Big VICTORY in WASHINGTON; a big THREAT in NEW JERSEY/Fluoride Alert!

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
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FAN Bulletin 1043: Big VICTORY in WA; a big THREAT in NJ

Feb 10, 2009

Big Victory in WASHINGTON STATE. In the last bulletin (circulated on Jan 20) we indicated that, with the election of a new county commissioner, Skagit County was poised to rescind the decision to fluoridate the county made two years ago. It happened today. Congratulations to all the citizens in the county who refused to give up on this despite the odds against them from their local newspaper and the powerful dental lobby. This gives us all hope.

Big Threat in NEW JERSEY. However, yesterday also brought very serious news from New Jersey. An Assembly bill set to introduce mandatory fluoridation in the state made it out of committee.

We are going to have to fight like merry hell to stop this going through. If you live in NJ please mobilize your friends and neighbors to email, and phone their state legislators. You can get the email addresses of the legislators at this website.

If you live outside NJ please let any one you know in the state that this is happening. If you have any good contacts please email Carol Kopf,  FAN’s state coordinator and media officer, with their contact details (email, phone etc).

We have already seen in Louisiana that the promoters know that they have to move fast and with stealth. Legislators are easily taken in by the spiel from the white coated brigade that this is the best thing since slice bread and that they should do this to help “poor kids.” They need to hear the other side of the story.

We can anticipate that the promoters have already seduced many newspaper editors in NJ and we can expect the same kind of ill-informed nonsense we have seen recently in newspapers from Plattsburg (my reply to their editorial was published on Feb 5), and Schenectady, NY and Skagit County, WA (my letter to the editorial board was neither acknowledged nor published).

For this and other battles, a terrific bit of ammunition came into our hands today. It is a letter from Dr. Hardy Limeback explaining why fluoridation should be halted. If nothing else please copy and paste this to any one you know, and to your legislators (at every level), who continue to think fluoridation is a good idea. You might even try to send this letter to President Obama so that he (or his staff) does (do) not fall victim to the superficial allure of fluoridation.

The total number of people signing the Professionals’ Statement calling for an end to fluoridation has risen to over 2100 and over 104,000 people have watched the Bill Osmunson 5 minute video.

Thank you for everything you continue to do to end this ridiculous practice.

Paul Connett

 

Fluoride Alert ……..fluoride and lower IQ’s

 

 

http://fluoridealert.org/iq.studies.html

 

Another meta-analysis of Chinese studies showing a possible relationship between fluoride exposure and lowered IQ has just been published. This study by Liu and Cian of the Department of Health Statistics, China Medical University, in Shenyang, China was published in Chinese (see the English abstract below).

 

The authors reviewed 13 individual studies and found that their statistical analysis suggested “a negative correlation between high fluorosis exposure and children’s intelligence development” and concluded that “Exposure to high levels of fluoride may adversely influence children’s intelligence development.” 

 

FAN will be using some of the money we are raising right now to have this translated, along with the other 5 Chinese IQ studies which are still only available in Chinese.

This study by Liu ad Cian comes on the heels of the study by Tang et al. (2008) published in August and an analysis by Connett, M and Limeback, H, presented at the IADR conference in Toronto, in July.  All three reviews have yielded similar conclusions.

Links to all 23 individual studies (from India, Iran, Mexico and China) which report an association between fluoride exposure and lowered IQ in children is at……

http://fluoridealert.org/iq.studies.html

FAN Bulletin 1012: The Great Annual Fundraiser begins. Fluoride Alert!

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAlert.org  

FAN Bulletin 1012: The Great Annual Fundraiser begins.

December 9,  2008

Dear Marti,

2008 has been a fantastic year for those fighting fluoridation around the world and with your help FAN will continue the momentum into 2009. Today we begin our fund-raising for next year’s important work. Please give as generously as you can to this.

Donate online or send a check. Making a secure, tax-deductible donation online is very easy and quick to do.  Simply click here.  However, we pay a commission on each donation for this excellent service, so if you wish to make sure we get every cent of your donation please send us a check made out to FAN and send to Paul Connett, 82 Judson Street, Canton, NY 13617.

Here are some of the highlights from 2008:

• Nearly 1000 new professionals signed the Professionals’ Statement that calls for an end to fluoridation worldwide.  The total is now 1,994.  Italian and French translations of the Statement are online thanks to Stefano Montanari of Modena, Italy, and Jimmy Siles of Quebec City.

• Over 10,000 signers to Online Petition to Congress – for a total of over 16,700.

• 74 communities said no to fluoridation in 2008.  53 of these communities voted in referendums held on November 4th.  

• 4 FAN videos in the new series Professional Perspectives (approx length 4-5 minutes each).  Interviews with

— Bill Osmunson DDS, MPH:  Over 87,000 people have watched this powerful 5 minute video.
— Dr. Vyvyan Howard, President, International Society of Doctors for the Environment, addresses fluoride’s adverse effect on the brain.
— Brent Foster, JD, Conservation Chair for the Oregon Sierra Club, on fluoride’s effect on salmon.
— Risks to kidney patients with Kathy Thiessen, Phyllis Mullenix, and Paul Connett

• An exciting video compilation of statements from over a dozen professionals will be released at the end of December (see A special thank you gift below).

• FAN paid for the translation of 19 Chinese published studies on fluoride’s effect on the brain and IQ.  11 of these studies have been published in the journal Fluoride (April-June 2008 issue), with more in the works. There are now 23 studies from 4 countries which indicate an association between high fluoride intake and lowering of IQ in children.  Note: there is no adequate margin of safety to protect all children in a fluoridated community.

• FAN provided information to reporters, local officials, researchers, and the groups and individuals fighting fluoridation in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, UK, and the US.  

• In August, FAN held its third Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride in Toronto.  It was an enormous success and generated a great deal of attention in the Canadian national media. By linking our conference with that of the International Society for Fluoride Research we armed our activists from several countries with some of the best science on this issue available.

• Following in the wake of the Toronto presentations on fluoride and the brain by Dr. Vyvyan Howard, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment produced a statement opposing fluoridation in September. In 2009 we hope to get more national organizations to do likewise.

• FAN has worked this year to get a US Congressional hearing. It is too soon to give any details at this point.

• FAN continues to fight EPA’s outrageously unscientific and illegitimate approval of DOW’s use of sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant in mills, warehouses and processing plants (this will greatly increase fluoride exposure). We agreed to a mediation effort and have had two meetings with EPA officials.  Our efforts (along with the Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides) have been greatly assisted by the availability of a pro bono lawyer. We might well be in court on this in 2009.

But we do need your financial help to keep ALL our battles raging. Compared to the giants we are fighting, who have multi-million dollar budgets of taxpayers’ money at their disposal, our budget requirements are relatively modest. Our estimated expenditures for 2008 to date are approximately $76,000.  This is so low because we only offer token salaries and we receive a great deal of pro bono support from many of our supporters.

So one way and another, we get a great deal out of a small budget.  Nevertheless each year we still have the task of raising that budget and we  realize with the current economic crisis that this year, this is going to be tougher than ever. So please give what you can.

Our goal: $80,000 by midnight EST on Dec 31, 2008.
 
Raised to date: $600.00

Donations are tax-deductible. FAN is a project of the American Environmental Health Studies Project, which has 501(c)(3) non-profit status, so your donations are tax deductible. Make sure FAN gets some of your hard earned money not Uncle Sam!  If you can’t help us financially this year, we know many of you are helping us in many other ways in your local communities and we are grateful for all that you are doing for this important cause. 

Donate online or send a check. Making a secure donation online is very easy and quick to do.  Simply click here.  However, we pay a commission on each donation for this excellent service, so if you wish to make sure we get every cent of your donation please send us a check made out to FAN and send to Paul Connett, 82 Judson Street, Canton, NY 13617.

A special thank you gift. A brand new 28 minute DVD, consisting of a compilation of comments by over a dozen distinguished professionals explaining why they oppose fluoridation, has been produced by Kevin Hurley and edited by Michael Connett.  We believe that this video will be a tremendous help in convincing academics, doctors and local officials that fluoridation must be halted.  According to Michael, this will be FAN’s best video yet.  The DVD will be ready at the end of December and we will be sending it as a thank you gift to all those who donate over $100 to our 2009 fundraising campaign.

Meanwhile, please make as generous donation as you can afford.  And if your budget is very low please do not feel bad if you can’t help us financially this year as we know many of you are helping this fight in many other ways.

As we report back on the progress of this fundraising effort over the next few weeks we will attempt to summarize our many achievements and efforts in 2008 and reveal some of our plans for 2009.

Paul Connett

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Fluoride Alert.org……what’s in your water?

 

http://www.fluoridealert.org/

Did you know? flouride

* Almost all of western Europe has rejected water fluoridation.

* Fluoride’s primary ‘benefits’ are topical, not systemic. There is no need to swallow fluoride.

* Children are receiving too much fluoride today. There is a need to reduce, not increase, current exposures.

* A growing body of evidence indicates that water fluoridation is ineffective and unnecessary.

* The fluoride chemical added to water is an unprocessed, industrial waste-product from the pollution scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry.

* Just as fluoride can damage cells in developing teeth, fluoride can damage cells in other organs as well.

* Two-thirds of US communities, when given the chance to vote, have voted against fluoridation. Over 70 US communities have rejected water fluoridation since 1999.

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Fluoride Alert contains valuable information about the water YOU drink, and the effects it has on the human body.  Visit this site to educate yourself about fluoridation of community water resources.

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