- "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse
to correct it."
- --Orlando Battista, Chemist.
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- Upon first learning that a "new database" on
fluoride levels in foods and drinks had been published in October,
2004 by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), I dropped
what I was doing and rushed to look at the publication. A sense of
hope welled in me - hope born from hope that perhaps at last, those
governing what is left of our "government" had finally come to their
collective senses, and were finally "fessing up" to the 60-year-old
charge that graft, incompetence and lies are behind the
mass-medicating of Americans via our drinking water - a scheme that
was a mistake from the very beginning. It is an ongoing mistake that
has resulted in so much disinformation pertaining to fluoride that
this toxic substance has now been poured into most of America's water,
it is in our foods, in household goods, in the air and it is in a
growing number of drugs that Americans take daily.
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- I was scarcely able to wade through the emailed
press release and then the introduction of this latest report, before
once again feeling the curious sensation that seems to accompany the
reading of most government publications - that odd feeling which
occurs when my eyes roll upward in exasperation. The confession has
not yet come; it is still a long way off. But this was at least one
small step for us all into the direction where ignored truth has
patiently awaited discovery for over a half a century. It is in
embarking upon this path that the education of the American public
regarding fluorine, fluoride, organofluorides and fluorinated products
can finally take place.
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- It is within the first three or four sentences of
the press release, titled, "Tracking Fluoride in the National Food
Supply," that we catch a glimpse of what this report is really all
about. In reality, it is about the accumulating consequences of
deliberately contaminating America's water supply with the industrial
waste product commonly referred to as "fluoride."
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- "For more than half a century," the opening remarks
of the press release state, "to prevent tooth decay, small amounts of
fluoride have been added to many U.S. municipal water supplies. That
fluoride, as well as naturally occurring fluoride from wells and other
water sources, subsequently finds its way into water-based beverages
and foods."
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- Moving onto the introduction of the study, we
discover what our "Adequate Intake" of fluoride is. According to
various professional studies, and as can be seen in the Physician's
Desk Reference, (PDR), "there is no evidence that fluoride is an
essential nutrient for humans." Despite this, an "Adequate Intake" has
been determined for us by those who are promoting pharmaceutical-grade
fluoride products, and promoting the industrial waste fluoride that is
being added to our drinking water.
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- The promoters have determined that in order to
"prevent dental caries," our "Adequate Intake" for their product has
been set (by them, and those partnered with them) at 0.01 mg a day for
infants up to six months, and it is 0.05 mg/kg for infants and
children older than six months. The dose for adults is simply 3 mg a
day for women, and 4 mg a day for men - one size fits all per gender.
Whether we are toothless or not, the promoters have been assuring us
for over fifty years that fluoride added to our drinking water will
"prevent dental caries."
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- In order to "prevent dental fluorosis," however -
the mottling and discoloration of the teeth that is considered by the
American Dental Association to be a "purely cosmetic" problem - the
USDA quotes from the Institute of Medicine (which is also promoting
fluoride), stating that the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for fluoride
ingestion is capped off at "10 mg a day" for everyone over the age of
eight.
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- Unfortunately, dental fluorosis is one of the only
clearly visible signs of fluoride poisoning (other than death due to
catastrophic fluoride accidents) that is medically recognized in this
country. The Upper Intake Level for preventing problems that are far
more serious than dental fluorosis - problems that are internal,
systemic and may not be clearly visible or even recognized in this
country at this time - are not even mentioned.
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- In addition, according to information that can be
found on the American Dental Association's website, dental fluorosis
is the result of an "intake of too much fluoride while the enamel is
forming before teeth erupt." Therefore, for those of us whose teeth
have already erupted, monitoring them for signs of fluoride poisoning
in the post-eruption years of our lives is apparently of questionable
benefit.
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- In keeping all attention deflected away from overall
health and focused with tunnel vision only upon the pre-erupted tooth,
no mention is made of the other problems that systemic ingestion of
various fluoride compounds via skin, mouth and nose have been
associated with, such as thyroid malfunction, altered mental status
including depression and violent, uncharacteristic behavior, memory
problems, gastrointestinal problems, cardiac arrhythmias, liver
problems, bone problems, and joint, tendon and muscle problems,
including rhabdomyolysis.
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- The USDA then states that similar suggested dosages
and upper limit levels of fluoride ingestion have also been endorsed
by the American Dental Association and the American Dietetic
Association, as though the mere mention of such names commands
immediate and unquestioned respect and suggests something akin to
authoritarian infallibility.
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- Both of the above ADA groups, however, are
unyielding fluoride promoters, which, in and of itself, indicates
neither group has been doing any real homework.
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- It is the American Dental Association - a
professional association of dentists - that staunchly backs the
systemic, mass-medication of Americans under the claim that this
drinking-water maneuver will "reduce cavities." And yet, one might
reasonably think that after waiting for sixty years for any signs of
the miraculous dental health claim to occur, we might have seen
something by now that would favorably back up this aging, empty
promise. The promised results have not yet occurred. In fact, in 2000
the Surgeon General issued the "first ever" call to action due to
increasing dental problems in the U.S., although we are now, as a
country, completely inundated with fluoride.
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- Kentucky would have been a very good place to set up
camp and watch for the long-awaited dental miracle to happen, because
Kentucky was 100% "optimally fluoridated" in 1992, and remained over
96% "optimally fluoridated" in 2000, in spite of eight more years of
patient but meaningless miracle-waiting.
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- Despite this grand level of fluoridation, in a 2002
article in the Cincinnati Enquirer it was noted that, "In Kentucky,
nearly half of the commonwealth's 2- to 4-year-olds have cavities."
This is approximately twice the national average.
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- In 2003 the American Dental Association and the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) gave Kentucky a "Fifty Year Award,"
which is an award given to states in recognition of their community
water fluoridation. In 2002, however, in a Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, the CDC named Kentucky as the top state in the U.S. in
which residents had lost all of their teeth. According to the CDC
report, 42% of Kentucky's adults are completely edentulous.
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- Given the steady flow of fluoride coursing through
Kentucky and its residents and given the over half-century-old promise
of dental benefits, one might have realistically expected a very
different dental score for this state that has complied so thoroughly
with the demands and pressures to become "optimally
fluoridated."
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- The little-known truth, however, is that this
edentulous outcome and problematic score is exactly what might be
expected from a highly fluoridated population.
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- Fluoride is known to precipitate and exacerbate
periodontal disease, because it stimulates the body's production of
prostaglandins. The wording in a patent claim filed in the U.S. Patent
office in 1996 for a topically applied fluoride product clearly states
this fact -
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- "The term periodontal diseases relates to conditions
in which the gingiva and underlying alveolar bone are attacked...We
have found that fluoride, in the concentration range in which it is
employed for the prevention of dental caries, stimulates the
production of prostaglandins and thereby exacerbates the inflammatory
response in gingivitis and periodontitis."
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- In order to prevent the fluoride-induced
periodontitis from occurring, the above claim for a patent describes a
product that also delivers a dose of an NSAID (non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drug) to counteract the expected problems caused by
the delivery of fluoride.
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- One cannot help but wonder if this might be the real
reason behind the national push for Americans at risk of heart attacks
to take one aspirin a day to help prevent further cardiac problems.
Aspirin is categorized by Merck as one of the NSAIDs that relieves
inflammation by blocking prostaglandins. According to the FDA,
prostaglandins appear to be associated with heart attack.
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- Sadly, and in keeping with this question, the
leading cause of death in Kentucky is heart attack. Also falling into
place is the fact that Kentucky is among the top five states in which
the people are suffering from and struggling with one of the highest
percentages of obesity in the United States. Fluoride - as cannot be
stated often enough - interferes with the functioning of thyroid
hormones. Sadly, however, very few physicians appear to be currently
aware of this.
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- Because influential groups such as the American
Dental Association continue to make their unproven medicinal claim
about water fluoridation while at the same time demanding that all
Americans be subjected to this dental treatment via their drinking
water regardless their age or existing medical conditions, it is time
for the rest of the medical community to begin taking a serious look
at the potential problems associated with fluorine and fluoride
compounds, the most serious problem being the complete lack of
awareness and education pertaining to the toxicity of this
substance.
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- Studies on the effects of systemic ingestion of
fluoride via drinking, breathing and bathing in it are medically
indicated and long overdue. The suggestion that "the dose is the
poison" is also overdue for an overhaul. Fluorine readily attaches to
other substances, not only altering biochemical properties, but at
times potentiating toxic effects many fold.
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- Fluoride is known to interfere with the functioning
of thyroid hormones, it is a neurotoxin, it is a potent liver toxin,
it has been found to be grossly accumulating within the pineal gland,
it is associated with cancer, it is the substance that turns Sarin
into a deadly nerve gas, and when it is added to water, it can eat its
way through a titanium container. According to the PDR, "Fluoride
absorbed from the stomach appears to be absorbed as hydrofluoric
acid." According to a study on its toxicity that can be found on
eMedline, "Once absorbed, fluoride binds calcium ions and may lead to
hypocalcemia."
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- Clearly, this is not a substance that the majority
of an entire nation should be forced to swallow, bathe in, inhale,
cook with, and ingest via their drinking water on a daily
basis.
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- The other group mentioned by the USDA above as
endorsing the "fluoride Adequate Intake" levels, is the American
Dietetic Association. According to information that was located on
their website on November 13, 2004, this group not only joins hands
with the other ADA in promoting fluoride via mass-medication, but it
is also endorsing the USDA's "Food Pyramid," despite published
evidence indicating the Food Pyramid is a deliberately altered fraud.
The Food Pyramid is, in fact, so fraudulent, that no one who truly
values their health or the health of their family should be following
the dietary recommendations contained within it.
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- The deliberately altered Food Pyramid encourages
Americans to consume as the primary base of their diet, the "Bread,
cereal, rice and pasta group: 6-11 servings" a day.
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- The correct, actual and true suggested servings for
whole grain cereals and grains had actually been capped-off at 2 to 4
servings, maximum, with the 4 serving's level set aside for larger,
physically active males. Baked goods, crackers, etc., had been removed
from the "daily" area, and placed into the "occasional treat" area.
The real suggested base of our diet before the behind-the-scenes
switch took place was 5 to 9 servings a day of fresh fruits and
vegetables.
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- My information about the alteration of the real
Pyramid has been obtained directly through personal discussions with
Luise Light, M.S., EdD., the nutrition expert who was recruited by the
USDA to create the Food Pyramid. It was she and her team who actually
created the real Food Pyramid.
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- Dr. Light and her team were later stunned to find
that their Pyramid had been completely altered prior to its being
given to the unassuming American public. Instead of the fresh fruits
and vegetables that the team of nutrition experts had suggested as the
base of our diet, the base had been switched to "6 to 11 servings" of
starchy foods daily. It was a switch that created a potential windfall
profit for industries marketing such refined goods, as well as a
windfall profit for those who would profit from treating the problems
caused by such a diet.
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- "In fact," Luise stated, "the health consequences of
encouraging the public to eat so much refined grain, which the body
processes like sugar, was frightening!"
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- Perhaps it is at this point that we should pause for
a moment and consider that it has been individuals holding key
government positions who have permitted and promoted the
mass-medication of Americans via fluorinated drinking water, and
individuals holding other government positions who have told us to eat
"6-11 servings" of starch a day. It is time for Americans to begin
asking questions, and to take an active role in protecting their own
health.
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- Add to the daily overload of starch, a daily dose of
fluoride, which is known to interfere with thyroid functioning, and
one has the perfect recipe for creating an entire nation of formerly
robust people who are now struggling with their weight, their teeth,
their bones, their depression, their inflamed GI tracts, and so on.
Add to that picture the push on soy products, which also interfere
with thyroid functioning, and one might begin to understand why there
is an epidemic of obesity and diabetes in the United States.
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- The conditions, however, are being blamed on
lifestyle, laziness, lack of personal willpower, too much computer
time, lower education. Blame is attached to everything but the real,
underlying cause.
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- Strangely synchronistic, it was while I was looking
at the "causes" suggesting the victims are somehow to blame for their
problems, when I received an email from a veterinarian whose
observations indicate the problem has nothing to do with laziness,
computers or educational status. She stated that when she moved from a
rural area served by well-water to the fluoridated area where her new
practice is currently located, she observed numerous dogs and cats in
that new practice being medicated for hypothyroidism. She had not seen
this in her previous practices.
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- "The latest diagnosis of hypothyroidism in a dog
here was just last week," wrote Mary Emerick, DVM, adding, "Diabetes
in both dogs and cats seems more prevalent here, and more so within
the last 5 years."
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- In addition to the animals being subjected to the
same water that their owners are receiving, some commercially prepared
animal foods now contain soy and grains.
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- To this picture of a nation of people - plus their
pets - in need of medications, enter now the pharmaceutical industry,
one of the most profitable industries on the face of the earth.
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- With the agrochemical corporations forming
partnerships with the pharmaceutical corporations, and pharmaceutical
corporations now somehow openly partnered with the government, itself,
("Homeland Health"), a large and unhealthy picture begins to take
shape. It is a picture we should look at very carefully, because it
represents a growing corporate entity that is powerful but without
conscience. It is this insatiable entity that is deciding for us what
we shall eat and drink, how we will be medicated with or without our
consent, and it now even appears to be venturing on, unchecked, into
spiritual realms, wherein its gods of choice have been chosen.
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- Immediately following the parroted endorsements
mirrored by the two fluoride promoters - the ADA and the ADA - the
following statements are then made, based in part on an article found
in the Journal of the American Dental Association: "Fluoride works
primarily via topical mechanisms to inhibit demineralization, to
enhance remineralization, and to inhibit bacteria associated with
tooth decay."
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- A statement suggesting the exact opposite of the
above claim that fluoride works "to enhance remineralization," can be
found on Chapter 3, Page 54 of the Surgeon General's 2004 study on
bone problems in the United States, (Table 3-3, American Society for
Bone and Mineral Research). We find here, in the Surgeon General's
study, that fluoride has been placed into a well-deserved category
reserved for substances that are known to cause "Direct impairment of
mineralization."
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- More importantly, however, is the statement that
fluoride works "primarily via topical mechanisms."
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- "Topical," means applying something to the
surface.
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- If this is the mechanism by which fluoride primarily
works, then where is the prudence, the soundness of judgment, the
practical intelligence of putting this HAZMAT toxic waste into our
drinking water under the false and tired claim that it is good for us
- and worse, telling us that it is good for our children?
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- It is not natural or normal for an entire nation of
people - and their pets - to be suffering to such an extent that the
United States is now requiring the largest amount of pharmaceuticals
on Earth in order to treat its symptoms on a daily basis.
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- Happiness, joy, compassion and well-being are normal
states of existence for the human being.
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- Unfortunately, our normalcy has been traded in for
anxiety, depression and the long list of warning signs now plaguing
this country as our bodies and our minds have become "optimally
fluoridated."
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- It is also not normal for an entire nation of
children to be suffering from heartburn and gastrointestinal
disorders. Yet, according to a 2002 report by Reuters, the number of
drugs used to treat heartburn and other gastrointestinal disorders in
children alone has "increased by 660 percent over the past five
years." Small stomachs are not meant to be absorbing hydrofluoric
acid.
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- While some hopeful studies have suggested that
perhaps fluoride might be of some use in the treatment of osteoporosis
(surely it must be useful for something other than making bombs, rat
poison, insecticides, nerve gas and nuclear reaction), other studies
have found that the bone produced by fluoride "has an abnormal texture
and is less mineralized and relatively less strong." Reports have
found, "An increased fracture incidence was observed." A Dutch study
also states, "Fluoride often causes upper gastrointestinal complaints
and a lower extremity pain syndrome, which is caused by stress
fractures."
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- In one study in the Archives of Internal Medicine,
Vol. 164: 1525-1530, No. 14, July 26, 2004, "National Trends in
Osteoporosis Visits.1988-2003," the authors discovered that, "The
number of physician visits for osteoporosis increased 4-fold between
1994 (1.3 million visits) and 2003 (6.3 million visits), whereas it
had remained stable in prior years."
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- Now, with Americans thoroughly riddled with fluoride
due to a sixty-year-old medical experiment that never produced its
promised results - now, with most of the entire nation currently
suffering from gastrointestinal complaints, mood and sleep
disturbances, bizarre aches and pains, elevated blood pressure, bone
density problems, cancers, heart problems, liver problems, kidney
problems, dental problems, thyroid problems and obesity, attention is
finally being paid to the cumulative effects of fluoridating the water
supply.
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- Because fluoride is foolishly added into drinking
water rather than prescribed individually as are other medications
that may cause severe allergic symptoms in some individuals, and may
be contraindicated in many others, it should not come as too great a
surprise to learn that the American food supply is also now riddled
with fluoride. In fact, this inevitable development has been known for
some time, and yet the corporate entities now partnered with, and
masquerading as our government have blindly ignored this. Giving
credence to the charge that they are without conscience, they have
continued on in their efforts to "optimally fluoridate" 100% of
America by every means possible. Fluoridating the current two-thirds
of the nation is not enough to satisfy them. They want the whole
country.
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- The new National Fluoride Database lists the amounts
of fluoride found in selected foods and beverages in micrograms per
100 grams. (One hundred grams is about 3.5 ounces - a few swallows.
Most popular beverages come in 12-ounce containers.) Among the most
concentrated sources of fluoride in this database is brewed tea, which
is calculated at 381 mcg/100g, when brewed in the "South." Other
geographical oddities can also be observed because some areas of the
US are more "optimally fluoridated" than others.
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- While drinking a Pepsi in the West will only add 13
mcg of fluoride per 100g to one's daily "Adequate Intake," drinking a
Pepsi in the South will add 45 mcg of fluoride/100g. Drinking a
Coca-Cola in the West is calculated at 36 mcg of fluoride/100g, while
having a Coke in the South will result in 57 mcg of fluoride/100g
added to the human being. Drinking a Sprite in the West will add 29
mcg of fluoride/100g, while a Sprite down South will add 59 mcg of
fluoride/100g. This is potentially troublesome because those living in
hotter climates (i.e., the "South"), might normally be expected to
consume more beverages, including the ever-popular beverage of the
South - iced tea.
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- Of the baby foods tested, all but two of the
products were positive for fluoride contamination. The worst was
"apple and cherry juice," at 67 mcg/100g.
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- All of the baked products, breakfast cereals and
cereal grains and pastas were positive for fluoride contamination.
Oddly, however, the majority of the testing that was done on this
group - the starch group - took place back in the 1980s, indicating
that fluoride contamination has been known, quietly acknowledged and
studied since at least the 1980s. Nationwide fluoridation has
increased overall since the 1980s, however, not decreased. This means
that the rates of contamination in our foods are ostensibly much
higher now.
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- We need a database showing us the contamination rate
of the starch group in the current century rather than what it was in
the 1980s. This is especially important, since some poor souls are
still attempting to follow the fraudulent Food Pyramid's advice to
consume "6 to 11" servings of starch daily.
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- Of the bottled waters, Dannon's "Fluoride to Go" was
predictably among the highest, with fluoride at 78 mcg/100g. However,
another unnamed, carbonated, fruit-flavored water topped even the
"Fluoride to Go" with 105 mcg of fluoride in it. Other bottled waters
ranged from 2 mcg up to 34, but calcium content was not included in
this study. The calcium content would be of great importance because
some of the spring waters contain generous amounts of calcium.
According to statements found in this USDA report, calcium plays an
important role in blocking the absorption of fluoride.
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- For the most part, according to this Database, fresh
fruits and vegetables contain the least amounts of fluoride. However,
it appeared in this report that cooking the products resulted in
greatly increased levels. For instance, "carrots, raw" contained only
3 mcg of fluoride versus "carrots, cooked" containing 47 mcg
fluoride/100g. How or why this occurred was not explained in the
report. It is not known, for instance, if the laboratory was using
nonstick cookware that was also releasing fluoride into the foods
during the heating process, or if it was the municipally fluoridated
water that caused the increased fluoride content - or perhaps it might
have been a combination of both. Cooking times were also not
mentioned, and this is also of importance because lengthy cooking
times with fluoridated water will result in more concentrated amounts
of fluoride being left behind in the boiling water as the pure vapor
or steam escapes.
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- Perhaps the most important observation about the
National Fluoride Database is what is missing from it.
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- One cannot look only at our drinking water, our
foods, our nonstick cookware, our inundation with pesticides and
fertilizers, our ever-present plastics and our ever-present air
pollution - and assume that we have covered all of the bases regarding
our potential exposure to toxic levels of fluoride.
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- One must also look at the growing number of
fluorinated pharmaceutical products that have been widely prescribed,
including, but certainly not limited to: Lariam, Cipro
(ciprofloxacin), Crestor, Flonase, Lipitor, Luvox, Diflucan, Lexapro,
Paxil, Lescol, Prozac, Stelazine, Haldol, Levaquin (levofloxacin),
Celexa, Celebrex, Prevacid, Zagam, Tequin, Halfan, Propulsid, Advair
Diskus, Flovent, Baycol, Avelox, Redux, Trovan, Casodex and so on.
Some of the above named pharmaceuticals have already been removed from
the market due to side effects.
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- According to a recently released study showing data
gathered by the government on trends and healthcare in the US, 44
percent of Americans take prescription drugs, and 17 percent of the
population takes three or more prescription drugs. Between the study
range of 1994-96 and 2000-02, the number of doctor's visits by
school-aged children requiring antidepressants rose from 1.1 million
to 3.1 million. It would be particularly helpful for the physicians
and patients to know the amounts of fluoride contained in their
medications, as well as the "bioavailability" of the fluoride.
Bioavailability would indicate the amount, rate, extent and degree to
which the drug or its metabolite actually reaches the circulatory
system.
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- In looking at fluoroquinolones, for instance, a
group of fluorinated antibiotics, information appears that warrants
further study and further questions.
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- The chemical name of the fluoroquinolone known as
levofloxacin is: "(-)-(S)-9-fluoro-2
,3-dihydro-3-methyl-10-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)
-7-oxo-7H-pyrido[1,2,3-de]-1, 4-benzoxazine-6-carboxylic acid
hemihydrate." Its empirical formula is C18 H20 FN3 O4 1/2 H2O. Its
molecular weight is 370.38. The atomic weight of fluorine (F) is
approximately 19. A 750 mg dose of the above was looked at for the
purpose of finding out how much F would be contained in a high
dose.
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- According to professionals, the formula for
determining this would be:
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- 19/370.38 = 0.0512986 X 750 = 38.47.
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- This means there are 38.47 mg of F in one 750 mg
dose of levofloxacin. The question that must then be asked is: what is
the bioavailability of all that F? Is it safely bound so that it
cannot be metabolized into free F ions in the body?
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- Another of the fluoroquinolones is ciprofloxacin. It
is "1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,
4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid." Its
molecular weight is 331.4. Its empirical formula is C17 H18 FN3 O3.
Again, a 750 mg dose was looked at to see the amount of F it
contained.
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- Therefore, 19/331.4 = 0.0573325 X 750 =
42.99.
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- Even the fluoride promoters have decided that our
"Tolerable Upper Intake Level" of F should be capped-off at 10 mg a
day if we are over eight years of age. The PDR takes a slightly
different view, and specifically states, "Intakes of fluoride of
higher than 4 milligrams daily for adult males and 3 milligrams daily
for adult females are not recommended."
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- It would appear, therefore, that a dose of F nearing
43 mg might be something worthy of notice. It is certainly a dose in
which we, the potential recipients, are deserving of answers. Again,
the first question that must be asked pertains to the bioavailability
of F. Have actual tests been done to see what the levels of F are in
the blood or urine after ingestion of ciprofloxacin?
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- It appears that one such study was actually done in
1995 by the Department of Pediatrics at All India Institute of Medical
Sciences. What they found was, "After the first dose of ciprofloxacin
(10 mg/kg), serum fluoride levels increased at 12 h in 15 of 19 (79%)
patients; 24-h urinary fluoride excretion was higher on day 7 compared
with basal values in 16 of 18 (88.9%) patients." They concluded their
study stating there is a need for further studies to evaluate the
tissue accumulation of fluoride and its potential to cause toxic
effects."
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- According to Michael Connett of the Fluoride Action
Network (FAN), "The findings of this study heighten the importance of
testing other fluorinated drugs to see if they, too, could increase
the body-burden of F in a similar manner."
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- While studies of carefully measured doses of
medications might show us how much F we can expect to receive from
them, finding the dose we can expect to ingest via mass-medicated
drinking water is next to impossible to determine at this time.
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- We might know that a person taking ciprofloxacin can
expect to have an elevation of F in their systems. Before even sitting
down to a typical American breakfast of starch, sugar and fluoride,
however, the overall intake of the day's fluoride quickly becomes
utterly impossible to determine for anyone who dares to start the day
off with an "optimally fluoridated" shower or bath.
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- Although it has been known since 1932 that people
with overactive thyroids could be effectively treated by bathing in
water containing a fluoride compound, it is still not clearly known -
or apparently even of concern - how much of the fluoride from
municipal waters we are absorbing via our skin and inhalation while
showering and bathing. In addition, people suffering from diabetes
also suffer from excessive thirst. The amount of water actually
ingested that has been "optimally fluoridated" by a toxic waste never
approved by the FDA, is unknown.
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- Upon reaching this point in this paper that is
focused on fluoride and its associated toxicities, we have covered not
only the known toxic effects of fluoride, but we have also covered
nine of the principles contained within the Nuremberg Code of medical
ethics. The paragraph below pertains to the tenth and final principle
of medical ethics.
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- Those administering the fluoride to the public in
the United States of America are not medical or scientific experts,
and many of them do not even know what the "optimum dose" is. A
two-year study published in 2001 examined the knowledge level of
operators controlling both small and large water plants. The two-year
study found that only 64 percent of plant operators knew the correct
fluoride concentration to be added for their plant. In small plants,
however, "Only one-fourth of operators were able to maintain the
fluoride concentration to within 0.1 mg/L of the optimal
concentration."
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- There are ten principles contained in the Nuremberg
Code of medical ethics. The fluoridation of America's water is in
violation of all ten.
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- The USDA's National Fluoride Databank gives us clear
evidence now showing us that we have contamination of fluoride on a
national level. Immediate countermeasures should be taken in all
communities that are adding to this contamination problem. An
immediate moratorium should be responsibly announced banning the
deliberate addition of further fluoride wastes to our drinking
water.
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- Fluoridation has been an uncorrected mistake for
almost sixty years. An uncorrected mistake of this magnitude is better
described as a national disgrace.
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- The Nuremberg Code
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- Permissible Medical Experiments
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- 1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is
absolutely essential.
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- This means that the person involved should have
legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to
exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element
of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form
of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and
comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to
enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. This
latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative
decision by the experimental subject there should be made known to him
the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and
means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards
reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or person
which may possibly come from his participation in the
experiment.
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- The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the
quality of the consent rests upon each individual who initiates,
directs or engages in the experiment. It is a personal duty and
responsibility which may not be delegated to another with
impunity.
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- 2. The experiment should be such as to yield
fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other
methods or means of study, and not random and unnecessary in
nature.
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- 3. The experiment should be so designed and based on
the results of animal experimentation and a knowledge of the natural
history of the disease or other problem under study that the
anticipated results will justify the performance of the
experiment.
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- 4. The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid
all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury.
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- 5. No experiment should be conducted where there is
an a priori reason to believe that death or disabling injury will
occur; except, perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental
physicians also serve as subjects.
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- 6. The degree of risk to be taken should never
exceed that determined by the humanitarian importance of the problem
to be solved by the experiment.
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- 7. Proper preparations should be made and adequate
facilities provided to protect the experimental subject against even
remote possibilities of injury, disability, or death.
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- 8. The experiment should be conducted only by
scientifically qualified persons. The highest degree of skill and care
should be required through all stages of the experiment of those who
conduct or engage in the experiment.
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- 9. During the course of the experiment the human
subject should be at liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he
has reached the physical or mental state where continuation of the
experiment seems to him to be impossible.
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- 10. During the course of the experiment the
scientist in charge must be prepared to terminate the experiment at
any stage, if he has probable cause to believe, in the exercise of the
good faith, superior skill and careful judgment required of him that a
continuation of the experiment is likely to result in injury,
disability, or death to the experimental subject.
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- "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg
Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10, Vol. 2, pp.
181-182.. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1949."
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- Mary Sparrowdancer is an investigative journalist, a
spiritual seeker of the truth, and is the author of "The Love Song of
the Universe," published in 2001 by Hampton Roads. Her ongoing studies
have included bacteriology, microscopic analysis, hematology,
electroencephalography, ornithology, veterinary studies pertaining to
wild animals and biblical translations from Latin, Hebrew and Greek.
She was a wildlife rehabilitator for a number of years, during which
she cared for over 20,000 wild birds and animals, including endangered
species. She and her two children reside in Tallahassee,
Fl(u)orida.
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- Special Thanks
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- I wish to thank the following people for their time
and patient assistance:
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- Valerie Guernsey, D.O., psychiatrist specializing in
adolescent behavior; Luise Light, M.S., EdD, nutrition expert
recruited by the USDA to create the Food Pyramid; Michael Connett of
the Fluoride Action Network, an international coalition working to
broaden public awareness on fluoride's impact on human health and the
environment; Dr. J. William Hirzy and Dr. James Murphy of the EPA NETU
280 headquarters professional employees union, who along with many
other government professionals are completely opposed to fluoridation;
Arthur Evangelista, former investigator for the FDA and head of the
Public Health and Medical Fraud Research Cooperative, dedicated to
accurate public health education and exposing corporate and regulatory
malfeasance or corruption; Mary Emerick, DVM who took time to alert me
to hypothyroidism in dogs and cats in the fluoridated area of her
clinic; Diane Heather Phillips, MB, BS, BSc for her kind help
pertaining to F; Wade Frazier, whose educational writings are a
must-read, and can be seen here,
http://www.ahealedplanet.net/home.htm; and to "CJ," who first alerted
me to the fluoride problem.
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- REFERENCED and CITED WORKS, and SUGGESTED LINKS and
READING
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- Fluoride Action Network -
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- http://fluoridealert.org/
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- Parents of Fluoride-Poisoned Children -
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- http://www.bruha.com/pfpc/
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- Journal, International Society for Fluoride Research
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- http://www.fluoride-journal.com/
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- USDA National Fluoride Data Base of Selected
Beverages and Foods. October, 2004. (11/2004)
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- http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
- foodcomp/Data/Fluoride/fluoride.pdf
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- ADA, Dental fluorosis "purely cosmetic," ADA
Statement on Enamel (Dental) Fluorosis, 1/2004. (11/2004)
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- http://www.ada.org/prof/resources
- /positions/statements/fluoride_community_enamel.asp
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- "Bread, ce real, rice and pasta group: 6-11
servings," undated instructions from Food Pyramid, in article titled,
"Take the First Step to Eating Right" as found on the American
Dietetic Association's website. (11/13/2004)
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- http://www.eatright.org/Public/
- NutritionInformation/index_18831.cfm
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- "The Battle of Darkness and Light," by Mary
Sparrowdancer. A fluoride expose that is a permanent feature on the
front page pf the website of Jeff Rense. 12/2003. (11/2004)
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