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Massachusetts Fluoridation News
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vol. 2 No. 8 Belchertown, Massachusetts January 18, 2016
State Legislature
Ellen Story not seeking re-election
Long-time Amherst State Representative Ellen Story has announced that she will not seek re-election in November. She has served for over 20 years. She said she would not endorse anyone in the election this year.
Three Democratic State Senators will not seek re-election
State Senators Benjamin Downing of Pittsfield, Dan Wolf of Harwich and Anthony Petruccelli of Boston have announced they will not seek re-election, according to a report in the
January 26, Springfield Republican.
State Legislature
Whos on the Joint Committee on Public Health
[Editors note: With this issue we begin what will be the main focus of this newsletter monitoring and reporting on Massachusetts State Senators and Representatives with the goal of encouraging them to ban water fluoridation in Massachusetts.]
Ten years ago, thanks in big part to the heroic efforts of Stephen Dean and colleagues from Springfield, who organized busloads of people to attend the legislative hearing on the matter, an effort to pass a state mandate on water fluoridation, was defeated.
We begin our look this week at th
e Joint Committee on Public Health, which is the focus of bills related to water fluoridation.
The members of the Committee are Jason M. Lewis of Winchester, Senate Chair, Kate Hogan of Stow, House Chair, Jennifer L. Flanagan of Leominster, Senate Vice-Chair, and Ruth B.
Balser of Newton, House Vice-Chair.
The other Senate members of the Committee are Eric P. Lesser of Longmeadow, Joan B. Lovely of Salem, Richard J. Ross of Wrentham, and James E. Timilty of Walpole.
The other House members of the Committee are Christine P. Barber of Somerville, Brendan P. Crighton of Lynn, Jonathan Hecht of Watertown, Hannah Kane of Shrewsbury, Mary
S. Keefe of Worcester, James J. Lyon of Andover, Paul Tucker of Salem, Steven Ultrino of Malden, and John C. Velis of Westfield.
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Protecting children
Connecticut legislature considers banning smoking
in vehicles when children are present
A Taskforce of the Connecticut State Legislature is investigating the prospect of a state ban on cigarette smoking in private vehicles when children are present. Such bans exist in California, Utah and Vermont.
Cigarette smoking was formerly ubiquitous and unregulated, but has now become heavily regulated as non-smokers do not want to be needlessly exposed to the toxins in cigarette smoke.
North Carolina discovery that fluoride in water
increases risk of lead poisoning is ignored
A 2007 research report that found that the fluorosilicic acid used in water fluoridation, in combination with commonly used chlorine chemicals, dramatically increased the lead leached from leaded-brass plumbing parts has been largely ignored by other research labs and government agencies.
A review of the main scientific database of published research reports, the Web of Science, published by Thomson Reuters, indicates that no research laboratory or government agency has published a critique or refutation of the research results, and that the findings, rendered even more serious in light of the growing national concern over lead poisoning from drinking water, have essentially been ignored by the public health bureaucracy.
Editorial
When it comes to water fluoridation
we all live in Flint, Michigan
Public officials, trying to save money, mismanage the water supply, poisoning people. They then mismanage the crisis, and lie about it, needlessly exposing thousands to toxins.
What happened in Flint, Michigan has been happening across the country for decades. It was first publicly reported 20 years ago that fluoride in drinking water is a neurotoxin. Thanks to Chris Brysons reporting in his book The Fluoride Deception, we know that officials of the public health bureaucracy knowingly did nothing to protect children from fluoride.
It was reported nine years ago that fluoridated water increases the risk of lead poisoning from plumbing. Again the public health bureaucracy has done nothing to end this needless exposure. The environmental activist Erin Brokovich reports advising Flint officials to suspend fluoridation there to reduce the risk of lead poisoning. They kept the fluoride flowing, apparently even to this day.
Massachusetts Fluoridation News January 18, 2016 3 Neurotoxin Resolution and its signers
In our previous issues we introduced the “Neurotoxin Resolution” (reprinted below) that calls for an end to water fluoridation in Massachusetts. In this issue we continue publishing the names of signers of the resolution. As names are added we will begin to list them by town and legislative district. Anyone who would like an electronic version of the petition and a related flyer should contact Michael F. Dolan at 413-323-5327 or mdolan.ecsn@outlook.com or P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007.
A Resolution to Prohibit the Addition of Fluoride to Community Water Systems in Massachusetts
Preamble. This resolution is written in honor of the scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency and elsewhere for reporting the adverse effects of fluoridated water.
Whereas a liter of fluoridated tap water contains the same dose of fluoride as the prescription medicine, and
Whereas water fluoridation violates the fundamental medical ethical principle of informed consent, and
Whereas a National Research Council investigation concluded that the current regulation of fluoride in drinking water does not protect the population of the United States, and
Whereas dozens of studies have found that fluoride in drinking water is a neurotoxin that lowers children’s IQ, and a Harvard meta-analysis of these studies confirmed the neurotoxicity of fluoride in drinking water, and
Whereas the EPA’s Neurotoxicology Division labels fluoride as a chemical with “substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity,”
Now therefore be it resolved that the General Laws of Massachusetts shall be revised by the passage of a measure prohibiting the addition of fluoride to community water systems in Massachusetts.
please sign and return to: Public Notice on Water Fluoridation c/o Michael F. Dolan, P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007
References:
Choi, A.L., Sun, G., Zhang, Y. and Grandjean, P. 2012. Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: A systematic review and meta- analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 120: 1362-1368.

Grandjean, P. and Landrigan, P.J. 2014. Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurology 13: 330-338.
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Signers of the Neurotoxin Resolution:
Godbless Asante of Southbridge, Luis Ayala of Southbridge, Darrel Babineau of Orange, Jacalyn Balerine of Southbridge, Patty Barbine of Orange, David Barnes of New Salem, Martin A. Barroll of Paxton, Mary Barroll of Paxton, Paula Bernier of Athol, Alex Blake of Athol, Joan Bonner of Athol, Shirley Bullock of Athol, Ron Bunker of Athol, Meghan Burch of Orange, Eric Caisse of Orange, Marisa Caputo of Athol, William Cass of Athol, Remy Cellera of Orange, Dael A. Chapman of Amherst, Michelle Chenier of Southbridge, Teresa L. Cierla of Southbridge, William Coady of Orange, Karla Collazo of Southbridge, Damany Corren of Southbridge, John Crockett of Athol, Jessica Crickett of Athol, Sarah Cyhowski of Erving, Alisha M. Cummings of Athol,
Also Brad Daigle of Dudley, John Delisle of Sturbridge, Henry Dertel of Orange, G. John Di Bonaventura of Southbridge, Marguerite V. Doane of Orange, Michael F. Dolan of Belchertown, Ayla Doubleday of Warwick, Irene Dzioba of Amherst, Majke Ellis of Southbridge, Dori Ehrlich of Amherst, Jeffrey Farr of Dudley, Margaret Farr of Dudley, Julie Farrell of Baldwinsville, Peter Farrell of Baldwinsville, Mark Ferrari of Athol, Bella Finnell of Athol, Frank Franconeri of Southbridge, William Fregeau of Athol,
Also Ellaine Garrepy of Dudley, Janice Gendreau of Southbridge, Kylii Godin of Southbridge, Barbara Goll of Rockport, Susan Guerchon of Amherst, Natasha Hanna of Orange, E.C. Higgins of Orange, Elizabeth Horn of Sturbridge, Timothy R. Jaillet of Athol, Miranda Jefferson of Athol, Anthony Johnson of Southbridge, Manuel King of Orange, Mary King of Orange, Brian C. Kopinto of Belchertown, Chris Lamira of Southbridge, Miguel Lebrón of Southbridge, Leonar Legros of Fitchburg, Melissa Lemieux of Warwick, Xavier Omar Lopez of Southbridge, Rober Lorai of Southbridge, Elizabeth Loving of Shutesbury,
Also Stephen MacLean of Athol, Brian P. Mallet of Orange, Louise Mangan of Athol, Edward Martini of Westboro, Larry Martowski of Athol, Mary Ellen Mathews of Southbridge, Peggy Matthews-Nilsen of Amherst, Darvan Major of Orange, Kevin McIntosh of Orange, Cara McLoughlin of Athol, Judy Melanson of Orange, Nancy Murphy of Athol, Sarah Myntti of Athol, Dave Paul of Orange, Mellonie Pauley of Dudley, Bryan Moss of Shrewsbury, Lillian G. Peps of Orange, Victor Perez of Athol, Edward Phillips of Southbridge, Dana Ploof of New Salem, Robert Rivard of Erving, Juan Rodriguez of Southbridge,
Also Joseph St. Croix of Athol, Elizabeth St. Lawrence of Orange, Jonathan Sapaugh of Southbridge Nicole Sava of Southbridge, Annabel Shaw of Athol, Fred Shaw of Athol, David Skosupa of Warwick, Bonnie Smith of Amherst, Juanita Smith of Athol, Paul Smith of Southbridge, Shawn L. Smith of Amherst, Devon Softic of Athol, Lisa Soyer-Burk of Athol, Karla Stanley of Athol, Phyllis Stevens of Dufley, Greg Suprise of Orange, William Sykes of Orange, Jeremy Tetlow of Southbridge, Brendan Thideault of Southbridge, Matthew Tie of Athol, Joe Torzin of Orange, Carl Walker of Athol, Tracy Wilkinson of Orange, Trevor Wilson of Southbridge, Debra Wirth of Amherst, Mark A. Wisniewski of Deerfield, Ellen Woodbury of Athol, Alice Young of Orange, Holly Young of Athol.
Fluoridated cities and towns in Massachusetts
The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health website, dated January 2014. We have not included eighteen
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towns that are listed, but have only a few residents receiving fluoridated water, or where only institutional inmates are receiving fluoridated water.
Fluoridated cities and towns: Acton, Acushnet, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Ashburnham, Athol, Attleboro, Bedford, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Boston, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth [unspecified, diluted fluoride concentration between April and October], Dedham, Dracut, Duxbury, Essex, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gardner, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Hingham, Holden, Holliston, Holyoke, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Longmeadow, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester by the Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Middleton, Millis, Milton, Nahant, Natick, New Bedford, Needham, Newburyport, Newton, North Andover, North Attleboro, Northborough, North Reading, Norwood, Oak Bluffs, Oxford, Peabody, Pembroke, Plainville, Quincy, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Rutland, Salem, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Sommerville, Southboro, Southbridge, Stoughton, Stoneham, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Tyngsboro, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wenham, Wellesley, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, West Newbury, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn. Non-fluoridated cities and towns: All of Berkshire County, all of Franklin County, all of Hampshire County except Amherst, all of Hampden County except for Holyoke and Longmeadow, all of Cape Cod. The individual non-fluoridated municipalities are: Abington, Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amesbury, Aquinnah, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashland, Avon, Ayer, Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Belchertown, Bellingham, Berkley, Berkshire, Berlin, Bernardston, Blackstone, Bolton, Blandford, Bourne, Boxborough, Boylston, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Brockton, Brookfield, Buckland, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Chilmark, Clarksburg, Clinton, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, Dennis, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Drury, Dudley, Dunstable, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Eastham, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, Easton, Edgartown, Egremont, Erving, Fairhaven, Falmouth, Florida, Foxborough, Georgetown, Gill, Goshen, Grafton, Granby, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Hadley, Halifax, Hampden, Hancock, Hanover, Hanson, Hardwick, Harvard, Harwich, Hatfield, Hawley, Haydenville, Heath, Hinsdale, Holbrook, Holland, Holyoke, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Huntington, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lanesboro, Lee, Leicester, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, Littleton, Ludlow, Lunenberg, Marion, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlefield, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Montgomery, Mount Washington, Nantucket, New Ashford, New Braintree, Newbury, New Marlborough, New Salem, North Adams, Norfolk, Northampton, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Northfield, Norton, Norwell, Oakham, Orange, Orleans, Otis, Palmer, Paxton, Pelham, Pepperell, Peru, Petersham, Phillipston, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Provincetown, Randolph, Raynham, Rehoboth, Richmond, Rochester, Rockland, Rowley, Rowe, Royalston, Russell, Salisbury, Sandisfield, Sandwich, Savoy, Sheffield, Shelburne, Sherborn, Shirley, Shutesbury, Southampton, Southfield, South Hadley, Southwick, Spencer, Springfield, Stockbridge, Stoughton, Stow, Sunderland, Tolland, Townsend, Truro, Tyringham, Upton, Uxbridge, Vineyard Haven, Wales, Ware, Wareham, Warren, Warwick, Washington, Webster, Wellfleet, Wendell, West Boylston, West
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Bridgewater, West Brookfield, Westfield, Westhampton, Westport, West Springfield, West Tisbury, Whately, Whitman, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Wilmington, Winchendon, Windsor, Worcester, Worthington, Wrentham, Yarmouth.
Massachusetts Fluoridation News is published weekly at Belchertown, Massachusetts by East Coast Science News, P.O. Box 797, Belchertown, MA 01007. Michael F. Dolan, editor. Phone: 413-323-5327; Email: mdolan.ecsn@outlook.com. We request a nominal $3.00/year fee so that readers can indicate to the publisher that the newsletter is useful to them. Back issues are available for $1.00 each. Please make checks payable to East Coast Science News.

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