NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluoride jeopardizes health -- even at
low levels deliberately added to public water supplies -- according to a
recent National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) National Research Council (NRC)
report. Fluoride poses risks to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients,
high water drinkers and others and can severely damage children's teeth.(1)
Two panel members advise avoiding fluoridated water, reports the New York
State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF).
An Oregon newspaper reports, "NAS panel member Kathy Thiessen, a former
senior scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who has studied fluoride for
the EPA, said the report showed 'the potential is there' that water
fluoridation is unhealthy. As for the studies finding that higher levels
damage children's IQ, she said it's possible water fluoridation levels may
have a similar, albeit reduced effect ... the research suggests 'most people
should minimize their fluoride intake' -- which includes avoiding fluoridated
water."(2)
"NAS panel member Robert Isaacson, a distinguished professor of
neurobehavioral science at the State University of New York in Binghamton,
agreed, saying that the possible effects on endocrines and hormones from
water-fluoridation are 'something that I wouldn't want to happen to me ...,'"
reports the Portland Tribune.
The 12-member NRC fluoride committee unanimously decided that fluoride's 4
milligrams per liter (4 mg/L) maximum-contaminant-level must be lowered.
Adults consuming 8 milligrams fluoride daily, via two liters of 4 mg/L
fluoridated water, risk weakened bones, fractures, and stage II skeletal
fluorosis (pain, joint stiffness, pelvis and spine osteosclerosis). Some
high-water drinkers consume 8 milligrams fluoride daily when only 1 mg/L is
added to their water supplies, according to the report.
Fluoride is also in food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, dental products,
pesticide residues, cigarette smoke and air emissions.
About 2/3 of U.S. water suppliers deliberately add fluoride chemicals
(mostly industrial waste silicofluorides) to reach 0.07 to 1.2 mg/L, so-called
optimal, in a failed effort to prevent tooth decay. But, "fluoride is a water
contaminant over 1.3 mg/L," the NRC reports.
"This report is misleading by suggesting that the problem has to be
studied to death before decisions can be made," says retired EPA scientist,
Robert Carton, PhD. "The safe drinking water act requires the federal
government to act if there is any indication of possible or anticipated
adverse health effects in order to protect the most vulnerable subsets of the
population," says Carton
"Furthermore, why wasn't there a minority report?" asks Carton.
"Fluoride has detrimental effects on the thyroid gland of healthy males at
3.5 mg a day. With iodine deficiency, the effect level drops to 0.7
milligrams/day for an average male, according to the report," says Carton.
Furthermore, studies linking fluoride to cancer and lowered IQ are
plausible, reports the NRC.
Eleven unions representing over 7,000 EPA scientists, engineers, lawyers
and others ask for a moratorium on fluoridation.
Insist legislators stop unnecessary water fluoridation. Suggested letter
here: http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=8635566&r=1
References: http://tinyurl.com/6kqtu
Contact: Robert Carton, PhD bcarton@verizon.net, 518-275-1731
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof nyscof@aol.com
http://www.FluorideAction.Net
SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
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