Alzheimer's in America: The Aluminum - Phosphate Fertilizer Connection (Fluoride,livestock feed)

November 7, 2005

WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED [WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED ] On Behalf Of Shanti RenfrewSunday, October 30, 2005 5:48 PM A ME[WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED] Alzheimer's in America: The Aluminum - Phosphate Fertilizer Connection (Fluoride,livestock feed)

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Murrow (1908-1965), American Broadcast Newsmanhttp://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Edward.R..Murrow.Quote.A809"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote;a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority;the political function of rights is precisely- to protect minorities from oppression by majorities(and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)." ~ Ayn Rand Â«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§Â«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§Â«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§Âhttp://www.ecotalk.org/Alzheimer'sAluminumPhosphateIndustry.htmÂ«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§Â«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§Â«Â¤Â»Â¥Â«Â¤Â»Â§ÂAlzheimer's in America:The Aluminum - Phosphate Fertilizer Connectionby Lynn Landes 8/19/02Americans are losing their minds to Alzheimer's disease.It's an epidemic.And it's not typical of what's going on in the rest of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimatesthat there are 18 million people with Alzheimer's.Over 4 1/2 million Americans have the disease.We account for 25% of all Alzheimer's cases, even thoughwe represent only 4.6% of the world's population.Europe is experiencing half our rate of disease.For Americans over 85 years of age,50% are thought to have Alzheimer’s. The question is, "Why?"Alzheimer's was first discovered in 1906. It is not a partof normal aging, says the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The NIH contends that the cause of Alzheimer's is "not known."They say, "Prior theories regarding the accumulation of aluminum,lead, mercury, and other substances in the brain have been disproved." Don't believe that. Federal agencies have a talentfor not finding environmental causes for many diseases.They live by the motto, "Do not seek and thou shall not find." Genetic triggers and lifestyle choices get the research dollars for pretty obvious reasons-their findings don't hurt polluters’ profits.The world's scientists and government researchers have not takenaluminum off the scientific table as a causal factor in Alzheimer's. Research scientists with the International Aluminum Network report,"Aluminum has been implicated ...as a potential factor or cofactorin the Alzheimer's syndrome, as well as in the etiopathogenesisof other neurodegenerative diseases,- Parkinsonism,- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other diseases." That's a mouthful, but you get the picture.Initially, it was thought that aluminum might be the sole causeof Alzheimer's. Persons with Alzheimer's have been found to experience increased absorption of aluminum in the brain, as well asexhibit densities of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.However, there are reports that suggest plaques and tanglesdo not always signify Alzheimer's, and vice versa. Further clouding the issue are patients on kidney dialysis machines.They are unable to excrete aluminum, plus they may also be treatedwith medicines that include aluminum. However, reports saythat dialysis patients don't develop Alzheimer's,although they can develop dialysis dementia if the equipmentdoesn't filter out aluminum. And therein lies a clue.The process of kidney dialysis requires very purified,non-fluoridated water. What does this mean?Perhaps fluoride is aluminum's partner-in-crime. In 1998 Julie Varner and two colleagues published researchon the effects of aluminum-fluoride and sodium-fluorideon the nervous system of rats. They concluded,"Chronic administration of aluminum-fluoride and sodium-fluoridein the drinking water of rats resulted in distinct morphological alterations of the brain, including the effects on neuronsand cerebrovasculature." In layman's terms, - it looked like fluoride and aluminum could cause Alzheimer's.That was not a definitive study, but they may have been onto something. Aluminum is in our drinking water, foods, and many consumer products. Adding fluoride to drinking water in the U.S. started in the 1950's. America's drinking water is now over 60% fluoridated.Fluoride appears in many processed foods and beveragesmade with fluoridated water. Keep in mind,Europe has half our rate of Alzheimer’s.They don't fluoridate their water supplies, but they do usefluoride supplements and dental products. Is there a connection?There are other intriguing issues. Why do peoplewith thyroid disease have an increased risk for Alzheimer's?In the U.S., thyroid disease has reached even greater epidemiclevels than Alzheimer's, with as many as 20 million American victims.Besides problems with iodine intake,a common cause of thyroid disease is radiation.There are also striking similarities between Alzheimer's,Creutzfeldt-Jacob-Disease (CJD), and mad cow disease.Mad cow has been linked to livestock feed and fertilizer. So, what do - radiation,- livestock feed,- fluoride,- and fertilizer -have in common which may have led to the emergence of theAlzheimer’s epidemic? The phosphate fertilizer industry. "Fertilizer use was not a common practice in the United States until after 1870, when phosphate and lime were applied to cropslike cotton and tobacco. By the end of World War II,an era of intensive agriculture began…," says Cargill Fertilizer. "Of the phosphate produced in Florida, about 95% is used in agriculture (90% goes into fertilizer and 5% into livestock feed supplements)."The remaining 5% is used in a variety of foods and beverages,plus personal care, consumer and industrial products.George Glasser writes in the Earth Island Journal,"Radium wastes from filtration systems at phosphate fertilizerfacilities are among the most radioactive typesof naturally occurring radioactive material wastes...Uranium and all of its decay-rate products are found in phosphate rock, fluorosilicic acid (fluoride) and phosphate fertilizer." The Florida Institute of Phosphate Research says,"Removal of uranium as a product is no longer profitableand all of the extraction facilities have been dismantled.The uranium that remains in the phosphoric acid and fertilizerproducts is at a low enough level that it is safe for use." That's not reassuring.Chronic exposure to low levels of contamination can be as dangerous,or more so, than chronic high levels of exposure or acute occurrences. Of particular interest is calcium silicate,another by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry.One of its uses is as an anti-caking agent in iodized table salt.Is calcium silicate also radioactive?Would that have a significant impact on the thyroid? Given the relationship between Alzheimer's and thyroid disease, Alzheimer's may be destined to increase exponentially.The phosphate fertilizer industry seems to be the common threadin Alzheimer's - and maybe also in thyroid and mad cow type diseases. Aluminum by itself may not cause Alzheimer's, but in combinationwith the radioactive products of the phosphate fertilizer industry,it could be wreaking havoc on our health.Whatever the cause, we deserve real answers to the Alzheimer'sepidemic, not the red herrings of research on genetics and lifestyle.The number of American victims is totally out of proportionto the incidence of Alzheimer's worldwide. Something truly has gone terribly wrong.Links:http://www.bio.unipd.it/~zatta/alumin.htm http://www.fluoride-journal.com/98-31-2/31291-95.htm http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/fluoride/fluoride_phosphates.html