Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides

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Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides

 

Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides

 

1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis of collagen and leads to

the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle, skin, cartilage,

lungs, kidney and trachea.

A.K. Susheela and Mohan Jha, " Effects of Fluoride on Cortical and

Cancellous Bone Composition, " IRCS Medical Sciences: Library

Compendium, Vol. 9, No.11, pp. 1021-1022 (1981); Y. D.

Sharma, " Effect of Sodium Fluoride on Collagen Cross-Link

Precursors, " Toxicological Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 97-100 (1982); A.

K. Susheela and D. Mukerjee, " Fluoride poisoning and the Effect of

Collagen Biosynthesis of Osseous and Nonosseous Tissue, "

Toxicological European Research, Vol. 3, No.2, pp. 99-104 (1981);

Y.D. Sharma, " Variations in the Metabolism and Maturation of

Collagen after Fluoride Ingestion, " Biochemica et Biophysica Acta,

Vol. 715, pp. 137-141 (1982); Marian Drozdz et al., " Studies on the

Influence of Fluoride Compounds upon Connective Tissue Metabolism in

Growing Rats " and " Effect of Sodium Fluoride With and Without

Simultaneous Exposure to Hydrogen Fluoride on Collagen Metabolism, "

Journal of Toxicological Medicine, Vol. 4, pp. 151-157 (1984).

 

2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation and oxygen consumption in

white blood cells, but inhibits these processes when the white blood

cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the blood.

Robert A. Clark, " Neutrophil Iodintion Reaction Induced by Fluoride:

Implications for Degranulation and Metabolic Activation, " Blood,

Vol. 57, pp. 913-921 (1981).

 

3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the ability of white

blood cells to properly destroy foreign agents by the process of

phagocytosis. As little as 0.2 ppm fluoride stimulates superoxide

production in resting white blood cells, virtually abolishing

phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of fluoride, below 1 ppm, may

seriously depress the ability of white blood cells to destroy

pathogenic agents.

John Curnette, et al, " Fluoride-mediated Activation of the

Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils, " Journal of Clinical

Investigation, Vol. 63, pp. 637-647 (1979); W. L. Gabler and P. A.

Leong, ., " Fluoride Inhibition of Polymorphonumclear Leukocytes, "

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 1933-1939 (1979); W.

L. Gabler, et al., " Effect of Fluoride on the Kinetics of Superoxide

Generation by Fluoride, " Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 64, p. 281

(1985); A. S. Kozlyuk, et al., " Immune Status of Children in

Chemically Contaminated Environments, " Zdravookhranenie, Issue 3,

pp. 6-9 (1987)

 

4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and causes it to attack the

body's own tissues, and increases the tumor growth rate in cancer

prone individuals.

Alfred Taylor and Nell C. Taylor, " Effect of Sodium Fluoride on

Tumor Growth, " Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology

and Medicine, Vol. 119, p. 252 (1965); Shiela Gibson, " Effects of

Fluoride on Immune System Function, " Complementary Medical Research,

Vol. 6, pp. 111-113 (1992); Peter Wilkinson, " Inhibition of the

Immune System With Low Levels of Fluorides, " Testimony before the

Scottish High Court in Edinburgh in the Case of McColl vs.

Strathclyde Regional Council, pp. 17723-18150, 19328-19492, and

Exhibit 636, (1982); D. W. Allman and M. Benac, " Effect of Inorganic

Fluoride Salts on Urine and Cyclic AMP Concentration in Vivo, "

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 55 (Supplement B), p. 523 (1976);

S. Jaouni and D. W. Allman, " Effect of Sodium Fluoride and Aluminum

on Adenylate Cyclase and Phosphodiesterase Activity, " Journal of

Dental Research, Vol. 64, p. 201 (1985)

 

5. Fluoride inhibits antibody formation in the blood.

S. K. Jain and A. K. Susheela, " Effect of Sodium Fluoride on

Antibody Formation in Rabbits, " Environmental Research, Vol. 44, pp.

117-125 (1987)

 

6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity.

Viktor Gorlitzer Von Mundy, " Influence of Fluorine and Iodine on the

Metabolism, Particularly on the Thyroid Gland, " Muenchener

Medicische Wochenschrift, Vol. 105, pp. 182-186 (1963); A.

Benagiano, " The Effect of Sodium Fluoride on Thyroid Enzymes and

Basal Metabolism in the Rat, " Annali Di Stomatologia, Vol. 14, pp.

601-619 (1965); Donald Hillman, et al., " Hypothyroidism and Anemia

Related to Fluoride in Dairy Cattle, " Journal of Dairy Science, Vol.

62, No.3, pp. .416-423 (1979); V. Stole and J. Podoba, " Effect of

Fluoride on the Biogenesis of Thyroid Hormones, " Nature, Vol. 188,

No. 4753, pp. 855-856 (1960); Pierre Galleti and Gustave

Joyet, " Effect of Fluorine on Thyroid Iodine Metabolism and

Hyperthyroidism, " Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,

Vol. 18, pp. 1102-1110 (1958)

 

7. Fluorides have a disruptive effect on various tissues in the

body.

T. Takamorim " The Heart Changes in Growing Albino Rats Fed on Varied

Contents of Fluorine, " The Toxicology of Fluorine Symposium, Bern,

Switzerland, Oct 1962, pp. 125-129; Vilber A. O. Bello and Hillel J.

Gitelman, " High Fluoride Exposure in Hemodialysis Patients, "

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 15, pp. 320-324 (1990); Y.

Yoshisa, " Experimental Studies on Chronic Fluorine Poisoning, "

Japanese Journal of Industrial Health, Vol. 1, pp. 683-690 (1959)

 

8. Fluoride promotes development of bone cancer.

J.K. Mauer, et al., " Two-Year Cacinogenicity Study Of Sodium

Fluoride In Rats, " Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol.

82, pp. 1118-1126 (1990); Proctor and Gamble " Carcinogenicity

Studies with Sodium Fluoride in Rats " National Institute of

Environmenrtal Health Sciences Presentation, July 27, 1985; S. E.

Hrudley et al., " Drinking Water Fluoridation and Osteosarcoma, "

Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp. 415-416 (1990); P.

D. Cohn, " A Brief Report on the Association of Drinking Water

Fluoridation and Incidence of Osteosarcoma in Young Males, " New

Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey, Nov. 1992; M. C.

Mahoney et al., " Bone Cancer Incidence Rates in New York, " American

Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp. 81, 475 (1991); Irwin

Herskowitz and Isabel Norton, " Increased Incidence of Melanotic

Tumors Following Treatment with Sodium Fluoride, " Genetics Vol. 48,

pp. 307-310 (1963); J. A. Disney, et al., " A Case Study in Testing

the Conventional Wisdom:

School Based Fluoride Mouth Rinse Programs in the USA, " Community

Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Vol. 18, pp. 46-56 (1990); D. J.

Newell, " Fluoridation of Water Supplies and Cancer - An

Association?, " Applied Statistics, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 125-135

(1977)

 

9. Fluorides cause premature aging of the human body.

Nicholas Leone, et al., " Medical Aspects of Excessive Fluoride in a

Water Supply, " Public Health Reports, Vol. 69, pp. 925-936 (1954);

J. David Erikson, " Mortality of Selected Cities with Fluoridated and

Non-Fluoridated Water Supplies, " New England Journal of Medicine,

Vol. 298, pp. 1112-1116 (1978); " The Village Where People Are Old

Before Their Time, " Stern Magazine, Vol. 30, pp. 107-108, 111-112

(1978)

 

10. Fluoride ingestion from mouth rinses and dentifrices in children

is extremely hazardous to biological development, life span and

general health.

Yngve Ericsson and Britta Forsman, " Fluoride Retained From Mouth

Rinses and Dentifrices In Preschool Children, " Caries Research, Vol.

3, pp. 290-299 (1969); W. L. Augenstein, et al., " Fluoride Ingestion

In Children: A Review Of 87 Cases, " Pediatrics, Vol. 88, pp. 907-

912, (1991); Charles Wax, " Field Investigation Report, " State of

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, March 19, 1980, 67

pages; George Waldbott, " Mass Intoxication from Over-Fluoridation in

Drinking Water, " Clinical Toxicology, Vol. 18, No.5, pp. 531-541

(1981)

 

Other Facts

 

The contents of a family size tube of fluoridated toothpaste is

enough to kill a 25 pound child.

In 1991, the Akron (Ohio) Regional Poison Center reported

that " death has been reported following ingestion of 16mg/kg of

fluoride. Only 1/10 of an ounce of fluoride could kill a 100 pound

adult. According to the Center, " fluoride toothpaste contains up to

1mg/gram of fluoride. " Even Proctor and Gamble, the makers of Crest,

acknowledge that a family-sized tube " theoretically contains enough

fluoride to kill a small child. "

 

Fluorides have been used to modify behavior and mood of human

beings.

It is a little known fact that fluoride compounds were added to the

drinking water of prisoners to keep them docile and inhibit

questioning of authority, both in Nazi prison camps in World War II

and in the Soviet gulags in Siberia.

 

Fluorides are medically categorized as protoplasmic poisons, which

is why they are used to kill rodents.

The September 18, 1943 issue of the Journal of the American Medical

Association, states, " fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons,

changing the permeability of the cell membrane by inhibiting certain

enzymes. The exact mechanisms of such actions are obscure. "

 

Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general cancer

death rate.

In 1975 Dr. John Yiamouyiannis published a preliminary survey which

showed that people in fluoridated areas have a higher cancer death

rate than those in non-fluoridated areas. The National Cancer

Institute attempted to refute the studies. Later in 1975

Yiamouyiannis joined with Dr. Dean Burk, chief chemist of the

National Cancer Institute (1939-1974) in performing other studies

which were then included in the Congressional Record by Congressman

Delaney, who was the original author of the Delaney Amendment, which

prohibited the addition of cancer-causing substances to food used

for human consumption. Both reports confirmed the existence of a

link between fluoridation and cancer. (Note: Obviously Dr. Burk felt

free to agree with scientific truth only after his tenure at

National Cancer Institute ended, since his job depended on towing

the party line).

 

Fluorides have little or no effect on decay prevention in humans.

In 1990 Dr. John Colquhoun was forced into early retirement in New

Zealand after he conducted a study on 60,000 school children and

found no difference in tooth decay between fluoridated and

unfluoridated areas. He additionally found that a substantial number

of children in fluoridated areas suffered from dental fluorosis. He

made the study public.

 

There is no scientific data that shows that fluoride mouth rinses

and tablets are safe for human use.

In 1989 a study by Hildebolt, et al. on 6,000 school children

contradicted any alleged benefit from the use of sodium fluorides. A

1990 study by Dr. John Yiamouyiannis on 39,000 school children

contradicted any alleged benefits from the use of sodium fluorides.

In 1992 Michael Perrone, a legislative assistant in New Jersey,

contacted the FDA requesting all information regarding the safety

and effectiveness of fluoride tablets and drops. After 6 months of

stalling, the FDA admitted they had no data to show that fluoride

tablets or drops were either safe or effective. They informed

Perrone that they will " probably have to pull the tablets and drops

off the market. "

 

The fact that fluoride toothpastes and school based mouth rinses are

packaged in aluminum accentuates the effect on the body.

In 1976, Dr. D. Allman and coworkers from Indiana University School

of Medicine fed animals 1 part-per-million (ppm) fluoride and found

that in the presence of aluminum, in a concentration as small as 20

parts per billion, fluoride is able to cause an even larger increase

in cyclic AMP levels. Cyclic AMP inhibits the migration rate of

white blood cells, as well as the ability of the white blood cell to

destroy pathogenic (disease-causing) organisms. Reference: Journal

of Dental Research, Vol. 55, Sup B, p. 523, 1976, " Effect of

Inorganic Fluoride Salts on Urine and Tissue Cyclic AMP

Concentration in Vivo " . (Note: It is no small accident that

toothpaste tubes containing fluoride are often made of aluminum)

 

" Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific fraud of this

century "

Robert Carlton, Ph. D., former U. S. EPA scientist on " Marketplace "

Canadian Broadcast Company, Nov. 24, 1992

 

" Regarding fluoridation, the EPA should act immediately to protect

the public, not just on the cancer data, but on the evidence of bone

fractures, arthritis, mutagenicity and other effects "

William Marcus, Ph. D., senior EPA toxicologist, Covert Action, Fall

1992, p. 66

 

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