Thursday, June 24, 2010

Fluoridation opposition is science-based.

“Fluoridation opposition is science-based and growing,” says Paul Connett, PhD, FAN Executive Director, who has co-authored the upcoming book, “The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics that Keep it There.” Co-authors are James Beck, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of medical physics at the University of Alberta in Calgary; and Spedding Micklem, DPhil, professor emeritus at Edinburgh University.

“We have spent many years investigating water fluoridation and the toxicity of fluoride and we are dismayed that commentators are willing to repeat, without verification, pro-fluoridation statements that disparage scientists and citizens who oppose the practice,” says Connett.

“FAN’s website http://www.FluorideAlert.org has a wealth of scientific information indicating that water fluoridation is neither safe nor effective,” says Connett. “In fact, mounting evidence shows that it is harmful to large segments of the population and has helped to create an epidemic of dental fluorosis in children.” On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the “Top Ten Common Household Toxins” and described fluoride as both “neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed.”

There has been a definitive report of fluoride toxicological research. It was done by the National Research Council at the request of the EPA to help them determine if the maximum contaminant level goal of fluoride allowed in drinking water is protective of health (4 mg/L)

the NRC reported it is too high and must be lowered but the EPA has yet to act upon this. At least three members of the NRC’s fluoride panel believe that, based on the science revealed in the NRC report, fluoride levels in drinking water should be as close to zero as possible – which would effective kill the fluoridation program in the US which is probably why the EPA is overdue in its mandated fluoride review.

Unfortunately, politics plays a heavy hand in fluoridation which never was rooted in valid science.

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