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600 Physicians, Dentists, Scientists and Environmentalists Call for an End to Fluoridation!

by mosesman

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  • 600 Physicians, Dentists, Scientists and Environmentalists Call for an End to Fluoridation! 
    by Parents Place, http://intellihub.com/ 
    A statement asking Congress to end water fluoridation in the United States has been released by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Over 600 professionals, including a Nobel Prize winner, officers in the Union that represents Environmental Protection Agency professionals, and members of the National Research Council panel on fluoride’s toxicology, have signed the statement.
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    The report urges Congressional members to “recognize that fluoridation is outdated, has serious risks that far outweigh any minor benefits, violates sound medical ethics, and denies freedom of choice.”
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    It cites eight recent events that call for an urgent end to water fluoridation. Among them:
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    –     A 500-page review of fluoride’s toxicology by the National Research Council of the National Academies, published in 2006.
    – Evidence from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found 32 percent of U.S. children have dental fluorosis, which is caused by fluoride.
    – The American Dental Association’s 2006 policy change, which recommends not giving fluoridated water to infants for the first 12 months of life.
    – A Harvard University study that found a five- to seven-fold increased risk of osteosarcoma (bone cancer) among young men who were exposed to fluoride between the ages of 6 and 8.
    –     The CDC’s recognition that fluoride is beneficial in reducing tooth decay when it’s applied topically, not taken systemically.
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    The statement calls for members of Congress to sponsor a new Congressional Hearing on Fluoridation that requires those who continue to support water fluoridation to provide scientific basis, under oath, for their continued recommendations.
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    According to one of the statement’s signers, Dr. Arvid Carlsson, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Medicine, “Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It’s really obsolete.”
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