For
the best article analyzing the research on fluoridation worldwide, see this one
by John Colquhoun, DDS, Phd (former Chief Dental Officer of Auckland, NZ): Why
I changed my mind about water fluoridation (Perspectives in Biology and
Medicine 41 29-44 1997, University of Chicago Press). Colquhoun studied the
effects of fluoridation around the world, with the intention of proving how
beneficial it was, but discovered, to his astonishment, that people in
countries using fluoridation had the worst teeth. He then began crusading to
put an end to the practice.
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Since 2010, over 240 communities in North America have abolished (or voted to prevent) the practice of fluoridation. (See www.fluoridealert.org for a constantly updated list.)
3. Where did the idea of fluoridating the water come from?
Industrialists in the aluminum and nuclear industries were under fire because of the harmful effects of the fluoride waste products being emitted from their plants - animals and people were being sickened for miles around.
They hired Edward Bernays, who was the inventor of mass public relations campaigns (Bernays also happened to be the nephew of Sigmund Freud) to convince the American people that putting toxic waste in our water supply was good for us.
Bernays had organized a successful campaign, on behalf of Lucky Strike cigarettes, to convince American women that smoking was both glamorous and liberating. He hired models to pose as debutantes in a march for women's rights. When Bernays gave the signal, all the women lit up their cigarettes. Another successful propaganda campaign that he orchestrated was the overthrow of a democratically-elected government in Guatemala on behalf of United Fruit. The Nazis studied and made use of Bernays' techniques for their propaganda programs. (A more in-depth discussion of Bernays' role in the campaign to convince the public to accept fluoridation can be found in the video "The Fluoride Deception" at youtube.com, and the book with the same name by Christopher Bryson, Seven Stories Press).
For
information describing the origin of water fluoridation as a way of disposing
of industrial waste, see Click Here
4. OK, so maybe fluoridation hasn't been proven to be effective in improving dental health, and its origins are sketchy, but what harm can it do to add it to our water supply?
First there is the cost factor. At a time when there is not enough money for schools, dental treatment for kids, and other basic community services, counties are spending millions of dollars to fluoridate the water. Even worse, fluoridation has been associated with increased rates of bone cancer, cardiac problems, diabetes, immune disorders, damage to the thyroid, increased bone fractures, hyperactivity, neurotoxicity, and decreased IQ:
Study
showing higher rates of bone cancer in male children exposed to higher levels
of fluoride Click Here
Study showing higher rate of bone fractures in women living in high fluoride
areas compared to low fluoride areas. Click Here
Study showing increased hyperactivity in children in fluoridated vs. non-fluoridated
areas: Click Here
Harvard meta-study showing significantly lower IQ in children living in high fluoride areas as opposed to low fluoride areas in China. Click Here
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