In a May 12 ruling, federal Judge Edward
Chen put on hold the
lawsuit requesting fluoridation be banned based on fluoride’s adverse
neurological effects until 3 new studies are peer-reviewed, 2 of which
preliminarily show fluoride’s harm, according
to InsideEPA.com. He also awaits the conclusion of a US National
Toxicology Program analysis of fluoride which, in draft form, declared
"…fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to
humans.”
As of June 2021, 69 of 77 human fluoride-IQ studies found
a reduced IQ among children with higher fluoride exposure. Very strong evidence shows that fluoride
damages both the fetal and infant brain at the levels used to artificially
fluoridate water. Additionally, over 400 animal, cell and human
studies link fluoride to neurological effects.
Unnecessary and unnatural fluoride chemicals are added to 73%
of US water supplies in a failed attempt to reduce tooth decay in
tap water drinkers.
Federal Case No.
17-CV-02162-EMC, challenging water fluoridation
safety, was brought by several environmental groups and individuals led by
Food & Water Watch and the Fluoride Action
Network (FAN). Plaintiffs argue that fluoride is
neurotoxic to children and should not be added to water supplies, which would effectively
end artificial water fluoridation.
Instead of using fluoridation-promoting government
officials to vouch for fluoridation safety, EPA hired employees from the
consulting firm, Exponent Inc., Some call Exponent a "Science for Hire" firm which “…routinely bend
conclusions to the needs of clients.” The cost to the taxpayers = approximately $350,000.
A recent expose' revealed that EPA "scientists are afraid of retaliation for trying to implement TSCA the way Congress intended, and they fear that their actions (or inactions) at the direction of management are resulting in harm to human health and the environment.”
Despites repeated claims that fluoridation is
safe, fluoridation-promoting government and dental agencies could provide no
proof of safety regarding fluoride's effects to the nervous system.
Representatives for EPA, CDC
and FDA could not provide, in their testimony, any scientific studies showing
fluoridation is safe. All agreed fluoride has no benefits prenatally.
EPA admits that fluoride is a
chemical with "Substantial Evidence of Developmental Neurotoxicity," but is haggling over
the exact levels while our children pose as lab rats in this ongoing
experiment. EPA's current safe water
fluoride contaminant levels are set to protect against bone and teeth damage;
but fail to consider fluoride's proven neurological effects.
The experts who testified for plaintiffs
include:
Kathleen
M. Thiessen, Ph.D. a risk
assessment scientist at Oak Ridge Center for Risk Analysis in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
Dr. Thiessen testified that “The animal
data on fluoride neurotoxicity are consistent with the epidemiological data in
showing a risk of cognitive deficits at doses of fluoride ingested from
fluoridated water.”
A Fulbright Scholar, Dr.
Phillipe Grandjean is
on the faculty of Harvard University and the University of Southern Denmark.
He’s received multiple awards throughout his long career for his research on
the effects of environmental toxins affecting children and has also been
recognized for his advocacy in protecting future generations from the effects
of neuro- and developmental toxins.
Dr. Grandjean testified that "… there is
little doubt that developmental neurotoxicity is a serious risk associated with
elevated fluoride exposure, whether due to community water fluoridation,
natural fluoride release from soil minerals, or tea consumption, especially
when the exposure occurs during early development."
Dr.
Howard Hu, from the University
of Washington’s School of Public Health, has led international research teams
investigating the environmental, nutritional, social, and epi/genetic causes of
chronic disease and impaired child development in the USA, Mexico, India,
China, and elsewhere around the world.
Dr. Hu advises pregnant women and infants to
avoid fluoride ingestion to assure normal brain development (Journal
of Pediatrics “Current Best Evidence,” July 2020). He wrote, "Fluoride is not essential for growth and development, a
cautious step could be avoidance of fluoridated products and water by women
during pregnancy and by infants during the first 6 months of life."
Dr. Lanphear is on the faculty at Simon Fraser
University in British Columbia, where his research focuses on preventing common
diseases and disabilities in children, as well as quantifying the impact of
risk factors to children’s health including exposures to heavy metals and
chemicals.
An Op-Ed by Dr. Lanphear; Linda Birnbaum, PhD, Former
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; and Christine
Till, PhD, co-author of the JAMA-Pediatrics
research article “Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During
Pregnancy and IQ Scores in Offspring in Canada” reported:
“Mounting evidence suggests fluoride may be
hampering brain development and reducing kids' IQ. The US needs to rethink this
exposure for pregnant women and children.”
JAMA Pediatrics Journal editor Dimitri Christakis, MD, said. “I would advise them [pregnant women] to drink
bottled water or filtered water because it is not a particularly odious thing
to do and actually does reduce the risk,” in a discussion of the JAMA Pediatrics fluoride/IQ study.
Fluoridation was
declared safe for 75 years. “Yet, studies conducted in North America examining
the safety of fluoride exposure in pregnancy were nonexistent,” write Till and Green in “Controversy:
The evolving science of fluoride: when new evidence doesn’t conform with
existing beliefs.” Till and Green both advise pregnant women to avoid fluoride.
Dr. Till's youtube
presentation about her research which garnered intense scrutiny before being
published in JAMA-Pediatrics is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3L_jwJtio
EPA scientists, in a
recent research paper, write "Fluoride
was observed to have the greatest increase in impacting cognitive ability and
it is often reported to affect memory and cause cognitive deficits." (International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2020)
EPA scientists, in a recent research paper,
write ""Fluoride was
observed to have the greatest increase in impacting cognitive ability and it is
often reported to affect memory and cause cognitive deficits." (International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2020)
Recently, An Australian
legislator/PhD who
read every official government fluoridation report, mostly from the WHO,
Australia, UK and the US, says all of the reports assumed fluoridation
safety. She was shocked to discover the actual data doesn't support that
assumption.
More on the fluoride
lawsuit here: https://fluoridealert.org/issues/tsca-fluoride-trial/
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