FLUORIDE
By Ellen and Paul Connett, Ph.D.
Introduction
The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) revised rule on National Organic Standards (NOS), proposed in March 2000, was finalized in December. For the most part, the standards have been written with care and integrity. For the rest, they attracted over 40,000 comments from the public. The standards were first proposed in 1997 and included proposals to use sewage sludge, irradiation, antibiotics in livestock, and genetically modified organisms. USDA withdrew the proposal after receiving over 275,000 comments from the public-- the most comments received on any US agency proposal in history.
In the main the public's efforts on this issue paid off well. In the final NOS the four practices listed above were out, but unfortunately, despite over 100 comments, those concerned about fluoride were ignored. Incredibly, the new standards allow the use of the toxic substance sodium fluoride in organic agriculture.
Fluoride is a persistent and non-degradable poison that accumulates in soil, plants, wildlife, and humans. Many organic farmers may be unaware that this highly toxic substance has been allowed for use in the NOS, because its presence is hidden. However, it is there:
| - As Sodium Fluoride tucked away in the US EPA List 4
Inerts ("Inerts which have sufficient data to substantiate they can be used safely in
pesticide products, according to EPA."), which are allowed for use in the NOS. - In Bone Meal (which can contain 1000 ppm - or more- fluoride), also included in US EPA List 4 Inerts ("Inerts generally regarded as safe, i.e., corn cobs and cookie crumbs," according to EPA). |
To call sodium fluoride an "inert" is Orwellian and defies one of the NOS's stated principles: producers shall not use "natural poisons such as arsenic or lead salts that have long-term effects and persist in the environment." Fluoride is clearly in this category. Sadly, the use of fluoride in organic farming could undermine the public's confidence and safety in organic food - both here and abroad. This will become more obvious as the movement against fluoridation of public water picks up momentum worldwide. As it does more and more people will be asking questions about fluoride levels in their food. Unlike the List of Inerts, fluoride levels in organic food cannot be hidden.
The purpose of this article is to argue the case against any use of fluoride in organic agriculture in the hope that despite these new standards it will encourage organic farmers to go "fluoride free." Before we proceed we wish to note the following:
* The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) stated in 1993: "Existing data indicate that subsets of the population may be unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride and its compounds. These populations include the elderly, people with deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, and/or vitamin C, and people with cardiovascular and kidney problems... Because fluoride is ubiquitous in food and water, the potential for human exposure is substantial (ATSDR, p 112, 153)."
* The studies on which the US EPA relied in establishing its maximum contaminant level (MCL) for fluoride in drinking water - 4 parts per million (ppm) - and on which it has relied to perform risk assessments for fluoride pesticide residue levels were seriously flawed. Not only has the union representing professionals at EPA's DC headquarters called for an independent review of these studies, their concern led them to two unprecedented actions. In 1986 they filed an Amicus Curiae brief in a lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council against EPA for its MCL of 4 ppm for fluoride in drinking water. The union charged that the MCL was based on shoddy science and was not protective of public health. In 1997 the union announced its support of a citizens group fighting mandatory fluoridation in California.
* Elsewhere, we have gone into the dangers posed by water fluoridation (see "50 Reasons for Opposing Fluoridation," www.fluoridealert.org). A great deal of animal and human research, much of it published since 1990, points to fluoride's potential to damage the bones of the elderly, and interfere with the functioning of the brain, thyroid gland, pineal gland, kidney, and reproductive system.
* In 1998, a fluoride study published in Brain Research reported damage to rat kidneys and brain at very low doses. Rats were given 1 ppm fluoride in doubly distilled and de-ionized water for 52 weeks. In other words they were given the same levels as we get in fluoridated water, albeit without the other ions present in tap water. One group of rats was given aluminum-fluoride (AlF3) and another, sodium fluoride (NaF). In both cases amyloid deposits were found in the rat brains. Amyloid deposits are tangles in the brain and are associated with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia. Scientists do not know why they form. The rats in the control did not have them. The authors of the study speculate that fluoride enables aluminum to cross the blood brain barrier (Varner et al). This paper has caused quite a stir in regulatory circles and has prompted both the NIEHS and the EPA to nominate aluminum fluoride for comprehensive study by the National Toxicology Program.
* In 1994, a FDA researcher published results from a study that found an association between residence in counties with high fluoride concentrations in drinking water (3 ppm) with decreased birth rates. The author raised the question "whether public health concerns and toxicologic research should not shift their focus from the isolated intake from fluoridated water to the potential toxicity of the total fluoride intake (Freni)." This suggestion is important, because surprisingly, a great deal of the promotion of fluoridation in the US has centered on the concentration of fluoride in drinking water and has been very cavalier about the total dose of fluoride we get from ALL sources.
A Little History
Fluorine is one of 92 naturally occurring elements. It is a member of the halogen family, which includes chlorine, bromine and iodine. It is a pale yellow gas which is extremely reactive. As a result it is never found free in nature but only combined with other elements. These compounds are called fluorides. Fluorine readily forms compounds with all elements except two: helium and neon. Despite being the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth's crust, it is not an essential nutrient for any living thing.
The level of human milk is 100 times lower than infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated drinking water, e.g. 0.01 ppm vs 1.0 ppm. Apart from its reaction with the calcium hydroxy apatite found in dental enamel, bone, and the pineal gland, fluorine has never been incorporated into the building blocks of living things.
The most common mineral containing fluorine is fluorspar (CaF2). It has been used for centuries as a flux in the smelting of ores and gave fluorine its name (from the Latin word fluere meaning "to flow"). Other important mineral sources of fluorine are cryolite (Na3AlF6), flurapatite (Ca5 (PO4)3.F) and other phosphate rocks.
Before World War II, fluorine could only be generated in very small quantities for experimental purposes "and could not be purchased at any price." The breakthrough to large scale production came from the work of the Manhattan Project's efforts to build the Atomic Bomb (Kirk et al). Massive quantities of fluorine were necessary to separate and concentrate the uranium isotopes
After World War II, huge quantities of fluorine have been used to produce organofluorine compounds (compounds where fluorine is attached to carbon). These include chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs ); Teflon® (polytetrafluoroethylene), an extremely stable plastic resistent to the vast majority of chemicals including fluorine gas; and many pharmaceuticals and pesticides.
The sources of fluoride getting into the food supply
1. Background levels of fluoride in food
According to Waldbott et al, "Virtually every food contains at least some fluoride. Plants take it up from the soil and from the air. From the soil, fluoride is transmitted through fine hair rootlets into the stems, and some reaches the leaves. Plants absorb more fluoride from sandy than from clay soil and more from wet and acid soils than from dry and alkaline ones... (Waldbott et al, p 37)."
According to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), "Fresh or unprocessed foods available in the U.S. have fluoride concentrations that generally range from 0.02 to 2.00 ppm. Marine fish that are consumed with bones and bone meal supplements have been shown to be a rich source of fluoride in human food…The bones of some land-based animals also contain high levels of fluoride (DHHS, p 10)."
2. Cooking with fluoridated water
According to ATSDR, "Cooking food in fluoridated water results in increased dietary fluoride levels (p 151)." Approximately 60% of US public drinking water supplies are fluoridated. Unlike chlorine, fluoride does not enter the steam when water is boiled. Thus during cooking the fluoride increases in concentration.
3. Processed food and beverages
One of the unexpected results of water fluoridation was the multiplier effect caused by the processing of foods and beverages using fluoridated water. According to DHSS, "The natural food content of most foods is so small that its contribution is insignificant compared with the amount of fluoride produced through cooking and processing food in fluoridated water (p 10)." However, that comment may not have included the contribution made by pesticide residues containing fluoride.
4. Pesticides
We have identified approximately 150 fluoridated pesticides. The three most widely used are herbicides: Trifluralin, Fluometuron and Benefin (Befluralin) (EPA, Aug 97). The category "Fluorine Insecticides" include Cryolite, Barium hexafluorosilicate, Sodium hexafluorosilicate, Sodium fluoride, and Sulfluramid.
5. The use of cryolite in agriculture
Cryolite is a naturally occurring inorganic substance; however, most present day supplies of cryolite are synthetically produced. It is used on many fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops to protect against leaf eating pests. Cryolite is formulated as dusts, wettable powders and water dispersible granulars and can be applied by ground or aerial spray. The predominant use of cryolite is on California grapes followed by potatoes and citrus.
Cryolite was first registered as a pesticide in the U.S. in 1957. Its insecticidal mode of action is predominantly as a stomach poison. Fluoride has been identified as the residue of toxicological concern (Federal Register, March 1997).
The fact that cryolite contains an aluminofluoride ion which loses fluoride ions in solution is of considerable concern. It is well established that the complex ion AlF4- is able to switch on G-proteins which are of fundamental importance in the transmission of messages from some water soluble hormones and neurotransmitters across cell membranes (Strunecka and Patocka).
California grape growers use cryolite to control two insects that can devastate vineyards. Researchers from California State University in Fresno conducted a 5 year study (1990-1994) on vineyards throughout the San Joaquin Valley. They found that "[m]ultiple applications of Cryolite during the growing season significantly increase fluoride in wines." Notably they found fluoride levels between 3 - 6 ppm in Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc, Thompson Seedless, Barbera, Muscat Candi, Ruby Cabernet; and levels between 6 - <9 ppm in French Colombard and Zinfandel. They noted "that fluoride levels in wine produced from grapes not treated with Cryolite can range from 0.1 to 1.6 ppm, depending upon location and variety (Ostrom)." At 6 ppm one glass of wine (175 ml) would have delivered as much fluoride as about a liter of optimally fluoridated water!
In the 1990's a 3 ppm fluoride limit was in effect for US wines exported to European Communities (EC). However, the EC recently lowered the allowable levels of fluoride in wine to 1 ppm. (Note: the vast majority of EC countries do not fluoridate their water). Responding to the potential loss of a $250 million export market, California received a time-limited residue tolerance for Tebufenozide on grapes as an alternative to cryolite. As stated in EPA's approval:
..."for the 2000 crop year, nearly all major California wineries with export markets have advised their growers that they will not accept grapes which have been treated with cryolite or any other product which would affect the level of fluorides in wines. There is a direct correlation between even limited use of cryolite on wine grapes which can result in fluoride levels in wine above 3 ppm (Federal Register, July 2000)."
The current tolerance levels for cryolite on allowed crops is 7 ppm (see Table 1). In 1997 EPA proposed much higher tolerances (see Table 2). In 1997 EPA re-extended a time-limited tolerance use (up to 11-21-01) of 22 ppm for potato waste, a processed animal feed commodity and a 2 ppm fluoride residue in or on raw potatoes (Federal Register, Dec 1997).
| TABLE 1. 7 ppm Established Tolerances: For combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following: Apricots; Beets, roots; Blackberries; Blueberries (huckleberries); Boysenberries; Broccoli; Brussels sprouts; Cabbage; Cauliflower; Citrus fruits; Collards; Cranberries; Cucumbers; Dewberries; Eggplant; Grapes; Kale; Kohlrabi; Lettuce; Loganberries; Melons; Nectarines; Peaches; Peppers; Plums (fresh prunes); Pumpkins; Radish, roots; Raspberries; Rutabaga, roots; Squash (winter); Squash (summer); Strawberries; Tomatoes; Turnip, roots; Youngberries. |
| TABLE 2. 1997: Proposed tolerances for combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following. EPA has yet to make a decision on these proposed new tolerances.
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In our view, the current tolerance level of 7 ppm is high. The tolerances proposed in 1997 (Table 2) are exceedingly high and EPA has not made a final decision on them. What is extremely disturbing is that the proposed increases were not based on any new toxicological or health considerations but simply on the calculations by the cryolite pesticide producers of what residues were left after typical spraying operations! Instead of proposing different spraying strategies the EPA came back and proposed increasing the tolerance level. In other words the EPA is adjusting its toxicological analysis to fit industry's needs, not to protect the public health or the environment. Moroever, out of the 95 references cited in EPA's 155 page report for these tolerances, only 2 were published in the open literature. Of the two published reports, one was a 1975 paper on toxicity of chemicals to Honey Bees, and the second was the intensely controversial 1990 National Toxicology Program (NTP) report on fluoride's carcinogencity. The majority of the unpublished papers were submitted by the producers of cryolite pesticides (US EPA, 1996).
6) Sodium Fluoride (NaF)
Sodium fluoride is used as a rodenticide and insecticide (mainly for roaches and ants), as a disinfectant for fermentation apparatus in breweries and distilleries, in wood preservation, and in rimmed steel manufacture (ATSDR, p 138). NaF is far more toxic than cryolite because it is far more soluble in water and thus more readily taken up by plants and absorbed by animals.
ATSDR states that the main use of NaF is as a drinking water additive for prevention of dental caries, but fails to point out that this is obtained as a waste product from the superphosphate fertilizer industry containing other toxic contaminants (see below).
We had requested information from USDA on the uses of NaF in organic agriculture. They have not replied. It is possible that the NaF which is allowed, like the agent used for fluoridating public drinking water, is an industrial waste product. In which case in addition to the toxicity of fluoride must be added concern about contaminants like arsenic, lead, and even traces of radioactive isotopes. This is an incredible state of affairs for something described as an "inert" in EPA's list 4 inerts included in the NOS!
7) Superphosphate Fertilizer
Phosphate rock minerals are the only significant global resources of phosphorus. Approximately 90% of phosphate rock production is used for fertilizers and animal feed supplements, which are defluorinated, and the balance for industrial chemicals (US Geologic Survey, 1999).
In the US phosphate rock is produced by 11 companies at 18 mines. 12 mines in Florida and 1 in North Carolina accounted for 86% of domestic production. The US accounted for more than 50% of global trade of converted phosphate products.
Because phosphate rock contains considerable quantities of fluoride (up to 5%) the superphosphate industry has been a key player in fluoride pollution and exposure of people to fluoride for over a century.
Firstly, the superphosphate itself contains residual fluoride and according to a 1971 study cited by the ATSDR: "fertilization with superphosphates added to the soil 8-20 kg fluoride/hectare (ATSDR, p 146)." Phosphate fertilizers contain between one and three percent fluoride, and "fertilized tuber plants such as potatoes, beets, radishes, etc., assimilate more fluoride from the soil than from the atmosphere (Waldbott et al, p 37)."
Secondly, to prepare superphosphate, phosphate rock is heated with sulfuric acid. This results in the release of gaseous hydrogen fluoride and silicon tetrafluoride. Prior to World War II this led to considerable damage to local farmland and grazing cattle. Today, most of the hydrogen fluoride and silicon tetrafluoride are captured in wet scrubbing systems producing a solution of hexafluorosilicic acid, together with other toxic contaminants such as arsenic, lead and trace amounts of radioactive isotopes.
Thirdly, the hexafluorosilicic acid captured by the superphosphate fertilizer industry is then sold for fluoridating our public drinking water. Over 90% of the fluoridated waters sytems in the US use either hexafluorosilicic acid or the sodium salt made from it.
So one way or another the fluoride from the superphosphate industry enters our bodies via our food, our air or our water!
8. Powdered or Raw Phosphate Rock
Organic farmers and gardeners are advised to use powdered phosphate rock as a "natural" fertilizer. Unfortunately in this context, the word "natural" does not mean benign. In addition to containing 2-5% fluoride, the raw phosphate rock also contains a number of other toxic substances. The following advice is listed in our 1978 edition of The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: the use of Phosphate rock is as an "excellent source of phosphorus for fertilizer use... it contains 65 percent calcium phosphate or bone phosphate of lime as well as ... calcium, carbonate, calcium fluoride, iron oxide, iron sulfide, alumina, silica, manganese dioxide, titanium oxide, sodium, copper, chromium, magnesium, strontium, barium, lead, zinc, vanadium, boron, silver, and iodine.... Phosphate rock today has been ground finer than talcum powder, so that a significant part of it is gradually available to the plant... (Rodale, p 863)"
We would add that unfortunately this means that the fluoride is also slowly available for uptake into the plants and thence into our "wholesome organic" diet.
9. Bone Meal
Another concern with organic gardening and farming is the use of bone meal, which is allowed for use in the National Organic Standards under EPA's List 4 Inerts. This meal is prepared mainly from the bones of farm animals. Fluoride concentrates in the bones of all mammals and we can expect concentrations to be in the 1000 ppm plus range. There is also the concern about transmission of Mad Cow disease through contact with bone meal.
10. Industrial air pollution
In addition to the Superphosphate industry, discussed above, many other industries put fluoride compounds into the air, some of which ends up in our food. These include: aluminum smelters, zinc smelters, brickworks, ceramic works, steel mills, uranium enrichment facilities, coal fired power plants, and oil refineries.
"An estimated 74% of the reported fluorspar (CaF2) consumption in the United States in 1995 went into the production of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in Louisiana, Texas, and Kentucky. HF is the primary ingredient from which virtually all organic and inorganic fluorine-bearing chemicals are produced (US Geologic Survey, 1997)."
In 1998, the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) ranked Hydrofluoric Acid number 6 for Toxic Air Releases in the US.
Conclusion
A recent analysis of the Canadian food basket indicates that a typical North American diet delivers about 1.8 mg of fluoride per day (Dabeka, 1995). This is nearly twice the amount of fluoride one would receive from drinking one liter of fluoridated water. Some of this fluoride we can do little about, but the one source we should not have to contend with is that introduced by organic farmers. When we pay extra money to avoid pesticides, we don't expect to get doses of an extremely toxic pesticide! Thus, even though these new National Organic Standards permit organic farmers to use bone meal and sodium fluoride, we urge them not to do so. We also urge them to avoid the use of powdered phosphate rock. We urge readers to make their voices heard on this issue. In the future, we will be looking for labels which say "organic" and "fluoride free".
| What you can do: Request a "Specific Prohibition" for Sodium Fluoride and Bone Meal (on EPA's List 4 Inerts) from the "National List." This is the list of approved and prohibited substances in the National Organic Standards. Petitions should be submitted to: Program Manager, USDA/AMS/TMP/NOP, Room 2945, South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456. |
The
National Organic Standards are available at:
www.ams.usda.gov/nop |
Fluoride Fact Sheet
David C. Kennedy, D.D.S.
FACT #1 Fluoride is more toxic than lead, and just like lead, even in
minute doses, accumulates in and is damaging to brain/mind development of
children, i.e. produces abnormal behavior in animals and reduces IQ in
humans.
FACT #2 Fluoridation is cancer-causing, cancer-promoting, and is linked
to increased cancer rates in rats, mice, and humans . Dr. William Marcus,
Senior Science Advisor at the Office of Drinking Water, stated
unequivocally in his May Day Memo that fluoride is a carcinogen.
Full text of the memo available 800-728-3833
FACT #3 Numerous studies, including four published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association since 1990, have found that hip fracture rates
are substantially higher in people residing in fluoridated communities .
FACT #4 Dental fluorosis, the first visible sign of fluoride poisoning,
affects from 8% to 51% of the children drinking fluoridated water and has
substantially increased over the last 40 years . Dental fluorosis is more
than cosmetic damage with psychological harm. It is also indicative of
neurological impairment (See ref. C 3 Dr. Li)
FACT #5 All of the recent large-scale studies on fluoridation and tooth
decay show that fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay . Studies from New
Zealand, Canada, Europe, and the US have confirmed no difference in decay
rates for permanent teeth of residents of fluoridated vs. non-fluoridated
communities.
FACT #6 Fluoride drops and tablets are not approved by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration as safe or effective . Ingested fluoride has no
detectable effect on decay rates. Fluoride tablets and drops have been
shown to be ineffective in reducing tooth decay and to cause skin
eruptions, gastric distress, headache, and weakness - which disappear when
fluoride use is discontinued - as well as dental fluorosis, a permanent
disfigurement.
FACT #7 Fluoride causes iodine deficiency which can result in
hypothyroidism and frequently in hyperthyroidism. Fluorides were prescribed
to patients suffering from hyperthyroidism as anti-thyroid medication prior
to 1950. Fluoride exposure may exacerbate iodine deficiency. During
pregnancy, when iodine requirements are at their peak, the fetus is
especially vulnerable.
Even a slightly underfunctioning thyroid gland can result in loss of IQ in
the newborn.
The following warning is required an all fluoridated toothpaste by the FDA
since April of 1997 due to the large number of calls to the Poison Control
Centers for children who became acutely ill from ingested fluoride. There
is approximately 1 milligram of fluoride in a pea sized drop of toothpaste.
"WARNING: Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. In case of
accidental overdose, seek professional assistance or contact a poison
control center immediately."
References:Fact #1 Neurotoxicity and intelligence
Rats:
A) Chronic Administration of Aluminum-Fluoride or Sodium-Fluoride to Rats
in Drinking Water: Alterations in Neuronal and Cerebrovascular Integrity,
JA Varner, KF Jensen, W Horvath, RL Issacson,. Brain Research Vol. 784, pp
284-298 1998
B) Influence of chronic fluorosis on membrane lipids in rat brain. Z.Z.
Guan, Y.N. Wang, K.Q. Xiao, D.Y. Dai, Y.H. Chen, J.L. Liu, P. Sindelar and
G. Dallner, Neurotoxicology and Teratology 20 537-542 (1998).
C) Mullenix, P.J., Denbesten, P.K., Schunior, A. and Kernan, W.J.,
Neurotoxicity of Sodium Fluoride in Rats, Neurotoxicology and Teratology,
Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 169-177, 1995
(D) Effect of fluoride on the physiology of the pineal gland. Luke, J.A.,
Caries Research 28 204 (1994).
Humans:
(E) Masters, R., Coplan, M, Hone, B. Water Treatment with Silicofluorides
and Lead Toxicity, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Summer
1999
F) Li, XS; Zhi, JL; Gao, RO Effects of fluoride exposure on intelligence in
children, Fluoride 28:4, pp. 189-192 (1995)
G) Zhao, LB; Liang, D; W Wu Lu-Liang Effects of a high fluoride water
supply on children's intelligence. Fluoride vol. 29:4 pp. 190-192 1996
Fact #2 Fluoride is cancer causing, cancer promoting:
A) Carcinogenesis, Vol. 9, pp. 2279-2284 (1988)
B) Sodium Fluoride: individual animal tumor pathology table [rats],
Battelle Memorial Institute, February 23, 1989
C) Sodium Fluoride: individual animal tumor pathology table [mice],
Battelle Memorial Institute, April 11, 1989
D) Dr. Wm Marcus May Day Memo discussed in Lancet 36, page 737 (1990)
E) Review of Fluoride: Benefits and Risks, U. S. Public Health Service,
pp. F1-F7 (1991)
F) Fluoride Vol. 26, pp. 83-96 (1992) Fluoride is an equivocal carcinogen
G) A Brief Report on the Association of Drinking Water Fluoridation and
the Incidence of Osteosarcoma among Young Males, New Jersey Department of
Health, November 1992
H) Fluoride, the Aging Factor, Health Action Press, pp. 72-90 (1993)
Fact #3 Hip fracture increase linked to water fluoride levels
A) Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Miles TP, Brody JA, et al. Regional variation
in the incidence of hip fractures: U.S. white women aged 65 years and
older. JAMA Vol. 264, pp. 500-502 (1990)
B) Cooper C, Wickham CAC, Barkcr DJR, and Jacobsen SJ. Water fluoridation
and hip fracture [letter]. JAMA Vol. 266, pp. 513-514, 1991
C) Danielson C, Lyon IL, Egger M, and Goodenough GK. Hip fractures and
fluoridation in Utah's elderly population. JAMA Vol. 268, pp. 746-748
(1992)
D) Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 273, pp. 775-776 (1995)
E) Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Cooper C, and Lockwood SA. The association
between water fluoridation and hip fracture among white women and men aged
65 years and older: A national ecologic study. Ann Epidemiol 1992:
2:617-26
F) Sowers MFR, Clark MK, Jannausch ML and Wallce RB, A prospective study of
bone mineral content and fracture in communities with differential fluoride
exposure. Am J Epidemiol 1991; 133:649-60
G) Keller C. Fluorides in Drinking Water. Paper presented at the Workshop
on Drinking Water Fluoride influence on Hip Fractures and Bone Health.
April 10, 1991, Bethesda, Md.
H) May, DS and Wilson MG. Hip fractures in relation to water fluoridation:
an ecologic analysis. Presented at the Workshop on Drinking Water Fluoride
Influence on Hip Fractures and Bone Health. April 10, 1991, Bethesda, Md.
Fact #4 Fluoridation increases dental fluorosis. NOTE: This fact is no
longer being contested.
A) Science Vol. 217, pp. 26-30 (1982)
B) Journal of the American Dental Association Vol. 108, pp. 56-59 (1984)
C) Journal of public Health Dentistry Vol. 46, pp. 184-187 (1986)
D) Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride, National Research Council, page 37
(1993)
E) Wall Street Journal Dec 21, 1998 Some Young Children Get Too Much
Fluoride by Tara Parker-Pope
The Center for Disease Control estaimates 22% of American children have
dental fluorosis due to excess fluoride intake.
Fact #5 Tooth decay and dental care costs are not reduced. There are no
broad-based blinded studies of animals or humans which have ever found a
significant reduction in tooth decay rates of permanent teeth in
fluoridated areas.
A) Colquhoun, J. Child Dental Health Differences in New Zealand, Community
Health Studies Vol. 11:2, pp. 85-90 (1987)
B) Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, Vol. 53, pp. 763-765 (1987)
C) Fluoride Vol. 23, pp. 55-67 (1990)
D) California Department of Health records of actual DentiCal cost.
Unpublished research for Writ of Mandate, Citizens Against Fluoridation vs.
Attorney General Dan Lungren 7/1996
E) Colquhoun, J. Influence of social class and fluoridation on child dental
health Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Vol. 13, pp. 37-41, 1985
F) Gray, AS Fluoridation Time for a New Base Line J Canadian Dent. Assoc.
Vol. 10, 1987
G) Yiamouyiannis, J "National Institute Dental Research study shows no
relationship between fluoridation and tooth decay rate" American Laboratory
5/1989
Fact #6 Fluoride drops and tablets are not FDA approved or proven
effective.
A) Letter from Frank R. Fazzari, Chief, Prescription Drug Compliance, Food
and Drug Administration to New Jersey Assemblyman John Kelly (June 8,
1993)
B) Preventing Tooth Decay: Results from a Four-Year National Study, Robert
Wood-Johnson Foundation, Special Report number, pp. 18, (Feb. 1983)
C) Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Vol. 19, pp. 88-92 (1991)
D) 1992 Physicians' Desk Reference, page 2273.
FACT #7 Fluoride causes iodine deficiency which can result in
hypothyroidism and occasionaly in hyperthyroidism.
A) Galetti PM, Joyet, G - "Effect of Fluorine On Thyroidal Iodine Metabolism
in
Hyperthyroidism" J Clin Endocrinol 18:1102-1110 (1958)
B) Galetti (1958) gave 0.9 to 4.5 F- daily to patients suffering from
Graves' disease. In those studies the average protein-bound iodine
decreased from 9.8 to 6.7 ug/dl, basic metabolic rate from +37% to +27%.
C) May, W - "Behandlung der Hypothyreosen einschließlich des schweren
genuinen Morbus Basedow mit Fluor" Klin Wochenschr 16:562-564 (1937)
D) May treated 1,158 hyperthyroid patients _effectively_ within 6 years
with either sodium fluoride or fluorotyrosine ("Pardinon").
E) Gorlitzer von Mundy - "Einfluss von Fluor und Jod auf den Stoffwechsel,
insbesondere auf die Schilddrüse" Münch Med Wochenschrift 105:234-247 (1963)
F) Gorlitzer von Mundy for more than 30 years treated in excess of 650
patients _effectively_ with baths containing fluoride.
G) Lin Fa-Fu et al - "The Relationship of a Low-Iodine and High-Fluoride
Environment to Subclinical Cretinism in Xinjiang" UNICEF AID PROJECT REPORT
IDD Newsletter, Volume 7 Number 3 August (1991)
H) Zhao W, Zhu H, Yu Z, Aoki K, Misumi J, Zhang X - "Long-term Effects of
Various Iodine and Fluorine Doses on the Thyroid and Fluorosis in Mice"
Endocr Regul 32(2):63-70 (1998)
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Fluoridation / Fluoride
Toxic Chemicals In Your Water
Fluoride compounds which are put in water (fluoridation), toothpaste and supplement tablets (including some vitamins) were never tested for safety before approval.
http://www.holisticmed.com/fluoride/
50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm
http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm
Focus: Fluoride
http://www.hearstnp.com/san_antonio/bea/news/stories
/san/storypage.cfm?xlc=115955&xla=saen
http://www.hearstnp.com/san_antonio/bea/news/stories
/san/storypage.cfm?xlc=115955&xla=saen
FLUORIDE REALITY
Fluoride ingestion has very little to do with dental health, it does have a lot to do with disposing of industrial waste and making people docile and subservient, it also has a lot to do with MONEY.
Clearly, the dental profession would not and HAS not put itself out of business.
http://www.webaxs.net/~noel/fluoride.htmRespected Medical Professionals and Scientists
are warning that water fluoridation
has dangerous long-term consequences to health.
http://www.nofluoride.com/TOXIC SECRETS
Fluoride & the A-Bomb Program
During the ultra-secret Manhattan Project, a report was commissioned to assess the effect of fluoride on humans. That report was classified "secret" for reasons of "national security".
http://www.nexusmagazine.com//fluoridebomb.htmlFluoride: An Invisible Killer
http://www.just-think-it.com/no-f.htm
"FLUORIDE DANGERS TO THE THYROID"
http://www.thyroid.about.com/health/thyroid/library/weekly/aa020700b.htmWhy American's are SHEEPLES: FLUORIDE
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/sheeples.htmArtificial Sweeteners Conspiracy to Make Americans Sick
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/sick.htmFluoride Fantasies
http://www.trunkerton.fsnet.co.uk/fluoride_fantasies.htmFluoridation: A Horror Story
http://www.halcyon.com/wfrazier/fluoride.htmThe Chemical Manipulation of Human Consciousness
http://www.cco.net/~trufax/menu/chem.htmlHOW THE ANTHRAX VACCINE RUINED MY LIFE
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/anthrax.htm
Join The Nationwide Call for
Congressional Hearings on Fluoridation
2001
http://www.citizens.org/Food_Water_Safety/Fluoridation/fluoride.htm
Just click "search" for more information on Fluoride:
GOOD TEETH BIRTH TO DEATH - Anti-Fluoride book - Revised
Edition, 117 Pages
by:
Dr. Gerard F. Judd, Professor, Chemist and Researcher
Research Publications Co. - 602-412-3955
6615 W. Lupine
Glendale, AZ 85304-3136
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by:
Dr. Gerard F. Judd, Professor, Chemist and Researcher
Research Publications Co. - 602-412-3955
6615 W. Lupine
Glendale, AZ 85304-3136
SEND $8.00 FOR THIS REPORT + $3.00 S&H - YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED
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