31 Oct 2010
Canadian City Votes NO To Fluoride In Water
Southampton voted 72% against but they still insist on fluoridation!
30 Oct 2010
Daily Echo - Fluoride can affect the biosystem
Fluoride can affect the biosystem
WITH the 'ecological disaster' in Hungary, we need to be aware of similar dangers in south Hampshire. A particular peril here is, of course, the Fawley Refinery. If a major accident happened then not only would there be pollution from the potential petrochemical explosion, but also from the fluoride gas released.
Whilst there has been a lot of discussion about the major health dangers of fluoride in water, what many do not realise is that children may already ingest too much fluoride. The EU scientific committee currently looking at fluoride has said as much in its preliminary report.
• Fluoride is in our food from pesticide residues. Fluoride is used as it is lethal to buy in tiny doses.
• It is in the air from emissions of fluoride gases by industry (eg hydrogen fluoride)
• It is in our tea
• In future it may also be added to our water
• Not to mention the massive levels of fluoride in toothpaste, levels that could kill a small child if he or she were to eat just one tube.
Many aquatic animals cannot live in fluoridated water from our taps (e.g. frogs die very quickly). One of the first things to die when we have just a few parts per billion of airborne fluoride poisoning is bees.
As a gas hydrogen fluoride (HF) is more dangerous than the
First World War poisonous gases, and HF one of the most toxic gases known to man. If we had a major emission of hydrogen fluoride, such as from the Fawley refinery or from a water treatment plant accident, then that could be as big a disaster as Bhopal in India in 1984.
Now we also have the danger of terrorist attack. If they attack a fluoride store, then that could trigger this Bhopal style poisonous gas disaster we fear.
Storing fluorides at water treatment plants adds to the probability of accidents or attacks, especially transporting fluoride. We need to reduce our exposure to fluorides generally and to the possibility of fluoride related accidents specifically.
JOHN SPOTT1SWOODE, Southampton.
WITH the 'ecological disaster' in Hungary, we need to be aware of similar dangers in south Hampshire. A particular peril here is, of course, the Fawley Refinery. If a major accident happened then not only would there be pollution from the potential petrochemical explosion, but also from the fluoride gas released.
Whilst there has been a lot of discussion about the major health dangers of fluoride in water, what many do not realise is that children may already ingest too much fluoride. The EU scientific committee currently looking at fluoride has said as much in its preliminary report.
• Fluoride is in our food from pesticide residues. Fluoride is used as it is lethal to buy in tiny doses.
• It is in the air from emissions of fluoride gases by industry (eg hydrogen fluoride)
• It is in our tea
• In future it may also be added to our water
• Not to mention the massive levels of fluoride in toothpaste, levels that could kill a small child if he or she were to eat just one tube.
Many aquatic animals cannot live in fluoridated water from our taps (e.g. frogs die very quickly). One of the first things to die when we have just a few parts per billion of airborne fluoride poisoning is bees.
As a gas hydrogen fluoride (HF) is more dangerous than the
First World War poisonous gases, and HF one of the most toxic gases known to man. If we had a major emission of hydrogen fluoride, such as from the Fawley refinery or from a water treatment plant accident, then that could be as big a disaster as Bhopal in India in 1984.
Now we also have the danger of terrorist attack. If they attack a fluoride store, then that could trigger this Bhopal style poisonous gas disaster we fear.
Storing fluorides at water treatment plants adds to the probability of accidents or attacks, especially transporting fluoride. We need to reduce our exposure to fluorides generally and to the possibility of fluoride related accidents specifically.
JOHN SPOTT1SWOODE, Southampton.
29 Oct 2010
Daily Echo - Watchdog warns Southern Water over leaks
Watchdog warns SW over leaks
HAMPSHIRE'S water supplier has been warned it could be fined if it doesn't do more to tackle burst pipes.
Southern Water was one of six companies that missed their target this year for reducing leakage.
Ninety five million litres of water are wasted through the company's pipes every day, which is enough to fill 38 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Regulator Ofwat says Southern Water could face penalties if their performance doesn't improve. Environmental campaigners say the company needs to do more to stop water being wasted.
John Spottiswoode, who ran as a Green Party parliamentary candidate for Southampton Itchen, said: "What concerns me more is that it's an indication of a lack of being careful with our water supply
"They want to introduce fluoride and it worries me that they may not be able to deal with chemical leakage from treatment
plants."
Southern Water missed its target for reducing leaks by 3.3 per cent, and the company says they had to deal with a record number of mains bursts during last year's harsh winter.
They're now increasing the number of staff dedicated to detecting leaks, replacing 50km of ageing water mains and launching a programme to install leak alarms on water meters in houses across the south east.
HAMPSHIRE'S water supplier has been warned it could be fined if it doesn't do more to tackle burst pipes.
Southern Water was one of six companies that missed their target this year for reducing leakage.
Ninety five million litres of water are wasted through the company's pipes every day, which is enough to fill 38 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Regulator Ofwat says Southern Water could face penalties if their performance doesn't improve. Environmental campaigners say the company needs to do more to stop water being wasted.
John Spottiswoode, who ran as a Green Party parliamentary candidate for Southampton Itchen, said: "What concerns me more is that it's an indication of a lack of being careful with our water supply
"They want to introduce fluoride and it worries me that they may not be able to deal with chemical leakage from treatment
plants."
Southern Water missed its target for reducing leaks by 3.3 per cent, and the company says they had to deal with a record number of mains bursts during last year's harsh winter.
They're now increasing the number of staff dedicated to detecting leaks, replacing 50km of ageing water mains and launching a programme to install leak alarms on water meters in houses across the south east.
28 Oct 2010
Daily Echo - Southern Water fined for leaking sewage in River Itchen at Eastleigh
Southern Water fined for leaking sewage in River Itchen at Eastleigh
By Chris Yandell
Chief Reporter, New Forest
SOUTHERN Water has been prosecuted for allowing raw sewage to enter a tributary of the River Itchen at Eastleigh.
Appearing at New Forest Magistrates' Court the company admitted the offence and was fined £5,000 with £3,440 costs.
The court heard that problems with a main at a pumping station resulted in sewage entering Monks Brook via an overflow pipe.
An Environment Agency spokesman said: "The pipe must only be used in the event of storm conditions or when there has been an electrical failure, and neither situation had taken place.
"Southern Water are also required to report discharges immediately but it took the company over an hour to notify the agency of the incident."
stuartjebbitt, Eastleigh says...
8:52am Thu 28 Oct 10
And they want to trust these jokers with putting in Fluoride? beggars belief.
By Chris Yandell
Chief Reporter, New Forest
SOUTHERN Water has been prosecuted for allowing raw sewage to enter a tributary of the River Itchen at Eastleigh.
Appearing at New Forest Magistrates' Court the company admitted the offence and was fined £5,000 with £3,440 costs.
The court heard that problems with a main at a pumping station resulted in sewage entering Monks Brook via an overflow pipe.
An Environment Agency spokesman said: "The pipe must only be used in the event of storm conditions or when there has been an electrical failure, and neither situation had taken place.
"Southern Water are also required to report discharges immediately but it took the company over an hour to notify the agency of the incident."
stuartjebbitt, Eastleigh says...
8:52am Thu 28 Oct 10
And they want to trust these jokers with putting in Fluoride? beggars belief.
27 Oct 2010
Parliament - Earl Howe: Yes, we are planning to issue new guidance
26 Oct 2010 : Column WA257
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 July 2009 (WA 278-9) and Baroness Thornton on 4 March 2010 (WA 272-3), whether in issuing revised guidance to the National Health Service about the evidence surrounding water fluoridation they will give due weight to the findings of the "York" systematic review in 2000 concerning potential health risks including dental fluorosis, and to publications about the study on the bioavailability of fluoride in water by the University of Newcastle that have appeared subsequently to its first report in 2004.[HL2622]
Earl Howe: Yes, we are planning to issue new guidance based on all the evidence now available after the outcome is known of the judicial review of South Central Strategic Health Authority's decision to fluoridate Southampton and parts of south-west Hampshire. We will be consulting interested organisations and individuals about the guidance including the noble Earl.
Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 July 2009 (WA 278-9) and Baroness Thornton on 4 March 2010 (WA 272-3), whether in issuing revised guidance to the National Health Service about the evidence surrounding water fluoridation they will give due weight to the findings of the "York" systematic review in 2000 concerning potential health risks including dental fluorosis, and to publications about the study on the bioavailability of fluoride in water by the University of Newcastle that have appeared subsequently to its first report in 2004.[HL2622]
Earl Howe: Yes, we are planning to issue new guidance based on all the evidence now available after the outcome is known of the judicial review of South Central Strategic Health Authority's decision to fluoridate Southampton and parts of south-west Hampshire. We will be consulting interested organisations and individuals about the guidance including the noble Earl.
26 Oct 2010
Water poisoning legacy?
Water poisoning legacy?
4.28PM Thu Oct 7 2010
22 years on, there are fears about the long term legacy of the Camelford water poisoning scandal. Next month an inquest will open into the death of a woman from the Cornish town who died from a rare form of Alzheimers. In an exclusive interview a leading scientist has told us that people in the area may be at risk from brain diseases.
By: Eli-Louise Wringe
Video
4.28PM Thu Oct 7 2010
22 years on, there are fears about the long term legacy of the Camelford water poisoning scandal. Next month an inquest will open into the death of a woman from the Cornish town who died from a rare form of Alzheimers. In an exclusive interview a leading scientist has told us that people in the area may be at risk from brain diseases.
By: Eli-Louise Wringe
Video
25 Oct 2010
Daily Echo - Little confidence after fluoride issue
DR Andrew Mortimore, public health director, is a signatory of a current 108-page NHS Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Southampton.In the document Dr Mortimore, who instigated the threat of fluoridation to Southampton water supply, describes this unwelcome very expensive folly thus: "A water fluoridation scheme proposed by Southampton was supported unanimously by the SHA Board after a public consultation.
"The consultation included an independently commissioned telephone survey of a random sample of patients to assess the level of support for the scheme."
The findings, illustrated by a pretty graph showed that 38 per cent were against while 32 per cent were for it, not a conclusive vote.
What he conveniently leaves out is that during the consultation 72 per cent of informed unsolicited people responded with a resounding NO to fluoridation.
I would ask Dr Mortimore if 72 per cent had voted yes would you have left that out of your one-sided information pact. Gives little confidence in any other information your department promulgates.
BILL EDMUNDS,
Cadnam.
24 Oct 2010
Government spends £250,000 bottling tap water for Ministers
Government spends £250,000 bottling tap water for Ministers in 'farcical waste'
By Brendan Carlin
Last updated at 10:52 AM on 24th October 2010
The Government was accused last night of pouring tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money down the drain by filtering and bottling tap water for Ministers and mandarins.
Departments across Whitehall use in-house filtering machines to turn perfectly drinkable mains water into bottled versions, even producing a carbonated drink.
The imitation mineral water cost taxpayers more than £80,000 last year alone and an estimated £250,000 since 2008........
By Brendan Carlin
Last updated at 10:52 AM on 24th October 2010
The Government was accused last night of pouring tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money down the drain by filtering and bottling tap water for Ministers and mandarins.
Departments across Whitehall use in-house filtering machines to turn perfectly drinkable mains water into bottled versions, even producing a carbonated drink.
The imitation mineral water cost taxpayers more than £80,000 last year alone and an estimated £250,000 since 2008........
23 Oct 2010
22 Oct 2010
Fluoride Reccomended by Birmingham MP Roger Godsiff
Poor sound and video but worth listening to on fluoridated Birmingham's awakening.
21 Oct 2010
whether consuming fluoridated water affects children's IQ
Asked by Lord Colwyn
To Ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether consuming fluoridated water affects children's IQ.[HL2399]
Answered by:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): We are not aware of any robust evidence of a detrimental effect on children's IQ from water in which the fluoride content has been adjusted to the one-part-per-million level used in fluoridation schemes in England.
Have they looked for evidence?
To Ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether consuming fluoridated water affects children's IQ.[HL2399]
Answered by:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): We are not aware of any robust evidence of a detrimental effect on children's IQ from water in which the fluoride content has been adjusted to the one-part-per-million level used in fluoridation schemes in England.
Have they looked for evidence?
20 Oct 2010
Oral health promotion programmes
No mention that 72% of the informed people who actually responded during the consultation voted against. The following extract signed by Dr Mortimore who began this sorry affair once again proves that they bend the truth and refuse to accept that almost everybody who looks into the practice of fluoridation, and don't just accept the BMO and the BDA propaganda, reject it.
This is extracted from a Southampton Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
(JSNA) refresh consultation 2010
Oral health promotion programmes (OHP) have achieved small behavioural improvements at local level but no oral health improvement at population level.
A water fluoridation scheme proposed by Southampton was supported unanimously by the SHA Board after a public consultation. The consultation included an independently-commissioned telephone survey of a random sample of patients to assess the level of support for the scheme. The results are shown below.
Figure 3.3 Level of Support for Fluoridisation in a Random Telephone Sample of
Residents
This is extracted from a Southampton Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
(JSNA) refresh consultation 2010
Oral health promotion programmes (OHP) have achieved small behavioural improvements at local level but no oral health improvement at population level.
A water fluoridation scheme proposed by Southampton was supported unanimously by the SHA Board after a public consultation. The consultation included an independently-commissioned telephone survey of a random sample of patients to assess the level of support for the scheme. The results are shown below.
Figure 3.3 Level of Support for Fluoridisation in a Random Telephone Sample of
Residents
Film taken of the SCSHA Board public meeting
Film taken of the SCSHA Board meeting 26th February 2009 hearing the evidence for and against fluoridation and coming to their unanimous decision including the chairman to fluoridate Southampton.It ended in uproar from the audience who were mainly opposed. During the three month consultation 72% of those who responded voted NO.
In January 2011 a Judicial Review will decide if the consultation result is upheld so no further work to implement fluoridation has proceeded. In 2012 the SCSHA itself will be abolished and future fluoridation schemes will be decided by democratic Councils.
Film taken of the SCSHA early 2009
In January 2011 a Judicial Review will decide if the consultation result is upheld so no further work to implement fluoridation has proceeded. In 2012 the SCSHA itself will be abolished and future fluoridation schemes will be decided by democratic Councils.
Film taken of the SCSHA early 2009
19 Oct 2010
"FORMULA-FED BABIES EXPOSED TO ALUMINIUM"
This Report should ring strong alarm bells in the minds of mothers who ought to know already that they should not use fluoridated water to make up infant formula. The combination of dietary aluminium and fluoride from the water represents just the same kind of neurotoxic hazard that Isaacson and his colleagues in New York have studied in rat brains, after exposing the rats either to aluminium fluoride in water at 1 ppm or to sodium fluoride at 1 ppm and dietary aluminium - the results are essentially the same. Under some conditions it became a lethal combination. George Glasser wrote a pamphlet about this research. Ian Packington
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'Mother & Baby', Nov. 2010. "FORMULA-FED BABIES EXPOSED TO ALUMINIUM"
Formula milk has been found to contain 40 x more aluminium than breast milk, potentially putting babies health at risk. Traces of the metal were found in some leading baby milks & were 16 x higher than levels legally allowed in water. A team from Keele Uni in Staffordshire tested 15 ready-made & powdered formula milks for aluminium. "In both types of milk, levels were unacceptably high, says lead researcher Dr. Chris Exley. He said "Previous research strongly suggests aluminium could cause some toxicity in premature babies with illnesses such kidney disease. In a healthy baby you wouldn't see any symptoms or problems but my concern is that it can accumulate & cause issues in later years." Aluminium exposure has been linked to anaemia & neurological disorders in adults. When Dr. Exley spoke to the baby formula companies they said no aluminium is added to formula milk, leading him to conclude that the milk is contaminated during manufacture or storage. "Formula tends to be packaged in aluminium tubs or foil packets" he said
Ann
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'Mother & Baby', Nov. 2010. "FORMULA-FED BABIES EXPOSED TO ALUMINIUM"
Formula milk has been found to contain 40 x more aluminium than breast milk, potentially putting babies health at risk. Traces of the metal were found in some leading baby milks & were 16 x higher than levels legally allowed in water. A team from Keele Uni in Staffordshire tested 15 ready-made & powdered formula milks for aluminium. "In both types of milk, levels were unacceptably high, says lead researcher Dr. Chris Exley. He said "Previous research strongly suggests aluminium could cause some toxicity in premature babies with illnesses such kidney disease. In a healthy baby you wouldn't see any symptoms or problems but my concern is that it can accumulate & cause issues in later years." Aluminium exposure has been linked to anaemia & neurological disorders in adults. When Dr. Exley spoke to the baby formula companies they said no aluminium is added to formula milk, leading him to conclude that the milk is contaminated during manufacture or storage. "Formula tends to be packaged in aluminium tubs or foil packets" he said
Ann
Poor Lifestyle and Diet are Behind the Dementia Explosion
Poor Lifestyle and Diet are Behind the Dementia Explosion
The rapid increase in Alzheimer`s cases over the past 50 years is due to the excessive amount of processed foods that are consumed at every meal. These foods have been stripped of the essential nutrients and antioxidants that are found in natural food sources and are required by our brain to function optimally. Our poor diet is combined with a lack of physical activity that promotes cognitive decline. There is solid evidence that exercise promotes the development of new brain cells and can prevent memory decline.....
Fluoride and aluminium doesn't help either?
The rapid increase in Alzheimer`s cases over the past 50 years is due to the excessive amount of processed foods that are consumed at every meal. These foods have been stripped of the essential nutrients and antioxidants that are found in natural food sources and are required by our brain to function optimally. Our poor diet is combined with a lack of physical activity that promotes cognitive decline. There is solid evidence that exercise promotes the development of new brain cells and can prevent memory decline.....
Fluoride and aluminium doesn't help either?
18 Oct 2010
Dementia: Look at Startling Costs and Understand Prevention
Dementia: Look at Startling Costs and Understand Prevention
Monday, October 18, 2010 by: Kim Evans, citizen journalist
..........Fluoride, in toothpastes and often in our water, also causes brain damage. Actually, fluoride helps aluminum cross the blood brain barrier, so that aluminum enters the brain very easily. Both fluoride and aluminum in the body are dangerous alone, but together they're lethal for your brain.
Cooking fluorinated water in aluminum cookware concentrates aluminum - by hundreds of times - making it a far more potent poison. Fluoride is also in soft drinks, if the maker is in an area using fluorinated water, and restaurants often use aluminum cookware.
When you understand the causes, you can now work backwards to understand prevention. For starters, toss fluoride toothpastes and deodorants and find natural alternatives. If you're cooking on aluminum foil or aluminum pots and pans, use glass or high heat fired lead-free ceramic instead. Then, buy organic foods and stay away from other habits that promote brain damage, including junk food, smoking and pharmaceutical drugs........
Monday, October 18, 2010 by: Kim Evans, citizen journalist
..........Fluoride, in toothpastes and often in our water, also causes brain damage. Actually, fluoride helps aluminum cross the blood brain barrier, so that aluminum enters the brain very easily. Both fluoride and aluminum in the body are dangerous alone, but together they're lethal for your brain.
Cooking fluorinated water in aluminum cookware concentrates aluminum - by hundreds of times - making it a far more potent poison. Fluoride is also in soft drinks, if the maker is in an area using fluorinated water, and restaurants often use aluminum cookware.
When you understand the causes, you can now work backwards to understand prevention. For starters, toss fluoride toothpastes and deodorants and find natural alternatives. If you're cooking on aluminum foil or aluminum pots and pans, use glass or high heat fired lead-free ceramic instead. Then, buy organic foods and stay away from other habits that promote brain damage, including junk food, smoking and pharmaceutical drugs........
15 Oct 2010
Cancer 'is purely man-made'
Cancer 'is purely man-made' say scientists after finding almost no trace of disease in Egyptian mummies
By Fiona Macrae
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1320507/Cancer-purely-man-say-scientists-finding-trace-disease-Egyptian-mummies.html#ixzz12QyDdlfI
..........'About one in three people in the UK will get cancer so it is fairly commonplace in the modern world.
Scientists now say a healthy diet, regular physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight can prevent about a third of the most common cancers so perhaps our ancestors’ lifestyle reduced their risk from cancer.'
And avoid fluoride?
By Fiona Macrae
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1320507/Cancer-purely-man-say-scientists-finding-trace-disease-Egyptian-mummies.html#ixzz12QyDdlfI
..........'About one in three people in the UK will get cancer so it is fairly commonplace in the modern world.
Scientists now say a healthy diet, regular physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight can prevent about a third of the most common cancers so perhaps our ancestors’ lifestyle reduced their risk from cancer.'
And avoid fluoride?
14 Oct 2010
NATIONAL PURE WATER ASSOCIATION
PUBLIC MEETING
to be addressed by
Professor Paul Connett
and Professor H Spedding Micklem
co-authors with Professor James Beck of their new book:
The case against fluoride:
how hazarous waste ended up in our drinking water and the bad science and powerful politics that keep it there.
Saturday October 23rd at 5.00 p.m.
at
The Bar Convent
17 Blossom Street
York
YO24 1AQ
to be addressed by
Professor Paul Connett
and Professor H Spedding Micklem
co-authors with Professor James Beck of their new book:
The case against fluoride:
how hazarous waste ended up in our drinking water and the bad science and powerful politics that keep it there.
Saturday October 23rd at 5.00 p.m.
at
The Bar Convent
17 Blossom Street
York
YO24 1AQ
13 Oct 2010
Yorkshire - Fluoride study first phase should be done by end of year
Simon Morritt who requested the studyFluoride study first phase should be done by end of year
10:00am Tuesday 12th October 2010
By Claire Lomax
The results of a study to determine whether water fluoridation is technically possible and how much it would cost are still not available almost two years after it was commissioned.
Shocking levels of dental decay in young children in the district prompted Simon Morritt, chief executive of NHS Bradford and Airedale, to request that Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority commission the study in November 2008.
It was due to be completed in April this year, but six months later it remains unclear if fluoridation of the region’s water supplies is possible.
Support for the fluoridation of water is key to NHS Bradford and Airedale’s oral health-action plan as it believes the move would reduce tooth decay.
A spokesman for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber said: “The Department of Health published guidance in 2008 to help improve dental health and reduce health inequalities by considering the option of fluoridating the local water supply, alongside other options. “The feasibility study is the first step in an extensive process and will establish if topping up the natural level of fluoride is technically feasible.
“The first phase of the study is under way and we are expecting the completion of this stage later this year.”
A spokesman for Yorkshire Water said: “Fluoride is not added to the water supply in Yorkshire at the moment. It is important to recognise that, although we supply the majority of residents, Yorkshire Water plays no part in the decision-making process.
“The company has no view on the issue but is obliged to act on a decision by the Strategic Health Authority, following consultation with the public.
“If the study indicates fluoridation is possible, then the Strategic Health Authority has the option of consulting the public. If the majority support the addition of fluoride, then the next step would be for the Strategic Health Authority to approach Yorkshire Water to request it. The Strategic Health Authority can request that fluoride is added to the water supply, even if the majority of the public oppose it.”
Fluoridated USA - Caring about health
Caring about health
10/11/2010
By GARY DEMUTH Salina Journal
Tracie Linzenmeyer was stuck with a mouthful of rotten teeth because she couldn't afford to have them pulled.
Medicaid would pay for the stay-at-home Salina mom to get her teeth cleaned, but because of the cost, it wouldn't pay for such dental services as root canals, crowns, deep-cleaning or tooth removal -- all of which Linzenmeyer needed.
"My teeth have gotten so bad that they have to be pulled, but I can't get them pulled because I can't afford it," she said during a recent visit to get her teeth deep cleaned at the Salina Family Healthcare Center dental clinic
Salina, Kansas is fluoridated:NYSCOF
10/11/2010
By GARY DEMUTH Salina Journal
Tracie Linzenmeyer was stuck with a mouthful of rotten teeth because she couldn't afford to have them pulled.
Medicaid would pay for the stay-at-home Salina mom to get her teeth cleaned, but because of the cost, it wouldn't pay for such dental services as root canals, crowns, deep-cleaning or tooth removal -- all of which Linzenmeyer needed.
"My teeth have gotten so bad that they have to be pulled, but I can't get them pulled because I can't afford it," she said during a recent visit to get her teeth deep cleaned at the Salina Family Healthcare Center dental clinic
Salina, Kansas is fluoridated:NYSCOF
12 Oct 2010
House of Lords
House of Lords
Written answers and statements, 27 September 2010
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the 1999-2000 systematic scientific review into water fluoridation commissioned by them from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York, which found that the evidence about reducing inequalities in child dental health was of "poor quality, contradictory and unreliable", what subsequent high quality controlled trials were relied on by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Anne Milton, in her statement of 7 July (HC Deb 344W) that the potential for reducing inequalities was "well illustrated".
Earl Howe (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health; Conservative)
The justification for the argument that water fluoridation offers the best prospect of reducing inequalities in oral health is that, in contrast to alternatives for applying fluoride to the teeth such as regular tooth brushing with fluoridated toothpaste, its effects do not depend on individual compliance. In the absence of controlled studies, which are very difficult to design for population-wide interventions, I find the evidence quoted by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Anne Milton) in her reply to the honourable Member for Pendle persuasive.
Written answers and statements, 27 September 2010
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the 1999-2000 systematic scientific review into water fluoridation commissioned by them from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York, which found that the evidence about reducing inequalities in child dental health was of "poor quality, contradictory and unreliable", what subsequent high quality controlled trials were relied on by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Anne Milton, in her statement of 7 July (HC Deb 344W) that the potential for reducing inequalities was "well illustrated".
Earl Howe (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health; Conservative)
The justification for the argument that water fluoridation offers the best prospect of reducing inequalities in oral health is that, in contrast to alternatives for applying fluoride to the teeth such as regular tooth brushing with fluoridated toothpaste, its effects do not depend on individual compliance. In the absence of controlled studies, which are very difficult to design for population-wide interventions, I find the evidence quoted by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Anne Milton) in her reply to the honourable Member for Pendle persuasive.
11 Oct 2010
What Do Healthy Arteries Have To With Good Dental Hygeine
What Do Healthy Arteries Have To With Good Dental Hygeine
11.10.2010 | Author: KeithHenry | Posted in Health & Fitness
A new study led by an University of California, Berkeley, researcher could give women just a little added motivation to go to the dentist much more often. The study suggests that women who get dental attention diminish their danger of coronary heart attacks, stroke, along with other cardiovascular issues by at least one-third....
Perhaps the people who look after their dental health also look after their health and eat sensibly - they may be more intelligent
11.10.2010 | Author: KeithHenry | Posted in Health & Fitness
A new study led by an University of California, Berkeley, researcher could give women just a little added motivation to go to the dentist much more often. The study suggests that women who get dental attention diminish their danger of coronary heart attacks, stroke, along with other cardiovascular issues by at least one-third....
Perhaps the people who look after their dental health also look after their health and eat sensibly - they may be more intelligent
8 Oct 2010
Fluoridated Water is Not Recommended for Infants
Parents Should be Warned: Fluoridated Water is Not Recommended for Infants
Contacts:
Paul Connett, Director of FAN, at media@fluoridealert.org
Stuart Cooper, FAN's Campaign Director at stuart@fluoridealert.org
A new study confirms infants fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water are at greater risk of developing discolored teeth (dental fluorosis). (1) The American Dental Association (ADA) warned dentists about this in 2006 but has done little or nothing to inform the nearly 200 million Americans who live in communities with fluoridated drinking water.
The study by Levy et al., a Journal of the American Dental Association cover story (October 2010), confirms Levy's earlier studies, which show "[F]luoride intakes during each of the first 4 years were individually significantly related to fluorosis on maxillary central incisors, with the first year most important," and that "[I]nfant formulas reconstituted with higher fluoride water can provide 100 to 200 times more fluoride than breastmilk, or cow's milk." (2, 3)
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 32% of American children have dental fluorosis, an increase of 23% from the 1980s. (4) Black and Hispanic populations have even higher rates. Dental fluorosis is a visible sign that a child was overexposed to fluoride. Pictures of fluorosis: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/fluorosis/moderate-severe.html
"The message from Dr. Levy's work is loud and clear: Don't give babies fluoridated water," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network (FAN). "Unfortunately the ADA has known about these risks for more than four years. Researchers are telling dentists; but dentists are not telling parents."
This and other little-known adverse fluoride health effects led Connett to co-author, "The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics that Keep it There," with James Beck, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of medical physics, University of Alberta and Spedding Micklem, DPhil, professor emeritus at Edinburgh University.
A recent review in The Lancet (5) describes fluoride as "an emerging neurotoxic substance" that may damage the developing brain. The National Research Council (NRC) has identified fluoride as an "endocrine disrupter" that may impair thyroid function. A recent Harvard University study links fluoride to bone cancer (6).
"Approximately half of the newborns and infants I see in practice are fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, which I find alarming since the blood-brain barrier is not even developed until 6 months of age, placing these young infants at risk for neurotoxic effects that can be severe and permanent," says Dr. Yolanda Whyte, a pediatrician in Georgia. "Parents should be warned not to give fluoridated water to babies and children, and they should know that fluoride is also present in juice and other water-reconstituted beverages. I diagnose dental fluorosis on average 5 times daily, but fluoride doesn't only affect teeth, it can potentially affect the brain and nervous system, kidneys, bones, and other tissues in young children during their critical stages of organ development. A public awareness campaign is urgently needed."
FAN will launch a campaign in November to urge water companies and public-health officials to inform parents that fluoridated water should not be mixed into infant formula. "If the ADA and CDC won't educate parents, then FAN will," said Connett.
FAN is the leading science and advocacy group focused on health issues surrounding fluoride in water, food, air, pesticides, and industrial exposures. Dr. Connett was an invited presenter at the initial meeting of the NRC panel and FAN researchers submitted extensive scientific information throughout the panel's proceedings. Visit: http://fluoridealert.org/
Contacts:
Paul Connett, Director of FAN, at media@fluoridealert.org
Stuart Cooper, FAN's Campaign Director at stuart@fluoridealert.org
A new study confirms infants fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water are at greater risk of developing discolored teeth (dental fluorosis). (1) The American Dental Association (ADA) warned dentists about this in 2006 but has done little or nothing to inform the nearly 200 million Americans who live in communities with fluoridated drinking water.
The study by Levy et al., a Journal of the American Dental Association cover story (October 2010), confirms Levy's earlier studies, which show "[F]luoride intakes during each of the first 4 years were individually significantly related to fluorosis on maxillary central incisors, with the first year most important," and that "[I]nfant formulas reconstituted with higher fluoride water can provide 100 to 200 times more fluoride than breastmilk, or cow's milk." (2, 3)
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 32% of American children have dental fluorosis, an increase of 23% from the 1980s. (4) Black and Hispanic populations have even higher rates. Dental fluorosis is a visible sign that a child was overexposed to fluoride. Pictures of fluorosis: http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/fluorosis/moderate-severe.html
"The message from Dr. Levy's work is loud and clear: Don't give babies fluoridated water," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network (FAN). "Unfortunately the ADA has known about these risks for more than four years. Researchers are telling dentists; but dentists are not telling parents."
This and other little-known adverse fluoride health effects led Connett to co-author, "The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics that Keep it There," with James Beck, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of medical physics, University of Alberta and Spedding Micklem, DPhil, professor emeritus at Edinburgh University.
A recent review in The Lancet (5) describes fluoride as "an emerging neurotoxic substance" that may damage the developing brain. The National Research Council (NRC) has identified fluoride as an "endocrine disrupter" that may impair thyroid function. A recent Harvard University study links fluoride to bone cancer (6).
"Approximately half of the newborns and infants I see in practice are fed formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, which I find alarming since the blood-brain barrier is not even developed until 6 months of age, placing these young infants at risk for neurotoxic effects that can be severe and permanent," says Dr. Yolanda Whyte, a pediatrician in Georgia. "Parents should be warned not to give fluoridated water to babies and children, and they should know that fluoride is also present in juice and other water-reconstituted beverages. I diagnose dental fluorosis on average 5 times daily, but fluoride doesn't only affect teeth, it can potentially affect the brain and nervous system, kidneys, bones, and other tissues in young children during their critical stages of organ development. A public awareness campaign is urgently needed."
FAN will launch a campaign in November to urge water companies and public-health officials to inform parents that fluoridated water should not be mixed into infant formula. "If the ADA and CDC won't educate parents, then FAN will," said Connett.
FAN is the leading science and advocacy group focused on health issues surrounding fluoride in water, food, air, pesticides, and industrial exposures. Dr. Connett was an invited presenter at the initial meeting of the NRC panel and FAN researchers submitted extensive scientific information throughout the panel's proceedings. Visit: http://fluoridealert.org/
7 Oct 2010
Briefing: Hungarian sludge flood
Briefing: Hungarian sludge flood - October 06, 2010
Posted on behalf of Yana Balling
Hungary yesterday declared a state of emergency in three of its 19 counties after the catastrophic release on Monday of at least 700,000 cubic metres of toxic sludge from a containment basin at the Ajkai Timfoldgyar Zrt aluminium plant near Ajka, around hundred kilometres southwest of Budapest.
At least four people died in what appears to be the worst chemical accident in Hungary’s history, and at least 120 were injured. The government ordered evacuation of hundreds of residents of the seven hardest-hit villages.
The torrent is currently heading towards the river Danube where environmentalists fear it may cause an unprecedented ecological disaster. What makes the situation worse is that many rivers in the region are flooding because of unusually high rainfall in the last few days.......
Yana Balling spoke with Rainer Wennrich of Germany’s National Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig about what ecological impacts might be expected and decontamination strategies that could be undertaken.
How does the sludge get produced and how could it escape?
When aluminium is extracted from bauxite via the so-called Bayer process, red sludge forms as a by-product. The sludge is normally kept in large reservoirs where its fluid and solid components separate into water and mud.
What caused the accident is yet unclear, but it is likely that heavy rain has caused the dam containing the reservoir to break.
It is also possible that the reservoir was just not large or strong enough to hold the sludge it was filled with.
What is the chemical composition of the sludge?
It contains mainly fluoride, sulphate and aluminate, but also chrome, nickel, manganese and heavy metals such as lead. Its arsenic concentration is at least a hundred times above the allowed threshold for drinking water.
Posted on behalf of Yana Balling
Hungary yesterday declared a state of emergency in three of its 19 counties after the catastrophic release on Monday of at least 700,000 cubic metres of toxic sludge from a containment basin at the Ajkai Timfoldgyar Zrt aluminium plant near Ajka, around hundred kilometres southwest of Budapest.
At least four people died in what appears to be the worst chemical accident in Hungary’s history, and at least 120 were injured. The government ordered evacuation of hundreds of residents of the seven hardest-hit villages.
The torrent is currently heading towards the river Danube where environmentalists fear it may cause an unprecedented ecological disaster. What makes the situation worse is that many rivers in the region are flooding because of unusually high rainfall in the last few days.......
Yana Balling spoke with Rainer Wennrich of Germany’s National Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig about what ecological impacts might be expected and decontamination strategies that could be undertaken.
How does the sludge get produced and how could it escape?
When aluminium is extracted from bauxite via the so-called Bayer process, red sludge forms as a by-product. The sludge is normally kept in large reservoirs where its fluid and solid components separate into water and mud.
What caused the accident is yet unclear, but it is likely that heavy rain has caused the dam containing the reservoir to break.
It is also possible that the reservoir was just not large or strong enough to hold the sludge it was filled with.
What is the chemical composition of the sludge?
It contains mainly fluoride, sulphate and aluminate, but also chrome, nickel, manganese and heavy metals such as lead. Its arsenic concentration is at least a hundred times above the allowed threshold for drinking water.
6 Oct 2010
Hungary declares a state of emergency
Hungary declares a state of emergency after sludge disaster
Toxic flood from ruptured reservoir at alumina plant claims third life amid fears for Raba and Danube rivers
The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency after a third person died today in flooding from a ruptured red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster.
The sludge, a waste product in aluminum production, contains heavy metals and is toxic if ingested. Many of the injured suffered burns as the sludge seeped through their clothes. Two of the injured were in life-threatening condition. An elderly woman, a young man and a three-year-old child were killed.
The chemical burns could take days to reveal themselves and what may seem like superficial injuries could disguise damage to deeper tissue, Peter Jakabos, a doctor at a hospital in Gyor where several of the injured were taken, said on state television................
Most likely fluoride as well?
Toxic flood from ruptured reservoir at alumina plant claims third life amid fears for Raba and Danube rivers
The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency after a third person died today in flooding from a ruptured red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant. Six people were missing and 120 injured in what officials said was an ecological disaster.
The sludge, a waste product in aluminum production, contains heavy metals and is toxic if ingested. Many of the injured suffered burns as the sludge seeped through their clothes. Two of the injured were in life-threatening condition. An elderly woman, a young man and a three-year-old child were killed.
The chemical burns could take days to reveal themselves and what may seem like superficial injuries could disguise damage to deeper tissue, Peter Jakabos, a doctor at a hospital in Gyor where several of the injured were taken, said on state television................
Most likely fluoride as well?
4 Oct 2010
Teeth care for kids: Lawrence pediatric dentists offer tips
Teeth care for kids: Lawrence pediatric dentists offer tips
....“You should brush your child’s teeth when the teeth first erupt — around 6-9 months,” Jacobs says. “You want to get bacterial plaque off the teeth twice a day with either a washcloth or cotton swab. Water is fine, or a nonfluoride toothpaste. We don’t want children swallowing fluoride.”
He adds, “Some studies say white spots on permanent teeth might be linked to kids swallowing too much fluoride. When the child can spit out the toothpaste is when you can switch to fluoride toothpaste. Most kids learn to spit out toothpaste by 4 years.”.............
"We don't want them to swallow toothpaste", but they want to put it in the water we all have to drink!
....“You should brush your child’s teeth when the teeth first erupt — around 6-9 months,” Jacobs says. “You want to get bacterial plaque off the teeth twice a day with either a washcloth or cotton swab. Water is fine, or a nonfluoride toothpaste. We don’t want children swallowing fluoride.”
He adds, “Some studies say white spots on permanent teeth might be linked to kids swallowing too much fluoride. When the child can spit out the toothpaste is when you can switch to fluoride toothpaste. Most kids learn to spit out toothpaste by 4 years.”.............
"We don't want them to swallow toothpaste", but they want to put it in the water we all have to drink!
3 Oct 2010
USA - Pediatric Dental Caries in the US: Current Status
USA - Pediatric Dental Caries in the US: Current Status
Pediatric Dental Caries in the US: Current Status
Oral disease, including dental caries, is the most common pediatric disease and a significant cause of morbidity in adulthood.1 As much as half of American children have caries. Reducing caries prevalence among children was one of the objectives defined in the Healthy People 2010 initiative.3 However, this objective is far from being achieved;1 recent epidemiological data suggest that caries prevalence is increasing in the US.2 Several reports of child deaths due to complications of oral disease were recorded in the last decade.2 Further, tooth decay has been identified as a silent epidemic.2...................
After 65 years of water fluoridation in the US:NYSCOF
Pediatric Dental Caries in the US: Current Status
Oral disease, including dental caries, is the most common pediatric disease and a significant cause of morbidity in adulthood.1 As much as half of American children have caries. Reducing caries prevalence among children was one of the objectives defined in the Healthy People 2010 initiative.3 However, this objective is far from being achieved;1 recent epidemiological data suggest that caries prevalence is increasing in the US.2 Several reports of child deaths due to complications of oral disease were recorded in the last decade.2 Further, tooth decay has been identified as a silent epidemic.2...................
After 65 years of water fluoridation in the US:NYSCOF
2 Oct 2010
Comment from NYSCOF ( USA)
More than 3100 professionals (including over 280 dentists) urge the US Congress to stop water fluoridation citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html
Also, eleven Environmental Protection Agency employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people.
Approximately, 80 US communities rejected fluoridation since 2008. The CDC reports that 225 less communities adjusted for fluoride between 2006 and 2008.
The Fluoride Action Network is working with Dr. Mercola to educate legislators about the health hazards associated with water fluoridation which isn’t revealed to them by those lobbying in favor of fluoridation: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/03/paul-connett-interview.aspx
Also, eleven Environmental Protection Agency employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people.
Approximately, 80 US communities rejected fluoridation since 2008. The CDC reports that 225 less communities adjusted for fluoride between 2006 and 2008.
The Fluoride Action Network is working with Dr. Mercola to educate legislators about the health hazards associated with water fluoridation which isn’t revealed to them by those lobbying in favor of fluoridation: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/03/paul-connett-interview.aspx
1 Oct 2010
USA - Dental clinics provide oral care for low-income families
Dental clinics provide oral care for low-income families
Updated: 9/30/2010 7:00:00 PM
Approximately two thirds of children who come from low-income families in the U.S. and are between the ages of 12 and 19 have tooth decay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some areas are creating more facilities to help provide dental services for these individuals.......
After 65 years of water fluoridation in the US:NYSCOF
Updated: 9/30/2010 7:00:00 PM
Approximately two thirds of children who come from low-income families in the U.S. and are between the ages of 12 and 19 have tooth decay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some areas are creating more facilities to help provide dental services for these individuals.......
After 65 years of water fluoridation in the US:NYSCOF
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