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#7900 From: mommy2baron@...
Date: Tue Feb 1, 2011 8:36 am
Subject: Re: effect on concrete pipes?
nitaat4
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i think i remember jeff green saying something about the fluoridation causing problems with concrete at a water station. i don't know if it was pipes or a damn or concrete tank of some sort or exactly what.  i think it caused damage that caused a delay in the fluoridation around san diego a few years back.
nita

#7901 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue Feb 1, 2011 9:45 am
Subject: Infant Juices Contain Too Much Fluoride
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/popular-infant-juices-contain-too-much-f\
luoride-research-shows-114930519.html


Popular Infant Juices Contain Too Much Fluoride, Research Shows

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Commonly-consumed infant
fruit juices contain fluoride, some at levels higher than recommended for public
water supplies which can damage teeth, according to research to be presented on
March 17, 2011 at the International Association for Dental Research annual
meeting in San Diego.(1)

Ninety samples of three different flavors (apple, pear and grape) from three
manufacturers were tested.  All contained fluoride at concentrations ranging
from 0.11 to 1.81 parts per million (ppm).

"Children who consume excessive amounts of juice per day may be ingesting more
fluoride than the recommended daily intake," the researchers report.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended lowering
"optimal" water fluoride levels to 0.7  ppm to decrease the epidemic of
fluoride-discolored teeth (dental fluorosis) afflicting over 41% of adolescents.
Many cities are complying; some consider ending fluoridation.

Attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to
Fluoridation says, "Water fluoride, along with fluoride-containing pesticide
residues, is contaminating the food supply and harming our children. Clearly,
artificial fluoridation must stop completely."

"Fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth. Studies show
fluoride ingestion doesn't reduce tooth decay," says Beeber.

Earlier research shows all infant formulas, whether ready-to-feed, concentrated
or organic, contain some fluoride, (October 2009 Journal of the American Dental
Association).(2)

Researchers found fluoride in chicken products frequently eaten by children but
not listed on labels, e.g. pureed chicken, chicken sticks, and luncheon meat
made with mechanically-separated chicken. Fluoride-containing bone-dust
invariably gets into the finished product (Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry September, 2001).(3)

Safe fluoride intake could "be exceeded on a recurring basis when combined with
other sources of fluoride intake such as fluoridated water, foods made with
fluoridated water, and swallowing of fluoridated toothpaste," write researchers,
Fein and Cerklewski.

"Current evidence strongly suggests that fluorides work primarily by topical
means through direct action on the teeth and dental plaque. Thus ingestion of
fluoride is not essential for caries (cavity) prevention," report Warren and
Levy in Dental Clinics of North America, April 2003. "There is no specific
nutritional requirement for fluoride," they write.(4)

New York City Council Members introduced legislation to stop fluoridation on
1/18/2011.  Show your support here: http://www.FluorideAction.Net.

References:

(1) "Fluoride Level in Commonly Consumed Infant Juices" 
http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2011sandiego/webprogram/Paper147544.html

(2) http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content-nw/full/140/10/1228/T1

(3) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0106300

(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12699229

USDA Fluoride in Foods Database:
http://ars.usda.gov/services/docs.htm?docid=6312


SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.

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#7902 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue Feb 1, 2011 10:30 am
Subject: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Ron here.

Deb Moore was THE person that prompted me to start the Fluoride Poisoning
Support Group.  Second Look was just getting up and running.

I would like to be included in the piolet study if at all possible. Hopefully
fluoride can be linked to fibromyalgia. The symptoms are nearly identical to
stage I and II skeletal fluorosis. Absorption through the skin and inhalation
while showering could also be addressed.

  Anyone else on board?

Alliss and /or Deb, want to include my personal story? Let's work on it!



http://www.slweb.org/ftrcresearch.html#puzzle

Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
Our pilot study on fluoride sensitivity is on hold, but not forgotten. This will
be a randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial to test for fluoride
hypersensitivity in individuals, under the direction of Dr. Hardy Limeback,
University of Toronto. While some preliminary studies were conducted by
physicians in the early years of fluoridation using specific doses of fluoride
in tablet form, no human clinical trial has focused on the hypersensitivity of
susceptible people to the usual level of fluoride (1 ppm) in drinking water.

This FTRC project will include the development of tools that will be useful for
all future research. We are also looking into the possibility of extending this
research project, based on its results, to a related study on the same subjects,
which would monitor the elimination of fluoride. These pilot studies would pave
the way for larger, more involved projects and grant funding. Universities first
require clearance from an Ethics Committee before studies involving humans can
take place. They also require extra personnel to perform the necessary work
involved. Second Look/FTRC is now attempting to raise enough funds to ensure
valid completion of these types of studies.

Recent news and events have sharply increased awareness about fluoride toxicity.
FTRC's leading-edge research will undoubtedly be recognized as having great
value when the floodgates open with information-seekers on fluoride poisoning
and hypersensitivity.

#7903 From: mommy2baron@...
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 5:46 am
Subject: Re: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
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In a message dated 2/1/2011 2:30:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com writes:
Anyone else on board?
it might kill me but i am interested.
nita

#7904 From: "James Robert Deal" <jamesrobertdeal@...>
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 10:02 am
Subject: Ridding the body of fluoride
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I read different things about calcium supplements.
 
I used to take a calcium-magnesium supplement, but I ran out.
 
My question is whether a calcium supplement would help rid the bones and calcium rich organs like the pineal of accumulated fluoride?
 
Is there any way to do hasten the process of elimination of fluoride from the body?
 
 
 

Sincerely,

 

James Robert Deal , Attorney
James@...

PO Box 2276 Lynnwood WA 98036

Telephone: 425-771-1110
Fax: 425-776-8081

 

#7905 From: "Aliss" <aliss@...>
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 1:24 pm
Subject: RE: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
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Hi Nita,

It is not ethical to allow fluoride (or known food allergen like peanuts, or established toxin, or drug, e.g. penicillin) challenge testing on people with life-threatening sensitivity reactions like yours. Dr. Limeback is a professor at U. of Toronto and their research approval board would restrict the research to people with unpleasant but reversible effects and controls.

Of course, we also think it is not ethical to put industrial waste fluoride acid in water that pregnant women with low vitamin D and low iodine intakes routinely consume in amounts that deliver a neurotoxic and thyrotoxic fluoride dose to the developing fetus and increase lead uptake from environmental sources. But for some STRANGE reason, public health researchers don’t need to observe ethics when it comes to water fluoridation effects. They can go into schools and measure the tooth fluorosis of children without needing the permission of parents and without ever having to admit responsibility for causing it.

 

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Sent: February-02-11 12:47 AM
To: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FluoridePoisoning] Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people

 

 

In a message dated 2/1/2011 2:30:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com writes:

Anyone else on board?

it might kill me but i am interested.

nita


#7906 From: "Aliss" <aliss@...>
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 1:42 pm
Subject: RE: Ridding the body of fluoride
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Hi James,

Three things seem to help almost everyone: calcium, C and K2.

The denser calcium supplements from plant and algae source (e.g. New Chapter line Bone Strength Take Care) appear to be the most bio-available supplements after calcium-rich leafy greens, seeds, old-fashioned bone soups, and unpasteurized milk (not in order of value). Calcium DOES offset fluoride toxicity and the clinical treatment for acute fluoride poisoning is intravenous calcium gluconate. However, low blood levels of vitamin D will reduce the calcium absorption from the digestive tract. But fluoride poisoning inhibits the enzyme conversion of precursors under skin to D3 from sunlight, conversion of D3 to 25OH-D in kidney and liver tissues, and conversion of 25OH-D to 1,25OH-D in the cell margins. RDA is inadequate. I have been taking 10,000 IU/day for the past few years with NO sign of any toxicity at all. I do this under supervision as individual response and need is variable.

Vitamin C supplementation helps kidneys excrete fluoride. A couple thousand mg per day, spread out in smaller doses (half-life in blood is short).

Vitamin K2 (as MK4 or MK7) supplements in high dose prevent calcifications and can remove them from soft and connective tissue deposits. There are 45 milligram therapeutic doses available, I think from Life Extension Foundation.

Iodine supplementation has been useful for many of us, individual response may differ.

 

Aliss

 

From: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Robert Deal
Sent: February-02-11 5:02 AM
To: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FluoridePoisoning] Ridding the body of fluoride

 

 

I read different things about calcium supplements.

 

I used to take a calcium-magnesium supplement, but I ran out.

 

My question is whether a calcium supplement would help rid the bones and calcium rich organs like the pineal of accumulated fluoride?

 

Is there any way to do hasten the process of elimination of fluoride from the body?

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

James Robert Deal , Attorney
James@...

PO Box 2276 Lynnwood WA 98036

Telephone: 425-771-1110
Fax: 425-776-8081

 


#7907 From: Doug Cragoe <cragoe@...>
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
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Quote from the article:  "While some preliminary studies were conducted by
physicians in the early years of fluoridation using specific doses of
fluoride in tablet form, no human clinical trial has focused on the
hypersensitivity of susceptible people to the usual level of fluoride (1
ppm) in drinking water."

I would say that isn't quite right, I've read about several double blinded
studies showing fluoride sensitivity from normal fluoridated water.  These
seem like clinical trials to me.  Here's an article from FLUORIDE that talks
about this:  http://sonic.net/kryptox/medicine/allergy.htm

These studies may not have been published in mainstream medical journals in
the U.S.  I'm thinking that may be the reason for saying "no human clinical
trial."

-Doug Cragoe

#7908 From: "Aliss" <aliss@...>
Date: Wed Feb 2, 2011 8:15 pm
Subject: RE: Re: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people
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Hi Doug,

The Dutch experiment (Grimbergen et al) was properly and excellently done but the objection to using it as a citation is that it was not peer reviewed published academic research and has not been verified by independent researchers elsewhere; also the sample size was very small. It was done specifically for the government committee, and was not part of an academic inquiry into fluoridation hypersensitivity. The burden of proof the Dutch government needed in 1973 to stop the policy was considered much lower than the “weight of evidence” approach currently favoured by our respective governments today. Heck, that “weight of evidence” thing can be used to say that all those Vioxx deaths were from natural causes, but that’s what the FDA and Health Canada like about using it. Like a convenient hammer to smash our feeble attempts at pointing out that once you have a few million kids with dental fluorosis and no reduction in tooth decay, you oughta stop fluoridating.

That hypersensitivity experiment discussed on Second Look with great hopefulness a few years ago has not gone any further than the idea stage, probably for the same continuing reasons that no large, independent (i.e. not conducted by dentists or public health propagandists) double blind comparison has ever been done in an academic setting since fluoridation began.

Aliss

 

From: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Cragoe
Sent: February-02-11 2:40 PM
To: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FluoridePoisoning] Re: Pilot project to study fluoride sensitivity in people

 

 

Quote from the article: "While some preliminary studies were conducted by
physicians in the early years of fluoridation using specific doses of
fluoride in tablet form, no human clinical trial has focused on the
hypersensitivity of susceptible people to the usual level of fluoride (1
ppm) in drinking water."

I would say that isn't quite right, I've read about several double blinded
studies showing fluoride sensitivity from normal fluoridated water. These
seem like clinical trials to me. Here's an article from FLUORIDE that talks
about this: http://sonic.net/kryptox/medicine/allergy.htm

These studies may not have been published in mainstream medical journals in
the U.S. I'm thinking that may be the reason for saying "no human clinical
trial."

-Doug Cragoe


#7909 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 12:10 pm
Subject: Show me the studies!
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I was just reading the google news for fluoride

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_e\
nUS305US305&q=fluoride#rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS305US305&q=fluoride&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&t\
bs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn&fp=aee654dc21bede8d

Lots a press on the subject.  I just can't wait for this to blow up in their
faces. There must be a way to pour gas on this fire.

I remember Darlene Sherrell asking the ADA, CDC, DHHS, EPA, etc. to merely
produce the documents, the scientific studies, that prove the safety and
effectiveness of F- .   It never happened!!!

No one is asking these government agencies for the studies.  No individuals
comments on these newspapers sites are asking this important question.

If 10 people in Egypt can mobilize massive unrest - with the internet shut down
in that country- there has got to be a way to shine the light on the fluoride
debacle!

Any other ideas?  Will this idea work?




http://www.healthfreedomlaw.com/

LAW OFFICES OF CARLOS F. NEGRETE



  In the summer of 1998, Darlene Sherrell, challenged pro-flouridation advocates
to come forward to name a study demonstrating the safety of current fluoride
levels in drinking water and the effect excessive daily intake of fluoride as a
possible cause to chronic fluoride poisoning.

Law Offices of Carlos F. Negrete is dedicated to representing individuals and
organizations that share similar beliefs in health freedom and prevention of
toxic contamination.


http://www.laborlawtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-116636.html

name a (one) study demonstrating the safety of current fluoridation levels

Produce any studies which indicate that researchers used methods capable of
detecting cases of chronic fluoride poisoning in any U.S. city in the past --
but failed to find them.

#7910 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 12:26 pm
Subject: methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning
FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Google search

methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS305US30\
5&q=methods+capable+of+detecting+chronic+fluoride+poisoning

I can't find one.  Did I miss it?

James R Deal - ask for the studies - they should be right at the fingertips of
all the government agencies to prove the safety and effectiveness  of all
fluoridation chemicals/medications


It will be like a dog chasing his tail - each agency refering to the next - one
big circle.

#7911 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 1:31 pm
Subject: Re: methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning
ron072754
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http://www.herbs4health.com/news/01oct00.htm


These men talk about hundreds of safety studies ... but when asked to name one
that didn't exclude everyone with symptoms or use inappropriate methods, there
is no response. Can you name "any published scientific article demonstrating the
safety of our current fluoride intake ... or any studies which indicate that
researchers used methods capable of detecting cases of chronic fluoride
poisoning – but failed to find them – in any fluoridated U.S. cities in the
past"? Surely if there had been such a study it would have been mentioned at
some time in the Public Health journals, or by the National Academy of Sciences
or World Health Organization. No one can name a study because none exist. There
were no legitimate long-term controlled studies; and no attempt to identify,
verify, or gather reports of suspected or confirmed cases. Chemical and
Engineering News reported: "Even if a doctor is aware of the disease, the early
stages are difficult to diagnose." Fluoridation of Water, Special report by
Bette Hileman, Chemical & Engineering News, August 1, 1988

#7912 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 3:03 pm
Subject: Denver, CO — The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced a new technic
ron072754
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http://www.awwa.org/files/GovtPublicAffairs/PressReleases/020111UMCFluoride.pdf

For Immediate Release: Contact: Deirdre Mueller
February 1, 2011 303-347-6140 dmueller@...
Fluoride and Public Health technical session announced for the Utility
Management Conference
(DENVER, CO) – The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced a new
technical session, Fluoride and Public Health - Science, Safety, and
Communication to be held at the 2011 Utility Management Conference, on
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Denver,
Colorado.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) recently released the results of new scientific
assessments related to community water fluoridation. HHS has proposed changing
the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water to the lower end of the
current optimal range. As a result of these findings, USEPA announced it is
initiating a review of the maximum level of fluoride allowed in drinking water.
Panel members will discuss these changes and provide considerations about
effectively communicating difficult public health issues to consumers.
Session speakers will include individuals from the US Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Lisa Ragain of Aqua
Vitae who will speak on environmental risk communication and strategies.
Additional information on The Utility Management Conference and registration
details are available at www.awwa.org/conferences.
# # #
AWWA is the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to
improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond. AWWA is the
largest organization of water professionals in the world. AWWA advances public
health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the
entire water community. Through our collective strength we become better
stewards of water for the greatest good of the people and the environment

#7913 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 3:05 pm
Subject: Re: Denver, CO — The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced a new technic
ron072754
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This should be simple - just ask the ADA, CDC, DHHS, EPA and all
pro-flouridation advocates to come forward to name a study demonstrating the
safety of current fluoride levels in drinking water and the effect of excessive
daily intake of fluoride as a possible cause to chronic fluoride poisoning.

Name one that didn't exclude everyone with symptoms or use inappropriate
methods, No one can name a study because none exist. There were no legitimate
long-term controlled studies; and no attempt to identify, verify, or gather
reports of suspected or confirmed cases.


--- In FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com, "ron072754" <reheman@...> wrote:
>
>
http://www.awwa.org/files/GovtPublicAffairs/PressReleases/020111UMCFluoride.pdf
>
> For Immediate Release: Contact: Deirdre Mueller
> February 1, 2011 303-347-6140 dmueller@...
> Fluoride and Public Health technical session announced for the Utility
Management Conference
> (DENVER, CO) – The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced a new
technical session, Fluoride and Public Health - Science, Safety, and
Communication to be held at the 2011 Utility Management Conference, on
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Denver,
Colorado.
> The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) recently released the results of new scientific
assessments related to community water fluoridation. HHS has proposed changing
the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water to the lower end of the
current optimal range. As a result of these findings, USEPA announced it is
initiating a review of the maximum level of fluoride allowed in drinking water.
Panel members will discuss these changes and provide considerations about
effectively communicating difficult public health issues to consumers.
> Session speakers will include individuals from the US Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Lisa Ragain of Aqua
Vitae who will speak on environmental risk communication and strategies.
> Additional information on The Utility Management Conference and registration
details are available at www.awwa.org/conferences.
> # # #
> AWWA is the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to
improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond. AWWA is the
largest organization of water professionals in the world. AWWA advances public
health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the
entire water community. Through our collective strength we become better
stewards of water for the greatest good of the people and the environment
>

#7914 From: "Aliss" <aliss@...>
Date: Thu Feb 3, 2011 8:30 pm
Subject: RE: methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning
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Roholm found that the Number One symptom was bone-deep depression – the fluoride poisoned people were overwhelmingly despairing and lethargic regardless of whether their urine F was high or medium.

Number Two was gastric upset.

These are “clinical” findings. In other words, the doctor’s professional skill, not a lab number, is what clinches it.

The Indian researchers developed a urine test for measuring certain collagen-protein breakdown products that only get released when fluoride has begun to poison the bones in stage 1 skeletal fluorosis.

Dr. Mullenix found that with workplace-related poisoning, urine measurement of F over 1 ppm/ 1mg/L is strong evidence of fluoride poisoning.

The problem was and is that the government set a toxic intake level as “allowable” and done the usual trick of equating “allowable” to “safe”. But “allowable” when applied to a pollutant or toxin means “convenient” NOT “safe”. Plenty of people will have horrible fluoride poisoning when urine F is well below 1 ppm. Can’t get a diagnosis though. “The lab report says you’re fine.” And there you are, dying while fine. Maybe that’s why doctors almost never go to funerals of their patients.

It is like setting a ridiculously high allowable level of radiation and then attributing the resulting cancers to other causes. It takes years and much suffering before the correlation is properly made and regulatory standards are changed. This is now happening with diagnostic Xrays.

Aliss

 

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Sent: February-03-11 7:27 AM
To: FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FluoridePoisoning] methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning

 

 

Google search

methods capable of detecting chronic fluoride poisoning

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS305US305&q=methods+capable+of+detecting+chronic+fluoride+poisoning

I can't find one. Did I miss it?

James R Deal - ask for the studies - they should be right at the fingertips of all the government agencies to prove the safety and effectiveness of all fluoridation chemicals/medications

It will be like a dog chasing his tail - each agency refering to the next - one big circle.


#7915 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat Feb 5, 2011 9:51 am
Subject: sodium fluoride F18 approved for bone scans
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to be used in bone scans.

Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) is traditionally used in bone scanning. This is the only
approved tracer for scanning bones as mandated by law. Since it has a shorter
life span, there was shortage of supply.

Unlike the Tc-99m, the supply for sodium fluoride F18 is abundant. Scanning of
the bones is very important for those who are suffering from cancer.  It is
especially needed by those who have breast cancer and prostate cancer. Sodium
fluoride F18 was approved in the year 1972 but because Tc-99m was less expensive
and at that time, it was still available, it was withdrawn in 1975.

Sodium fluoride F18 in terms of cost, is much higher than Tc-99m. They can be
produced through medical cyclotron that are available in various universities
and suppliers in the United States.  Using this instead of the Tc-99m, the SPECT
imaging produces better images.  Detection of any deformities can be easily seen
and can be prevented through these better scanned images.

The discontinuation of the drug was neither because of safety problems nor of
efficacy but to lower the cost of the procedure.

http://www.dailyhealthreport.org/fda-approves-new-bone-scan-drug/1586/








FDA Schedules Meeting for PET Drug Approval Applicants
The March 2 meeting will help applicants prepare new drug applications or
abbreviated new drug applications for fludeoxyglucose 18 injection, ammonia N 13
injection, and sodium fluoride F 18 injection.

Feb 05, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration announced a March 2 meeting at its White Oak
Campus in Silver Spring, Md., to help applicants prepare new drug applications
or abbreviated new drug applications for fludeoxyglucose 18 injection, ammonia N
13 injection, and sodium fluoride F 18 injection used in positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging. All producers of PET drugs for commercial clinical use
are submitting applications for marketing approval by Dec. 12, 2011.

FDA says many PET drug makers are not familiar with the drug approval process,
however, so this meeting will explain it and also FDA's general inspection
process.

Since the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 became law, FDA
has regulated PET drugs used in nuclear medicine. In March 2000, the agency FDA
presented its findings on the safety and effectiveness of the PET drugs it
studied and described the types of applications that can be submitted for FDG F
18 injection, ammonia N 13 injection, and sodium fluoride F 18 injection used in
PET imaging. A December 2009 regulation began a two-year timeline for PET drug
producers to submit an application for any drug used clinically.

FDA also published revised draft guidance for industry about the content and
format of the applications in the Feb. 3 Federal Register and will use it at the
meeting to explain the approval process.

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/02/05/fda-schedules-meeting-for-pet-drug-appr\
oval-applicants.aspx?admgarea=news


Approval Of New Drug For Use In Bone Scans
Written By: ameilia on February 4, 2011 0
The FDA has approved a New Drug Application (NDA) from the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, for a new strength
of a previously approved drug, Sodium Fluoride F18, for use in bone scans. In
contrast to Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which has been the only approved
radioactive tracer for bone scans, Sodium Fluoride F18 is not subject to the
supply problems that have led to recent nationwide shortages of Tc-99m.

Many diagnostic imaging tests, including bone scans that utilize Single Photon
Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), require the use of Tc-99m. Bone scans are
essential tools in the diagnosis of bone metastases in cancer patients,
especially those with cancers (such as breast and prostate) that tend to
metastasize to bone.

Sodium Fluoride F18 was approved in 1972 but withdrawn in 1975, when the less
expensive tracer Tc-99m became available. Tc-99m is derived from an isotope
called molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which is made mostly in highly enriched uranium
nuclear reactors. Because both Mo-99 and Tc-99m have fairly short half-lives (66
hours and six hours, respectively), these drugs cannot be stockpiled.

Seven nuclear reactors worldwide currently produce Mo-99 for medical use, with
much of the United States' supply coming from a nuclear reactor in Canada that
has had frequent outages, the latest one lasting more than a year.

Although Sodium Fluoride F18 is more expensive than Tc-99, it can be produced in
medical cyclotrons, which are available at many academic universities and
commercial suppliers in the U.S. This drug also provides better images because
it uses Position Emission Tomography (PET) instead of SPECT imaging, allowing
for improved, earlier detection.

The previous strength of Sodium Fluoride F18 was discontinued for market
reasons, not for reasons of safety or efficacy. NCI hopes that multiple
companies and institutions will submit Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs)
so that generic versions of the drug can be produced, allowing for a reduction
in cost.

A decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding coverage
for Sodium Fluoride PET scans was posted on February 26, 2010. It allowed
Coverage with Evidence Development (CED), and a formal registry is being
established by the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) that should help
facilitate this coverage.

Source: NCI Office of Media Relations
NIH/National Cancer Institute
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http://biomedme.com/general/approval-of-new-drug-for-use-in-bone-scans_32698.htm\
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#7916 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat Feb 5, 2011 3:26 pm
Subject: Ferndale WA -A successful court case!
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This is where i lived for 8mo. helping to open a hardware store.
The county of Whatcom is currently fluoridation free.  When i told people I was
F- poisoned they got it!  Not one looked at me like I had one eye and had a
tinfoil hat!  A successful court case!

This was on Mercola.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3STwBBOEgI&feature=player_embedded


I guess this could be the examples if spinal stenosis and chari malformation.

Ronnie

#7917 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun Feb 6, 2011 11:32 am
Subject: Fluoride / Fluoridation - Dr. John Yiamouyiannis
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PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RomVuPE1A6s&feature=related

PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVipx_1KR1E






Cancer Control Convention in Pasadena, California, about 1992.

TRIBUTE TO JOHN YIAMOUYIANNIS (1943-2000)

Translation from the Japanese Journal of Fluoride Research, No. 19, Nov. 2000,
p. 1, excerpts...

Dr John Yiamouyiannis, biochemist and founder of the Safe Water Foundation, USA,
died October 8, 2000, passing away peacefully in sleep at his
home in Delaware, Ohio, surrounded by members of his family.


Undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and afterward, in 1967; PhD
in biochemistry at the University of Rhode Island. Postdoctoral research at
Western Reserve Medical School; became a biochemical editor at Chemical
Abstracts Service. There, he became aware of the health-damaging effects of
fluoride. His opposing water fluoridation prompted efforts by the National
Institute of Dental Research to have CAS silence him or risk losing substantial
US Public
Health Service funding. He resign from the CAS.

His experience is described in his book, Fluoride the Aging Factor.

Dr Ys studies with Dr Dean Burk to determine whether cancer death rates
increased after fluoridation in the 1950s caused great concern among many
Americans and prompted Congressional hearings in 1977 followed by a 21-day court
trial in Pennsylvania. There the presiding judge was compellingly convinced of
the adverse effects of fluoridation and ordered its halt as a public health
hazard. His decision, however, was overruled on jurisdictional grounds, and at
an administrative level fluoridation policy remained unchanged.

Tohru Murakami, DDS, PhD
Editor, Japanese Journal of Fluoride Research
1-5-16 Kamikoide-machi
Maebashi-shi
Gunma-ken, 371 0037, Japan

#7918 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Sun Feb 6, 2011 9:15 pm
Subject: data leads to a Reference Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day.
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We have also taken a direct step to protect the employees we represent from the
risks of drinking fluoridated water. We applied EPA's risk control methodology,
the Reference Dose, to the recent neurotoxicity data. The Reference Dose is the
daily dose, expressed in milligrams of chemical per kilogram of body weight,
that a person can receive over the long term with reasonable assurance of safety
from adverse effects. Application of this methodology to the Varner et al.\4
data leads to a Reference Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day. Persons who
drink about one quart of fluoridated water from the public drinking water supply
of the District of Columbia while at work receive about 0.01mg/kg-day from that
source alone. This amount of fluoride is more than 100 times the Reference Dose.
On the basis of these results the union filed a grievance, asking that EPA
provide un-fluoridated drinking water to its employees.

#7919 From: Sylvia Pisarski Onusic <sponusic128@...>
Date: Mon Feb 7, 2011 3:25 pm
Subject: breast milk
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Even though toxic substances like teflon are found in breast milk, it is interesting to note that the amount of fluoride in breast milk is tightly controlled, no matter how much the mother is consuming, at least this is what I have read. It is like an evolutionary stop programmed into the newborn to ensure its survival. 


#7920 From: mommy2baron@...
Date: Tue Feb 8, 2011 8:47 am
Subject: Fwd: SIGN-ON to FAN'S submission on lowering F in drinking water
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Fluoride Action Network
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Please share with friends and colleagues

 

Press release on FAN's submission:
Dear HHS: Science Dictates Fluoridation Must End

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Dear Nita,   
 

On Friday, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) submitted its comments to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on its proposal to lower the level of fluoride in drinking water to .7 parts per million. Science clearly shows that even at this level fluoride remains harmful to many Americans. FAN advises HHS to stop fluoridation completely because it is unnecessary, unethical, the benefits wildly exaggerated, and the risks minimized. See FAN's submission to HHS at http://fluoridealert.org/fan-comments.html - (pdf)

 

It's important that HHS receive as many comments as possible. Please sign the online message to HHS stating support for FAN's submission - just go to http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2477/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5734 or write your own comments.

 

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Please pass this message on to everyone you know through your email, using the "Forward Email" link at the bottom of this email page.  Also, spread the word on your social media lists, using the links at the top of this email.

 

COMMENTS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 14.

 

The relevant documents to the HHS proposal are:

 

· Proposal in Federal Register (Jan 13) 

 

The proposal relied on these two supporting documents from the EPA:

 

· Fluoride: Exposure and Relative Source Contribution Analysis, at kwNy5yYF2JUf206ArZH" target=_blank shape=rect track="on" linktype="link"> 

· Fluoride: Dose-Response Analysis for Non-cancer Effects, at http://www.fluoridealert.org/epa.dose.response.jan.2011.pdf 

   

Paul Connett
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http://www.fluoridealert.org/ 

  

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#7921 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: Re: data leads to a Reference Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day.
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Varner et al.\4
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FLUORIDE 31(2),
1998, pp 91-95 International Society for Fluoride Research Table of Contents

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CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF ALUMINUM-FLUORIDE
OR SODIUM- FLUORIDE TO RATS IN DRINKING WATER:
ALTERATIONS IN NEURONAL AND CEREBROVASCULAR INTEGRITY

J A Varner, K F Jensen, W Horvath and R L Isaacson
Binghamton, New York, and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Abstracted from Brain Research 784 284-298 1998

Objective
The question addressed in this study was to understand why 0.5 ppm of aluminum
fluoride in the drinking water of rats was associated with a larger increase in
infections and mortality than with higher concentrations of 5 ppm and 50 ppm of
aluminum fluoride in the drinking water. This higher mortality had been found in
an earlier experiment when rats were given 0.5 ppm, 5 ppm or 50 ppm aluminum for
45 weeks in their drinking water.

The earlier experiment had been done to help determine whether aluminum in
drinking water might have a role in aging-related neurological impairments. The
suggestion had been made that when both fluoride and aluminum were present in
drinking water they would form fluoroaluminum complexes, such as AlF3 in the
stomach that, compared to their ionic forms, would be transported more easily
into the blood stream and across the blood-brain barrier.

All the groups receiving AlF3 had shown the same significant reduction in the
number of cells in certain areas of the hippocampus relative to the control
group. The level of aluminum in the brains was almost double that of the control
group, while morphological abnormalities were observed throughout the brain and
its blood vessels. Dramatic behavioral differences were not seen.

One possible reason for the increased infections and mortality of animals in the
0.5 ppm AlF3 group was that the toxic agent of importance was the fluoride and
that its absorption or its effects were antagonized by the higher levels of
aluminum found with the higher doses of AlF3. The present study was undertaken
to compare 0.5 ppm of aluminum fluoride, AlF3, with a comparable level of
fluoride administered alone in the form of sodium fluoride.

Method
Twenty seven adult Long-Evans rats were administered one of three treatments for
52 weeks. All groups received double distilled deionized drinking water. No
additives were present in water for the control group. One treated group
received water containing 0.5 ppm AlF3 (Al3+) giving a fluoride concentration of
about 1 ppm. The other treated group had water containing 2.1 ppm of sodium
fluoride, to provide an equivalent amount of fluoride (about 1 ppm) as for the
AlF3 group.

Tissue aluminum levels of brain, liver, and kidney were assessed, and
histological sections of brain were examined. For the morphological evaluations
all counts and ratings were conducted by three individuals, two of whom were
always blind to the treatment of the rats from whom the tissues came.

Results
No differences were found between the body weights of rats in the different
treatment groups although more rats died in the AlF3 group (5) than in the
control group (1), P=0.05. A progressive decline in the appearance of the AlF3
animals was noted throughout the experiment, with the hair becoming sparse and
the yellowing which occurs with age. The skin became dry, flaky and of a copper
color. The aluminum levels in samples of brain were higher in both the AlF3 and
NaF groups relative to the controls, P<0.01. The kidneys of the AlF3 group had
higher aluminum levels compared to both the control and NaF groups, P<0.01.
Liver aluminum levels did not differ between groups.

The effects of the two treatments on cerebrovascular and neuronal integrity were
qualitatively and quantitatively different with the alterations being greater in
animals in the AlF3 group than in the NaF group, and greater in the NaF group
than in the controls. Examination of the distribution of the aluminum, using the
Morin method for aluminum-fluorescence, showed the distribution in sections of
brain to be exclusively associated with vasculature. This Al-fluorescence
occurred in all three groups but there were consistent treatment-related
differences in the intensity and extent of the aluminum-fluorescence. The NaF
group had less Al-fluorescence associated with the vasculature than the control
group, P<0.03. Renal changes were apparent in animals from both the NaF and AlF3
groups. More monocyte infiltration was present in the kidneys of the AlF3 group
compared to the controls, P<0.05. No morphological abnormalities were present in
the liver.

In the hippocampus, more moderately damaged and grossly abnormal cells were
present in areas of the right hippocampus in the AlF3 group than in the control
group, P<0.04, P<0.03. In neocortical layers 2 and 3 of the right hemisphere,
the AlF3 group had more moderately damaged cells than the NaF group which had
more normal cells, P<0.04. In neocortical layers 2 and 3 of the left hemisphere,
the AlF3 group had more abnormal cells than the controls, P<0.02. Corresponding
increases in the frequency of normal appearing cells were observed in the
neocortex of the control animals.

Neuronal density in the hippocampus was decreased in area CA3 in the left
hemisphere of the AlF3 group compared to the controls, P<0.05. No differences
were found in layers CA1 and CA4 in either hemisphere. Neuronal density was
decreased in neocortical layers 2 and 3 in the left hemisphere of the AlF3 group
compared to the controls and the NaF group, P<0.05. Neuronal density was also
reduced in layers 5 and 6 of the left hemisphere of the AlF3 group compared to
the controls, P<0.03, P<0.03. No differences in neuronal density were found, in
any of the groups, in layer 4 of the left hemisphere or in any of the layers of
the cortex in the right hemisphere.

While in control animals the localization of IgM was largely restricted to the
vascular lumen, indicating the integrity of the blood-brain barrier to IgM, in
the AlF3 and NaF groups staining for IgM in the neural parenchyma was increased
in the right hemisphere, P<0.03, P<0.01. No differences were found among the
groups in the left hemisphere. Minor amounts of IgM immunostaining were
detectable in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus but no significant differences
were present.

Differences in the amount of immunoreactivity for -amyloid relative to that for
amyloid A were most prominent in the vasculature of the dorsal thalamus. The
control group had few instances of immunoreactivity while the tissue of animals
from the AlF3 group demonstrated a bimodal distribution of reaction product with
either no reaction product staining or a high level. The AlF3 group had more
immunoreactivity for -amyloid in the lateral posterior thalamic areas of both
hemispheres relative to the controls, left P<0.05, right P<0.01. The NaF group
differed from the control for immunoreactivity for -amyloid in the right lateral
posterior thalamic area with the controls having low reactivity and the NaF
group having no or high levels of immunoreactivity, P<0.01.

Discussion and Conclusions
The high mortality rate in the animals receiving 0.5 ppm of aluminum in their
drinking water found in the first study was replicated in this second study.
Since the administration of sodium fluoride alone did not produce a similar
mortality rate, this effect does not appear to be directly related to fluoride
intake. The appearance of the AlF3 animals, with sparse hair and a
copper-colored hypermelanosis of the underlying skin, may be indicative of
several diseases including chronic renal failure. Histological evidence of
glomerular distortions was present in both the AlF3 and NaF groups.

The overall aluminum level of the kidneys in the AlF3 group was nearly twice
that of the NaF group and possibly may have been associated with a greater level
of physiological dysfunction. The kidney is critical to the elimination of both
aluminum and fluoride, and these changes may have impaired the elimination of
these elements, detoxification in general or homeostasis of other ions such as
calcium.

Both the AlF3 and NaF groups had increased brain aluminum levels relative to
controls. The aluminum level in the NaF group was double that of controls and
the aluminum level of the AlF3 group even greater. The aluminum detected in the
controls and NaF groups is most likely to have come from the rat chow where the
reported levels of aluminum range from 150 ppm to 8300 ppm. Fluoride commonly
occurs in food and water and is almost completely and quickly absorbed from the
gastrointestinal tract. In the present experiment, the AlF3 in the drinking
water was prepared to form optimally a fluoroaluminum species capable of
crossing the gut and vascular barriers. It is possible that the sodium
fluoride-treated group was able to form some amount of an AlF3 also capable of
becoming bioavailable.

In general, the reduction of neuronal density in the neocortex of the left
hemisphere was more prominent in the AlF3 group than the NaF and control groups.
Cellular abnormalities in the form of chromatin clumping, enhanced protein
staining, pyknosis, vacuolation, and the presence of ghost-like cells were also
more common in the AlF3 group in the left hemisphere. Vascular Al-fluorescence
was more pronounced throughout most structures of the left hemisphere of the
AlF3 group. The hippocampus was an exception to these findings with
abnormalities being found only in the right hemisphere in the CA1 and CA4 areas
of both the AlF3 and NaF groups. The right hippocampus also had higher levels of
aluminum-induced fluorescence than the left hippocampus.

Possible cellular mechanisms which might underlie the association between
regional aluminum accumulation and regional patterns of neuronal injury include
transferrin transport, calcium homeostasis and second messenger systems,
alterations in neuronal cytoskeleton, and alterations in the cerebrovasculature.
Transferrin transport carries certain metals, including aluminum, into the cells
by a receptor complex located on plasma membranes. Neurotoxic reactions to
aluminum may also result from disruption of ion homeostasis and second messenger
systems, in particular G-proteins. The activation of G-proteins in turn
initiates a chain of reactions beginning with adenylate cyclase, cAMP, and
protein kinases that ultimately result in increased phosphorylation of various
substrates. G-proteins are involved in the regulation of ion channels,
metabolism, gene expression, and cytoskeletal structures via second messenger
systems.

The deposition of aluminum in the cerebrovasculature was seen to have the
potential also to contribute to the observed neuronal injury by altering the
blood-brain barrier or cerebral blood flow. Both the AlF3 and NaF groups had
increased levels of IgM in the cortex of the right hemisphere compared to the
controls. Serum proteins, such as IgM and other antibodies, are typically
excluded from neuronal tissue by the blood-brain barrier. The increased
immunoreactivity of IgM in the present study may be indicative of a compromise
in the blood-brain barrier occurring possibly through changes in lipophilicity
or the potentiation of existing transport mechanisms.

Striking parallels were seen between aluminum-induced alterations in
cerebrovasculature and those associated with Alzheimer's disease and other forms
of dementia where microvascular abnormalities display a regional and laminar
specificity in accordance with neuronal degeneration patterns, suggesting that
the alterations in the cerebrovasculature may be a primary event in
neurodegenerative disease. Accumulation of -amyloid has been found in the
cerebrovasculature and spinal cord vasculature of elderly persons and may be a
consequence of the development of blood vessel abnormalities. Vascular tissues
produce -amyloid and the vascular deposition of -amyloid may result from
alterations in the basement membrane of blood vessels that frequently occurs
with ageing. Although it is uncertain whether -amyloid is a causative factor in
neurodegeneration or a secondary consequence of injury, aluminum appears to have
the capacity to influence the distribution and properties of -amyloid. In the
present study animals in both the AlF3 and NaF groups exhibited a bimodal
distribution of vascular -amyloid in both hemispheres in the lateral posterior
thalamus being either absent or present in high levels in both groups. This
increase in vascular -amyloid in the lateral posterior thalamus may be causally
related to the neuronal degeneration found in the area to which it is
principally connected, the superior parietal cortex.

In contrast, the control group consistently had only low levels of
immunostaining for -amyloid, a unimodal distribution. While the presence of low
levels of -amyloid in the controls was understandable as being the possible
result of a natural continuing, but limited, production of the protein
throughout life, the bimodal distribution of -amyloid in the AlF3 and NaF groups
was not understood.

While the present results do not address the causal mechanisms of
aluminum-induced neural degeneration, they do demonstrate that ingested aluminum
reaches the brain, and in such animals there exists evidence of neural injury.
While the small amount of aluminum of 0.5 ppm AlF3 in the drinking water of rats
required for neurotoxic effects was seen as surprising, the neurotoxic results
of NaF at the dose given in the present study, 2.1 ppm or about 1 ppm of
fluoride, was seen as even more so.

As dietary sources of fluoride are additive in animals it was considered that,
for the animals in the NaF group, the fluoride in rat chow, such as Purina
Rodent Laboratory Chow, together with their drinking exceeded tolerable levels.
Fluoride has diverse actions on a variety of cellular and physiological
functions including the inhibition of a variety of enzymes, a corrosive action
in acid media, and the production of hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia and possibly
cerebral impairment.

Few chronic toxicity studies of fluoride have included extensive histological
characterization of injury to the brain but have usually been limited to weight
loss, dental and skeletal changes, indicators of carcinogenesis, and damage to
soft tissues. The results of the present study indicate that more intensive
neuropathological evaluations of fluoride effects on the brain is likely to be
of value.

In summary, the chronic administration of aluminum fluoride and sodium fluoride
in the drinking water of rats resulted in distinct morphological alterations in
the brain, including effects on neurones and the cerebrovasculature. Further
studies of aluminum fluoride and sodium fluoride are needed to establish the
relative importance of a variety of potential mechanisms contributing to the
observed effects as well as to determine the potential involvement of these
agents in neurogenerative diseases.

Key words: Aluminum-fluoride; Amyloid; Brain; Cerebrovasculature; Hippocampus;
Neurotoxicity; Rat; Sodium fluoride.
Reprints: Julie A Varner, Lineberry Research Associates, PO Box 14626, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA. Fax: +1-919-547-0974.
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#7922 From: "Aliss" <aliss@...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 2:58 am
Subject: Calgary. Alberta, Canada votes out fluoride Feb 8, 2011
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I just heard from Dr. Jim Beck that the votes were 9 to 3 to end fluoridation. Congratulations to the mayor and councillors who made a science-based ethical decision that will improve quality of drinking water and public health for 1.1 million residents of Calgary.

May this be the first domino.

Aliss


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For Immediate Release / Feb. 7, 2011
 

NEWS RELEASE  

Tenn. House Speaker, Other Legislators Call for Halt to State Promotion of Fluoridation

Bipartisan Group Sends Letter to Health Commissioner,

Cites Risks for Citizens and Water Utilities

 

A bipartisan group of Republican and Democrat legislators in the Tennessee House of Representatives sent a letter today to State Health Commissioner Susan Cooper, asking that she direct State Health Department employees to halt activities that promote the practice of water fluoridation.

The group includes Beth Harwell, Speaker of the House, legislator-physician Dr. Joey Hensley, and Representatives John DeBerry, Jr., Joe Towns, Jr., and Frank Niceley.

The legislators’ letter points out that the Gerber baby products company is now selling an unfluoridated water so that parents of young babies will not use fluoridated water when mixing milk formula.

Noting that fluorides can cause a permanent disfiguring staining of teeth called “dental fluorosis,†the group expressed concern that “many Tennessee families are unaware†about Gerber’s water, and that citizens may not be able to afford unfluoridated water for their babies’ milk, nor have funds to repair fluorosis stains on their or their children’s teeth.

The group also noted growing calls for “Fluoridegate†investigations, inquiries that would look into questions now surfacing about why the Centers for Disease Control and other groups have not openly communicated important science that contradicts years of assurances that fluoridation has been exhaustively researched and poses no health risks.

The letter states, “There is real reason to be concerned that the whole story about fluorides was not previously shared with us. The legal community is now looking at pursuing cases related to harm from fluorides. This may have implications for our state’s water utilities.â€

Daniel G. Stockin of The Lillie Center Inc., a firm working to end the practice of fluoridation, states, “Every water district and organization supporting fluoridation across the country needs to pay attention to the cascading developments. There is an absolute tsunami of media glare, Fluoridegate investigations, and fluoride court cases heading ashore, and fluoride promoters can either reject fluoridation now and ride the wave in, or risk being churned under by it.â€

Disquieting news about fluorides is mounting from a number of directions.

In January the Environmental Protection Agency proposed phasing out use of a fluoride-containing pesticide used in food storage and processing facilities. The action followed an earlier announcement by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department that it recommended lowering previously-sanctioned amounts of fluoride in drinking water.

The Tennessee legislators’ letter refers to news that may surprise many consumers, that the National Research Council acknowledges kidney patients, diabetics, seniors and babies to be “susceptible subpopulations†that are particularly vulnerable to harm from ingested fluorides.

In a statement that appears to contradict assurances by the Centers for Disease Control that extensive research proves fluoridation is safe, the chairman of the National Research Council fluoride committee stated in a January 2008 Scientific American article, “…when we looked at the studies that have been done, we found that many of these questions are unsettled and we have much less information than we should, considering how long this [fluoridation] has been going on.â€

“Water fluoridation is collapsing,†asserts Stockin. “It’s shocking, but now we have proof that essential whole body health effects studies were never done. The legal community is becoming involved. Harmed groups such as minorities, kidney patients, and parents with children are angry. Water districts are saying, ‘What business do we have medicating people through water?’ And there is growing bipartisan support across the country for halting fluoridation and conducting Fluoridegate investigations.â€

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Reference Links / Sources:

 

* Full text of letter from legislators:  http://fluoridealert.org/tn.letter.to.doh.2-7-11.pdf  

* Rep. Frank Niceley: ph: 615-741-4419;  email: rep.frank.nicely@...

* Toxic tort law firm with fluoride questionnaire: http://www.nidellaw.com/Forms/Fluoride/FluorideForm.html

* Gerber® Pure™ water info (unfluoridated water for mixing milk formula): http://www.gerber.com/allstages/products/beverages/gerber_pure_water.aspx

* Photos of dental fluorosis: http://www.SpotsOnMyTeeth.com

* National Research Council info on kidney patients and others as fluoride-susceptible groups - see p. 351ff at:

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11571&page=351

* Fluoride health effects database and professionals petition to end fluoridation: http://www.fluoridealert.org

* Disproportionate dental fluorosis harm to blacks (79% higher moderate/severe than whites, see Table 23):

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5403a1.htm

NEWS RELEASE CONTACT:

Daniel G. Stockin, MPH 

The Lillie Center, Inc. P.O. Box 839 Ellijay GA 30540

Ph: 706-669-0786 email: stockin2@...  or dan@...

web: http://www.SpotsOnMyTeeth.com


#7924 From: "Diana Buckland" <dbucklan@...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 4:27 am
Subject: Dementia Statistics | Alzheimer's Australia
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Yet another most serious reason to remove these  cumulative neurotoxic silicofluoride poisons from our water supplies that has been ‘allegedly’ enforced on us by the men in white coats and their interests and  massive power and political clout.       

Statistics

Summary of dementia statistics  in Australia.

National Facts and Figures 2011

  • An estimated 269,000 Australians currently live with dementia
  • Without a significant medical breakthrough, that is expected to soar to about 981,000 by 2050
  • Each week, there are 1500 new cases of dementia in Australia. That is expected to grow to 7,400 new diagnoses each week by 2050
  • Dementia is the third leading cause of death in Australia, after heart disease and stroke
  • One in four people over the age of 85 have dementia
  • Dementia is fatal and, as yet, there is no cure
  • Dementia is not a normal part of ageing
  • Dementia has an impact on every part of the health and care system
  • The total estimated worldwide costs of dementia were US$604 billion in 2010
  • These costs account for about 1% of the world’s gross domestic product
  • If dementia were a country, it would be the world’s 18th largest economy
  • If it were a company, it would be the world’s largest, exceeding Wal-Mart (US$414 billion) and Exxon Mobil (US$311 billion)
  • Australia faces a shortage of more than 150,000 paid and unpaid carers for people with dementia by 2029
  • The cost of replacing all family carers with paid carers is estimated at $5.5 billion per annum
  • Dementia will become the third greatest source of health and residential aged care spending within two decades. These costs alone will be around 1% of GDP
  • By 2060, spending on dementia is set to outstrip that of any other health condition
  • It is projected to be $83 billion (in 2006-07 dollars), and will represent around 11% of the entire health and residential aged care sector spending
  • Dementia is already the single greatest cause of disability in older Australians (aged 65 years or older)

What is dementia?
Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person’s functioning. It is a broad term used to describe a loss of memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and physical functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for between 50 – 70% of all dementia cases.

Dementia can happen to anybody, but it is more common after the age of 65. However, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s can also have dementia.

Alzheimer’s Australia is the peak body for people with dementia and their families and carers. It provides advocacy, support services, education and information.

 

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/understanding-dementia/statistics.aspx

 

Forwarded by: Diana  Buckland, Kallangur, Queensland, Australia    07 32853573    dbucklan@...

 

FLUORIDE HEALTH EFFECTS:   http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/  

 

POISON ON TAP -   THESE ARE THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS  'FLUORIDATION CHEMICALS'

http://www.waterloowatch.com/hydrofluorosilicic%20acid.html

Sodium Fluoride             http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Sodium_fluoride-9927595

Sodium Silicofluoride    http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9925037

http://msds.redox.com/sosili.html

http://www.waterloowatch.com/Index_files/Fluorosilicate%20Toxicity.pdf

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExSumPDF/Fluorosilicates.pdf 

http://www.baddevelopers.green.net.au/Docs/Deltrex-Pivot.htm  

 

ANTI-FLUORIDATION ASSOCIATION OF MILDURA   http://afamildura.webs.com/connettvisit.htm

 

PAUL CONNETT, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjn04-HqVDY
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_oRv-vbBVc
PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKzZTVb40qo

 

cid:image009.jpg@01CB746F.CA403AF0http://australianfluorideaction.com/  

 

The Case against fluoride     http://fluoridealert.org/caseagainstfluoride.refs.html

 

Ann Bressington Independent Member South Australia – a Politician who cares about We The Peopledehttp://bressington.net/sub/Policies/Fluoride_in_our_drinking_water.htm

 

Report from FLUORIDE RESEARCH on WATER FLUORIDATION & CRIME  in the United States of America

If water fluoridation were ended, it might take a generation for the effects to recede.   If it continues to expand, the “signal” identified in this study may get lost in the “noise” of ENDEMIC VIOLENCE.

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/381/files/38111-22.pdf

  

CHEMICAL IN FLUORIDATED WATER MAY CAUSE VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND COCAINE USE, SCHOLAR SAYS 1998 ARTICLE      http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/violence.html

 

VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR AND CRIMINALITY - ADVERSE HEALTH & BEHAVIOUR FROM SILICOFLUORIDES

 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rmasters

Fluoride & Aggression -   http://dianabuckland.webs.com/fluorideaggression.htm        

Prof. Roger Masters  and  Mary Sparrowdancer

 

JOINING HANDS IN HEALTH   http://www.grammasintl.com/html/campaigns/jhih_videos.asp

 

Fluoride update 24.9.2010   Today Tonight  producer   Frank Pangallo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_KU5iF1gYI

 

FLUORIDE TRUTH HITS THE TV IN AUSTRALIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBRBPgTOt0&feature=player_embedded

 

CHANNEL 7 & ABC   FLUORIDE REPORT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fj7yqit_Ic&feature=related

 

PROFESSOR PAUL CONNETT & DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/03/paul-connett-interview.aspx  

 

WHY EPA HEADQUARTERS UNION OF SCIENTISTS
OPPOSES FLUORIDATION
    http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm

 

http://www.bluenomore.com/        SOMETHING’S CHANGED IN OUR SKIES 

 

The  Toxic Metal connection to ADD, Aggressiveness, Impulsivity, Violence,

Delinquency, Criminality, and Mass murderers/Serial killers        

B. Windham  (Ed) -Chemical Engineer

http://www.flcv.com/violence.html

 

Interpersonal and legal difficulties may result from mental health problems stemming from neurotoxicity, including job loss, family difficulties, and irrational, unusual, criminal or violent behavior.

http://www.neurotox.com/

 

Also www.dianabuckland.webs.com    REPORT ON VIOLENCE, CRIMINALITY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT  & "fluoride" 

 

PETROL FUMES GIVE RATS ROAD-RAGE 

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/975347/petrol-fumes-give-rats-road-rage 

 

BRAIN DAMAGE ET AL FROM CHEMICAL PESTICIDES

http://www.chem-tox.com/pesticides/index.htm

PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES   POISONS DANGER   http://poisonedpeople.com       and    http://poisoningandlegalaction.com.au 

OP INSECTICIDES  http://www.markpurdey.com/news_the_cause_of_bse.htm

 

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY   Dr. Lucire  - Antidepressants, Anti-psychotics & SSRI’s     http://www.lucire.com.au/SSRIs_main.aspx

Suicide, Violence & Mania   -   Dr. Breggin   http://www.breggin.com/31-49.pdf

VIOLENCE, MURDER, SUICIDES    http://www.ssristories.com/index.html    Many of these drugs are fluoridated/fluorinated compounds

http://poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/html/index_drugs.html   Fluorinated drugs

 

NEUROTOXICITY OF FLUORIDE  Dr. Phyllis Mullenix

http://www.nofluoride.com/mullenix_bsa.cfm

 

ASPARTAME'S PROVEN NEUROTOXICITY                               http://www.wnho.net/aspartametoxicity.htm                                                                                                         A former federal investigator, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Safety/chemical/aspartame_3107100546.html

     

CORRUPT TO THE CORE   http://fairwhistleblower.ca/books/corrupt_to_the_core.html   

 

Aviation Industry didn’t want this film made   http://www.toxicairlines.com/  

  

ARTHRITIS TRUST OF AMERICA - FLUORIDATION GOVERNMENTALLY APPROVED POISON   http://www.arthritistrust.org/Articles/Fluoride.pdf

KIDNEY DISEASE A MASSIVELY  INCREASING HEALTH PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIA costing a fortune!     FLUORIDATION   OF COMMUNITY WATER/KIDNEY DISEASE

http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/gfm663v1

http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/kidney/

 

http://spotsonmyteeth.com/    

Mark Diesendorf's   Publications on Fluoridation                               http://www.sustainabilitycentre.com.au/FluoridePublics.html

Professor of Chemistry  Joel Kauffman   University of Philadelpha

http://www.jpands.org/vol10no2/kauffman.pdf

 

Institute of Science in Society

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NotoFluoridation.php

 

Mary Sparrowdancer  Battle of Darkness & Light   

http://www.rense.com/general45/bll.htm

 

Another Dentist speaking out about the absolute dangers of  “fluorides”.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x2aR6yq5Mg

 

Fluoride compounds - 3 of the 6 worst air pollutants

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fluoride/2009%20Final%20Website%20Files/Aqua%20Pura%20Jan-March%202009.pdf

 

FLUORIDE-GATE cover-up    

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011508/opi_20080115024.shtml

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/33574

corruption & conflicts of interests

http://afgen.com/fluoridation.html

 

Water Crimes  -  "Fluoridation" song by Trillion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYnEer0KbNY

 

See more extensive information on these  websites also:-

www.fluoridealert.org/        FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK

http://www.FluorideResearch.Org

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof    NEW YORK STATE COALITION OPPOSING FLUORIDATION

www.cleanairandwater.net  

http://www.keepers-of-the-well.org/Highlights_Litigation.pdf

www.ukcaf.org    United Kingdom Council Against Fluoridation

www.qawf.org      Queenslanders for Safe Water, Air & Food

www.FluorideAustralia.org     FLUORIDE AUSTRALIA

www.fluoridationnews.com   FLUORIDATION NEWS

http://www.afamildura.webs.com/

http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/

http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/fluoridesummary.htm

http://www.nteu280.org/

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/

http://www.voteoutfluoride.com/     

http://dianabuckland.webs.com/   

http://www.cleanairandwater.net/fish-kill-habitat-destroyed.html

http://www.waterloowatch.com/

http://www.sw4sc.org/

http://www.keepers-of-the-well.org/

http://www.baff.org.au/

http://ccpurewater.org/

http://www.fluorideaustralia.org/

http://www.victorianfluorideactiongroup.org/

http://www.fluoridefreewater.ie/      IRELAND'S CAMPAIGN FOR FLUORIDE-FREE WATER  http://www.fluoride-history.de/

http://www.poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/

http://www.fluoridefree.net/

http://www.ukcaf.org/

http://www.fluoridefreemurray.org/

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fluoride/

http://www.hampshireagainstfluoridation.org/

http://hampshireagainstfluoridation.blogspot.com/

http://www.iaomt.org/links/links.asp#Fluoride

http://www.nofluoride.com/

http://www.nofluoride.com/quotes.cfm

http://www.nofluoride.com/amaletter.cfm

http://www.just-think-it.com/the-f-db.htm

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/

http://homepage.eircom.net/~aud/home.htm

http://ukagainstfluoride.blogspot.com/

http://www.slweb.org/fluoridation.html

www.goldcoastwaterwatch.webs.com

www.mcs-global.org

http://fluoride-class-action.com

http://fluoride-class-action.com/port-angeles-suit/         

http://www.abpac-australia.com/

www.willofthepeopleproject.net         

www.upworldgov.org

                                           

CALLING ON THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD  to demand   an immediate, permanent & irrevocable

end for all time to SILICOFLUORIDE POISONING OF THE PEOPLES' WATER SUPPLIES WITH

TOXIC WASTE SOURCED FROM INDUSTRY (known as "WATER FLUORIDATION SCHEMES").

                                          

http://www.merilynhaines.org/documents/QAWFbrochure.pdf

http://www.thehealthvine.net/DahlsRecycledWaterReport.pdf

www.preventcancer.com

http://www.mindfully.org/

COURT ACTION END SILICOFLUORIDE POISONS   http://fluoridecourtaction.webs.com/

FLUORIDE - S 6 POISON IN YOUR WATERSODIUM FLUOROSILICATE POISON IN OUR WATER

 

http://www.victorianfluorideactiongroup.org/TV%20Commercials.htm

 

THE VACCINES FAR MORE DEADLY THAN THE SWINE FLU

MASS VACCINATIONS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=2780&end=2800&view=yes&id=3627#newspost

 

THE GLOBAL MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT & ASSOCIATES=THEIR

VACCINE-FOR-THE-SWINE-FLU-FROM-THE-LAB SCAM!   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSpPs05YAc

 

VAX NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE:   http://www.thinktwice.com/aluminum.pdf

http://www.nvic.org/nvic-archives/newsletter/autismandvaccines.aspx

VACCINE INGREDIENTS:    http://www.vaccination.inoz.com/ingredie.html

 

PET VACCINES, MICROCHIPPING & MORE   http://www.thepetwhisperer.com/Vaccinations.html

 

CANCER PREVENTION COALITION   http://www.preventcancer.com/losing/nci/nci_epidemiological.htm

 

DR. KENNETH P. STOLLER    Medical Director      http://www.hbotnm.com/papers.html   

 

 

 

 


#7925 From: Janet Pettit <jpettit@...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 7:10 am
Subject: Palatka FL & H'ville, NC fluoride report
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Aliss'

So glad to hear about Calgary's decision. Time is on our side!  The dominoes are tipping!

PALATKA, FL

My little town of Palatka, FL, which is located just south of Jacksonville, has temporarily stopped fluoridating for now. 
  
They began fluoridation in 1999.  I moved there in 2003.   I went to talk to the water supervisor about 5 years ago.  He explained that the scale which was used to weigh the chemicals wasn't working and they weren't fluoridating at the time.  I saw the small house where the equipment was kept and where the fluoridation chemicals were added. Everything metal was rusted, the small window was etched and the scale which  they kept the storage tank on to measure the supply was very rusted and broken.  I spoke with him after the tour, gave him some literature and my spiel about the dangers of fluoridation along with the Connet's and Deb Moore's web sites.  I didn't followup because of personal  pressing problems in other areas but assumed they would soon fix the problem and continue fluoridation.  However, a friend of mine checked about a year ago and to my  surprise found out that Palatka still was not  adding fluoride.  I can only guess that the supervisor did some investigation on his own and didn't have the problem fixed.  The scale was very small and the tank held maybe 8 or 10 gallons which didn't seem like a difficult problem to fix even if they had to buy a new scale. 

Right now the city is in agreement because stopping fluoridation helps their financial situation.  I'm reluctant to start a city wide campaign to have a resolution passed that would make the situation permanent because I'm afraid  that the dentists will jump in and insist on starting fluoridation again before we can educate the water consumers.  The dentists don't seem to know it's been stopped nor do many others, so far as I know. 

 At least, apparently, I have the supervisor on my side.  I'm going to begin talking with the individual commissioners quietly  to educate them and to get them to pass a resolution to rescind the original  one that began the process.

 * * * * * *
HENDERSONVILLE, NC

My other happening is from my former home in western North Carolina where I led the fight beginning in 1995 when Hendersonville, NC voted 3 to 2 to fluoridate even though it was voted down 2 to 1 against about 10 years previously.  The mayor refused to put it to a vote of the water consumers saying that when the local health dept. told them to take it out was the only time it would be done.

Meanwhile, unknown to me, the state did a before and after, 10 year study of tooth decay  in the town.  They took a baseline account of decay among some school children in  1997 as fluoridation was starting and repeated it in 2007.   After the second check in 2007, the local health dept. issued a statement lauding the results that tooth decay was much improved , thanks to fluoridation.  Tooth decay had gone down, they said, and the number of children with no decay had gone up.

I didn't believe it... so I wrote to the state and got the actual results:  tooth decay had actually gone up and the number of decay-free children had gone down!  The local health dept. had lied!!!  They had made up their own numbers!  If you or anyone has a use for this study, I'd be glad to send copies of it and the health dept's resolution.  It will have to be a hard copy since my copier won't scan at the moment.

We're having a meeting this spring in Hendersonville as a new fluoride fighting group is forming.  They have asked me to join them for this meeting.  Stay tuned.  With the new directive to reduce the amount of fluoride in public water maybe now the city will listen!

Thanks for all you do and the valuable information you share with us all.


Jan Pettit






On Feb 8, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Aliss wrote:


I just heard from Dr. Jim Beck that the votes were 9 to 3 to end fluoridation. Congratulations to the mayor and councillors who made a science-based ethical decision that will improve quality of drinking water and public health for 1.1 million residents of Calgary.

May this be the first domino.

Aliss




#7926 From: Ronald Eheman <reheman@...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 7:39 am
Subject: Fw: Safe water
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Ronnie from Negaunee


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: "Ken Cook, EWG Action Fund" <ewg@...>
To: reheman@...
Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 9:34:50 AM
Subject: Safe water

Keep on doing what you're doing.
-- Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California
Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Dear Friend,

Take action today!

One report started it all.

In December, EWG published the first national investigation of the suspected carcinogen chromium-6 -- also known as hexavalent chromium -- in drinking water in 35 cities around the country. Recently, Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced Senate Bill 79, the Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011.

The Boxer/Feinstein bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency to act within a year to set a safe limit for chromium-6 in drinking water. Your senators need to hear from you today that clean, safe drinking water is crucial.

Click here TODAY to tell your senators to co-sponsor the Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011, introduced by Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein.

EWG supporters like you submitted tap water samples from their communities. This groundbreaking, people-powered report detected chromium-6 in 31 of the 35 city water supplies tested. Even though this report stirred controversy, our findings were confirmed by a number of water utilities' own testing. Within hours of its release, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced a new plan to help local utilities assess chromium-6 in drinking water nationwide. That's a good first step. But EPA must go further.

Last week, I testified on our chromium-6 report before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by Senator Boxer. And I am going to tell you what I told them: we were heartened by and support EPA's announcement following the release of our report and by its decision to regulate perchlorate, but it is not enough. The Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011 will make sure there is a safe legal limit on chromium-6 in drinking water.

I have had the opportunity to testify in front of Congress many times, but this was the most gratifying. I was able to stand with the EPA and others concerned with ensuring that all Americans have access to safe, clean drinking water. This hearing -- and this bill -- are a direct result of EWG's research. "Keep on doing what you're doing," Senator Boxer said to me in her concluding comments at the hearing.

We need to keep the momentum going. I'm counting on you to help us -- and everyone else who drinks water.

Click here TODAY to tell your senators to co-sponsor the Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011.

Safe, clean drinking water is vital to EWG supporters like you. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. Take action today.

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#7927 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 8:36 am
Subject: Re: Palatka FL & H'ville, NC fluoride report
FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
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GO GIRL!
I'm gettin' antsy to raise a ruckus in my town.  Maybe just a little longer for
the next inevitable media explosion!

Ronnie from Negaunee

--- In FluoridePoisoning@yahoogroups.com, Janet Pettit <jpettit@...> wrote:
>
> Aliss'
>
> So glad to hear about Calgary's decision. Time is on our side!  The
> dominoes are tipping!
>
> PALATKA, FL
>
> My little town of Palatka, FL, which is located just south of
> Jacksonville, has temporarily stopped fluoridating for now.
>
> They began fluoridation in 1999.  I moved there in 2003.   I went to
> talk to the water supervisor about 5 years ago.  He explained that the
> scale which was used to weigh the chemicals wasn't working and they
> weren't fluoridating at the time.  I saw the small house where the
> equipment was kept and where the fluoridation chemicals were added.
> Everything metal was rusted, the small window was etched and the scale
> which  they kept the storage tank on to measure the supply was very
> rusted and broken.  I spoke with him after the tour, gave him some
> literature and my spiel about the dangers of fluoridation along with
> the Connet's and Deb Moore's web sites.  I didn't followup because of
> personal  pressing problems in other areas but assumed they would soon
> fix the problem and continue fluoridation.  However, a friend of mine
> checked about a year ago and to my  surprise found out that Palatka
> still was not  adding fluoride.  I can only guess that the supervisor
> did some investigation on his own and didn't have the problem fixed.
> The scale was very small and the tank held maybe 8 or 10 gallons which
> didn't seem like a difficult problem to fix even if they had to buy a
> new scale.
>
> Right now the city is in agreement because stopping fluoridation helps
> their financial situation.  I'm reluctant to start a city wide
> campaign to have a resolution passed that would make the situation
> permanent because I'm afraid  that the dentists will jump in and
> insist on starting fluoridation again before we can educate the water
> consumers.  The dentists don't seem to know it's been stopped nor do
> many others, so far as I know.
>
>   At least, apparently, I have the supervisor on my side.  I'm going
> to begin talking with the individual commissioners quietly  to educate
> them and to get them to pass a resolution to rescind the original  one
> that began the process.
>
> 		 * * * * * *
> HENDERSONVILLE, NC
>
> My other happening is from my former home in western North Carolina
> where I led the fight beginning in 1995 when Hendersonville, NC voted
> 3 to 2 to fluoridate even though it was voted down 2 to 1 against
> about 10 years previously.  The mayor refused to put it to a vote of
> the water consumers saying that when the local health dept. told them
> to take it out was the only time it would be done.
>
> Meanwhile, unknown to me, the state did a before and after, 10 year
> study of tooth decay  in the town.  They took a baseline account of
> decay among some school children in  1997 as fluoridation was starting
> and repeated it in 2007.   After the second check in 2007, the local
> health dept. issued a statement lauding the results that tooth decay
> was much improved , thanks to fluoridation.  Tooth decay had gone
> down, they said, and the number of children with no decay had gone up.
>
> I didn't believe it... so I wrote to the state and got the actual
> results:  tooth decay had actually gone up and the number of decay-
> free children had gone down!  The local health dept. had lied!!!  They
> had made up their own numbers!  If you or anyone has a use for this
> study, I'd be glad to send copies of it and the health dept's
> resolution.  It will have to be a hard copy since my copier won't scan
> at the moment.
>
> We're having a meeting this spring in Hendersonville as a new fluoride
> fighting group is forming.  They have asked me to join them for this
> meeting.  Stay tuned.  With the new directive to reduce the amount of
> fluoride in public water maybe now the city will listen!
>
> 		 Thanks for all you do and the valuable information you share with
> us all.
>
>
>  Jan Pettit
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Aliss wrote:
>
> >
> > I just heard from Dr. Jim Beck that the votes were 9 to 3 to end
> > fluoridation. Congratulations to the mayor and councillors who made
> > a science-based ethical decision that will improve quality of
> > drinking water and public health for 1.1 million residents of Calgary.
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#7928 From: FluoridePoisoning-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:16 am
Subject: Re: Dementia Statistics | Alzheimer's Australia
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Send them the Paper that the EPA scientists used to get clean water at their
workplace.
http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm

We applied EPA's risk control methodology, the Reference Dose, to the recent
neurotoxicity data. The Reference Dose is the daily dose, expressed in
milligrams of chemical per kilogram of body weight, that a person can receive
over the long term with reasonable assurance of safety from adverse effects.
Application of this methodology to the Varner et al.\4 data leads to a Reference
Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day. Persons who drink about one quart of
fluoridated water from the public drinking water supply of the District of
Columbia while at work receive about 0.01mg/kg-day from that source alone. This
amount of fluoride is more than 100 times the Reference Dose. On the basis of
these results the union filed a grievance, asking that EPA provide
un-fluoridated drinking water to its employees.

The implication for the general public of these calculations is clear. Recent,
peer-reviewed toxicity data, when applied to EPA's standard method for
controlling risks from toxic chemicals, require an immediate halt to the use of
the nation's drinking water reservoirs as disposal sites for the toxic waste of
the phosphate fertilizer industry\24.

This document was prepared on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union
Chapter 280 by Chapter Senior Vice-President J. William Hirzy, Ph.D. For more
information please call Dr. Hirzy at 202-260-4683.



Re: data leads to a Reference Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day.


Varner et al.\4
http://www.fluoride-journal.com/98-31-2/31291-95.htm

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FLUORIDE 31(2),
1998, pp 91-95 International Society for Fluoride Research Table of Contents

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CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF ALUMINUM-FLUORIDE
OR SODIUM- FLUORIDE TO RATS IN DRINKING WATER:
ALTERATIONS IN NEURONAL AND CEREBROVASCULAR INTEGRITY

J A Varner, K F Jensen, W Horvath and R L Isaacson
Binghamton, New York, and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Abstracted from Brain Research 784 284-298 1998

Objective
The question addressed in this study was to understand why 0.5 ppm of aluminum
fluoride in the drinking water of rats was associated with a larger increase in
infections and mortality than with higher concentrations of 5 ppm and 50 ppm of
aluminum fluoride in the drinking water. This higher mortality had been found in
an earlier experiment when rats were given 0.5 ppm, 5 ppm or 50 ppm aluminum for
45 weeks in their drinking water.

The earlier experiment had been done to help determine whether aluminum in
drinking water might have a role in aging-related neurological impairments. The
suggestion had been made that when both fluoride and aluminum were present in
drinking water they would form fluoroaluminum complexes, such as AlF3 in the
stomach that, compared to their ionic forms, would be transported more easily
into the blood stream and across the blood-brain barrier.

All the groups receiving AlF3 had shown the same significant reduction in the
number of cells in certain areas of the hippocampus relative to the control
group. The level of aluminum in the brains was almost double that of the control
group, while morphological abnormalities were observed throughout the brain and
its blood vessels. Dramatic behavioral differences were not seen.

One possible reason for the increased infections and mortality of animals in the
0.5 ppm AlF3 group was that the toxic agent of importance was the fluoride and
that its absorption or its effects were antagonized by the higher levels of
aluminum found with the higher doses of AlF3. The present study was undertaken
to compare 0.5 ppm of aluminum fluoride, AlF3, with a comparable level of
fluoride administered alone in the form of sodium fluoride.

Method
Twenty seven adult Long-Evans rats were administered one of three treatments for
52 weeks. All groups received double distilled deionized drinking water. No
additives were present in water for the control group. One treated group
received water containing 0.5 ppm AlF3 (Al3+) giving a fluoride concentration of
about 1 ppm. The other treated group had water containing 2.1 ppm of sodium
fluoride, to provide an equivalent amount of fluoride (about 1 ppm) as for the
AlF3 group.

Tissue aluminum levels of brain, liver, and kidney were assessed, and
histological sections of brain were examined. For the morphological evaluations
all counts and ratings were conducted by three individuals, two of whom were
always blind to the treatment of the rats from whom the tissues came.

Results
No differences were found between the body weights of rats in the different
treatment groups although more rats died in the AlF3 group (5) than in the
control group (1), P=0.05. A progressive decline in the appearance of the AlF3
animals was noted throughout the experiment, with the hair becoming sparse and
the yellowing which occurs with age. The skin became dry, flaky and of a copper
color. The aluminum levels in samples of brain were higher in both the AlF3 and
NaF groups relative to the controls, P<0.01. The kidneys of the AlF3 group had
higher aluminum levels compared to both the control and NaF groups, P<0.01.
Liver aluminum levels did not differ between groups.

The effects of the two treatments on cerebrovascular and neuronal integrity were
qualitatively and quantitatively different with the alterations being greater in
animals in the AlF3 group than in the NaF group, and greater in the NaF group
than in the controls. Examination of the distribution of the aluminum, using the
Morin method for aluminum-fluorescence, showed the distribution in sections of
brain to be exclusively associated with vasculature. This Al-fluorescence
occurred in all three groups but there were consistent treatment-related
differences in the intensity and extent of the aluminum-fluorescence. The NaF
group had less Al-fluorescence associated with the vasculature than the control
group, P<0.03. Renal changes were apparent in animals from both the NaF and AlF3
groups. More monocyte infiltration was present in the kidneys of the AlF3 group
compared to the controls, P<0.05. No morphological abnormalities were present in
the liver.

In the hippocampus, more moderately damaged and grossly abnormal cells were
present in areas of the right hippocampus in the AlF3 group than in the control
group, P<0.04, P<0.03. In neocortical layers 2 and 3 of the right hemisphere,
the AlF3 group had more moderately damaged cells than the NaF group which had
more normal cells, P<0.04. In neocortical layers 2 and 3 of the left hemisphere,
the AlF3 group had more abnormal cells than the controls, P<0.02. Corresponding
increases in the frequency of normal appearing cells were observed in the
neocortex of the control animals.

Neuronal density in the hippocampus was decreased in area CA3 in the left
hemisphere of the AlF3 group compared to the controls, P<0.05. No differences
were found in layers CA1 and CA4 in either hemisphere. Neuronal density was
decreased in neocortical layers 2 and 3 in the left hemisphere of the AlF3 group
compared to the controls and the NaF group, P<0.05. Neuronal density was also
reduced in layers 5 and 6 of the left hemisphere of the AlF3 group compared to
the controls, P<0.03, P<0.03. No differences in neuronal density were found, in
any of the groups, in layer 4 of the left hemisphere or in any of the layers of
the cortex in the right hemisphere.

While in control animals the localization of IgM was largely restricted to the
vascular lumen, indicating the integrity of the blood-brain barrier to IgM, in
the AlF3 and NaF groups staining for IgM in the neural parenchyma was increased
in the right hemisphere, P<0.03, P<0.01. No differences were found among the
groups in the left hemisphere. Minor amounts of IgM immunostaining were
detectable in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus but no significant differences
were present.

Differences in the amount of immunoreactivity for -amyloid relative to that for
amyloid A were most prominent in the vasculature of the dorsal thalamus. The
control group had few instances of immunoreactivity while the tissue of animals
from the AlF3 group demonstrated a bimodal distribution of reaction product with
either no reaction product staining or a high level. The AlF3 group had more
immunoreactivity for -amyloid in the lateral posterior thalamic areas of both
hemispheres relative to the controls, left P<0.05, right P<0.01. The NaF group
differed from the control for immunoreactivity for -amyloid in the right lateral
posterior thalamic area with the controls having low reactivity and the NaF
group having no or high levels of immunoreactivity, P<0.01.

Discussion and Conclusions
The high mortality rate in the animals receiving 0.5 ppm of aluminum in their
drinking water found in the first study was replicated in this second study.
Since the administration of sodium fluoride alone did not produce a similar
mortality rate, this effect does not appear to be directly related to fluoride
intake. The appearance of the AlF3 animals, with sparse hair and a
copper-colored hypermelanosis of the underlying skin, may be indicative of
several diseases including chronic renal failure. Histological evidence of
glomerular distortions was present in both the AlF3 and NaF groups.

The overall aluminum level of the kidneys in the AlF3 group was nearly twice
that of the NaF group and possibly may have been associated with a greater level
of physiological dysfunction. The kidney is critical to the elimination of both
aluminum and fluoride, and these changes may have impaired the elimination of
these elements, detoxification in general or homeostasis of other ions such as
calcium.

Both the AlF3 and NaF groups had increased brain aluminum levels relative to
controls. The aluminum level in the NaF group was double that of controls and
the aluminum level of the AlF3 group even greater. The aluminum detected in the
controls and NaF groups is most likely to have come from the rat chow where the
reported levels of aluminum range from 150 ppm to 8300 ppm. Fluoride commonly
occurs in food and water and is almost completely and quickly absorbed from the
gastrointestinal tract. In the present experiment, the AlF3 in the drinking
water was prepared to form optimally a fluoroaluminum species capable of
crossing the gut and vascular barriers. It is possible that the sodium
fluoride-treated group was able to form some amount of an AlF3 also capable of
becoming bioavailable.

In general, the reduction of neuronal density in the neocortex of the left
hemisphere was more prominent in the AlF3 group than the NaF and control groups.
Cellular abnormalities in the form of chromatin clumping, enhanced protein
staining, pyknosis, vacuolation, and the presence of ghost-like cells were also
more common in the AlF3 group in the left hemisphere. Vascular Al-fluorescence
was more pronounced throughout most structures of the left hemisphere of the
AlF3 group. The hippocampus was an exception to these findings with
abnormalities being found only in the right hemisphere in the CA1 and CA4 areas
of both the AlF3 and NaF groups. The right hippocampus also had higher levels of
aluminum-induced fluorescence than the left hippocampus.

Possible cellular mechanisms which might underlie the association between
regional aluminum accumulation and regional patterns of neuronal injury include
transferrin transport, calcium homeostasis and second messenger systems,
alterations in neuronal cytoskeleton, and alterations in the cerebrovasculature.
Transferrin transport carries certain metals, including aluminum, into the cells
by a receptor complex located on plasma membranes. Neurotoxic reactions to
aluminum may also result from disruption of ion homeostasis and second messenger
systems, in particular G-proteins. The activation of G-proteins in turn
initiates a chain of reactions beginning with adenylate cyclase, cAMP, and
protein kinases that ultimately result in increased phosphorylation of various
substrates. G-proteins are involved in the regulation of ion channels,
metabolism, gene expression, and cytoskeletal structures via second messenger
systems.

The deposition of aluminum in the cerebrovasculature was seen to have the
potential also to contribute to the observed neuronal injury by altering the
blood-brain barrier or cerebral blood flow. Both the AlF3 and NaF groups had
increased levels of IgM in the cortex of the right hemisphere compared to the
controls. Serum proteins, such as IgM and other antibodies, are typically
excluded from neuronal tissue by the blood-brain barrier. The increased
immunoreactivity of IgM in the present study may be indicative of a compromise
in the blood-brain barrier occurring possibly through changes in lipophilicity
or the potentiation of existing transport mechanisms.

Striking parallels were seen between aluminum-induced alterations in
cerebrovasculature and those associated with Alzheimer's disease and other forms
of dementia where microvascular abnormalities display a regional and laminar
specificity in accordance with neuronal degeneration patterns, suggesting that
the alterations in the cerebrovasculature may be a primary event in
neurodegenerative disease. Accumulation of -amyloid has been found in the
cerebrovasculature and spinal cord vasculature of elderly persons and may be a
consequence of the development of blood vessel abnormalities. Vascular tissues
produce -amyloid and the vascular deposition of -amyloid may result from
alterations in the basement membrane of blood vessels that frequently occurs
with ageing. Although it is uncertain whether -amyloid is a causative factor in
neurodegeneration or a secondary consequence of injury, aluminum appears to have
the capacity to influence the distribution and properties of -amyloid. In the
present study animals in both the AlF3 and NaF groups exhibited a bimodal
distribution of vascular -amyloid in both hemispheres in the lateral posterior
thalamus being either absent or present in high levels in both groups. This
increase in vascular -amyloid in the lateral posterior thalamus may be causally
related to the neuronal degeneration found in the area to which it is
principally connected, the superior parietal cortex.

In contrast, the control group consistently had only low levels of
immunostaining for -amyloid, a unimodal distribution. While the presence of low
levels of -amyloid in the controls was understandable as being the possible
result of a natural continuing, but limited, production of the protein
throughout life, the bimodal distribution of -amyloid in the AlF3 and NaF groups
was not understood.

While the present results do not address the causal mechanisms of
aluminum-induced neural degeneration, they do demonstrate that ingested aluminum
reaches the brain, and in such animals there exists evidence of neural injury.
While the small amount of aluminum of 0.5 ppm AlF3 in the drinking water of rats
required for neurotoxic effects was seen as surprising, the neurotoxic results
of NaF at the dose given in the present study, 2.1 ppm or about 1 ppm of
fluoride, was seen as even more so.

As dietary sources of fluoride are additive in animals it was considered that,
for the animals in the NaF group, the fluoride in rat chow, such as Purina
Rodent Laboratory Chow, together with their drinking exceeded tolerable levels.
Fluoride has diverse actions on a variety of cellular and physiological
functions including the inhibition of a variety of enzymes, a corrosive action
in acid media, and the production of hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia and possibly
cerebral impairment.

Few chronic toxicity studies of fluoride have included extensive histological
characterization of injury to the brain but have usually been limited to weight
loss, dental and skeletal changes, indicators of carcinogenesis, and damage to
soft tissues. The results of the present study indicate that more intensive
neuropathological evaluations of fluoride effects on the brain is likely to be
of value.

In summary, the chronic administration of aluminum fluoride and sodium fluoride
in the drinking water of rats resulted in distinct morphological alterations in
the brain, including effects on neurones and the cerebrovasculature. Further
studies of aluminum fluoride and sodium fluoride are needed to establish the
relative importance of a variety of potential mechanisms contributing to the
observed effects as well as to determine the potential involvement of these
agents in neurogenerative diseases.

Key words: Aluminum-fluoride; Amyloid; Brain; Cerebrovasculature; Hippocampus;
Neurotoxicity; Rat; Sodium fluoride.
Reprints: Julie A Varner, Lineberry Research Associates, PO Box 14626, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA. Fax: +1-919-547-0974.
E-mail: jvarner@...



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#7929 From: "ron072754" <reheman@...>
Date: Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:24 am
Subject: 0.000007 mg/kg-day. = ? PPB
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data leads to a Reference Dose for fluoride of 0.000007 mg/kg-day.

So can anyone tell me what the 0.000007 mg/kg-day would be in parts per billion?
Or should that be parts per trillion?

How about parts per googlezillion?

Seriously - can someone do the math for a fluoride poisoned, brain dead,
nin-com-poop?????

Ronnie

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