Fluoridation of Drinking Water - Worse Than We Thought 04-13-97

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The following is excerpted in full from Dr. William Campbell Douglass'

Second Opinion:

Vol. VI, No. 2 February 1996

 

Fluoridation of Drinking Water --

Worse Than We Thought 04-13-97

 

For all the these years of attacking fluoridation of water, we have

emphasized the cancer potential and the likelihood that the ingestion

of this poison leads to hardening of the arteries. There are other

important toxic effects, such as the increased brittleness of bones

after long exposure to fluoride, but the effects of fluoride on the

brain were something we wondered about, but couldn't prove.

 

Now there is strong evidence of what we suspected: The fluoridators

have been destroying the brains of Americans for 50 years. Sure the

school system is lousy and getting worse, but when you add these new

findings to the maleducatoin our children are getting, it's a wonder

we haven't forgotten how to make a wheel or tie our shoes.

 

The recent study will be hard for the fluoridators to laugh off:

Researchers from the Department of toxicology, Forsyth Research

Institute, the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental

Center, and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State

University have combined their talents to produce a truly shocking and

devastating indictment of fluoridation. They have confirmed the public

health malpractice and quackery that we and others have been warning

about for the past 30 years.

 

The researchers reported on the work of Chinese scientists who had

studied the effects of fluoride on the central nervous system in

humans. Their first finding was that a fluoride dose of only three to

11 parts per million could affect the nervous system directly, long

before the effects of skeletal fluorosis (a bone disease caused by

fluoride) became apparent.

 

This dosage is well within the range of fluoride received by millions

of Americans, especially our children. Toothpastes contain 1000 to

1500 parts per million of fluoride. (Studies have shown that young

children swallow a great deal of the toothpaste they use because it's

sweet.) The same is true of the mouth rinses that contain 230 to 900

parts per million fluoride. These massive amounts of fluoride are in

addition to that found in most municipal water supplies, cola drinks,

and any other commercial beverage, topical application gels, dietary

supplements, and your everyday food. Compare those intakes with the

Chinese finding that a mere three to 11 parts per million can directly

affect your nervous system and you will begin to see the enormity of

the problem.

 

Another study by the Chinese found that feeding 100 parts per million

fluoride to humans affected the atttention span of the subjects. The

American researchers decided to go further using rats, measuring their

behavior and then determining the blood and brain tissue levels of

fluoride. Their results demonstrated " a link between...fluoride

exposures and behavioral disruption in the rat. "

 

Prenatal exposure resulted in " many behaviors as seen in drug-induced

hyperactivity. " While weanling and adult exposures led to changes

similar to " cognitive (thinking) defects " seen in humans.

 

This landmark study is the first in the West to demonstrate that:

 

(1) CNS function is vulnerable to fluoride,

(2) the effects of exposure depend on the age of the animal,

(3) fluoride accumulates in brain tissue, which means, although

the authors didn't say it, that fluoride poisoning could be the root

cause, in conjunction with aluminum, of Alzheimer's disease.

 

The authors concluded that fluoride poisoning, at the " acceptable

levels " of your benevolent health department and your dentist, " can be

indicative " of motor dysfunction, IQ deficits, and learning

disabilities in humans.

 

Action to Take

 

(1) Avoid fluoride-containing toothpaste. You can find several

different brands at your local health food store. They're even

starting to sell it in some grocery stores.

 

(2) Start a political action group in your city, if there isn't one,

to get the fluoride out of your water.

 

(3) Drink only bottled spring water that is certified to be

fluoride-free. Order bottled water in restaurants.

 

(4) Make sure you have filters on your shower so that you will not be

inhaling fluoride when you take a shower. You might even consider

putting a filter on the intake water pipe of your home so all the

water in your house is free from fluoride.

 

Ref: Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol 17, #2, 1995.