July 9, 2015
Even though fluoride has been labeled a developmental neurotoxin,
U.S. regulatory agencies and other promoters refuse to allow this
potential harm to interfere with their blind promotion of fluoridation
policy.
Developmental
neurotoxins are capable of causing widespread brain disorders such as
autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities,
and other cognitive impairments. The harm is often untreatable and
permanent.
When fluoride was labeled an endocrine disruptor in
the 2006 landmark report on the toxicology of fluoride, published by
the National Research Council of the National Academies, the reaction of
all U.S. regulatory agencies involved in this issue was the same: zero
response.
Their reaction didn’t alter in 2015 when two important studies linked fluoride exposure to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and to underactive thyroid disorder.
The lack of reaction to the 43 published studies reporting an association of exposure to fluoride and reduced IQ in children has been deeply worrying.
• To see the scientific evidence that fluoride is neurotoxic and can lower IQ in children, go to FluorideACTION.net/issues/health/brain
One of the authors of The Lancet article, Dr. Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health noted:
“Fluoride
seems to fit in with lead, mercury, and other poisons that cause
chemical brain drain,” Grandjean says. “The effect of each toxicant may
seem small, but the combined damage on a population scale can be
serious, especially because the brain power of the next generation is
crucial to all of us.”
John
Mishko, a Fircrest chiropractor who helped to raise the money to rent
the first six billboards going up in the Tacoma, WA area is heartened
that local dentists who have done their homework are speaking out
against fluoridation. Mishko says:
"Together
we have done everything we can think of to get our local and state
officials to end this well-intentioned but outdated practice. But, as
long as the majority of the public is unaware of the dangers involved –
especially the threat to our children's brains - we can make little
progress. The media is not helping us to get the message to them – so we
have been forced to use this method."
• If you want to help end fluoridation in North West Washington click here.
How You Can Participate
Having
billboards and posters erected in your community with this message will
certainly add adrenaline and momentum to both your campaign and the
entire worldwide movement to end fluoridation. You should expect it to
generate media coverage, gain the attention of local officials, help
recruit supporters, and shock your neighbors into researching the issue
for themselves.
FAN
has made arrangements with a major national outdoor advertising company
to help groups put up these billboards at a significantly discounted
rate and customized to display your group’s webpage or Facebook address.
--If your group would like to run this billboard, please contact FAN’s Campaign Manager (stuart@fluoridealert.org).
--To
order a poster version of this billboard (without the Facebook
address), contact FAN’s Managing Director (ellen@fluoridealert.org).
REMINDER: International Fluoride Free Teleconference
Sincerely,
Stuart Cooper
Campaign Manager,
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