Flurodation of drinking water

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AHHA Special Update Report for September, 2005

Special Update from the American Holistic Health Association with

items of interest to those actively enhancing their health and

well-being. Another free service from AHHA.

 

FEATURED NEWS ITEM

The controversy about fluoridation of drinking water is center stage

again.

 

Eleven Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee unions

representing over 7,000 Civil Service environmental and public health

professionals have called for a moratorium on drinking water

fluoridation programs across the country. Citing " startling and

disturbing new information that confirms the worst fears expressed in

the earlier testimony, " they have asked EPA management to recognize

that fluoride poses a serious risk of causing cancer in people.

Particular attention is called to work done at Harvard College's School

of Dental Medicine by Dr. Elise Bassin. Hidden since 2001, Bassin's

work shows that pre-adolescent boys who drink fluoridated water are at

a seven-fold increased risk of osteosrcoma, an often fatal bone

cancer. You can review their concerns and arguments in the press

release, " EPA Unions Call for Nationwide Moratorium on Fluoridation -

EPA Headquarters Union, August 19, 2005, " available at

http://nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/Press%20Release.%20Fluoride.htm

 

The American Dental Association website states that the ADA continues

to endorse the fluoridation of community water supplies and maintains

that the use of fluoride-containing products are safe and effective

measures for preventing tooth decay. The ADA response to the EPA

comments, " ADA Statement on Water Fluoridation and Bone Cancer, " is

posted at

http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/fluoride

_bonecancer.asp

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