F.A/N. Newsletter
Virginia residents and professionals,
your help is needed!
We have just learned that the Spotsylvania County
Board of Supervisors is considering an end to the
fluoridation of
the public drinking water of over 100,000 citizens. The decision will also
impact the city of Fredericksburg, which gets its water from Spotsylvania’s
Motts Run Water Treatment Plant.
The Board of Supervisors will be hosting
pro-fluoridation presentations from the dental industry and their lobbyists.
However, at the beginning of the meeting (at 6:02pm) there is a public comment
period, where each participant will get at least 3-minutes to speak in favor of
ENDING FLUORIDATION.
If you can attend this important meeting
to express your opposition to fluoridation, please do
so. The
Board of Supervisors appears to be leaning in favor of ending the practice, but
they want to hear from professionals, parents and local consumers:
What: Fluoridation Hearing
When: Tuesday, January 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Where: 9104 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22553
Agenda for meeting: https://spotsylvania.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/
When: Tuesday, January 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Where: 9104 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22553
Agenda for meeting: https://spotsylvania.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/
If you cannot personally attend the
meeting, please email you testimony to the board members:
cyakabouski@spotsylvania.va.us,kmarshall@spotsylvania.va.us,McLaughlinTJ@spotsylvania.va.us,David.Ross@spotsylvania.va.us,GBenton@spotsylvania.va.us,
gcebula@spotsylvania.va.us,
gskinner@spotsylvania.va.us,PTrampe@spotsylvania.va.us,
gcebula@spotsylvania.va.us,
gskinner@spotsylvania.va.us,PTrampe@spotsylvania.va.us,
Make sure to start off with “I support
the proposal to end fluoridation.” Please keep your emails polite and
focused on the scientific and ethical arguments against fluoridation (see
example talking points below).
While county supervisors need to hear
from all area residents, they especially need to hear from Virginia medical,
scientific, legal, and engineering professionals. Your opposition, expert
advice, and testimony could easily mean the difference between success and
failure.
They also need to hear from those who
have been negatively impacted by fluoride. Our government has admitted that
they’ve overexposed at least 57% of adolescents to fluoride, resulting
in dental
fluorosis and likely a host of other ailments.
Studies have also shown that fluoridation is likely linked to higher rates
of ADHD,
hypothyroidism,
and osteoarthritis. If you
or your family have felt the impact of overexposure to fluoride, then it’s
crucial that officials hear your story since the dental-lobby claims that there
are no victims of fluoride.
Please send your emails today so we can end fluoridation in Spotsylvania County. It’s your health, your water, your tax dollars, and ought to be your choice.
Please send your emails today so we can end fluoridation in Spotsylvania County. It’s your health, your water, your tax dollars, and ought to be your choice.
When contacting the board of
supervisors, here are some points we suggest making:
-A new
study linked fluoride exposure in utero to lower
IQ in kids.
-Increasing fluoride levels will increase
overexposure and dental
fluorosis.
-Fluoride
chemicals have been shown to increase
lead levels in drinking water.
-Over 100
animal experiments and 50 human
studies link fluoride consumption to a decrease
in IQ, with fluoride now labeled a
developmental neurotoxicant.
-A recent
study has linked fluoridation to increases
in ADHD.
-A recent
study has linked fluoridation to increases
in hypothyroidism.
-A
Cochrane
Group review found no quality research proving
benefit from fluoridation but did find a clear connection to
fluorosis.
-Over
235
communities have rejected fluoridation since
2010.
Here is additional information and
talking points:
Sincerely,
Stuart Cooper
Campaign Director
Fluoride Action Network
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posted by Bill at
9:27 AM
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