Dear America,
Bucks County, PA Goes Fluoride-Free
We are happy to report a major
fluoride-free victory for the people of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. One of
the largest water and sewer authorities in the state serving more than 78,000
accounts and 385,000 people in the southeastern Pennsylvania region has stopped supplying fluoridated water to customers. On July 1, the Bucks County Water &
Sewer Authority changed their water supplier from the fluoridated City of
Philadelphia to the non-fluoridated supply from Chalfont, PA.
According to the press release from the
water authority, customers requested the change and the authority was “happy to
announce that customers have a choice to use fluoride or not through [their]
dentist instead of being mandated through [their] water supply.”
U.S. Congressman Publicly Opposes Fluoridation
Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a
republican representing California’s 48th district and a member of
the House Science Committee, said that he opposed fluoridation while giving a
speech at a recent event on climate change. While referencing a number of
scientific “facts” that he felt weren’t indeed true, he said:
“I remember as a kid, one of the big battles going on was
about fluoridation of the water. Well, I don’t know whether or not
fluoridating the water helps people’s teeth become better or not. I don’t
know that. But, I do know that in this country, we should be the ones who
should be deciding what we put into our bodies one way or the other. Not
the federal government or the local government putting fluoride into our
water. A lot of these things come down to freedom issues. They come
down to whether or not we will control our own destiny. The fact that we
will be consistent with what our founding fathers had in mind for us in
controlling our own lives.”
While Congressman Rohrabacher isn’t our
only ally on Capitol Hill, his public opposition to fluoridation is a big and
promising step in the direction of ending the practice at the federal level. That
said, we still need more allies in Congress to publicly oppose fluoridation and
to call for hearings if we ultimately want to be successful. To this end,
FAN will be holding our first ever fluoride lobby-day in Washington, D.C. on
September 8. This will be an opportunity for fluoridation opponents from
around the U.S. to urge their Senators and House members to join Rep.
Rohrabacher in opposition to this outdated practice.
FAN’s lobby-day will take place
following our two-day Citizen’s Conference on Fluoride held at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia (right outside D.C.). The
conference will feature a day of presentations from scientific and medical
experts, a day of presentations from campaign and grassroots experts, and plenty
of opportunities to interact with the FAN staff, fluoride experts, and fellow
campaigners.
International Fluoride Free Teleconference
This month’s International Fluoride
Free Teleconference will be held this Saturday, July 12 at 2PM (Pacific US)/
5PM (Eastern US). The call will feature a panel of experts discussing the
recent legal opinion presented to the Regional Council of Peel, Ontario that
water fluoridation is unconstitutional, it should be illegal in Canada, and
regional councilors can be held liable for harm caused by the
practice. Experts on the call will include Dr. Paul Connett (FAN’s
Director), John Sprovieri (Peel Regional Councillor), Attorney Nader Hasan, and
Dr. Kathleen Thiessen (Scientist & member of 2006 NRC panel on
fluoridation). See the legal brief that includes the affidavit of Kathleen M. Thiessen,
PhD.
News You May Have Missed
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Fluoride from Water (Kalama,
Washington)
Sincerely,
Stuart
Cooper
FAN,
Campaign Manager
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