The letter to the editor below just got published in the Pottstown,
PA paper. Pottstown is the only fluoridated water system in Montgomery County.
Good work Donna!
Mike
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http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2009/01/10/opinion/srv0000004458014.txt
Opinion
ACE: Fluoride in public water is unnecessary and not safe
Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:13 AM EST
It’s perplexing and even shameful that the American Dental
Association is refusing to look at the overwhelming evidence showing
fluoridation of public water is ineffective, unnecessary, and not
safe. ACE commends the Pottstown Water Authority members who looked
at reality, rejected dental association spin, and opposed
fluoridation of Pottstown’s water.
In 2007, ACE did extensive research on fluoridation:
A wealth of new data is available showing harms from fluoridation,
including a major review by the National Academy of Sciences of over
1,000 scientific papers, published March 2006. Their report said
EPA’s standards are not protective of public health, documenting
fluoride’s role in damage to tooth enamel, brittle bones, increased
risk of fractures, possible links to diabetes, reduced IQ, early
onset of puberty and impaired thyroid function.
The union representing about 1,500 scientists, lawyers, engineers,
and other professional employees at US EPA in Washington stated in
2001, “.fluuoridation is unreasonable risk.. hazards can include.
impaired kidney function, cancer, reproductive effects,
neurotoxicity, bone pathology and dental fluorosis.”
Over 1200 professionals made overwhelming scientific arguments
against fluoridation. http://www.fluoridealert.org.
Evidence links fluoride to bone disease and fracture, bone cancer;
brain, pineal gland and kidney problems; allergic/hypersensitive
reactions, gastrointestinal tract problems, dental fluorosis, and
more. http://www.fluorideaction.net/health/sitemap.html.
Ninety percent of water fluoridation chemicals are toxic waste
byproducts of Florida’s phosphate industry, contaminated with
arsenic, lead, mercury, radon and other impurities. These chemicals
are regulated as hazardous waste if dumped in rivers, lakes, or
oceans – yet sold for use in drinking water systems. The practice of
water fluoridation helps the phosphate industry convert millions of
dollars in hazardous waste disposal costs to a profit from sales to
public water systems.
It’s unethical to force everyone to ingest toxic chemicals that
aren’t needed to make drinking water safe. Adding fluoride
discriminates against the poor and underprivileged who can’t afford
to buy and maintain costly filtration required to remove fluoride.
People can reject fluoride in food, beverages, and dental products,
but when added to water, choice is eliminated.
Pottstown area residents are overexposed to toxic chemicals. Without
precautionary positions and decisions of caring Pottstown officials
in the past, this region would face far greater pollution risks. The
most precautionary approach is required. That’s not adding fluoride to water.
ACE encourages Pottstown officials to continue to follow the
Precautionary Principle and continue to say NO to fluoridation of
Pottstown’s water. That will actually protect public health while
saving taxpayers’ money. For more fluoridation facts, visit
www.FluorideAction.org
The Alliance for Clean Environment
Board of Directors
URL: http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2009/01/10/opinion/srv0000004458014.prt
To learn more about why this dentist doesn’t believe fluoride belongs in the water supply (if you wanted to prevent skin cancer would you put Coppertone in the water supply?) visit my website page on that subject.