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Fluoride Myth and scam: Behavioral Effects of Fluorides On Mass Populations

 

Behavioral Effects of Fluorides On Mass Populations

by Valdamar Valerian February 3, 1997

 

Note: Numbers in brackets denote end note references.

 

Much research on the effects of fluorides on human physiology was done by the

Mellon Institute, under contract with major corporations that produce fluoride.

Because of the policies of Mellon, which does not allow the decades of research

to be accessed by the public except with express permission of those companies

who contract with it, the data is not available to the public. However, there

are literally thousands of scientific studies which list physiological effects

of fluorides. There are no credible scientific studies which demonstrate that

fluorides are safe to ingest. Studies which are paid for by parties who

manufacture fluorides, products containing fluorides or have a vested interest

in maintaining the status quo are invalid because of a conflict of interest. You

cannot trust the fox to guard the henhouse.

Animal Studies and Carryover to Human Expectation

 

Literally thousands of studies are available on the physiological effects of

fluorides on animals and humans. However, toxicity studies are chiefly carried

out on animals. One of the immediate questions that arises is the relevance of

animal studies to humans. A 1995 study, Neurotoxicity of Sodium Fluoride on Rats

[ 1 ] , indicates that " experience with other developmental neurotoxicants

prompts expectations that changes in behavioral functions will be comparable

across species, especially humans and rats. " [ 2 ] The reason that rats appear

to be used, rather than mice, is that rats have a higher resistance to toxins

and will not manifest symptoms as readily. Logic then tells us that if rats are

affected, the potential for human damage is at least as great.

 

Human Considerations With Fluorides

 

Fluorides have been added to public water supplies for more than 40 years. Even

looking at the issue on a superficial level, dental fluorosis has been on the

rise in the mass population since the 1960's [ 3 ], which is an indicator that

the total amount of fluoride intake, including water fluoridation, is has been

on a serious level for some time. Exposures to dietary fluoride easily exceed

100 parts per million (ppm); toothpastes, which are packaged in aluminum tubes [

4 ] ,contain 1000 to 1500 ppm fluoride [ 5 ] .

 

Mouthrinses contain 230-900 ppm [ 6 ] . Store-bought juices can contain 2.8 ppm

fluoride [ 7 ], a fact which even the American Dental Association admits [ 8 ].

However, biological effects are apparent at even lower levels [ 9 ] , and

fluorides are accumulative in the brain [ 10 ], with the effects on behavior

related directly to plasma fluoride levels [ 11 ].

 

Thus, there are studies which directly contradict claims by proponents that

fluorides do not pass the blood-brain barrier [ 12 ] which only reflect

short-term situations. Fluorides are cumulative, and short-term studies are

specifically designed by proponents in a weak attempt to circumvent biological

data [ 13 ]. Research indicates that agencies like the AMA and ADA were

reasonably honest about the issue prior to 1945, before corporate pressure

apparently forced them to " get in line " . According to the AMA on September 18,

1943, " fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, with the capacity to modify

the metabolism of cells by inhibiting certain enzymes. Sources of fluorine

intoxication include drinking water containing 1ppm or more of fluorine " [ 14 ].

Amazing, isn't it? Even the ADA was honest about the issue back then, on October

1, 1944, when it said, " drinking water containing as little as 1.2 ppm fluoride

will cause developmental disturbances ... we cannot run the risk of

producing such serious systemic disturbances. In light of our present knowledge

of the chemistry of the subject, the potentialities for harm outweigh those for

good " [ 15 ]. So, since the properties of fluorides haven't changed, and the

nature of human physiology haven't changed, why do they maintain today that it

causes " no harm " ? What's wrong with this picture? Since everything in society

flows from the top down, we can only assume that governmental agency pressure is

the reason. In fact, that is precisely the case, but why in God's name would

that want to do that?

 

Since acquisition of reports on the behavior effects of fluorides on the brain

from U.S. sources is quite difficult, most of the reports (but not all) are from

foreign research. Chinese investigations have found that levels of fluoride in

water from 3-1 ppm affect the nervous system directly without first causing

physical deformations from skeletal fluorosis [ 16 ].

 

Experiments on Rats and Fluorides

 

In rats exposed to 100 ppm fluoride for six weeks, starting at the age of three

months, fluoride levels increased in the medulla oblongata in both sexes, and in

the hippocampus of females, the sex with significant behavioral disturbances [

17 ].It is a matter of fact that the hippocampus is neurologically considered to

be the " central processor " in the brain which integrates inputs from the

environment, memory, and motivational stimuli to produce behavioral decisions

and modify memory [ 18 ]. Humans are exposed to plasma levels of fluoride as

high as those found in rat studies [ 19 ], and considering water and food

products containing fluoride are given to babies and young children, it involves

interruption of normal brain development [ 20 ] and subsequent interference in

the way a human being perceives and is able to react to the environment.

 

Furthermore, generic behavioral pattern disruption as found in rat studies can

be indicative of a potential for motor dysfunction, intelligence deficits and

learning disabilities in humans [ 21 ]. As far as accumulation of fluorides in

the brain is concerned, with rats it was found, in one case, that six weeks of

consuming 75 and 100 ppm fluoride produced a higher plasma fluoride level than

did 125 ppm [ 22 ]. So, long-term accumulation of low doses has a significant

effect. The medical establishment knew this in 1944, because they specifically

said that levels above 1ppm were dangerous. Why, then, was the " optimum level "

for water fluoridation (never mind the higher levels in foods and juices) set at

1ppm? Why would the World Health Organization have a target of fluoridating

water supplies planetwide by the year 2000? [ 23 ] Why does the Clinton

administration push so hard to have the United States completely fluoridated by

the year 2000? Why does Mexico add 250 mg of potassium

fluoride to the salt consumed by the population? [ 24 ] Why in 1996 is the U.S.

sending proponents of fluoridation to Scotland and England to help quell the

justifiable concerns of the public, who are being termed " civil rights

activists " ?

 

More Human Studies

 

The Chinese have been a great souce of information on the effect of fluorides on

the intelligence of children. A study done in 1995 by Li of 907 children

demonstrated that " the IQ of children living in areas of fluorosis was lower

than areas where there was no fluorosis " [ 25 ].

 

According to the Li study, " it appears that the influence of a fluoride

environment on the development of intelligence may occur early in development,

such as the stages of embryonic life or infancy, when the differentiation and

growth of the nervous system is most rapid. " [ 26 ]

 

Furthermore, " active and comprehensive measures should be taken to reduce the

fluoride intake by the population. " [ 27 ] If we are already getting an overdose

from the environment, why do we need it added to the water? The practice, even

in terms of simple logic, is no defensible in any shape, way or manner. Lastly,

the Li study concludes with, " this suggests that developing brain tissues are

sensitive to fluorides. " [ 28 ]

 

Other Chinese studies support the work by Li [ 29 ]. Since fluoride levels in

the body are cumulative, and fluoride intake lowers intelligence, the end result

is a population with little ability to evolve. Since studies which claim that

fluorides prevent cavities are contracted by parties with a conflict of

interest, and there is no credible scientific evidence to suggest that it does [

31 ]. One of the many reasons they can get away with this is because of the

paradoxical effect of the effect of toxins on biological systems.

 

There is not a linear dose-response relationship [ 32 ]. What this means is that

a small amount of fluoride concentration has a great effect. Orthodox media and

science tells the public that a linear effect is the only observable phenomena.

They're lying. As the total accumulation of fluorides is approaching a toxic

level, we see all sorts of physiological phenomena in progress. Even

gastrointestinal problems and acid-stomach is produced by fluoridated water [ 33

].

 

Other Historical Factors

 

According to Senator Ambruster in his magnificent tome Treason's Peace - German

Dyes and American Dupes (1947), one of the largest producers of fluorides as a

hazardous waste by-product was the Aluminium Company of America (ALCOA), who had

a 1931 agreement with I.G. Farben in Germany, as did Dow Chemical Company (1933)

to restrict American production of materials vital to the U.S. war effort. Other

companies such as Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI, England), DuPont, Standard

Oil (Rockefeller, who contributed war materials and money to Hitler), American

Cyanamid and Sterling-Winthrop-Bayer were Farben associates. Indictments were

filed against several of these companies on January 30, 1941, covering

conspiracy, but inside forces spent so much effort at softening up the Justice

Department (which is still corrupt today) to prevent prosecution that by April

15, 1942, all the defendants pleaded nolo contendre ( " oh, well, what if we

did? " ) and paid fines of $25,000 each. It is also a

fact that I.G. Farben itself was indicted, but the case never came to court.

Some of Farben's leading subsidiaries in the U.S. were General Aniline and Film

(GAF), American I.G., and Bayer, but it was their associate ALCOA which figured

prominently in the introduction of fluoride wastes from aluminum production

(difficult of dispose of), quickly joined by LCI (Florida) and other fertilizer

industries who had fluoride by-products classified by the EPA as hazardous waste

[ 39 ].

 

According to scientist Charles Perkins, in a 1954 letter to the Lee

Foundation for Nutritional Research, Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

 

" We are told by the fanatical ideologists who are advocating the fluoridation of

the water supplies in this country that their purpose is to reduce the incidence

of tooth decay in children, and it is the plausibility of this excuse, plus the

gullability of the public and the cupidity of public officials that this is

responsible for the present spread of artificial water fluoridation in this

country. However, and I want to make this very definite and very positive: the

real reason behind water fluoridation is not to benefit children's teeth. If

this were the real reason, there are many ways in which it could be done that

are much easier, cheaper and far more effective. The real purpose behind water

fluoridation is to reduce the resistance of the masses to domination, control

and loss of liberty. When the Nazis decided to go into Poland, the German

General Staff and the Russian General Staff exchanged scientific and military

ideas, plans and personnel, and also the sheme of mass

control through water medication was seized upon by the Russian Communists

because it fitted ideally into their plan to Communize the world. I say this

with all earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spend nearly 20 years

research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorine

-- any person who drinks artificially fluoridated water for a period of one year

or more will never again be the same person, mentally or physically. " [ 40 ]

 

 

END NOTES:

 

[ 1 ] Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17, No,2, pp.169-177, " Neurotoxicity

of Sodium Fluoride in Rats " , Muellenix, Denbesten, Schunior, Kernan, 1995.

 

[ 2 ] Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 12, pp.285-292, 1990, Francis et al,

" Workshop on the qualitative and quantitative comparibility of human and animal

developmental neurotoxicity: Summary and implications " ; Neurotoxicology and

Teratology, Vol 12, pp.261-267, Stanton et al, " Comparability of measures of

developmental neurotoxicity in humans and laboratory animals " , 1990

 

[ 3 ] Centers for Disease Control. Public Health Service Report on " fluoride

risks " . MMWR 40, No. RR-7, 1-8; 1991.

 

[ 4 ] In July 1993, a scientific study of the effect of fluoride on rats links

behavior changes and brain damage with aluminum and fluoride. [ Varner, J.A. et

al, " Chronic Aluminum Fluoride Administration: II. Selected Histological

Observations " Neuroscience Research Communications, Vol 13 No.2, 1993, pp.99-104

; Chase, M., " Rat Studies Link Brain Cell Damage with Aluminum and Fluoride in

Water " , Wall Street Journal, October 28, 1992.]

 

[ 5 ] Pediatric Dentisty, Vol 10, pp.185-188, 1988, Beltran et al, " Fluoride in

toothpastes for children " ; Monographs of Oral Science, Vol 13, P.1-160, 1959,

Whitford, G.M., " The metabolism and toxcity of fluoride. "

 

[ 6 ] Monographs of Oral Science, Vol 13, P.1-160, 1959, Whitford, G.M., " The

metabolism and toxcity of fluoride. "

 

[ 7 ] A report surfaces that fluoride-containing pesticides on fruit increase

human fluoride intake. Some juices contain 6.8 ppm fluoride. [stannard, J.G., et

al, " Fluoride levels and fluoride contamination of fruit juices " , Journal of

Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, Vol 16 No 1, 1991, pp.38-40 ; " Assessing Fluoride

Concentration of Juices and Juice-Flavored Drinks " , Journal of the American

Dental Association, JADA Preview, 1996, Kiritsy et al.]

 

[ 8 ] Journal of the American Dental Association, Kiritsy et al, 1996, JADA

Previews, " Assessing Fluoride Concentrations of Juices and Juice-Favored

Drinks " .

 

[ 9 ] Scientific information is published on the Paradoxical Effect of the

biological effect of chemical toxins, in an article by Shatz et al. That is the

response increases with time and then diminishes with even higher doses. In

other words there is not a linear relationship between dose and effect. This

means that there is no threshold below which fluorides and radiation, for

example, are harmless. This also applies to the electromagnetic effects on human

biology. [shatz, A., et al, " The Occurrence and Importance of Paradoxical

Concentration Effects on Biological Systems " , Compost Science, Vol 5, p.22-30,

Spring 1964 ; Shatz, A., " Low Level Fluoridation and Low-Level Radiation - Two

Case Histories of Misconduct of Science " , by A. Schatz, Ph.D, 1996]

 

[ 10 ] Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17, No,2, p.175, " Neurotoxicity of

Sodium Fluoride in Rats " , Muellenix, Denbesten, Schunior, Kernan, 1995.

 

[ 11 ] Ibid.

 

[ 12 ] American Journal of Physiology, Vol 236, F141-146, 1979, Pashley et al,

" Short-term kinetics " ,1979.

 

[ 13 ] This rationale is also seen within the paradigm of vaccination, mercury

amalgam,etc. See Matrix III Volume II, Leading Edge Research Group, P.O. Box

7530, Yelm, Washington 98597.

 

[ 14 ] Journal of the American Medical Association, September 18, 1943.

 

[ 15 ] Journal of the American Dental Association, Editorial, October 1, 1944.

 

[ 16 ] Chinese Journal of Endemiology, Vol 2. Pp.63-70, 1992, " The nervous

systemic complications of chronic fluorosis " , Ding, L.I. ; Hu, Y.H., et al, The

Compilation of the First Conference on Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Xinjian,

" Fluoride in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with fluorosis " , pp86-88, 1982 ;

Shung-Guan, C.M., et al, Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol 21,

pp.217-219, 1982, " The non-skeletal lesions of endemic fluorosis " , 1982.

 

[ 17 ] Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17, No,2, p.175, " Neurotoxicity of

Sodium Fluoride in Rats " , Muellenix, Denbesten, Schunior, Kernan, 1995.

 

[ 18 ] Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review, Vol 16, pp.63-70, 1992, Delong

G.R., " Autism, amnesia, hippocampus and learning. " .

 

[ 19 ] Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17, No,2, p.176, " Neurotoxicity of

Sodium Fluoride in Rats " , Muellenix, Denbesten, Schunior, Kernan, 1995.

 

[ 20 ] Ibid.

 

[ 21 ] Ibid.

 

[ 22 ] Ibid.

 

[ 23 ] The WHO internet site and other documents establish this target. Also,

the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Report on May 29, 1992 and the ADA News on

January 3, 1994. The WHO also engages in international fluoride politics,

intimidation and bribery. See Matrix III Vol II, p.307. The United States is the

most medicated nation on earth. Now, who would want to medicate the " land of

freedom " ? Why is the fluoridation of aborigines and indian tribes so vital to

governments? Many questions abound.

 

[ 24 ] Salt Fluoridation in Mexico, Dr. Lucila Pazoz Hernandez, National

Coordinator of the Salt Fluoridation Program in Mexico. On May 27, 1991, Mexico

became the seventh country in the world to adopt salt fluoridation as a " mass

measure. " The salt fluoridation program is also part of international

commitments, such as the 1979 resolutions of the Pan American Health

Organization.

 

[ 25 ] X.S.Li et al, Fluoride, Vol 26, No.4, pp.189-192, 1995, " Effect of

Fluoride Exposure on Intelligence In Children " . Presented to the 20th Conference

of the International Society for Fluoride Research, Beijing, China, September

5-9, 1994.

 

[ 26 ] Ibid., p.191-192.

 

[ 27 [ Ibid., p. 192.

 

[ 28 ] Ibid.

 

[ 29 ] Guo, X.C., et al, " A preliminary exploration of IQ of 7-13 year-old

pupils in a fluorosis area with contamination from burning coal " , Chinese

Journal of Control of Endemic Dieases, Vol 10, No.2, pp. 98-100, 1991 ; Qin,

L.S. et al, " The Influence of drinking water fluoride on pupils IQ " , Chinese

Journal of Control of Epidemic Diseases, Vol 5. No.4, pp.203-204, 1990 ; Manual

of Anti-Epidemic Fluorosis, Bureau of Anti-Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Public

Health, Harbin, 1989 ; Ha, H., et al, " The Influence of Fluoride on the Human

Embryo " , Chinese Journal of Control of Epidemic Diseases, Vol 4, pp.136-137,

1989 ; Du.L., et al, " The Influence of chronic fluorosis on the development of

the brain of the Human Embryo " , Journal of Fluorosis Research Communications,

Vol 138, 1991. Source: The International Society for Fluoride Research,

Auckland, New Zealand.

 

[ 31 ] In fact a 1992 study in Tucson, Arizona of 26,000 elementary school

children found that the more fluoride a child consumes, the more cavities appear

in the teeth. No wonder the ADA promotes it. The study was conducted by the

University of Arizona, headed by professor emeritus Cornelius Steelink. It was

also revealed that children living in a fluoridated community had 11 times more

risk of fluorosis. Many studies with similar results abound

 

[ 32 ] Shatz, A., et al, " The Occurrence and Importance of Paradoxical

Concentration Effects on Biological Systems " , Compost Science, Vol 5, p.22-30,

Spring 1964 ; Shatz, A., " Low Level Fluoridation and Low-Level Radiation - Two

Case Histories of Misconduct of Science " , by A. Schatz, Ph.D, Philadelphia, 1996

 

[ 33 ] Scientific report reveals the connection between fluorides and non-ulcer

dyspepsia (epigastric pain after eating). [ Gupta, I.P., et al, " Fluoride as a

Possible Etiological Factor in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia " , Journal of Gastroenterology

and Hepatology, Vol 7, 1992, pp.355-356 ; also, Susheela, A.K., " Fluoride

Ingestion and Its Correlation with Gastrointestinal Discomfort " , Fluoride, Vol

25 No.1, 1992,pp.5-22] Note: Since fluorides are cumulative in the body, the

general level in the population where large gastric problems arise may be

occurring. Thus, the large marketing effort for " acid controllers " in the

1990's, which may also be covering up the prevalence of heliobacter pylori

infection as well as approaching fluoride toxicity in the population.

 

[ 35 ] Ibid.

 

[ 36 ] Ibid.

 

[ 37 ] Ibid.

 

[ 38 ] Fluoridation, Jansen.

 

[ 39 ] Treason's Peace: German Dyes and American Dupes, Senator Howard W.

Ambruster, Beechhurst Press, New York, 1947.

 

[ 40 ] Fluoridation, Isabel Jansen, R.N, Tri-State Press, 1990 ; The Greatest

Fraud: Fluoridation, Philip R.N. Sutton, Karunda Pty, Ltd, Lorne, Australia,

1996 ; The Dickenson Statement: A Mind-Boggling Thesis, Ian E. Stephens, 1987.

 

 

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