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"sproutrawfoodGideon Graff" Wed, 5 May 2004 13:23:44 -0400[sprout] Fluoride - The Battle of Darkness & Light Part IIf you find this article of interest please forward it to others, thank you. Fluoride - The Battle of Darkness & Light by Mary Sparrowdancer 2003 12-14-3It was due to my growing concerns about our country's growing healthproblems as well as the erosion of our civil liberties that, inNovember of 2002, I published a paper focusing upon both of theseissues and spoke about them on several radio programs. The paperquietly made its way through Washington, D.C., and then around theworld. The paper

detailed the "revolving door" in Washington, D.C., anapparent turnstile between private industries and the United Statesgovernment. Through this invisible door, industry managers passdirectly into the very agencies that govern industry - thegovernment's food, drug, agricultural and chemical regulatorydepartments - in order to influence regulations or speed the approvalof their company's products. The paper, "Let Them Eat Anything,"showed this unholy alliance, the conflict of interest that hascontributed to a mounting epidemic of health problems in the UnitedStates. (1)I expected the paper to provoke comments, but I did not expect it toresult in my being contacted by a nutrition expert who had worked inthe USDA. She called to thank me for writing the paper. Incredibly,because light was the topic of my previous book detailing a personalNear Death Experience and

ongoing, unexplained encounters with lightphenomena, in an example of incomparable synchronicity, the name ofthe former USDA expert who contacted me was Luise Light. I read the first email I received from Luise Light with a sense ofastonishment. Luise had been the former team leader and SpecialNutrition Assistant to USDA's Carol Tucker Foreman - who is describedas "a prominent food safety advocate" by Eric Schlosser in hisbest-selling book, Fast Food Nation. From her personal experience, Dr. Light confirmed not only therevolving door I had described in my paper, but in addition, thecorruption within the "government" taking place just on the other sideof that door. Here, from an eyewitness, came the truth that individuals representing corporations are not only holding key governmentpositions, they have also been determining which studies are done,

whoreceives grants, and they have been "adjusting" the reports in orderto create a false sense of security about their favored products andservices. With the promise of corporate gain and personal profit, the industry"representatives" have been making important decisions affecting allof us profoundly. For the most part, the general public has beenunaware of this partnership between private business and our publiclyfunded federal government. Of special interest to Luise was what I had presented as the "absurdAmerican food pyramid" - a dietary guide that first came out in the1980s, and in which our "government" recommended starch as thefoundation of our diet. This was of particular interest to Luisebecause, as I read in awe, it was she and her team of nutrition experts who had created the concept of the food pyramid - but with a

verymajor twist. The real food pyramid, Luise wrote, was completelydifferent from the "adjusted" pyramid that was distributed to anunsuspecting American public. The true pyramid that Luise and her team developed was not absurd, atall. It did not have starch as the foundation. Instead, it called fora base of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, with 5 to 9servings daily. Whole grain cereals and grains were recommended inamounts of 2 to 4 servings daily - with the smaller amount for femalesand those with less active lifestyles. The real pyramid that Luise andher team created placed baked goods, crackers, sweets and otherlow-nutrient foods up with the sugars and fats at the top of thepyramid, where they were recommended only as occasional treats. "But what happened?" Luise wrote, stating that there had been adeliberate, unexplained switch

made at the political level thatcompletely distorted the pyramid - which is the subject of herforthcoming book, Ketchup is Not a Vegetable; Sane Eating in a ToxicFood World."Instead of fruits and vegetables making up the base of the diet," shewrote, "the cereals and wheat products were made the base of thepyramid, and the recommendation [for starchy foods] was no longer 2 to4 as we had determined but switched 6 to 11 servings! We couldn'tbelieve it! What possible rationale could there be for such anunprecedented and unjustified switch? In fact the health consequencesof encouraging the public to eat so much refined grain, which the bodyprocesses like sugar, was frightening! But our exhortations to thepolitical heads of the agency fell on deaf ears. The new food guide,replacing the 'Basic Four,' would be a promotional tool to get thepublic to buy and consume more calories, sugar

and starch." Ultimately,this would result in a poorer quality diet. What was given to the public in the 1980s was a pyramid with afoundation based (in more ways than one) on dough. And the Americanpeople - with full and innocent trust in the health advice given tothem by the government - then attempted to follow the new health-basedplan. The result would be profit and gain for some, and the tormentsof ill health and weight gain for countless others. As Americans complied with the new dietary suggestions, within a fewyears the results of this unsuspecting compliance began to surface. According to studies and charts provided by the Centers for DiseaseControl (CDC), during the years 1988 to 2000 the percentage ofchildren and teens suffering from obesity more than doubled. Duringthose same years, the CDC reported that the prevalence of

adultssuffering from overweight and obesity rose steadily to 64%. In 2001,the second most frequently prescribed drug sold in America was asynthetic hormone drug, indicating a vast number of individuals werenow suffering from thyroid malfunction. Tied in with the overweightand obesity problems resulting from thyroid malfunction are a host ofadditional, potentially deadly afflictions suggesting that"overweight" might be only a symptom rather than a diagnosis - it isactually only one of the more visible clues that something is notright, that something is out of kilter. (2, 3, 4)According to the CDC, between the years 1980 and 1994 the overallincidence of asthma increased 75%. Since 1991, the number of US adultswith diagnosed diabetes has increased 61%, and the number is projectedto more than double by the year 2050. (5, 6)An article in the New England

Journal of Medicine stated that theincidence of gastric/esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) hasinexplicably risen more rapidly than any other cancer incidence in theUnited States. Yale New Haven Hospital and the National CancerInstitute list that rate of increase at 350%. Also noted was theobservation that the majority of the unfortunates suffering fromgastric cancer in this particular study were white males, and themajority of those white males first presented with GastroesophagealReflux Disease (GERD). Adult white males were not the only onessuffering from GERD, however. By the CDC's own definition of"epidemic," GERD appears to be an epidemic of staggering proportionsin the United States, today. (7)The motto of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is "Safer,Healthier People." The CDC mission statement is, "To promote healthand quality of life by

preventing and controlling disease, injury, anddisability." Yet, when I contacted the CDC because I was havingdifficulty in locating their statistical reports on the increasingprevalence of GERD, the response I received was, "CDC does not haveactivities related to GERD."With CDC unable to supply statistics on this epidemic, it wasnecessary to look elsewhere. A reasonable idea of prevalence andtrends could be obtained by "following the money" and looking atpharmaceutical marketing data. What was found was stunning, and it suggested that medicine focusedon the treatment of chronic symptoms results in a dependency onchronic treatment. People struggling for relief and a chance to livenormal lives become dependent on the pharmaceutical industry forrelief. If they can pay the price, they will be served. Americans are apparently now paying the price because

the marketinginformation indicates this country is now considered "the worldleader" in the overall consumption of pharmaceutical products.By following records of drug sales, one can follow the trend of GERD,and America once again has somehow become a "world leader," this timein the prevalence of caustic heartburn in its citizenry. Beginning in 1997, the top-selling prescription drug being purchasedby Americans was a pharmaceutical preparation that promised relieffrom ulcers, GERD and other conditions related to excessive, corrosiveacid in the stomach and esophagus. In 1998, 1999 and 2000, thatacid-relief drug remained the number one prescribed drug in thecountry. An editorial that appeared in the March 18, 1999 issue of the NewEngland Journal of Medicine, (Volume 340:878-879, Number 11), bySidney Cohen, M.D. and Henry P. Parkman, M.D. noted, "It is

ironicthat the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus has increaseddramatically in the very period in which highly effective therapieshave provided symptomatic relief and mucosal healing."Indeed. In treating the symptoms of GERD, are we silencing true "gutinstinct?" Are we silencing a divinely designed warning system that istrying to tell us we are ingesting something toxic, corrosive anddangerous? Are we silencing with drugs a signal that is warning us wemust stop ingesting a toxic substance before it kills us? It was not until 2001, that the most popularly prescribed drug wasovertaken by drugs being purchased by Americans seeking relief fromsomething else tormenting them within. In 2001, Americans were spending their money in an attempt to seek relief from personal and profounddepression - another symptom that, along with

weight problems, isknown to occur as a result of thyroid malfunction. It was anothersignal telling us that something was affecting not only our bodies, butour minds and emotions. While this surge in both corrosive gastric disorders and mentalanguish was easily dismissed as the price to pay for "the daily stressof life," the same theory cannot be used to explain away the surge inrates of mental torment and GERD now afflicting infants and children. During the five-year period ending in 2001, the sale of drugsprescribed to treat reflux, heartburn and other gastrointestinaldisorders in children soared 660 percent. In a report looking at fourof those same years, the cost of treating behavioral problemspresently referred to as ADHD in children also increased 120 percent.(8, 9)According to an annual report of the US Department of Education

toCongress, the number of "children aged 0 to 21" being treated forautism and traumatic brain injury rose from the first 5,000 reportedcases in 1992/93 (at the start of mandatory reporting), to 94,000cases in 2000/01. In looking at individual states, a troubling mosaicforms. States showing the highest increase (a two thousand percentincrease or greater) in the number of children being treated for autism include Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, Maryland and Oregon.This is not to say that the other states were faring well - inCalifornia from 1987 through 2002, the number of people being treatedfor autism by the Department of Developmental Services increased by634%. In Indiana the percentage of children suffering from autism roseby 860%. In Michigan, the increase was over 1000%. The 1999 Journal ofPediatrics indicated that the majority of autistic children who

werefollowed in one study were also suffering from reflux and otherdigestive problems. (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)Unfortunately, it appears that little boys are far more likely thanlittle girls to suffer from autism as well as from a variety ofchildhood behavioral disorders. Typically, even as infants these boysalso appear to be suffering from reflux and sleep disturbances. It iswhile noting the surge in ADHD that another disturbing fact emerges:Some of the states with the worst surges in behavioral problems -including Colorado, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alaska and Oregon - arealso states in which still-unexplained behavior in juvenile males hasmanifested in horrific school shootings. While the brain and its workings are still not fully understood, itis within the frontal lobes of the brain that the capacities for moraljudgment, attention and memory are now

thought to be situated. PETscans and functional MRIs of the boys afflicted with autisticdisorders have revealed what appears to be "decreased glucosemetabolic rate in the medial frontal region,"and "hypometabolism[lowered metabolism] demonstrated in the temporal and parietalregions." (16)Tests have also indicated that, in the brains of the afflicted boysthere is a "decreased activity and reduced anatomical size,particularly in the right brain . . . " Other brain disturbances,including disturbances in the brain's processing of tryptophan,serotonin and melatonin are becoming known, as is damage to thehippocampus area, thought to be associated with memory problems andobsessive thoughts. (17) Pharmaceuticals such as methylphenidate, now in popular use,stimulate the frontal lobes in order to heighten the brain's abilityto filter out noncritical parts

of the daily barrage of stimuli. Thispharmaceutical appears to at least temporarily improve the behavioralsymptoms of agitation, hyperactivity and inattention in children whosebrains are otherwise unable to filter stimuli on their own. While stimulants might improve outward symptoms, though, research nowindicates that within the right brain, most notably within the righttemporal lobe and hippocampus regions, there exists an extremelyunusual area of neuroreceptors and transmitters. It is this area of the brain that is believed to be the connection between the humanindividual and the still unexplained realm of the mystical and thedivine - the realm of divinely perceived Light. For this reason, thisarea of the brain is now being referred to by some researchers as the"God Spot"- what might be our most important connection of all. Despite the

fact that this extraordinary realm of Light is largelybypassed as noncritical by the majority of researchers, manyindividuals have now described numerous, similar experiences with theLight, indicating such experience is not as uncommon as orthodoxscience has assumed. In examining some of the oldest texts in humanhistory, it is apparent that interactions with Beings of Light have,since the earliest of times, been the most cherished and desired ofall human experiences. Writings from ancient Egypt describe journeysinto the Light and contact with beings and messengers. "Manna," wasthe expression voiced by startled Egyptians on seeing the livingentities emerging from the light. "Manna," meant, "what is this?"We can judge from the unprecedented volume of prescriptions forpsychiatric drugs that something is having a profoundly depressinginfluence upon the human mind at this

time. Something is happeningwithin our brains that is manifesting as anxiety, depression andimpaired cognitive abilities - this much we know. Because adequateresearch of the God-Spot is not an "approved" field of study, however,we have no scientific reports warning us if the God connection in thebrain is also being damaged at this time. Again, we have only outwardsigns to observe - signals indicating something is blocking our accessto the most important light of our lives, and symptoms that speak to agrowing angst, darkness and the loneliness of godlessness. Researchers who dare to study this area of human experience, do sofacing professional humiliation from peers, although such research mayactually be critical to the well-being of humanity. Those who guardthe borders of acceptable research are often quite skeptical ordisapproving of what they

contend is mere "paranormal" speculation,and for this reason, that area of study has been largely avoided byprofessionals and researchers. Melvin Morse, M.D., pediatrician and author of Closer to the Light,is one of very few professionals who has dared to explore thisuncharted territory. In summing up this unfortunate situation ofacceptable study versus study that is dismissed as paranormal, hewrites, "This lack of a theoretical scientific model to allowinteraction with an interconnected universe has led to a 100 year'skeptic' versus 'believer' debate which has not advanced ourunderstanding of human consciousness." (18, 19, 20) Although our increasing inability to perceive the divine andunderstand the full extent of our human capabilities remains largelyignored by those discrediting or rejecting "paranormal" research, thegrowing

epidemic of anxiety, depression and overwhelming despair inthis country's children deserves the attention of all of us. It shouldbe considered a national emergency, and a national tragedy. In Colorado, the rate of suicide among teenagers, children and youngadults has been consistently above the national average since 1980.Suicide is, sadly, the second-leading cause of death in childrenbetween the ages of 10 through 19 in Colorado. In Kentucky, suicide isalso the second leading cause of death in children, teens and youngadults. In Mississippi, the number of teen and young-adult suicideshas increased 126% since 1969, with more than 90% of the victims beingmales. In Alaska, the suicide rate among teenagers is nearly twicethat of the national average - twice. (21, 22, 23, 24) Other strange surges in human suffering have been noted, as well. InColorado, from 1990

through 1999, the percentage of children withorthopedic impairments rose 484%. In Alaska, during 1990-98, theincidence of diabetes increased by 152%, (much greater than thenational rate), and now Alaska is among the top three states with thehighest incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. (25,26) In the midst of all this growing and tragic suffering, in the year2000 the Surgeon General issued a "first ever" call to action inresponse to what was noted as a "silent epidemic" of dental problemsin the United States. Something strange is happening in the mouths ofAmericans. (27)According to the National Institute of Dental and CraniofacialResearch, an estimated 80% of American adults currently have some formof periodontal (gum) disease. In parts of Kentucky, nearly half of thetoddlers have cavities in their teeth, which is approximately twice

the national average. In addition to Kentucky, the top five states citedin a 1997 table used in the Surgeon General's report on toothlessnessincluded West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas and Maine. (28, 29, 30)Perhaps it is at this point that one might begin to reasonably suspectthat whatever lies at the cause of this epidemic of epidemics -whatever is disabling Americans in body, mind and spirit - just mightbe something we are putting into our mouths or otherwise absorbinginto our bodies. This is not an unreasonable suspicion. Given the avalanche of starch that is now figuratively suffocating usand literally fattening us, given the strange new bioengineeredoddities now secretly passing as food in America, given the relativelynew insertion of soy compounds in seemingly infinite forms and aliasesinto nearly every packaged, jarred and canned food on the

groceryshelves - given the chemicals, the mandatory cocktails of highlyquestionable and extremely toxic vaccines all being inserted into theAmerican population - it does not appear at all unreasonable to thinkthat what is wrong with our health and well-being might have somethingto do with what we are taking in with mouths, skin and lungs. It does not appear to be at all unreasonable to suspect that our newstatus as world leader in pursuit of relief-seeking drugs has a cause,and that cause just might be something unnatural that is entering ourbodies en masse. The list of possible suspected toxins, though lengthy, can beshortened by a deductive process. Not all of us consume soy - someavoid it by preference, others because of allergies, and still othersavoid it who have been alerted to questions raised by research aboutits safety.

Not all parents permit their children to take the vaccinesmandated by government. A significant number of Americans avoidbioengineered food by purchasing organic, GE-free products, and stillothers have cut large amounts of starch from their diets in order tomaintain proper weight and health. Not all of us have similarlifestyles that might be blamed as the cause for physical distress,mental despair, stress, cognitive malfunctions and uncompassionateapathy now upon us. The toxic suspect is unlikely to be an elective, avoidable substance.More likely the toxin is in something that we all consume because weneed it, like flowers need the rain. It might be something undetectable at first - something that we willingly ingest without knowing it. Itwould be a toxin that could be added into virtually every food andbeverage, with no mention of it required on the

labels. The substance would also be now causing problems in a bizarregeographical manner. As though it were seemingly able to senseinvisible county boundary lines, it would be a toxin that is leaving atrail which jumps from county to county, state to state, missing somecounties and entire states while hitting other counties and statesparticularly hard. The search is for a substance that can be absorbed through the skinand lungs as well as by swallowing it. Undetectable to us except byscientific measuring, it is a substance that does its work quietly andin extremely low doses. Working at a molecular level, it would cause agradual onset of disease and disability observable only after the slowpassage of years. It is then, after that slow, slow passage of years,that an epidemic of epidemics would be noticed while its cause longforgotten in the mists of

time. After a process of elimination, the substance that meets all of thecriteria and stands alone in the crosshairs of our search is asubstance that does not appear to be suspect. In fact, it raises nosuspicions in most of us, whatsoever, because most of us are unawareof the research pertaining to this substance. It is a substance that, according to government reports, has beenknown since 1930 to have such a powerful effect upon thyroid function,it has been used in prescription medications to treat hyperthyroidism(overactive thyroid). It can, therefore, along with our pyramid ofdough, be reasonably marked as a suspicious agent contributing to thecurrent epidemic of obesity and thyroid problems. (31, 32, 33, 34) It is a substance that has also long been known to cause orexacerbate the exact periodontal disease resulting in the

tooth lossthat has caught the attention of the Surgeon General. In addition tobeing a causative agent in periodontal disease, it is a substance thatis known to accumulate in the teeth and bones creating brittleness,and for this reason it has also been associated with osteoporosis andother bone diseases and disorders that are also now being seen inAmerica. The mysterious substance is so corrosive, when added to water it willeat its way through a titanium container. Since it will eat its waythrough titanium, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise tolearn that it is also known to act as a severe corrosive agent on human gastric and mucosal tissues. (35, 36, 37, 38)As Americans' afflictions continue to unfold unlike anything else thathumanity has known and brought upon itself, we also learn that thematerial, once thought unable to cross

the blood-brain barrier, crosses it rather well. It also concentrates in the pineal gland that islocated within the brain. (39, 40, 41, 42)Any agent that passes through the brain can be expected to affectbehavior, mood and cognitive function, and this substance has beenrepeatedly shown to create a depressing, numbing effect. As early as 1954 this substance was reported by George L. Waldbott,M.D., to cause his patients to become "incoherent, drowsy, lethargicand forgetful." His reports are not isolated. Government reportsindicate similar findings of "impaired cognition and memory." Sowell-known is the impact of this chemical on the human brain and mentalfunction, it continues to be incorporated in and sold in a variety ofpopular, well-known psychiatric drugs. (43, 44, 45) Given the existing reports of this substance's presence

within thebrain - including its effects on the right temporal lobe, hippocampusand the pineal gland - perhaps it should come as no wonder that agrowing number of people, children in particular, are now behavingstrangely, unpredictably, and sometimes very badly while also notinggross memory impairment after ingesting or absorbing this substance. Reports also indicate that the substance is not as effectivelyeliminated from the body in young males as it is in others. Thusretained in the body, its effect upon juvenile males appears to bequite different from its effect on females or even adult males. (46)Because of its known toxic side effects, this substance requires aprescription when administered by medical professionals, but in abizarre and quite deadly paradox enabled by industry mastermindsworking within the government, it can be administered en masse to

thegeneral public by dealers who have no medical training whatsoever, nolicense to dispense medications whatsoever, and who, in fact, have noidea to whom they are administering this corrosive, toxic,mind-altering substance. Those who avoid non-prescribed pharmaceutical substances might feelsafe as a result of personal choices to refrain from unapproved drugsand substances. We have dutifully repeated the "just say no to drugs"mantra, and we have instructed our children to repeat the same afterus. We would not think of taking mind-altering drugs from a dealer,and would never consider giving such a substance in unregulated dosesto our infants and children. However, we have been innocently doing just that. In a growing numberof geographical areas that begin and end with invisible county lines,the substance is almost impossible to avoid. Some

of the hardest hitcounties are located in Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan andMississippi. As the old saying goes, when no other agent can be located as thecause for our problems, blame it on the water. "It must be somethingin the water," the saying has been said for ages, usually with a shrugand chuckle. Perhaps it's time for us as individuals and as a nation to repeatthis phrase again - this time as though our lives depended upon it,this time without a shrug and chuckle - and while we are at it, take acloser look at our water. Maybe there is something in the water, after all. * * * * * * * * * The strange, corrosive, toxic but still controversial agent in thewater is fluoride. The atomic symbol for the negatively charged halogen known asfluorine is, simply, "F"

or "F-." When the negatively charged ions -or anions - of fluorine gas combine with another element, a fluoridecompound is formed. If the F combines with sodium (Na), for instance,the compound would then be known as sodium fluoride, or NaF. If itcombines with calcium (Ca), the compound formed is calcium fluoride,or CaF. If it combines with arsenic, it becomes AsF. And so on. Fluoride is a trace element in nature, but manmade fluoride compoundsbecame grossly abundant as a result of the invention of weapons ofmass destruction in World War II. Fluoride and uranium are keycomponents in the atomic bomb, and fluoride is also a key ingredientin fluorinated organophosphate nerve agents, such as Sarin. Radioactive uranium is naturally present in phosphate ore, but itmust be "enriched" if it is to become a nuclear weapon or a reactorfuel. After the

phosphate is mined, the uranium "yellow cake" isremoved and sent to an enrichment facility such as the plant owned bythe Department of Energy in Paducah, Kentucky. There, the uranium isfluorinated and uranium hexafluoride (UF6) is produced. Paducah'senrichment plant stopped making UF6 for weapons in the 1960s, andbegan creating it, instead, for commercial purposes as a reactor fuel. Uranium fission was first discovered in the late 1930s by Germanscientists. In 1939, there was a reported fear that the Nazis wereabout to develop a bomb using uranium fission. In 1942, Americansbegan similar research, facilitated by the knowledge of scientists whohad fled their own countries and moved to the United States. Thus,America was the first to achieve both creation - and use - of atomicweaponry in 1945. That year, 1945, was one of many changes. With World

War II over,1945 marked the year in which the Nuremberg Trials began - trials thatpresumably reaffirmed the sanctity of life, and human rights - trialswhich would eventually address the atrocities of Nazi humanexperimentation. As the world breathed a sigh a relief in knowing that the Nazi healthofficials' experimentation on human beings had been halted in Germany,1945 marked the year that "public health officials" in America begantheir experimentation on human beings with water fluoridation. In what would turn out to be the biggest human experimentation inhistory, sodium fluoride - NaF - was added into American's drinkingwater in selected communities under the medical claim that the F wouldprevent dental caries (cavities) in children. Those receiving thisexperimental, medicinal treatment in their drinking water, received itthen as they do now: They

are forced to ingest it, inhale it, batheand shower in it, whether or not they want or even need this toxicchemical in their bodies. As with all medicinal compounds - indeed, as with virtuallyeverything on Earth - some individuals can be expected to have extremeside effects and allergic reactions. Individuals having severe allergic reactions to penicillin, poison ivy or peanuts are very likely to usecommon sense and avoid those substances. Unlike the penicillin, poisonivy or peanuts, however - in fact, unlike any other medicinal compoundin history - over 60% of Americans at this time are now unable toelectively avoid the F product unless they also can find a way toavoid their water. While the list of side effects from fluoride hasbeen falsely minimized or completely concealed by fluoride promoters,the side effects are well documented. Side effects have been

so severethat previously approved medications containing high-grade F compoundshave been removed from the market by the FDA. (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)In a recent paper authored by Myron Coplan, PE, and Roger Masters,PhD, a professor at Dartmouth, the authors discovered that a subtlebut potentially lethal change in F additives took place shortly afterthe fluoride experimentation on Americans began. In 1947 instead ofhigher-grade NaF or sodium fluoride - silicofluorides, or SiFs, weresubstituted as the fluorinating compound in drinking water. Thisswitch was carried out under the gross misconception that all Fcompounds are the same. As outlined in some largely ignored research,however, one part of SiF is substantially more potent than six partsof NaF. Despite this evidence, and despite the fact that it is now SiFrather than NaF primarily being used in American water

fluoridation,Masters and Coplan found that "virtually all the extensive laboratoryresearch on the biological properties and effects of fluoride in waterhas been performed using NaF rather than SiFs..." (52) Merck gives the definition of silicofluoride as, "fluorosilicate is acompound of silicon and some other base with fluorine, such as sodiumsilicofluoride; fluorosilicates are sometimes used as insecticides, and are very toxic when ingested. Called also silicofluoride." (53)While many are still assuming that the SiF compounds being added todrinking water are high-grade pharmaceuticals, the CDC's NationalFluoridation Engineer has publicly stated that all fluoride compoundscurrently used for water fluorination are "byproducts of the phosphatefertilizer industry." (54)Because of the toxic nature of this compound, the SiF being added todrinking

water is an industrial waste that would otherwise have to bedisposed of by the industry that created it, and it would have to bedisposed of according to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HAZMAT).Disposal of toxic substances under hazmat regulations, however, results in an expense for the industries. This costly disposal dilemma - and its clever marketing remedy - wasexpertly summed up in a 1983 letter written by EPA's Rebecca Hanmer,(formerly the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water), who statedthat by putting the SiF waste into drinking water rather than disposing of it, an important financial savings is made for the industry. MissHanmer wrote that this industrial plan is "...an ideal solution to along standing problem. By recovering by-product fluosilicic acid (sic)from fertilizer manufacturing, water and air pollution are minimized,and

water authorities have a low-cost source of fluoride..." (55) Ongoing research by Dr. Roger Masters' team revealed that the effectof SiF in young, growing boys differs from its effects on adult males.In juvenile males, ingested fluoride is not excreted from the body asefficiently as it is excreted from the body of adult males. It is thisfinding that perhaps explains why this substance might be creating anextreme reaction in boys. In addition, after comparing blood leadlevels of over 400,000 children in communities using SiF-treatedwater, it was found that SiF water was also significantly associatedwith increased levels of lead in the children tested. This should because for alarm because the findings of other recent studies show adistinct correlation between blood concentrations of lead and unusual,aggressive behavior. (56)Information published in 2003

detailed the findings of a controlledstudy funded by the National Institutes of Health. Researchers foundin this study that elevated amounts of lead in the blood "may causeaggressive and even violent behavior." Dr. John D. Bogden, Professorof Preventive Medicine and Community Health participated in this studyat the New Jersey Medical School. He stated, "The data of this studydemonstrate that lead exposure enhances predatory aggression inanimals, and provide support for lead exposure as a cause ofaggressive behavior in humans." Among other researchers alsoparticipating in this study was Dr. Donald B. Louria, ChairmanEmeritus of the Department of Preventive Medicine and CommunityHealth. Dr. Louria stated, "The results support other recentinvestigations that have found associations between lead in blood orbones and delinquent and aggressive behavior in teenagers."

(57)In seeking further documented evidence regarding aggressive behaviorand its association with SiF water, Dr. Masters contacted personnel inthe EPA in 2000 and asked them if they had empirical, scientific dataon the effects of SiFs on health and behavior. Robert Thurnau, Chief,Water Supply and Water Resources Division of the EPA responded. ". . .our answer is no." (58)In spite of the increasing evidence pointing directly to a potentialcalamity stemming from massive fluoride poisoning, there remainoutspoken groups that continue to advocate the blanket dosing ofentire communities with still-untested, unapproved fluoridation. Amongthem is a group known as "Quackwatch." Quackwatch is chaired by retired psychiatrist, Stephen Barrett, M.D.He and the Quackwatch associates have gathered together for thepurpose of acting as both watchdog and instructor for the

gullible,unlettered public. The group has apparently done some substantialinstructing, because it claims to be one of the three most popularmedical websites on the entire internet. Dr. also serves as a Fellowof the "Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of theParanormal." Quackwatch uses an FDA quotation to describe what, exactly, quackeryor health fraud is, and it also provides the public with guidelines tohelp us more easily identify the "quacks" among us. According toQuackwatch, "The FDA defines health fraud as 'the promotion, forprofit, of a medical remedy known to be false or unproven.'" In reading through the reports published on Quackwatch, one will readclaims that opponents to fluoridation have no supporting evidence toback their opposition to fluoridation. In fact, the only suspicionsregarding F that seem to be embraced by

Quackwatch are suspicionsraised about individuals who oppose or question fluoridation. In onereport that appears on Quackwatch, "Community Water Fluoridation inAmerica: The Unprincipled Opposition," Michael Easley, DDS, anotheroutspoken promoter of fluoride, refers to fluoridation opponents as"health quacks," and quotes from a 1983 paper which likens fluorideopponents to "parasites" who "steal undeserved credibility just bysharing the stage with respected scientists," all of whom (we areapparently to believe) are pro-fluoridation. (59, 60)Quackwatch warns that one of the tactics of an "anti" (an opponent tothe mass fluoridation of drinking water), is to use tactics based upon"those of Hitler," and to state that fluoride is the cause of anentire laundry list of problems. Quackwatch is correct about thelaundry list. This is not a "tactic," however. It is a

mere statementof facts. Those who have dared to ask a few questions in spite of the potentialrisk of public humiliation by Quackwatch and other fluoridationpromoters, have discovered information that flatly contradicts theinformation being generated by the promoters. In a journal found in the National Library of Medicine, studies haveshown that in doses as low as 3 mg per day, fluoride has producedtoxic effects on male reproductive hormones. Despite what Americans are being told by fluoridation promoters, the negative effects of F uponboth body and mind have not only been discovered, but they have alsobeen duly reported, albeit in areas and texts that most Americans -including professionals - do not regularly access, to orread. (61, 62, 63, 64)Perhaps the most amazing fact of all discovered by those daring to askquestions, is

the fact that the F compound being added into ourdrinking water under a promised, medicinal claim, has not ever beenapproved by the FDA. Representative Glenn Donnelson of Utah summed this fact up during thewinter, 2003, National Conference of State Legislatures. When askedabout fluoride he stated, "A major concern is that the Food and DrugAdministration has never approved fluoride for safety or effectiveness. . . When a product, substance or chemical is added to the publicwater supply for the purposes of treating or preventing a disease,that chemical must have an approved health claim by the U.S. Food andDrug Administration. To say that 'fluoridated water will decreasetooth decay' is an illegal health claim." (65)Amid the Quackwatch reports, is a report reprinted from the 2002 FDAConsumer magazine focusing on the Surgeon General's "silent

epidemic"of oral/dental problems, previously mentioned above. The article isnamed, "Fighting Gum Disease: How to Keep Your Teeth." The paperfocuses on "Americans' bad oral health," and on the high incidence ofgum disease in the US. A portion of this scientific paper, however,reads suspiciously like a product promotion and endorsement. It is inthat particular area of this paper on "how to keep your teeth," thatthe inevitable endorsement of a fluoride product is made. (66)A more realistic paper focusing on "Fighting Gum Disease: How to KeepYour Teeth," might have actually contained a warning about fluoride. According to a patent application that can be located through the USPatent and Trademark Office, the following statement was given assupporting evidence by researchers applying for patent #636150, filedon April 22, 1996: "We have found that

fluoride, in the concentrationrange in which it is employed for the prevention of dental caries,stimulates the production of prostaglandins and thereby exacerbatesthe inflammatory response in gingivitis and periodontitis." The claimfor which these researchers were seeking a patent was, "A method forpreventing dental caries and at the same time controlling periodontalbone loss precipitated by the fluoride..."Could it possibly be that fluoride does not belong on the list of the"Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the Twentieth Century," as isclaimed by the CDC and seconded by popular fluoride promoters such asQuackwatch? Is it possible that along with the "adjusted" reports that have beengiven to the public from the USDA as well as from the EPA (as hasrecently been charged by angered EPA scientists), that individuals inthe CDC, the FDA and those

crying foul and quack in the private sectormight be giving us - albeit with great authoritarian bluster - moreinaccurate information in order to promote and market this product?Most of the dental problems in the Surgeon General's report are brokendown according to race, income and educational levels in thegovernment's apparent attempt to find a reason behind the appallingincrease in gum disease. It is in the midst of this data that thefollowing lament is made: ". . . about 40 percent of the public doesnot receive the benefits of community water fluoridation." Because themention of "fluoride-deficient" communities is listed in this report,one might reasonably draw a conclusion that fluoridated drinking watermust be working wonders for those more fortunate folks in thefluoridated counties. Certainly, the five states mentioned on theSurgeon General's list as having the worst

toothlessness problems -Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana and Maine - must be fiveof the most embarrassingly "fluoride-deficient" states in the entireUnited States. (67)A brief review of a state-by-state CDC score card of "optimallyfluoridated" communities reveals just the opposite. Predictably, and in keeping with research that reveals fluoridecauses gum disease, the two states with the worst edentulous problemsin the country - Kentucky and West Virginia - were 96% and 87%"optimally fluoridated" in 2000. In fact, Kentucky, which wasmentioned earlier above as also having twice the rate of cavities intoddlers as the national average, was actually 100% fluoridated in1992. Among the other top five states of now-toothless-Americans, Maine was75% fluoridated, Arkansas was about 60% fluoridated and over 53% ofLouisiana's residents were being

"optimally fluoridated" via hazmatwaste in their drinking water. (68)Adding to the overall contradictory statistics is yet another report,this one a 2001-02 "report card" issued by a fluoride-promoting groupcalling itself "Oral Health America" (OHA). They gave the United Statesan oral health grade of only "C," a grade that was in part loweredbecause each state not "optimally fluoridated" automatically receivedone "F"to be figured into their grade. According to OHA's data, therewere only four states that actually received a better grade than thenational average of C. Two of those four states that received thehighest grades in America for overall oral health were Utah andHawaii. Both Utah and Hawaii received a B minus. Utah and Hawaii, however, are the two "hold-out" states in America.Both states have been roundly rejecting water fluoridation for

sometime. (69)Once again, the list of areas being "optimally fluoridated" or"fluoride deficient" pertains only to fluoridation of drinking water.There is no mention of the other sources of fluoride pollution inAmerica. Among the other sources are ongoing fluoride contamination ofthe air and environment by Superfund sites, fluoride contamination inanimal feeds, pesticides, cigarette smoke, coal combustion, infertilizers being incorporated into soils, the fluoride that iscontained in plastics and in nonstick cookware, the fluoridecontamination of human foods as well as canned/bottled juices, softdrinks and other beverages, and the fluoride that is added to anoverwhelming number of pharmaceutical products, including antibiotics,steroids, molecular imaging tracking agents, anesthetics, vitamins andantidepressants.As though even more fluoride were somehow needed by a

nation that isclearly already overdosed, the list also does not include one of themost highly concentrated sources of fluoride that is purchased by mostAmericans and used daily: Conventional toothpastes. Most toothpasteshave a fluoride content that is so potentially lethal, a poison warningmust be displayed on their labels. In what must be the most bizarreexamples of conflicting and confusing in formation, while "publichealth officials" in many states are using words such as "enforcement"when it comes to keeping fluoride in people's drinking water, thenotice on the toothpaste tubes warns specifically against theingestion of the fluoride product. The government's Medlineencyclopedia gives the following prognosis following an ingestedtoothpaste overdose: "For fluoridated toothpastes -- If the patientsurvives for 48 hours, recovery is usually likely." (70)Amid the

confusion, one might wonder why topical fluoride dentalproducts would even be necessary when the fluoridation of drinkingwater is now being enforced in so many communities. The answer to thisquestion can be found in statements from the CDC and other fluoridepromoters: Ingested fluoride only affects teeth prior to tootheruption. According to the CDC, after the tooth has erupted from thegums in toddlers and children, ingested fluoride no longer affects thetooth. (71, 72)There are only preliminary estimates available regarding how much F isabsorbed through the skin and lungs even though over half of allAmericans now have no choice but to stand naked in their showers andbe completely contaminated by F water - and then pay for it in theirutility bill. Estimates suggest that dermal and pulmonary absorption of F are far more efficient routes than ingestion by mouth, as

wasdemonstrated over a half century ago by the Nazis during theirexperimentation with lethal, fluorinated nerve gases.It is perhaps of interest to note that while Quackwatch includes theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its list of "ReliableAgencies and Organizations," several important pieces of literaturepertaining to F and published by EPA Headquarters Union of Scientistshave either escaped the Quackwatch notice or have simply been ignored. It appears that a number of scientists in the EPA have also been ableto uncover existing information that documents the dangers of F. Infact, some of the scientists of the EPA have been issuing warningsabout the dangers of fluoride in our drinking water for over ten years, but - again - reports that do not further the sale of this producthave been seriously "adjusted" by overseers occupying jobs within

thegovernment. Only after being adjusted are the reports then given tothe unsuspecting public. In other cases, the scientists' warningsappear to be completely ignored by major news media, as well as bysome of the more popular medical sites that profess to keep Americansinformed. One statement prepared by J. William Hirzy, Ph.D. of the EPAHeadquarters Union of scientists, summarizes the stand of approximately 1500 scientists and professionals in Washington, D.C. "... ouropposition to drinking water fluoridation has grown, based on thescientific literature documenting the increasingly out-of-controlexposures to fluoride, the lack of benefit to dental health fromingestion of fluoride and the hazards to human health from suchingestion. These hazards include acute toxic hazard, such as to peoplewith impaired kidney function, as well as chronic toxic

hazards ofgene mutations, cancer, reproductive effects, neurotoxicity, bonepathology and dental fluorosis." In another statement issued beforethe Subcommittee on Drinking Water in D.C., Dr. Hirzy urged animmediate moratorium on water fluoridation, citing among otherpossible links, the growing psychological problems children are nowsuffering. (73, 74) While research on the destructive role that F is playing in the humanbody continues to unfold, a much earlier clue regarding the toxiceffects of cellular message disruption was given years ago in an oldbook written by Adelle Davis, Let's Get Well. (Ms. Davis, who wassuspicious of fluoride, was posthumously inducted into the lengthyQuackwatch list of Quacks for misinforming the public.) Although she was not writing about fluoride when she mentioned thewords "xanthurenic acid" in that old book - she was

writing aboutdiabetes - both xanthurenic acid and diabetes fit well into any studyof fluoride and America's health problems. Referencing research done in the 1950s, on page 94 Ms. Davis wrote:"When too little vitamin B6 (pyridoxin) is obtained, an essentialamino acid from complete proteins, tryptophane, is not used normally;instead it is changed into a substance known as xanthurenic acid. Ifanimals are deficient in B6, xanthurenic acid in the blood becomes sohigh that it damages the pancreas within 48 hours and diabetes isproduced." On the next page, she stated that magnesium plays an importantpartnership role with B6 by decreasing the need for B6. A more recentstudy shows that a magnesium deficiency impairs B6 status byinhibiting the uptake of B6 in the tissues. On page 342, Adelle Davisstated that many foods grown in America today using

chemicalfertilizers are deficient in magnesium content. (75)These are important statements in that old book, as they clearlydemonstrate that the need for appropriate nutrition as well as thedevastating effects of an improper diet were well-known by researchersin the 1950s - long before adjusters gave us our pyramid of dough.Information available through the CDC also states that a poor diet -something that is now quite easy to come-by in the United States - canlead to a depletion of B6. (76)In order to better understand what, exactly, xanthurenic acid is, andhow important each small piece of the puzzle is, one must look at thesymphonic workings of the nerves, chemicals, proteins and hormonesthat are receiving and transmitting messages in the brain andthroughout the body each moment of every day of our lives. It is thevery ability of the receptors and transmitters to

give and receivetheir accurate messages that creates the symphony that is the song oflife. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that must be obtained through aproper, balanced diet. The tryptophan is then further dependent upon -and influenced by - other nutrients and messages for its destined workin the body. If the tryptophan is not able to metabolize in the brain because ofmissing nutrients or due to incorrect messaging, the tryptophandegrades into xanthurenic acid, a toxin that causes cells toself-destruct in a cellular suicidal action called "apoptosis." All ofthe B complex vitamins are essential for proper cellular messaging,but in studying the specific roles of each of the B vitamins, adeficiency of vitamin B6 has, indeed, been shown to lead to tryptophandegradation. What little B6 that is gained from a poor diet can

befurther depleted by something else as easy to come by in the US as apoor diet - stress. (77, 78, 79, 80)On the other hand, if all goes well and all nutrients are present,instead of metabolizing into xanthurenic acid the tryptophan willinteract and then form serotonin, which is a powerful neurotransmitter. Serotonin's molecular messaging role is so vast and important in thebody, it is sometimes referred to as the "serotonin system." It is akey player in the regulation of mood and behavior. It also directlyaffects the gastrointestinal tract, and low levels are being found inthe development of heart disease. Serotonin is also thought to play aregulatory role in insulin production, and a disruption of serotoninlevels has also been found to worsen the behavior in some autismcases. (81, 82, 83, 84, 85)In a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal, the

point is madethat, "Evidence is mounting that abnormalities of serotonin metabolismplay an important role in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.Whole-blood serotonin often is elevated in children with autisticdisorder and normal intelligence. Also, in boys with autisticdisorder, serotonin synthesis typically is decreased in the frontalregion and thalamus on one side of the brain and increased in thedentate nucleus of the opposite cerebellum." (86)Once the tryptophan is transformed into serotonin, the serotonin actsas the precursor to melatonin which is formed in the pineal gland.Melatonin is the hormone that regulates daily cycles, and it inducessound sleep which is necessary for our bodies to heal and repairthemselves each night. It is also an extremely important regulator ofapoptosis and it also plays a role in the regulation of insulin.Because of its role in

the regulation of apoptosis, when the melatoninis able to send and receive its messages properly, its messages tellcancer cells to self-destruct, while keeping other cells on task. Italso helps to govern mood and behavior, and plays a role in thetriggering of puberty. (87, 88) As science has leapt forward in various areas, researchers are nowbetter able to understand some of the smaller, lesser-known details ofthe great symphony within us. They are now aware, for instance, of thecritical role played by something that was discovered not long ago by a gentleman of science named Martin Rodbell. He discovered one of themost critical messengers in our bodies - messengers that are nowreferred to as the "G-proteins." According to "The Martin Rodbell Papers - Signal Transduction and theDiscovery of G-Proteins, 1969-1980," which can be viewed

in theNational Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, "'Signaltransduction' describes how individual cells receive, process, andultimately transmit information derived from external 'signals,' suchas hormones, drugs, or even light . . . The G-proteins proved to be the essential components of the hormone signaling process." This was adiscovery that was so profound, it resulted in a shared Nobel Prize for Dr. Rodbell and Alfred Gilman, M.D., PhD. (89)But, Dr. Rodbell had also seen something else. At a press conferencein 1994 he took a moment to express concern for something troublinghim. He was concerned about the increasing profit-oriented arenas intowhich the field of science was moving. "The tenor is changed," hestated, "the world ain't the same, everything is targeted, everythingis bottom line, how to make a buck." He added that there is a crucialneed to "capture

knowledge for its own sake and for humanity." In oneof his last public speaking engagements, the man who represented purescience rather than industry - a scientist who was also a poet andunafraid to speak of Amazing Grace - Dr. Rodbell said, "We should beable to together bring about a better world, a world that we, ashumans, can be proud of." (90, 91) Eerily, strangely - very strangely - as though he had looked at thesmallest of the small details and in those details found divineconsciousness, at his Nobel banquet celebrating the discovery of theG-proteins, Martin Rodbell the scientist and poet told us that when wethink of G, to remember all that it stands for - "lucky seven in thealphabet, the starting point for everything surely profound, rememberGod..." (92) Since the great, internal symphony is so dependent upon the abilitiesof the

G-proteins to send and receive their messages, it would appearreasonable to assume that life, itself, depends upon the safe andunblocked passage of these messengers. Fluoride can now be suspected in a host of illnesses including GERD,gum disease, bone problems, diabetes, thyroid malfunction and mentalimpairment. As stated earlier, a significant number of the health andmental problems in the US are more pronounced in boys. Becausetryptophan, serotonin and the melatonin formed in the pineal gland arespecifically associated with behavior (both aggressive andnonaggressive), with mood, sleep, appetite control, mucosal functionof the gastrointestinal tract, regulation of cells and a host of otherfunctions of the body, it appears that something is disturbing theproper functioning of the messengers, thus resulting in outward signsof disease and behavioral problems.

(93, 94, 95) Additionally, fluoride has now been found to accumulate in extremelyhigh concentrations within the pineal gland where melatonin is formed.This observation was made during postmortem examinations by researcherJennifer Luke, DDS, PhD. A known neurotoxin, fluoride has also beenshown to cause nerve cell degeneration, resulting in an outrightdisruption of motor coordination. It has also been shown to inhibitand interfere with the production of insulin, interfere with thyroidfunction and to directly affect thought process. (96, 97, 98, 99, 100)The outward signs, however, are but the symptoms, the end results -the effects. Having found the effect, one must look at the smallest ofthe small details to find the cause. There in the small details, inthe nucleus of the symphony where the divine is meant to sing,something else is, instead, lying:

Fluoride has now also beenidentified as interfering with G-protein messages. A messenger ofutter falsehood, fluoride both activates and inhibits cellularactivity. (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)This means that fluoride, along with those promoting it, is sendingout some rather confusing messages. (107)* * * * * * * * * It was while studying the raging debate over whether "we" should orshould not pay the uranium mining industries to use our drinking wateras a cheap way to dispose of their fluoride wastes, that another factappeared. It appeared rather quietly and without fanfare, almost as backgroundnoise that was unnoticeable against the din of debate on municipalfluoridation. It might have been missed entirely if it weren't for thefact that I was focusing on the growing list of behavioral problems inchildren, and wondering each

step of the way if the children's problems might possibly be tied into an epidemic of epidemics caused byfluoride. While adults were sometimes being given an opportunity to expressopinions prior to the fluoridation of their water supplies, anotherfluoridation program was quietly begun. In the 1960s and 1970s,fluoridation was begun in children's schools which had their own watersupplies. The fluoridation plan for the schools' drinking water,however, differed slightly from the municipal fluoridation plans. TheCDC guidelines suggested that school children's drinking water shouldbe fluoridated at approximately 4.5 times the amount suggested formunicipal fluoridation. (108, 109) This deliberate overdose, which translates into ranges reaching 6.5mg per liter of water, is not a dose that was based upon any child'ssize, weight, age or body mass.

It is not a dose that was based uponany particular child's individual dental needs - nor was there evenconsideration of whether the children's teeth had already erupted andwere therefore no longer affected by ingested fluoride. The dose wascertainly not based upon any parent's desire to have his or herchildren exposed to fluoride in amounts that the parents would notwant to receive. It is a dose that does not even take intoconsideration the amount of fluoride the children might already beexposed via topical dental products. In fact, it is a dose that callously - and quite coldly - takesnothing whatsoever into consideration other than the mean outdoortemperature. In schools where the average daily temperature is 79.3 to90.5 degrees Fahrenheit, the suggested dose is 3.2 milligrams perliter, with the upper range being 3.8 mg/L. But, heaven help theschools in

colder areas where the average air temperature is 50 to53.7 degrees Fahrenheit. In those schools, the suggested dose is 5.4mg/L, with upper limits at 6.5 mg/L. (110)With the dose of fluoride experimentation at such extreme levels, onewould think that at least caution and close monitoring would be inorder. Once again, such a thought is apparently considered unreasonable inthe minds of those promoting fluoride. In a report dated August 17,2001, the CDC states that while schools in thirteen states hadinitiated school water fluoridation at some point during the course ofthis experiment, as of 2001, "school water fluoridation has beenphased out in several states; the current extent of this practice isnot known." (111)In addition to school fluoridation now being "not known," in the sameNational Conference of State Legislatures in which

RepresentativeDonnelson registered his opposition to fluoridation, another 2001study was reviewed. The study examined the knowledge level of operators controlling both small and large water plants. Specifically, thisstudy focused on the knowledge level of individuals responsible foradding the fluoride into the drinking water. The two-year study foundthat only "approximately 64 percent of plant operators knew thecorrect optimal fluoride concentration for their plant . . ." (112) Medical experimentation is always undertaken for a purpose. Thepurpose in most cases is to achieve or study end results. It is notunreasonable to suspect that the massive medical experiment involvingone of the most powerful of the greenhouse gases - fluoride - mightfinally be revealing its long-term, end results. With children beingsubjected to more than a full measure of this

experiment, it is notunreasonable to suspect that the children might reach their breakingpoint before the larger, older, heavier adult population. It is not unreasonable to assume that children might now be showingsigns not only of dental fluorosis - which has been visible for yearsin the United States - but also signs of systemic fluorosis manifesting in ways that have nothing to do with their teeth. With a manmade, toxic substance now effectively sending falsemessages throughout the minds and bodies of most Americans, it is notunreasonable to suggest that previously unheard-of behavioral and moodproblems might be directly related to that manmade substance which issending out those false messages. Along with the new, bizarrefascination with darkness that appears to be growing in this country'sjuveniles, there seems to be a new aloofness and

a growing lack ofcompassion. In some children there appears to be a growing inability to thinkclearly beyond the moment at hand, and an inability to avoid bizarreand impulsive behavior. In some boys, there appears to be a growinginability to feel, and therefore an inability to behave in a mannerthat considers the feelings of others. School bullying, once a rareand punishable offense, is simply seen now as "life in the realworld," as the principal of a notably violent middle school inTallahassee told me. Along with an inability to feel, there is agrowing inability to even perceive a concept of the divine. Instead,there appears to be a growing willingness to follow dark, provocativeand charismatic leaders who are now easily leading their youngdisciples directly into hell. There is also a growing reverence for Nazi philosophy reported

amongsome school children, nationwide.

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