CONTROVERSY ABOUT FLUORIDE (SODIUM FLUORIDE IS USED AS RAT POISON)
Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides
Since April 7. 1997 the FDA has had toothpaste containing Fluoride and Sodium Laurel Sulfate include
the warning “Keep out of the reach of children under six. If more than a pea size amount is swallowed
contact your poison control center immediately.”
Unfortunately some manufacturers put it on the box that you throw away before using.
Here is some documentation on the adverse
effects of FLUORIDE
1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis of
collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen
in bone, tendon, muscle, skins, cartilage,
lungs, kidney and trachea.
A.K. Susheela and
Mohan Jha, “Effects
of Fluoride on Cortical and Cancerous Bone
Composition,” IRCS Medical Sciences: Library
Compendium, Vol. 9, No.11, pp. 1021-1022 (1981);
Y. D. Sharma, “Effect of Sodium Fluoride on
Collagen Cross-Link Precursors,” Toxicological
Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 97-100 (1982); A. K.
Susheela and D.
Mukerjee,
“Fluoride poisoning and the Effect of Collagen
Biosynthesis of Osseous and Nongaseous Tissue,”
Toxicological European Research, Vol. 3, No.2,
pp. 99-104 (1981); Y.D. Sharma, “Variations in
the Metabolism and Maturation of Collagen after
Fluoride Ingestion,”
Biochemica et
Biophysica Acta,
Vol. 715, pp. 137-141 (1982); Marian
Drozdz et al.,
“Studies on the Influence of Fluoride Compounds
upon Connective Tissue Metabolism in Growing
Rats” and “Effect of Sodium Fluoride With and
Without Simultaneous Exposure to Hydrogen
Fluoride on Collagen Metabolism,” Journal of
Toxicological Medicine, Vol. 4, pp. 151-157
(1984).
2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation and
oxygen consumption in white blood cells, but
inhibits these processes when the white blood
cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the
blood.
Robert A. Clark, “Neutrophil
Iodination Reaction Induced by Fluoride:
Implications for
Degranulation and Metabolic Activation,”
Blood, Vol. 57, pp. 913-921 (1981).
3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the
ability of white blood cells to properly destroy
foreign agents by the process of
phagocytosis. As
little as 0.2 ppm
fluoride stimulates
superperoxide
production in resting white blood cells,
virtually abolishing
phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of
fluoride, below 1 ppm,
may seriously depress the ability of white blood
cells to destroy pathogenic agents.
John Curnette, et
al, “Fluoride-mediated Activation of the
Respiratory Burst in Human
Neutrophils,” Journal of Clinical
Investigation, Vol. 63, pp. 637-647 (1979); W.
L. Gabler and P. A.
Leong, ., “Fluoride Inhibition of
Polymorphonumclear
Leukocytes,” Journal of Dental Research, Vol.
48, No. 9, pp. 1933-1939 (1979); W. L.
Gabler, et al.,
“Effect of Fluoride on the Kinetics of
Superoxide
Generation by Fluoride,” Journal of Dental
Research, Vol. 64, p. 281 (1985); A. S.
Kozlyuk, et al.,
“Immune Status of Children in Chemically
Contaminated Environments,”
Zdravookhranenie, Issue 3, pp. 6-9 (1987)
4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and
causes it to attack the body’s own tissues, and
increases the tumor growth rate in cancer prone
individuals.
Alfred Taylor and Nell C. Taylor, “Effect of
Sodium Fluoride on Tumor Growth,” Proceedings of
the Society for Experimental Biology and
Medicine, Vol. 119, p. 252 (1965); Sheila
Gibson, “Effects of Fluoride on Immune System
Function,” Complementary Medical Research, Vol.
6, pp. 111-113 (1992); Peter Wilkinson,
“Inhibition of the Immune System With Low Levels
of Fluorides,” Testimony before the Scottish
High Court in Edinburgh in the Case of
McColl vs.
Strathclyde
Regional Council, pp. 17723-18150, 19328-19492,
and Exhibit 636, (1982); D. W.
Allman and M.
Benac, “Effect of
Inorganic Fluoride Salts on Urine and Cyclic AMP
Concentration in Vivo,” Journal of Dental
Research, Vol. 55 (Supplement B), p. 523 (1976);
S. Jaouni and D. W.
Allman, “Effect of
Sodium Fluoride and Aluminum on
Adenylate
Cyclase and
Phosphodiesterase
Activity,” Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 64,
p. 201 (1985)
5. Fluoride inhibits antibody formation in the
blood.
S. K. Jain and A. K.
Susheela, “Effect of Sodium Fluoride on
Antibody Formation in Rabbits,” Environmental
Research, Vol. 44, pp. 117-125 (1987)
6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity.
Viktor Gorlitzer Von
Mundy, “Influence of Fluorine and Iodine on the
Metabolism, Particularly on the Thyroid Gland,”
Muenchener
Medicische
Wochenschrift, Vol.
105, pp. 182-186 (1963); A.
Benagiano, “The Effect of Sodium Fluoride
on Thyroid Enzymes and Basal Metabolism in the
Rat,” Annali Di
Stomatologia, Vol.
14, pp. 601-619 (1965); Donald Hillman, et al.,
“Hypothyroidism and Anemia Related to Fluoride
in Dairy Cattle,” Journal of Dairy Science, Vol.
62, No.3, pp..416-423 (1979); V. Stole and J.
Podoba, “Effect of
Fluoride on the Biogenesis of Thyroid Hormones,”
Nature, Vol. 188, No. 4753, pp. 855-856 (1960);
Pierre Galleti and
Gustave
Joyet, “Effect of
Fluorine on Thyroid Iodine Metabolism and
Hyperthyroidism,” Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 18, pp.
1102-1110 (1958)
7. Fluorides have a disruptive effect on various
tissues in the body.
T. Takamorim “The
Heart Changes in Growing Albino Rats Fed on
Varied Contents of Fluorine,” The Toxicology of
Fluorine Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, Oct 1962,
pp. 125-129; Vilber
A.O. Bello and Hillel J.
Gitelman, “High Fluoride Exposure in
Hemodialysis
Patients,” American Journal of Kidney Diseases,
Vol. 15, pp. 320-324 (1990); Y.
Yoshisa,
Experimental Studies on Chronic Fluorine
Poisoning,” Japanese Journal of Industrial
Health, Vol. 1, pp. 683-690 (1959)
8. Fluoride promotes development of bone cancer.
J.K. Mauer, et al.,
“Two-Year Cacinogenicity
Study Of Sodium Fluoride In Rats,” Journal of
the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 82, pp.
1118-1126 (1990); Proctor and Gamble
Carcinogenicity Studies with Sodium Fluoride in
Rats” National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences Presentation, July 27, 1985; S. E.
Hurdley et al.,
“Drinking Water Fluoridation and
Osteosarcoma,”
Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp.
415-416 (1990); P. D. Cohn, “A Brief Report on
the Association of Drinking Water Fluoridation
and Incidence of
Osteosarcoma in Young Males,” New Jersey
Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey, Nov.
1992; M. C. Mahoney et al., “Bone Cancer
Incidence Rates in New York,” American
Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp. 81, 475
(1991); Irwin Herskowitz
and Isabel Norton, “Increased Incidence of
Melanotic Tumors
Following Treatment with Sodium Fluoride,”
Genetics Vol. 48, pp. 307-310 (1963); J. A.
Disney, et al., “ A Case Study in Testing the
Conventional Wisdom: School Based Fluoride Mouth
Rinse Programs in the USA,” Community Dentistry
and Oral Epidemiology, Vol. 18, pp. 46-56
(1990); D. J. Newell, “Fluoridation of Water
Supplies and Cancer - An Association?,” Applied
Statistics, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 125-135 (1977)
9. Fluorides cause premature aging of the human
body.
Nicholas Leone, et al., “Medical Aspects of
Excessive Fluoride in a Water Supply,” Public
Health Reports, Vol. 69, pp. 925-936 (1954); J.
David Erikson, “Mortality of Selected Cities
with Fluoridated and Non-Fluoridated Water
Supplies,” New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.
298, pp. 1112-1116 (1978); “The Village Where
People Are Old Before Their Time,” Stern
Magazine, Vol. 30, pp. 107-108, 111-112 (1978)
10. Fluoride ingestion from mouth rinses and
dentifrice’s in children is extremely hazardous
to biological development, life span and general
health.
Yngve
Ericsson and Britta Forsman,
“Fluoride Retained From Mouth Rinses and
Dentifrices In Preschool Children,” Caries
Research, Vol. 3, pp. 290-299 (1969); W. L.
Augenstein, et al.,
“Fluoride Ingestion In Children: A Review Of 87
Cases,” Pediatrics, Vol. 88, pp. 907-912,
(1991); Charles Wax, “Field Investigation
Report,” State of Maryland Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, March 19, 1980, 67 pages;
George Waldbott,
“Mass Intoxication from Over-Fluoridation in
Drinking Water,” Clinical Toxicology, Vol. 18,
No.5, pp. 531-541(1981)
Other Facts
The contents of a family
size tube of fluoridated toothpaste is
enough to kill a 25 pound child.
In 1991, the Akron (Ohio) Regional Poison Center reported that “death has been
reported following ingestion of 16mg/kg of
fluoride. Only 1/10 of an ounce of fluoride
could kill a 100 pound adult. According to the
Center, “fluoride toothpaste contains up to
1mg/gram of fluoride.” Even Proctor and Gamble,
the makers of Crest, acknowledge that a
family-sized tube “theoretically contains enough
fluoride to kill a small child.”
Fluorides have been used to modify behavior and
mood of human beings. It is a little known fact
that fluoride compounds were added to the
drinking water of prisoners to keep them docile
and inhibit questioning of authority, both in
Nazi prison camps in World War II and in the
Soviet gulags in Siberia.
Fluorides are medically categorized as
protoplasmic poisons, which is why they are used
to kill rodents.
The September 18, 1943 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association, states, “fluorides
are general protoplasmic poisons, changing the
permeability of the cell membrane by inhibiting
certain enzymes. The exact mechanisms of such
actions are obscure.”
Fluoride consumption by human beings increases
the general cancer death rate.
In 1975 Dr. John
Yiamouyiannis published a preliminary
survey which showed that people in fluoridated
areas have a higher cancer death rate than those
in non-fluoridated areas. The National Cancer
Institute attempted to refute the studies. Later
in 1975 Yiamouyiannis
joined with Dr. Dean Burk, chief chemist of the
National Cancer Institute (1939-1974) in
performing other studies which were then
included in the Congressional Record by
Congressman Delaney, who was the original author
of the Delaney Amendment, which prohibited the
addition of cancer-causing substances to food
used for human consumption. Both reports
confirmed the existence of a link between
fluoridation and cancer. (Note: Obviously Dr.
Burk felt free to agree with scientific truth
only after his tenure at National Cancer
Institute ended, since his job depended on
towing the party line).
Fluorides have little or no effect on decay
prevention in humans.
In 1990 Dr. John Colquhoun was forced into early
retirement in New Zealand after he conducted a
study on 60,000 school children and found no
difference in tooth decay between fluoridated
and unfluoridated
areas. He additionally found that a substantial
number of children in fluoridated areas suffered
from dental fluorosis.
He made the study public. There is no
scientific data that shows that fluoride mouth
rinses and tablets are safe for human use.
In 1989 a study by
Hildebolt, et al. on 6,000 school
children contradicted any alleged benefit from
the use of sodium fluorides. A 1990 study by Dr.
John Yiamouyiannis
on 39,000 school children contradicted any
alleged benefits from the use of sodium
fluorides. In 1992 Michael
Perrone, a legislative assistant in New Jersey, contacted the
FDA requesting all information regarding the
safety and effectiveness of fluoride tablets and
drops. After 6 months of stalling, the FDA
admitted they had no data to show that fluoride
tablets or drops were either safe or effective.
They informed Perrone
that they will “probably have to pull the
tablets and drops off the market.”
The fact that fluoride toothpastes and school
based mouth rinses are packaged in aluminum
accentuates the effect on the body.
In 1976, Dr. D. Allman
and coworkers from Indiana University School of
Medicine fed animals 1 part-per-million (ppm)
fluoride and found that in the presence of
aluminum, in a concentration as small as 20
parts per billion, fluoride is able to cause an
even larger increase in cyclic AMP levels.
Cyclic AMP inhibits the migration rate of white
blood cells, as well as the ability of the white
blood cell to destroy pathogenic
disease-causing) organisms. Reference: Journal
of Dental Research, Vol. 55, Sup B, p. 523,
1976, “Effect of Inorganic Fluoride Salts on
Urine and Tissue Cyclic AMP Concentration in
Vivo”. (Note: It is no small accident that
toothpaste tubes containing fluoride are often
made of aluminum)
“Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific
fraud of this century”
Robert Carlton, Ph. D., former U. S. EPA
scientist on “Marketplace” Canadian Broadcast
Company, Nov. 24, 1992 “Regarding fluoridation,
the EPA should act immediately to protect the
public, not just on the cancer data, but on the
evidence of bone fractures, arthritis,
mutagenicity and
other effects”
William Marcus, Ph. D., senior EPA toxicologist,
Covert Action, Fall
1992, p. 66
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