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Bogus Fluoride Use
"After 3 years of scrutinizing hundreds of studies, a National Research
Council
(NRC) committee "concluded that fluoride can subtly alter endocrine
function,
especially in the thyroid -- the gland that produces hormones
regulating
growth and metabolism," reports Fagin. "
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'Second Thoughts about Fluoride,' Reports Scientific America
02 January 2008 - By Rebecca Cathcart - reuters.com
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Some recent
studies suggest that
over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders
affecting teeth,
bones, the brain and the thyroid gland," reports Scientific American
editors
(January 2008). "Scientific attitudes toward fluoridation may be
starting to
shift," writes author Dan Fagin.
"Fluoride, the most consumed drug in the USA, is deliberately added to
2/3 of
public water supplies theoretically to reduce tooth decay, but with no
scientifically-valid evidence proving safety or effectiveness," says
lawyer
Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to
Fluoridation.
Fagin, award-wining environmental reporter and Director of New York
University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program,
writes,
"There is no universally accepted optimal level for daily intake of
fluoride."
Some researchers even wonder whether the 1 mg/L added into drinking
water is
too much, reports Fagin.
After 3 years of scrutinizing hundreds of studies, a National Research
Council
(NRC) committee "concluded that fluoride can subtly alter endocrine
function,
especially in the thyroid -- the gland that produces hormones
regulating
growth and metabolism," reports Fagin.
Fagin quotes John Doull, professor emeritus of pharmacology and
toxicology at
the University of Kansas Medical Center, who chaired the NRC committee
thusly,
"The thyroid changes do worry me."
Fluoride in foods, beverages, medicines and dental products can result
in
fluoride over-consumption, visible in young children as dental
fluorosis --
white spotted, yellow, brown and/or pitted teeth. We can't normally
see
fluoride's effects to the rest of the body.
| Comment: Any consumption of Fluoride is
dangerous, and using the term over consumption leads one to think that
consuming small quantities is ok, and this is false. |
Reports Fagin, "a series of epidemiological studies in China have
associated
high fluoride exposures with lower IQ."
"(E)pidemiological studies and tests on lab animals suggest that high
fluoride
exposure increases the risk of bone fracture, especially in vulnerable
populations such as the elderly and diabetics," writes Fagin.
Fagin interviewed Steven Levy, director of the Iowa Fluoride Study
which
tracked about 700 Iowa children for sixteen years. Nine-year-old "Iowa
children who lived in communities where the water was fluoridated were
50
percent more likely to have mild fluorosis... than [nine-year-old]
children
living in nonfluoridated areas of the state," writes Fagin. Levy will
study
fluoride's effects on their bones.
Over 1200 professionals urge Congress to cease water fluoridation and
conduct
Congressional hearings because scientific evidence indicates
fluoridation is
ineffective and has serious health risks. Support them; write your
representative here:
salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2477/t/2782/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=21960
Contact
Paul Beeber, Esq.
www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
www.FluorideAction.Net
tinyurl.com/6kqtu
516-433-8882
nyscof@aol.com
SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Jan. 2/
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