtually all of them were biased, and many were so old that fluoride toothpaste hadn’t even be introduced when they were carried out. They also failed to take in......

The fluoride debate comes down to choice

TONY KELLY (HAS, July 20) rather misses the point in his letter about fluoride.

Mr Kelly describes fluoride as "an essential component of our diet, but it is a perfectly harmless and quite helpful one".

M Watson's original letter (HAS, July 8) criticised the decision to add fluoride to water supplies giving people no choice on whether or not to use it "perfectly harmless", or not.

I can eat peanuts with no effect, but others could die with the slightest taste.

The same applies to fluoride, but the difference is I have the choice of eating peanuts or not.

Put fluoride in the water and I have no choice.

I have read of people who have to travel miles to drink fluoride-free water or else they will suffer severe reactions.

Tom Cooper, Durham.

Haven't seen this Australian video for some time.

Port Angeles voters to weigh in on fluoride in water

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Voters in Port Angeles likely will decide in November whether the city should stop adding fluoride to the city's water system after doing so for nearly a decade.

The Port Angeles Daily News reportsthe Port Angeles City Council decided Tuesday night in a 4-3 vote to place a non-binding measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. It will ask voters whether to continue adding fluoride, a mineral in water and soil, to the city's water system.

Council members are posing the measure ahead of a decision they have to make in May, when the city's 10-year fluoridation contract with the Washington State Dental Foundation expires.

Most Americans get fluoridated water. Supporters say it reduces tooth decay and benefits those who do not have regular access to dental care.

Opponents raised public health concerns and the city shouldn't be making that decision for people.

UK - Health bosses say sugary drinks play a key role in childhood obesity

SUGARY diets that are causing an obesity and tooth decay crisis among children nationally underlines the importance of the St Helens Star backed Swap the Pop campaign, says a health chief.

Dr Dympna Edwards, assistant director of public health for the borough, says one in three children in the town have decaying teeth compared to one in four nationally.

However, she believes the education drive, which urges children and families to drink water instead of high sugar and caffeine energy drinks, can make a difference.

Dr Edwards said: "It's caused by having too much sugar too often. Brushing with fluoride is protective but it is down to the balance of sugar."

Getting the message through to new mums that children don't need so many sweet and sugary treats is important, she adds. And health visitors do checks on children at 12 months and two and a half to register them with dentists and get them tooth care kits.

But misleading labels on drinks is another issue that needs confronting, she adds: "Parents are giving their children what they think are healthy drinks but it's not always the case. If it's 100 per cent juice that's better. They have natural sugars but shouldn't be drunk all the time.......

USA

The focus of the last City Council meeting took an unexpected turn toward fluoride levels in the city’s water.

A young man prepared a research paper that claimed the fluoride levels to be too high.

"My conclusion is that we remove fluoride from our water because there's already enough fluoride in toothpaste, bottled water and mouthwash and the long-term effects of fluoride consumption are doing more harm than they are doing good," he said.

"Did you do this for a science project for school?" Mayor McKinley Price asked.

"No, sir, I did not," the young man replied.

Price, who happens to be a dentist, defended the city's fluoride levels.

"The amount of fluoride that is in our public system is adequate, sufficient and very much needed," Price said. "And I speak professionally on that."

The mayor and council members applauded the young man for his research and encouraged him to return to council meetings in the future.

USA - The case against fluoride

Nearly two-thirds of Americans — 194 million people — get fluoridated water from the tap. I’ve been one of them, drinking fluoridated Rutland City water for 30 years with only mild concern. 
I thought it was perfectly safe. I thought I didn’t really need it because of regular brushing and flossing, but I accepted it anyway. A sense that fluoridation would help poor people unable to pay for or neglectful of their own dental care helped me accept fluoridation.
Over the last year, with the nudging of local anti-fluoride activist Kathleen Krevetski, research convinced me not only to oppose fluoridation but to try to stop it. I now believe fluoridation of the water supply is ineffective, unsafe and unethical and doesn’t help the poor. My wife and I now drink bottled water.
Fortunately, the foundations beneath public water fluoridation today look shaky, for good reason. A wealth of credible evidence has become available to inform and energize a growing army of anti-fluoride activists. In particular, the 2010 book, “The Case Against Fluoride,” by Paul Connett, James Beck and H.S. Micklem, pulls together information from many sources to buttress the claims that fluoridation is ineffective, unsafe and unethical.
One cannot read “The Case Against Fluoride,” available at the Rutland Free Library, without acknowledging its seriousness of purpose, moderate tone, and thorough research. Hundreds of footnotes and lists of scientific studies testify to its rigor.
Connett, a retired chemistry professor at St. Lawrence University, has continued to lead the charge against fluoridation with public appearances and leadership of the Fluoride Action Network. FAN offers an excellent website, fluoridealert.org, with a wealth of old and new evidence challenging the pro-fluoridation establishment. 
Fluoridealert.org updates regularly with new studies, media coverage and political developments on the fluoridation front. Recent important news has included a report of the Cochrane Oral Health Group, a network of health care professionals, researchers and consumers that reviews and evaluates scientific research. Cochrane found no credible science to show fluoridation to be effective, thereby bolstering point one: Fluoridation is ineffective. 
Earlier this year came three significant developments that support point two: the unsafe nature of fluoridation. They were:
1) The Department of Health and Human Services lowered its recommended level of water fluoridation to 0.7 parts per million from a range of 0.7 to 1.2 ppm, acknowledging the risk of dental mottling at the higher levels.
2) The Journal of Community Health and Epidemiology published a study showing that higher levels of fluoride in drinking water proved a good predictor of under-active thyroid. Newsweek covered the story.
3) A study in the journal Environmental Health showed a strong correlation between water fluoridation and the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Again, Newsweek picked up the story.
How about the ethical issue? Is fluoridation unethical? 
The American Dental Association and the Vermont Health Department blithely say that fluoridation is simply the adjustment of a naturally occurring nutrient in the water to an optimal level. They would compare it to adding Vitamin D to milk.
Some fluoride occurs naturally in water, but not fluorosilicic acid. The latter is the hazardous waste by-product Rutland buys from a Florida fertilizer plant and puts in our water.
Fluoride a nutrient? I don’t think so. The Food and Drug Administration calls it a drug, not an approved one at that. The EPA calls it a “contaminant.” As the saying goes, “Just because the kittens were born in the oven, it doesn’t make ’em muffins.”
When ingested, fluoride is biologically active in the body. It collects in the bone and pineal gland. It affects hormones and enzymes. It makes changes in the body; if that’s not a drug, what is? Medical ethics dictates that the patient have informed consent. There is no informed consent with fluoridation.
On top of all that, the dose of fluoride consumed by drinkers of city water varies widely. Laborers, diabetics and athletes are likely to drink more water, perhaps four times more, than a typical person, thereby getting four times the dose. Further, those with kidney problems may filter out less of the fluoride. The normal amount for discharge in the urine is believed to be about half. If the kidneys don’t do their job, more fluoride accumulates in the body. 
Along with the above facts about the effectiveness, risk, and ethics of fluoridation, a social fact emerges. Fluoridation doesn’t help the poor. Blacks and Mexican-Americans suffer more dental fluorosis that whites, as confirmed by the CDC. Leaders like Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta and an associate of Martin Luther King Jr., have come out in opposition to fluoridation. Meanwhile epidemics of tooth decay in places like Detroit, a fluoridated city, point to the failure of fluoridation as a remedy for tooth decay among the poor.
Good nutrition and dental care are the way to combat tooth decay in Rutland.

Jack Crowther has lived in Rutland since 1968 and is a retired journalist and writer for business. He manages the website rutlandfluorideaction.org.

Never seen this before and didn't know Barbara Cartland's involvement against fluoridation.
The commentator's  promise we would all be drinking it soon never came about but the battle is still going on.

Colorado City Stops Water Fluoridation Following Concerning Study

Snowmass, a skier’s paradise tucked into the Colorado Mountains, and part of Aspen, has decided to stop fluoridating its water. The news comes just after the latest groundbreaking study on water fluoridation concluded that there was zero relationship between water fluoridation and cavity prevention.

As Anthony Gucciardi shared with you on July 1st, the study incorporated years of research into a serious conclusion that could help activists remove fluoride from the water worldwide.

The sanitation district board members at Snowmass decided that ‘it wasn’t in the business of medicating’ its citizens, shortly after the federal government revised its recommendations regarding public-water fluoridation to lower the allowable levels. They recently voted to discontinue fluoridating the unincorporated city’s water even though a prominent member of the board was a dentist who did not vote in favor of halting the practice.

Ward Johnson has been practicing dentistry in Snowmass since 1992. He said:

“In my opinion, the only thing that has changed is we have toothpaste with fluoride now. Without systemically ingesting that fluoride, … you do not get the lifetime of benefit that you get when fluoride is in your enamel.”

Other countries around the world have found that water fluoridation does not positively affect dental carries, otherwise known as cavities. Though two-thirds of America suffers scientifically proven health risks associated to water fluoridation, there is ample evidence that this practice does nothing to help improve dental health.

In fact, water fluoridation can calcify the pineal gland, cause the thyroid gland to become underactive, interfere with important endocrine system functions (like regulating hormones), and cause neurological toxicity which lowers your IQ.......................

National Standard Levels of Fluoride Still Cause Nervous System Damage to Children

Yet the US still pumps it in the water
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For many countries, the allowable level of fluoride in drinking water is 1.5mg/l. This is an arbitrary number that has never been proven to be safe. In fact, even trace amounts of fluoride have been shown to be ‘a functional liability to the nervous system.’

The CDC states that the “EPA’s enforceable standard for fluoride in public water supplies is 4.0 milligrams per liter,” but this far exceeds any safe amount of fluoride that we should be drinking.

In a Russian study translated to English by FluorideAlert.org, titled The Effect of Small Quantities of Fluorine on the Human Body, we learn that not only do these levels of fluoridation cause nervous system damage, but children were more likely to suffer from endemic fluorosis. This is a malady that can:

“. . .lead to a variable degree of locomotor disability, ranging from simple mechanical back pain to severe, crippling, combined locomotor and neurological impairment. In endemic areas, a substantial proportion of the population may be affected, posing a severe public health problem. In some areas, the hazards to human health are not fully appreciated and are under-reported. The maximum impact is felt in those communities engaged in physically strenuous activities, either agricultural or industrial. The need of these often isolated communities in economically hard-pressed countries, for the provision of low-fluoride drinking water remains a hope rather than an expectation at the present time.”

The Russian study came to the conclusion that low concentrations of fluorine in drinking water (1.5mg/l) cause changes to developing tissues, and harms the development of ‘higher neural activity in humans and animals.’.............

Why I Turned Off the Tap & Said “No” to Fluoride

July 20, 2015 by Megan Heimer 

Before I hit my 20’s and my period of enlightenment, I never questioned fluoride. I knew it was in my drinking water, always used a “#1 Dentist Approved” fluoride toothpaste, and I opted for the fluoride treatment at the dentist’s office twice a year. Fluoride was good because the government said it was and so did the toothpaste bottle. You don’t want cavities, right?

I never thought to question it until I sat through a series of dissertations, one of them dedicated to the dangers of fluoride. After sitting through a 40-page synopsis, I wasn’t necessarily convinced but I knew I had some research to do. If fluoride really was a toxin that could cause harmful effects and there really wasn’t proper science in place to justify flooding our bodies with it, I wasn’t about to continue poisoning myself. Who would?

It didn’t take long before I  switched to fluoride-free toothpaste, turned off the tap, opted out of the fluoride treatments at the dentist, started limiting processed foods, avoided produce sprayed with pesticides, and upped my label-reading game (as it was common for companies to boast their added-fluoride products). Why? Because fluoride is a neurotoxic, hazardous waste that causes birth defects, osteoporosis,teeth fluorosis, thyroid problems, lower IQ, central nervous system problems, cancer, and an increased risk of Alzheimer’s................................

Fluoride Alert Newsletter

Snowmass Ends Fluoridation
 On Friday, the Water and Sanitation District board of directors for the Colorado town of Snowmass, with approximately 2,800 residents, voted 3-2 in favor of a motion to discontinue fluoridation.  The decision came after the recent change in the recommended fluoride level by U.S. Health and Human Services re-ignited the debate over the safety and efficacy of the practice in Snowmass.  The majority of directors were concerned with the potential long-term health effects of fluoridation, and felt that fluoride consumption ought to be a choice rather than a mandate.
Will Denver Be Next?
The Director of the Fluoride Action Network and co-author of “The Case Against Fluoride,” Paul Connett, PhD will be traveling to Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, July 29^th for the city’s first public forum on water fluoridation.
Recent pressure on the Denver Water Board to end fluoridation from citizens and local campaigners (including We Are Change Colorado) resulted in the board hosting this historic event as a way to re-examine the issue.  The forum will include a panel of three experts representing both sides of the debate.  Paul Connett will be joined in opposition to the practice by campaigner and horse breeder Cathy Justus, who successfully got Pagosa Springs to end fluoridation, and Dr. Jeremy Widmann who studied Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado.
The proponents of fluoridation will by represented by William Bailey, DDS, formerly with the CDC, Katya Mauritson, DMD, Colorado State dental Director, and Brett Kessler, DDS, Past President of the Colorado Dental Association.  Both sides have 30 minutes total with up to 20 minutes of questioning from the panel.
The Denver Dental Society sees the forum as a threat to fluoridation and has responded by urging its members to send letters to board members.

• Click Here for All Event Info

• Download the Pre-Event Packet with Fluoridation Documents Sent to the Board

LULAC Man of the Year

In 2011, the oldest and largest organization representing Hispanics in the U.S., the League of United Latin Americans (LULAC), adopted a historic resolution calling for an end to water fluoridation.  Henry Rodriguez, Founder and Director of Concilio Zapatista 4383 in Texas, submitted the resolution and received a great deal of pushback from proponents of the practice.  Three years later, FAN was honored to have Henry as a featured speaker at the 5^th Citizens Conference on Fluoride, where he spoke about the resolution and was very well received.
Last week at the LULAC Annual Convention, Henry Rodriguez was named “Man of the Year” for his work protecting the civil rights of Hispanics; including protecting them from overexposure to fluoride.  Clearly, the membership of LULAC has embraced Henry and continues to stand by their strong opposition to water fluoridation.  
July’s Teleconference Audio
You can now download the audio from July’s International Fluoride Free Teleconference. The call was entitled, “Water Workers Unit: Meet the People Who Treat Your Water,” and featured a discussion by water treatment experts on how fluoride additives are introduced into the water supply, the reasons they now oppose the practice, and how you can educate your local water plant employees about fluoridation.  To learn more about the call and to download the audio please click on the following link: 

LISTEN TO JULY’S TELECONFERENCE AUDIO