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July 29, 2007

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[FAN Bulletins] 852: The Magnificent 500, part 1: An analysis

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORKhttp://www.FluorideAction.netFAN Bulletin 852: The Magnificent 500, part 1: An analysisJuly 28, 2007Dear All, In the next bulletin I will be printing out the list of all 500 professionals who signed the statement calling for an end to water fluoridation worldwide. In this bulletin I would like to analyze the list. But, first a huge THANK YOU to all those who helped make this magnificent achievement possible. Think of it: 500 signers (from 43 states and 35 countries) in just 30 days!Thank you to all who signed.Thank you to all those who got someone else to sign.Thank you to all those who circulated this appeal to your email lists.Thank you to the team that spent a huge amount of time working on this, particularly Naomi Flack (FAN), Eleanor Krinsky (NYSCOF), Carol Kopf (NYSCOF), David Kennedy (IAOMT, FAN), John Wilson (AAEM), Maureen Jones (CA), Jason Krueger (MN), Nilles Parent, Pierre Larose (Quebec), Ailsa Boyden (Australia), John Graham (UK), Liz Vaughn (UK), Robert Pocock (Ireland), Ellen Connett (FAN), Shirley Jacobson (WA), Bill Osmunson (OR, WA), Brent Foster et al. (OR), Carol Patton (FL), Albert Burgstahler (KS), Gene Burke (CA), Joyce Baunach (IL), Crystal Harvey (AR), John Zimmerman (NV), Steve Breyman (NY) and Virginia Brown (FL).As I said in the analysis of the first 400 names. It will be easy for the ADA and other promoters to come up with a list many times this size from their membership. However, they will not be able to match the staggering total of human-years of research on this issue by those on our list. Nor will they be able to produce a satisfactory scientific response to the issues raised in the Professionals' Statement. Looking back, historians may well pull out this document as spelling the beginning of the end of this sorry practice. In reality, in my view, it was the NRC (2006) report that provided the death knell for this practice. Our effort has been, and will continue to be, to make sure that medical and dental professionals, the media and the politicians know that this damning evidence exists.We will continue to collect professionals' names on this statement, but in a few days we will switch the focus to the PEOPLE, particularly those who resent having this poison forced upon them and their children, without their informed consent. On August 1, the statement and the list of signers will be posted on our web site, and concurrently people will be invited to add their names to an ONLINE ACTION support petition. When Americans sign, this petition (linked to the Professionals' statement) will be automatically sent to their two US Senators and their US Representative. Each message will ask for a Congressional hearing so that those who promote fluoridation in the CDC be forced to testify as to why they continue to do so, despite the damning scientific evidence that a) it doesn't work as claimed and b) it poses unacceptable health risks.This ONLINE ACTION support petition will thus provide a steady back drop of reminders to our Representatives that there is a growing number of people concerned about this issue. This backdrop will be in addition to all the others steps that we, and others, are doing to bring fluoridation to an end. Meanwhile, the Professionals' Statement with the very impressive list of signers, plus the separate collection of short personal statements from many of the signers, will be available in printable pdf files from our web page and thus provide powerful ammunition for citizens who are constantly being told that the only ones opposed to fluoridation are the ill-informed "vocal minority" who practice "junk science."Paul ConnettAn analysis of the 500 professionals who have signed the statement calling for an end to water fluoridation worldwide.Academics: 93 PhDs or equivalent (including 5 PhD/MD, 3 PhD/DDS, 1 PhD/BDS, 2 PhD/ND, 1 PhD/RN)Dental professionals: 117 (86 DDS, 16 DMD, 9 BDS, 6 RDH)Medical professionals: 139 (86 MD or equiv, 18 ND, 8 DO, 8 DC, 1 OMD, 15 RN, 1 RPh, 1 RD, 1 CCN) Legal professionals: 10 (7 JD)Water department personnel: 7Many Officers in environmental/health organizations Countries represented (35): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Rep., England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Wales and the US.US states (43): AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NB, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI (and DC, Puerto Rico and Akwesasne, the Mohawk Nation).Signers include:Pete Seeger, Legendary folksinger, songwriter and activist for peace, justice and the environment3 members of the National Research Council panel (NRC, 2006): Dr. Bob Isaacson, Dr. Hardy Limeback and Dr. Kathleen Thiessen.2 members of the advisory panel for the York Review: Dr. Peter Mansfield and Dr. Sheila Gibson.A former Federal Health Minister for Australia: Doug N. Everingham, Australian Health Minister 1972-75.A former health advisor to the British Columbia government: Richard G. Foulkes, BA, MD, Abbotsford, B.C., CanadaInternational Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology:

Janet Stopka (current President)Stephen M. Koral, DMD (Vice President)Pierre Larose, DDS (Vice President)Stephen Baer (Past President) Richard Fischer (Past President) David Kennedy (Past President) Terrence Messerman (Past President)Phillip Sukel (Past President) John L. Wilson, Jr., MD (Director)Matthew Young DDS, PA (Director)International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE):

Dr. Vyvyan Howard (newly elected President)Dr. Philip Michael (Vice President [Europe]) Dr. Ernesto Burgio (Vice President, Scientific Committee) American Academy of Environmental Medicine:

Gerald Natzke, DO (President)James F. Coy, MD (Immediate Past President) De Rodgers (Executive Director)John L. Wilson, Jr., MD (Director)Lisa Nagy, MD (Chair of Public Relations)Paula G. Davey, MD (Fellow)Asociacion Argentina de Medicos por el Medio Ambeinte, ArgentinaIrish Doctors' Environmental Association:

Dr. Philip Michael (President) Dr. Elizabeth Cullen (Secretary)Office holders in other medical organizations:

James F. Coy, MD, Past President of the Association of American Physicians and SurgeonsDarrel Crain, DC, immediate Past President of the California Chiropractic Association, San Diego County District Damien Downing, MBBS, President, British Society for Ecological Medicine, Medical Director, Alliance for Natural Health, London, EnglandJamie D. Page, BSc, MBA, Chief Executive, Cancer Prevention and Education SocietyJerry Mittelman, DDS, Past President, International Academy of Preventive MedicinePhilip Stowell MBBS (London), Board Member, College of Nutritional and Environmental MedicineEditors of medical journals:

Andrew W. Saul, PhD, Assistant Editor, Journal of Orthomolecular MedicineDamien Downing, MBBS, Editor, Journal of Nutritional and Environmental MedicineInternational Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology:

Janet Stopka (President)Stephen M. Koral, DMD (Vice President)Pierre Larose, DDS (Vice President)Marcia Basciano, DDS (Treasurer and Past President)Stephen Baer (Past President) Richard Fischer (Past President) David Kennedy (Past President) Terrence Messerman (Past President)Phillip Sukel (Past President) John L. Wilson, Jr., MD (Director)Matthew Young DDS, PA (Director)International Academy of Biological Dentistry:

Michael Margolis, DDS (President)William P. Glaros, DDS, FAGD, (Immediate Past President)Office holders in other dental organizations:

Carol Arana, RDH, BS, Retired Executive Director, American Academy of Biological DentistryEric Davis, BDSc, DipClinNutr, DipAC, FACNEM, ND, Past President of the Australian Society of Oral Medicine and ToxicologyDavid T. Doi, DDS, Past President, Hawaii County Dental SocietySteven N. Green, DDS, Past President, South Dade District Dental Society, Past President, Holistic Dental AssociationAndrew Harms, BDS, President, South Australia chapter, Australian Dental Association, 1996Grant H. Layton, DDS, President, Environmental Dental Association, Encinitas, CA Hardy Limeback,DDS, PhD, Past President, Canadian Association for Dental Research

Jerry Mittelman, DDS, Past President, The International Academy of Preventive MedicineBill Osmunson, DDS, MPH, Director, The Institute for Comprehensive Dental Studies3 authors of books on fluoride:

Christopher Bryson (The Fluoride Deception)Barry Groves (Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death)Dr. Hans Moolenburgh (Fluoride: The Freedom Fight)5 co-authors of books on Fluoride:

Dr Albert Burgstahler (Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma)Pierre-Jean Morin, Nilles Parent and John Remington Graham (La fluoration: autopsie d'une erreur scientifique)Rudolf Ziegelbecker (Vorsicht Fluor).Key fluoride researchers:

Dr. Jennifer Luke (fluoride and the pineal gland)Dr. Bob Isaacson (fluoride and the brain)Dr. Hardy Limeback (fluoride and the bone and teeth)Dr. Anna Strunecka (interaction between F, Al and G-proteins)Dr. Lennart Krook (fluoride and damage to animals)Dr. Mark Diesendorf ("The Mystery of Declining Tooth Decay", Nature, 1986)Dr. Sheila Gibson (fluoride and immune function)Dr. Peter Mansfeld (urine monitoring for fluoride)Rudolf Ziegelbecker (statistical analysis debunking dental benefits)A. K Susheela (fluorosis in India)Ramtej J. Verma (India)Dr Albert Burgstahler (Editor, Fluoride)Bruce Spittle, MB, ChB, DPM, FRANZCP (Managing Editor, Fluoride)Japanese Society for Fluoride Research:

Kenji Akiniwa, DDS (Editor, The Journal, Japanese Society for Fluoride Research)Tohru Murakami, DDS, PhD (Past President)EPA Union representing professionals at EPA's DC HQ:

Dr. William HirzyDr. Arthur Chiu Dr. Robert Carton (retired)Dr. William Marcus (retired)Distinguished scientists in other fields:

Lynn Margulis, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Geosciences, UMASS Amherst, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of SciencePr Dominique Belpomme, Professor in medical oncology, ARTAC's Cancer Research Center, Paris, FranceJoe Cummins, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaProfessor C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Bioimaging Research Group, Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Bo H. Jonsson, MD, PhD, Department of clinical neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDr. Boyd Haley one of the world's leading experts on mercury toxicity.Dr. Murray Vimy another leading mercury researcher.Two Goldman Environmental Prize winners:

Von Hernandez, former director of Greenpeace (Philippines) 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, PhilippinesCraig Williams, Director, Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director, Chemical Weapons Working Group, 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, USAkwesasne nation:

Jim Ransom (tribal Chief) Henry Lickers (Director of the Department of the Environment of the Mohawks' Council of Akwesasne)Distinguished members of the environmental health community from North America: Gerhard Bedding, Executive Committee Member, NH Chapter Sierra Club, Keene, NH

Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Retired President, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto, CanadaDr. Steve Breyman, Executive Director, Citizens' Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY

Dr. Neil Carman, Clean air program director, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, Austin, TX Ellen Connett, formerly Editor of Waste Not (1986-2000), and currently Pesticides Project director for the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NYKen Cook, President, Environmental Working Group, Washington, DCPat Costner, retired Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers AssociationSandra Duffy, JD, Board President, Consumers for Dental Choice, Washington, DCLynn Howard Ehrle, Chair, International Science Oversight Board (a project of the Organic Consumers Association)Dr. Sam Epstein, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Chicago, IllinoisMike Ewall, Director, ActionPA, Philadelphia, PAJay Feldman, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides, Washington, DCAnn Fonfa, President, Annie Appleseed Project, Delray Beach, FLBrent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, ORAndy Harris, MD, former national president, Physicians for Social ResponsibilityJoshua Klainberg, Deputy Director & Political Director, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York, NYDr. Peter Montague, Environmental Research Foundation, editor of one of the world's leading environmental newsletters for over 20 years, NJAlan Muller, Executive Director, Green Delaware, Port Penn, DEE.M.T. O'Nan, Director, Protect All Children's Environment, Marion, NCAnne Rabe, coordinator, BE SAFE Campaign Coordinator, Center for Health & Environmental Justice, CHEJ (for identification purposes only)Mark Riskedahl, Executive Director, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Portland, OR Bryony Schwan, Executive Director, Biomimicry Institute, Missoula, MTGar Smith, Editor Emeritus, Earth Island Journal, CACharlie Spencer: Radio broadcaster (35 years), environmental film maker and advocate, Chairman (1993 - 1999), National Ecology Commission, Secular Franciscan Order (SFO)Richard Wiles, Executive Director, Environmental Working Group, Washington, DCCraig Williams, Director, Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Recipient: 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, KY Distinguished members of the environmental health community from around the world:

Mark Diesendorf, PhD, Director, Sustainability Centre, Sydney, AustraliaGerry Gillespie (Director, Zero Waste Australia)Dr. Mariann Lloyd-Smith (Senior Advisor, National Toxics Network Inc., East Ballina, NSW, Australia)Ivaylo Hlebarov (Member of the Board for "Za Zemiata" (For the Earth), Sofia, Bulgaria)Mikael Laurent (Coordinator, Maison de la Consommation et de l'Environment, Rennes, France)Prof. Joerg Spitz (Managing director of the Society for Medical Information and Prevention in Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany)Tomori Balázs (President, Messzelátó Egyesület, Hungary)Bittu Sahgal (Editor, Sanctuary magazine, India) Rosie Cargin (Kinsale Environment Watch, Ireland)Dr. Elizabeth Cullen (Secretary, Irish Doctors' Environmental Association, Ireland)Dr. Philip Michael (Chair, Irish Doctors Environmental Association, Vice President [Europe] International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Ireland)Sergio Apollonio (President, Malagrotta (landfill) Committee, Rome, Italy)Dr. Ernesto Burgio (Vice-President, Scientific Committee of International Society of Doctors for Environment, Palermo, Italy)Rossano Ercolini (Ambiente e Futuro, Lucca, Italy)Wael Hmaidan (Executive Director of IndyAct, a global league of independent activists, Beirut, Lebanon) Thayanithi Kulenthran (Principal, & Strategic Planning and Operations director DayAnidhi Earth (Compassion for Earth) Selangor, Malaysia)Mageswari Sangaralingam (Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia)Yuen-Mei Wong (Member, Broga/Semenyih No Incinerator Action Committee, Selangor, Malaysia)Ram Charitra Sah (Executive Director, CEPHED, Kathmandu, Nepal)Von Hernandez (2003 Goldman Prize winner, Manila, Philippines)Camille C. Sarmiento (Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resource Officer, Province of Northern Samar, Philippines)Sonia Mendoza (Chairman, Mother Earth Foundation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines)Muna Lakhani (National Co-ordinator, Institute for Zero Waste in Africa, Durban, South Africa)Kim Mi-hwa (Director, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Seoul, South Korea)Dilena Pathragoda (Project Director, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Colombo, Sri Lanka)George Cheng (Executive Director, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan)Penchom Saetang (Coordinator, Campaign for Alternative Industry Network (CAIN), and Director of the Thai Right to Know project, Nonthaburi, Thailand)Viv Mountford, (Former Coordinator, Halton Friends of the Earth group, UK)Ralph Ryder (Communities Against Toxics, UK)Key players in the Recycling and Zero Waste movement (note the use of phosphate fertilizer hazardous waste products to fluoridate water is the worst recycling practice in the world!) Note both landfilling and incineration pose a serious threat to health:

Richard V Anthony, Principal, Richard Anthony Associates, Member of the Board of Directors California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), Grass Roots Recycling Network (GRRN) and the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), San Diego, CAPaul Connett, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University and Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NYGary Liss, President of Gary Liss & Associates, CRRA Recycler of the Year (2005), and Leader of Recyclers Global Warming Council, Zero Waste for Global Cooling coalition, Global Recycling Council, and Zero Waste International Alliance, Loomis, CA.Dan Knapp, PhD, CEO of Urban Ore, Incorporated, a reuse and recycling business in Berkeley, CAJeffrey Morris, PhD, Sound Resource Management, Olympia, WA Brenda Platt, waste and recycling specialist, Co-Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, DCBill Sheehan, PhD, former Executive director of the Grass Roots Recycling Network, current director of Product Policy Institute, Athens, GAWarren Snow, Envision New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand Water department personnel:

Peter Alteri, Water Superintendent, Town of Cortlandville, NYWilliam Hamilton, 1A Water Operator Certificate, Canton Water Department, Canton, NYPaul G. Slack, Manager, Mount Desert Water District, Northeast Harbor, ME

James Allison, Glen M. Bailes and Rene W. Fonseca, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR Eli Ussher, sewage treatment plant operator, NSW, Australia

Authors of books on other heath related issues:

Russell L. Blaylock, MD, "Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life"Dr. Sam Epstein, "The Politics of Cancer" Emily Kane, ND, Lac, "Managing Menopause Naturally"Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, "Malignant Medical Myths"Pam Killeen, co-author, "The Great Bird Flu Hoax"Ralph W. Moss, PhD, "The Cancer Industry"Randall Neustaedter, OMD, "Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents" Mary O'Brien, PhD, "Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to Risk Assessment"James Presley, PhD, "A History of Diabetes in the US"Byron J. Richards, CCN, "Fight for your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America" Karilee H. Shames, PhD, RN, and Richard L. Shames, MD, "Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled?" and "Thyroid Power"Mary Shomon, "The Thyroid Diet"Victor Zeines, DDS, MS, FAGD, FIND, "Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body"--_____________Fan_bulletins mailing listFan_bulletinshttp://lists.fluoridealert.org/listinfo/fan_bulletins