by
Paul Callahan
It was just a routine
visit to a New York City dental clinic for 3 year old William Kennerly and
his mother. He had a cleaning which was followed by a fluoride treatment.
After the treatment was finished, William complained of dizziness and a
headache. Shortly thereafter, he started sweating and vomiting. He was
rushed to Brookdale Ambulatory Pediatric Unit and within two hours he went
into a coma. His heart was pumped with adrenaline to revive him, but an
hour later he lapsed back into a coma and died. It was determined that
William’s death was due to fluoride poisoning.
On January 20, 1979, the New York Times reported that the Nassau County
toxicologist testified that the amount of fluoride applied to William’s
teeth was 3 times the amount needed to be fatal. The court found the
dentist negligent and awarded damages in the amount of $750,000. As tragic
as 3 year old William’s death was, it is not an isolated case. Keith
Kantor of McMinniville Oregon was also killed by fluoride poisoning. He
swallowed a 1/2 teaspoon of the fluoride gel that was soaking his teeth
during a treatment.
The incidents are too
numerous to mention. Over 10,000 calls are made to poison control centers
in the United States each year after children have swallowed toothpaste.
In April of 1997, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration made it
mandatory for toothpaste manufacturers to carry a warning label on all
fluoride toothpaste to protect children. Fluoride has a very low molecular
weight and each time you brush your teeth, approximately 0.5 mg. of
fluoride is absorbed through the mucus lining of the mouth. According to
the Department of Health & Human Services, sodium fluoride is not just
used to prevent dental caries. It is also a registered rodenticide and
pesticide. That’s right, sodium fluoride is a rat poison and roach
killer.
Sodium Fluoride = Rat Poison
You may be asking
yourself, how could our government allow this? Well, they allow cigarettes
to be sold as long as they carry a health warning. We have all assumed
that fluoride was a safe and effective chemical, but have you ever
wondered where this cavity fighter comes from? If you are not shocked and
outraged yet, you will be. Fluoride is a raw, toxic, hazardous waste
byproduct from the aluminum and phosphate fertilizer industries. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency classifies fluoride as more toxic than
lead and about equal in toxicity to arsenic. EPA scientist Dr. J. William
Hirzy et al, recently testified to that fact before a Senate Subcommittee
on drinking water safety.
Dr. Dean Burk, Chief
Chemist and Founder of the National Cancer Institute has been quoted
saying: “Fluoride causes more human cancer and causes it faster than any
other chemical.” According to Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, also from NCI,
fluoride is linked to 10,000 cancer deaths yearly. Fluoridation is also
responsible for 40 million cases of arthritis, dental deformity in 8
million children and allergic reactions in 2 million people. The NTP
(National Toxicology Program) tests confirmed what the Burke -
Yiamouyiannis tests showed - fluoride is carcinogenic. Fluoride causes
bone cancer and increases the rate of oral cancer. Similar studies in New
Jersey and more recently at Harvard University confirm these findings.
Dr. Phyllis Mullenix, a
neurotoxicologist from Harvard Medical School, was recruited by Forsyth
Dental Institute in Boston to conduct studies on the effects of fluoride
on the central nervous system. In 1995, she published the results of the
research. Her findings determined that fluoride accumulates in the brain
and causes behavioral changes, such as hyperactivity if exposed prenatally
and hypo activity if exposed postnatal. She also concluded that fluoride
may be diminishing IQ in children. Studies in New Zealand and China
confirm Dr. Mullenix’s findings. The study from China showed a 5 - 19
point IQ deficit in the children from fluoridated communities as opposed
to the children in non-fluoridated areas. In 1998, Roger Masters, a
Dartmouth College professor and Myron Coplan, a retired chemical engineer
from Natick, Mass., gathered statistical evidence indicating that
adolescents who lived in fluoridated areas had higher rates of violent
crime. Researchers have also linked fluoride to attention deficit disorder
(ADD), hypothyroidism, sudden infant death syndrome, autism and
Alzheimer’s disease.
The truth of the matter is that there has never been any safety testing
performed on the fluorides added to the public water supplies. There have
also never been any scientific studies that prove fluoride prevents tooth
decay. It’s actually quite the contrary. Toronto, a fluoridated city,
has a higher decay rate than Vancouver, which has never fluoridated it’s
water. The same is true for the New York cities of Kingston and Newburgh.
After 50 years of gathering statistics, non-fluoridated Kingston has a
lower decay rate than fluoridated Newburgh. Therefore, fluoridation is a
complete scientific fraud. Adding this pollutant to drinking water has
absolutely nothing to due with dental health. It’s basically a waste
management tool for industries to dilute their toxic waste, rather than
spend millions of dollars to treat and dispose of it properly. Fluoride
waste is also contaminated with lead, arsenic, mercury and radium. Is it
any wonder why fluoride is a main constituent of the nerve gas Sarin?
Annually, 200 - 500,000 tons of this hazardous waste is being dumped
directly into our drinking water under the guise of a dental health
panacea. In my opinion, the scariest part of fluoridation is that by
adding this toxin into our water supplies, it is now getting into our food
chain. Most foods and beverages are processed with tap water. Kellogg’s
Fruit Loops are made in Battle Creek, Michigan, where they fluoridate
their water. Chemical analysis shows that Fruit Loops have twice the
amount of fluoride than the Public Health Service allows in water
supplies. Gerber’s Berry Punch has over 3 times the recommended level of
fluoride. Don’t forget, fluoride is used as a pesticide and may be
sprayed on the fruits that go into juices. These juices are also commonly
grown in soils irrigated with fluoridated water.
This may account for the high levels of fluoride in juice.
Have you ever seen someone with opaque white spots on their teeth? This is
what’s called dental fluorosis. Fluorosis is the first outwardly visible
sign of fluoride overdose. This occurs while the teeth are forming. We
only excrete 50% of the fluoride we ingest. The remainder builds up in the
body and seeks your bones and connective tissue like a magnet to steel.
What is being diagnosed as arthritis is often really skeletal fluorosis.
A quote from a former fluoride advocate: Dr. Hardy Limeback, D.D.S.,
head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry for the University of
Toronto and president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research:
“Dentists
have absolutely no training in toxicity. Your well intentioned dentist is
simply following 50 years of misinformation on fluoride’s safety and
efficacy from public health and the dental association. Me too,
unfortunately, we were wrong. For the past 15 years I had refused to study
the toxicology information that was readily available to anyone. Poisoning
our children was the furthest thing from my mind."
So, who do you believe? The 1,600 scientists, toxicologists,
chemists, engineers and lawyers at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, who specialize in drinking water safety, who evaluate the cancer
data and other adverse health effects and unanimously oppose fluoride...
Or do you believe the American Dental Association that has been endorsing
fluoride for decades and making millions of dollars in return? C’mon
America, how much proof do you need? This is your wake up call.
Resources:
Fluoride Videos: www.NewEnglandWellness.com
Fluoride
Studies/Scientific Literature: www.slweb.org/bibliography
Fluoride Facts/Articles:
www.fluoridealert.org
