1) No
Nebraskan is fluoride deficient. The USDA website lists
current levelsof fluoride in common foods. A more readable chart
is here.
a)
Nebraskans are dentist-deficient
"In 1999, 21 percent of children aged 0 to
5 years in Head Start and daycare
centers in
decay," according to the Nebraska
Department of Health.
b) a 12-year-old boy from a fluoridated area died
because dentists refused to
treat him because he was on Medicaid
2) Fluoridation
proponents and opponents agree that too much fluoride damages teeth and bones. Current EPA
standards are not protective of health
a) Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study: from 1/3
to � of
US
school children display fluoride overdose symptoms � dental
fluorosis �
white spotted,
yellow, brown and/or pitted enamel.
b)
National Research
Council 2006 report says certain segments of the
population are particularly at risk of
fluoride over-exposure such as
high-water drinkers, diabetics, the military, outdoor workers, athletes,
kidney
patients and infants
c) The National Kidney
Foundation withdrew it's fluoridation support and
replaced it with this warning:
"Individuals with CKD [Chronic kidney Disease]
should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure."
3) The EPA
increased fluoride residues allowed on foods since approving Dow
Chemical Company's sulfuryl fluoride
(ProFume) as a post-harvest fumigant. Even former NYS Attorney General Eliot Spitzer wrote
the EPA and said, "...the tolerances
established by EPA are not sufficiently protective against adverse health
effects,"
4) In New
York State, non-fluoridated Nassau
& Suffolk cavity
rates are equal to or lower than 73% fluoridated
NYS and many fluoridated NYS counties
and US States
a)
Despite a 70% fluoridation rate, 59% of
Nebraska third graders have tooth
decay. 75% of Hispanic, 66% of
African-American and 57% of
Caucasian third
graders have tooth decay,
5) Fluoridation
hasn�t leveled decay rates between poor & non-poor.
6) Impure
industrial waste products are used for water fluoridation.
a) What effect would this have on
the environment?
b) Silicofluorides contain
trace amounts of impurities such as
arsenic, lead, mercury
and more.
c) Silicofluorides
have never been safety tested in humans or
animals
d) Silicofluorides
are linked to children�s higher blood lead levels.
e) High
blood lead levels are linked to higher rates of tooth decay
f) Tooth decay crises are occurring in most, if not all, of our fluoridated
communities. See http://www.FluorideNews.blogspot.com
7) The
FDA never tested the safety or efficacy of fluoride ingestion.
b) Pre-1938, fluoride was only sold as a rat poison.
8) Fluoride is
neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth.
9) Fluoride
ingestion confers no benefits.
a) The CDC says: �fluoride's predominant effect is posteruptive and topical�
10) Fluoride
ingestion, like all drugs, delivers health risks.
a) Reviews of the fluoride literature claiming to prove fluoride is safe
and effective is scientifically invalid reports the National Institutes of
Health and
b) The Oct 6 2007 British Medical Journal indicates that fluoridation,
touted as a safe cavity preventive, never was proven safe or effective
and
may be unethical
b) National
Academies of Science fluoride panel reveals health risks
at 1 ppm
11) From 1 � 5% of
the population is allergic to or intolerant of fluoride
12) "If
you add fluoridated water to your infant's baby formula, you may be
putting your child at risk of developing dental fluorosis,"
according to the
a) The
American Dental Association Agrees
b) The Centers
For Disease Control Agrees
13) The
adequate intake (AI)
of fluoride for a six month old baby is only
0.01 mg/F http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5776&page=302
per day. If the AI is exceeded babies risk
moderate dental fluorosis
which is defined as Light to very
dark brown staining
occurs on the enamel, along with the parchment-
white coloration of fluorosis. This is
what moderate dental fluorosis looks like.
14) Dentists are not fluoride experts
15) Over
1,850 professionals signed a statement urging Congress to stop water
fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted. They cite new
scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is
ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html
16) Eleven unions representing 7,000 EPA employees urge that the maximum
contaminant level of fluoride be set as close to zero as feasible
17) The Canadian
Association of Physicians for the Environment opposes fluoridation
18) Dr. A. K. Susheela
explains how fluoride can adversely affect health and why US physicians don't
look for it in this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4519697926101725336&hl=en
For more general
information about fluoridation, see Fluoridation 101:
For more science
that shows the harm and ineffectiveness of fluoridation see the Fluoride
Journal, Second Look, Fluoride Action Network.
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
Fluoridation News Releases
http://tinyurl.com/NewsReleases
Tooth Decay Crises in Fluoridated Areas
http://www.fluoridenews.blogspot.com/
Fluoride Action Network http://www.FluorideAction.Net
Fluoride Journal http://www.FluorideResearch.Org
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