FAN Bulletin 838

July 14, 2007

Dear All,

The Professionals’ statement has now been signed by 274 people [These are not typical ‘people’ they are scientists and doctors. Ed.] . I will be writing another analysis when we hit the 300 mark. Meanwhile, I would like to share with you a remarkable list of short personal statements on fluoridation made by some of the signers.

We are very aware that the ADA, with its vast financial resources and its huge membership, will be able to come back with thousands of names of dentists willing to repeat the mantra that the ADA feeds them: “Fluoridation is safe and effective, 60 years of research says it so.” However, what they will not be able to do is provide solid scientific responses to the arguments presented in our statement. Nor despite their numbers, will they be able to come close to the total number of man-woman years of independent research that has been put into studying the fluoride issue, represented by our signers.

In an email he sent out this morning Dr. Albert Burgstahler (the recipient of FAN’s first “Albert W. Burgstahler award for scientific integrity” ) wrote this about the Professionals’ statement and the signers:

I have been thinking about this impressive professional statement, and one of the things about the wide range of signers that I see is worth emphasizing, and that is how very independent we all are of any vested interest that has something to sell for financial gain or a particular operational agenda to promote at taxpayers’ expense.

In this respect, we stand heads and shoulders above the recommendations of groups like the ADA, the CDC, the USPHS, the WHO, etc. and all their coat-tail hangers-on. The May 9 online report in the Lancet about how WHO recommendations and guidelines are prepared by special interest groups and are not based on independent scientific review offers a striking contrast to what our professionals’ statement is based on–current, real, genuine, solid scientific evidence!

Albert

Meanwhile, I hope our readers will find these short quotes useful ammunition in the struggle to get people to listen to our concerns. It is very well worth taking the time to read through the whole list of quotes.

Paul Connett

Professional Quotes on Fluoridation:

Phillip M. Allen, MD, PhD, pathologist (retired), Wichita, KS

“The health risks associated with the use of fluoride in drinking water outweigh, to a significant degree, the slight benefits from that use.”

James Allison, Office Manager & Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

“All members of the Carroll-Boone Water District (Eureka Springs, AR) are opposed to fluoridation. No one in this country should have the right to mass medicate the public. Ingesting fluoride is an individual decision and should not be forced on our customers. It is JUST PLAIN WRONG!”

Richard V Anthony, MS Public Administration, Principal, Richard Anthony Associates, Member of the Board of Directors California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), Grass Roots Recycling Network (GRRN) and the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), San Diego, CA

“My area of expertise is in recycling and I can’t imagine a worse example of recycling than the use of the hazardous scrubbing liquor from the fertilizer industry to fluoridate our water.”

Glen M. Bailes, Safety Manager/Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

“Fluoride should be a consumers choice, not a mandatory Government requirement for all!”

David S. Banks, DDS, dental practitioner for 35 years, Member International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, San Marcos, CA

“With decay rates in non fluoridated areas the same or less than fluoridated communities and with ample evidence of increased risk of bone, bladder, lung and oral cancer associated with fluoridation, it is senseless and morally wrong to force fluoridation on innocent populations.”

Russell L. Blaylock, MD, retired neurosurgeon and author, MS

“ I am opposed to fluoridation of drinking water because of the compelling and abundant amount of science demonstrating toxic effects on a number of cell signaling systems, energy enzymes and the subsequent harmful effects on the central nervous system-both during development and in the adult. There is also compelling evidence of brain accumulation of this toxic element.”

Ann Brameier, Lac, licensed acupuncturist, NY

“I feel it is high time that all residents of NY be informed about the real dangers of fluoride so that we can all take control over our freedom to choose what we ingest.”

Albert W. Burgstahler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Co-author with George L. Waldbott, MD, and H. Lewis McKinney, PhD, of “Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma” (Coronado Press, 1978) and editor since 1998 of the international quarterly journal Fluoride, published by the International Society for Fluoride Research (www.fluorideresearch.org), Lawrence, KS

“Why are so many public health officials afraid to admit they could be wrong about things they have stuck their neck out on? Does their desire to preserve their credibility mean more to them than the wellbeing and good health of their fellow citizens?”

Dr. Chester V. Clark, Jr. AR:

“I am totally convinced, after believing otherwise for most of my professional career, that the whole idea of putting a known toxin in our drinking water is based on politics and government-industry collusion. It is long past time to put an end to this scientifically unproven practice and improve the health of the American people. ”

Stephanie F. Cave, MD, Practiced medicine in Baton Rouge for 21 years, Baton Rouge, LA:

“Fluoride is a potent poison for enzymes. I cannot reconcile putting it into the water source or worse–into children’s mouths. Money has to be the motivation because it makes no sense otherwise.”

Noel Campbell, BDSc, LDS, FACNEM, FASID, Visiting Professor, Hope Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

“The risk/benefit ratio based on peer reviewed research is now too high to allow fluoridation of water.”

Douglas Cross, BSc, Cbiol, MIBiol, EurProBiol, Independent Consultant in Environmental Compliance and Forensic Ecology, England:

” The purpose of water quality standards is to provide the best possible quality of water, not the worst permissible. In public health measures, the issue is not what is technically feasible but what is legally permissible; fluoridation is in violation of EU law and Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.”

Nancy Crumpacker, MD, retired oncologist, and advisor to Rachel’s Friends Breast Cancer Coalition, Portland, OR:

“Noting the well studied risk of osteosarcoma, as a retired oncologist, I agree that the continued support for this dangerous and ineffective prescription is based on money and saving face. I am appalled by the absence of informed consent when our medical culture has tried to move away from paternalistic actions.”

Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers Association, MN:

“The Organic Consumers Association supports a ban on water fluoridation. America’s 50 million health and environmental- minded organic consumers are not only concerned with the purity of their food, but the purity of their water as well. Ban water fluoridation now!”

John C. J. Eaton, MA (Cantab), MSI, F Inst D, England:

“I Have actively opposed compulsory Fluoridation for over 40 years. As a lawyer, I am only too well aware of how our individual freedoms are being continually threatened and eroded - and the freedom to refuse unwanted medication is one of the most important freedoms we enjoy. A totalitarian measure like fluoridation sets an extremely dangerous precedent, and opens up an avenue which we should simply not go down. The effect of fluorides on tooth enamel, and the effect of ingesting a cumulative enzyme poison, may well be a dental and a medical question respectively, for the experts - but whether to use public water supplies for conveying medication to all consumers, irrespective of their needs and wishes is an entirely ethical question, on which the opinion of the lowest-paid, least-educated manual worker should carry just as much weight as the most highly-qualified President of the Medical and Dental Professions - they are all water-consumers, and should all have an equal say in what poisons or medication they ingest.”

Doug N. Everingham, MB, BS, Australian Health Minister 1972-75 , Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

“Half a century ago as a public medical officer and as a family doctor I published support for fluoridation in my country following U.S.A. example. When challenged I spent hours studying evidence on both sides and each decade have become more convinced that I was wrong. Public water fluoridation breaks the near-universal toxicological precautionary principle that requires providers to prove medicator safety, not dissenters to prove medicator harm.“

Chris Ewan, Independent Water Consultant, Ballarat, Australia.

“Fluoridation compromises the core medical premise of “First, do no harm.” We are so lucky that the electrical union in Ballarat (Australia) decided against connecting the power to the fluoride dosing treatment plant. This act of independence can only give heart to all who oppose adding dangerous man-made chemicals to public water supplies.”

Rene W, Fonseca, licensed water operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

“I strongly oppose fluoridation of drinking water. Our mission is to provide pure and clean water to our customers.
It is time for the water industry to spread the truth about the harmful effects of adding fluoride to peoples’ drinking water.”

Richard G. Foulkes, BA, MD, Abbotsford, B.C., Canada

“When I acted as health consultant for the British Columbian government I was presented the case for fluoridation by civil servants in the health department and I supported the practice. When, however, I examined the scientific literature for myself I was appalled that I had been taken in by such a one-sided presentation. I have now studied the fluoride literature and have attended International Conferences of the ISFR for the past 15 years and condemn the practice of water fluoridation without reservation.”

Anthony Fox, MD, New Milton, Hants, England:

“I am totally against water fluoridation by any country on this planet. There is a HUGE body of scientific evidence AGAINST fluoridation.”

Sheila L. M. Gibson, MD, BSc, MFHom, Member of the Advisory panel for the York Review. Medical advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation, England

“My own personal published research shows that fluoride has an adverse effect on the immune system.”

Paul Gilbert, DDS, MAGD, AIAOMT, Practicing general dentist focusing on biological dentistry, Princeton, NJ

“It’s really an irony that the ADA relies on old, outdated “science” to support its pro fluoride position, and then has the nerve to say that we use “junk science”. I believe that the ADA is now about as professionally corrupt as it can get. The ADA is an embarrassment to real research scientists.”

George Gioumousis, PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1955 (retired), Palo Alto, CA

“I realized that the practice was completely false and deceptive when my wife brought home a copy of the pamphlet on Fluoride and the AEC. After reading the article it was very clear to me that we had been deceived and misled. It is clear that the honest scientific research that has been done on the effects of fluoride on the body all validates the basic truth that fluoride compounds are very toxic substances. We should avoid them as assiduously as we try to avoid exposure to mercury, arsenic and lead which have the same level of acute toxicity as fluoride compounds.”

John Remington Graham, BA, LLB, Member of the Minnesota Bar, co-author of “La fluoration autopsie d’une erreur scientifique,” 2005, Quebec, Canada:

“I was the counsel for the plaintiffs in trials in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas, resulting in judicial findings that artificial fluoridation of public water supplies induces large-scale cancer and other ailments in man.”

Veronica Griffin, PhD, MD, Director, Nutri-Concepts Clinics - Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Chemical Detox, iCairns, Queensland, Australia:

“Fluoridation is poisoning our environment! If Fluoride actually stopped cavities, why are seeing an increase in cavities in largely fluoridated Australia today?”

Barry Groves, PhD (nutritional science), Independent researcher, Author of “Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?”, England:

“When I was researching my book, I was astonished by the utter lack of knowledge within the dental profession (in the UK), and with their apparent unwillingness even to consider trying to find out the truth of this measure. Furthermore, isn’t medication without consent contrary to UN human rights legislation?”

William Harris, MD, Retired Emergency Physician, Honolulu, HI:

“The cause of dental caries is not fluoride deficiency, but the consumption of candy, soft drinks, and other fermentable sugars, which stick to the teeth and nourish the Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli which elaborate the organic acids that erode the dental enamel. Overconsumption of these empty Calories is most prevalent among the same underprivileged children who not only have the highest caries incidence but the highest obesity rates as well. Adding fluoride to the water does not solve either problem but since ~99% of the fluoride added to municipal water will never reach anyone’s teeth, water fluoridation would be a spectacularly inefficient strategy, even if it worked and posed neither toxicological nor
ethical concerns.”

James A. Harrison, DDS, FAGD, FIAOMT, Retired dentist, Lake Worth, FL:

“I have first hand observations of individuals who suffer from fluoride. One woman has deep bone pain from just bathing in fluoridated water.”

Wael Hmaidan, Environmental Policy Advisor, Currently Executive Director of IndyAct, a global league of independent activists, Previous Greenpeace campaigner for the Arab World, Beirut, Lebanon:

“I think Margaret Mead ‘s quote applies to the anti-fluoridation campaign as it does to many others: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.’”

Councillor Lisa Intemann, BA(Hons), BAppSc, Community Development worker of 30 years, Wauchope, NSW, Australia:

“No one likes having been wrong. But for the sake of the children we must admit we were wrong about this and end it now.”

Robert L. Isaacson, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. Member of the 2006 National Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride, Binghamton, NY:

“The Health of the entire country is at risk as long as fluoridation of the drinking water remains uncurbed.”

Emily Kane, ND, Lac, Author Managing Menopause Naturally, Member of mayoral commission to re-examine risk/benefit of fluoridation, Juneau, AK:

“I recently served on a city council appointed by the mayor to study the issue of fluoridation. Based on 2 years of studying the literature and closely examining the 2006 NAS/NRC report, the council persuaded the Assembly members of Juneau (Alaska) to remove fluoride from the city water. My particular interest was the effect of fluoride on IQ. Recent Chinese studies show a significant reduction of IQ in children drinking water with high natural fluoride levels (compared to children in low fluoride communities). Fluoride is also very bad for thyroid function; hyperthyroidism (Graves disease) used to be treated with fluoride, but this treatment was abandoned because of it being too toxic.”

Ruth Greenwood Koss, RN, BS, MS, Retired school nurse in the public school system in Somerville, NJ:

“Our school dentist screened and recorded the elementary school students annually. In my opinion the thirty years I assisted in dental screening there appeared to be little or no evidence of benefit from fluoridation and I venture to say oral health continued to decline every year.”

Gilles Leroux, BSc, MSc, Biologie, ND, Montréal, Québec, Canada:

“I am against all fluoridation in water. It causes more damage than benefits. There’s a lot of research that reveals the fact there is no need to put fluoride in water. We have to stop all fluoridation.”

Terrence A. Messerman, DDS, FIAOMT, Past President, The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology

“It’s time that this practice, which began with The Manhattan Project, be revealed for what it truly is: a travesty against the health of the public.“

Gary Liss, BSc, MPA, Zero Waste consultant (President of Gary Liss & Associates), CRRA Recycler of the Year (2005), and Leader of Recyclers Global Warming Council, Zero Waste for Global Cooling coalition, Global Recycling Council, and Zero Waste International Alliance, Loomis, CA:

“A key link between this issue and my work is one of producer responsibility or rather, lack of it. This is another example where an industry has figured out a way to eliminate their responsibility for the waste they make, in a way that evidently has major ramifications. We should ask a Congressional Hearing to apply the precautionary principle to the use of contaminated silicon fluoride additions to municipal water supplies.”

Mark S. Lohbauer, JD, former member of the Board of Directors of the NJ Grassroots Environmental Organization, Pennsauken, NJ:

“I consider the practice of mandatory dosage of any medication–let alone this hazardous substance–to be a violation of civil rights. No one in a free society should be forced to take a medication that they do not want to take.”

Jennifer Luke, PhD, BDS, Dentist and fluoride researcher, England:

“My work showed that fluoride accumulates in the human pineal gland and lowers melatonin production in animals. I find it extraordinary that no government promoting fluoridation has chosen to pursue these worrying findings. The ADA, which has deep pockets, and claims to be promoting human health, should fund research into this matter and throw more light on the issue.”

L. R. B. Mann, PhD, (rtd) Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand:

“As the main supervisor of John Colquhoun’s Ph.D on fluoridation, I am glad to add my name to your Statement. Systemic (as opposed to topical) benefit to teeth from fluoridation is unproven; indeed the evidence strongly suggests there is no benefit from systemic fluoride. The harm from fluoridation is real, at least with dental fluorosis; and the evidence for other, more harmful side-effects is worrying enough that, in the absence of significant benefit, Fluoridation should be stopped.”

Peter John Mansfield, MA, MB, B Chir FRSA, Family Doctor and independent scientist, member of the Advisory Board for the Systematic Review of Public Water Fluoridation conducted by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York (known as “The York Review”, McDonagh et al., 2000), Newark on Trent, England

“UK national data from 2003 indicate that 20% of the UK population (only 10% fluoridated) already consumes more fluoride than the UK Department of Health considers safe.”

Terrence A. Messerman, DDS, FIAOMT, Past President, The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology

“It’s time that this practice, which began with The Manhattan Project, be revealed for what it truly is: a travesty against the health of the public.“

Rosemary Grace Minervini, RDH, MS, Retired Dental Hygienist, Master’s Degree in Dental Hygiene Administration, Education and Research, Lehi, UT:

“Countless peer-reviewed scientific research publications show that the risks of fluoridation far out number any claims of its so called benefits.”

Ian E. Packington, MA Cert Tox, Independent Science Adviser to National Pure Water Association [NPWA], York, England:

“Fluoridation goes on today regardless of all the demonstrated adverse human health consequences. It must be stopped - but we will have achieved a true landmark victory for human health and the well-being of our planet only when all harmful fluoride pollution has been eliminated.”

Gilles Parent, ND, author of “L’inconséquence de la Fluoration,” 1975 and co-author of “La fluoration autopsie d’une erreur scientifique,” 2005, member de l’Association de diplômés en naturopathie du Québec, (the association has taken a position against fluoridation and it is member of «Front commun pour une eau saine»), St. Laurent (Montreal), Quebec, Canada:

“The Quebec Public Health Authority claimed officially on their internet site that there were 27,000 scientific studies supporting fluoridation. When we confronted them on this figure, they admitted that they did not have a list of those studies and and that they were unable to supply any any valid source on which they based their assumption. The York review (McDonagh et al., 2000) could find only 3,246 studies (both for and against) and only 214 of these met their scientific criteria. Thus, the Quebec Public Health Authority’s claim constitutes a scientific fraud.”

Michael D. Porteus, RPh, Staff pharmacist, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH:

“As a registered pharmacist and completing a Master’s degree in this field, it surprises me greatly as to how some health care professionals can exempt fluoride from a central ethical principle of medicine. It is this: for any drug or medical procedure, people as consumers must be made aware of the risks. I find it truly intolerable that we are mass-medicating our population without their sound understanding and consent on this matter.”

Romeo Quijano, MD, Manilla, Philippines

“Fluoridating public water supply violates the fundamental right of citizens to health and a healthful environment. The risks associated with water fluoridation definitely far outweigh the supposed benefits.”

Michael B. Rogers, DDS, Arlington, VA:

“Swallowing fluoride in drinking water is like swallowing a band-aid for a cut. Why not just put the band-aid only where you need it?”

Dr. Andrew Rynne, LRCP&SI, MICGP, Medical Practitioner and columnist for the Irish Medical News, founder of Clane General Hospital,, Co. Kildare, Ireland:

“Nobody should ever be forced to take medicine against their wishes.”

Robert D. Rousseau, DDS, an accredited member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology:

“It makes me sick to think of how much carcinogenic fluoride people ingest systemically to prevent a disease that is not affected by systemic intake of fluoride. It is time to stop the mass medication.”

Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary magazine, Mumbai, India:

“Each human being is unique. Nature has an unique relationship with each one of us. The “one size fits all” fluoridation formula amounts to ‘poisoning Peter to pay Paul’ and that is nothing short of immoral.”

Karl Sandberg, MD, Ola, AR:

“From a medication standpoint, even if fluoride were not a poison, adding it to the water supply is idiotic. I can’t believe supposedly rational people are in favor of this.”

Mages Mageswari Sangaralingam (Masters in Environmental Management), Research Officer, Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia:

“Fluoridation is mass medication with an uncontrolled dose, and violates the individual’s right to informed consent. We need to end the harmful practice of water fluoridation in the US and all other countries which still add fluoride in public drinking water.”

Mary Shomon, Leading thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author of the Thyroid Diet, http://www.thyroid-info.com

“Fluoride ingestion increases the risk for thyroid disease, among many health concerns. Given the epidemic of thyroid problems, as a patient advocate, I’m convinced that our health is far better served by minimizing the intake of this unnecessary toxin.”

Alan B. Shrank, MD, FRCP(UK), Consultant physician. Medical advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation, England

“Even the original wartime studies, which claimed to prove that water fluoridation reduced dental caries, were so flawed in their design that no editor of today’s medical journals would publish them. And no study since has provided grade A evidence that ingested fluoride reduces tooth decay by any significant amount.”

Alfred A. Siess, Jr., BCE, MBA, Environmental/Economic Consultant (Ret. Engineering Executive), Lehigh Valley, PA:

“When I studied fluoridation, as a Civil Engineering student 52 years ago, very little was taught about the effects of Fluoride… In my opinion, those “professionals” who advocate fluoridation of the public water supply as “safe” and “effective,” where the whole body of scientific evidence shows it is neither, should lose their professional license and should NOT be shielded from civil suits or criminal liability where fluoridated water causes damage.”

Brian J. Smith, DDS, Eureka, CA:

“Aside from endorsing Paul Connett’s 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation, I am concerned about the total exposure of my patients, my community, the environment, and most importantly the children, including my two and a half year old son. At the very least, I feel what supplements or medicines one ingests, should be a personal choice.”

Kristine L. Soly, MD, FACC, holistic cardiologist, Yarmouthport, MA:

“Under any circumstances, I would disapprove of adding any drug to our drinking water, especially one so toxic and controversial as fluoride.”

Charlie Spencer: Radio broadcaster (35 years), environmental film maker and advocate, Chairman (1993 - 1999), National Ecology Commission, Secular Franciscan Order (SFO), USA, and editor of the Commission’s newsletter, “The Guardian of Creation,” Springfield, MA:

“It amazes me how the public can be made to believe that the disposal of a hazardous waste in their public water supply can be good for their health.”

Prof. Joerg Spitz, Managing director of the Society for Medical Information and Prevention in Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany:

“Referring to many articles by different authors (e.g. Niloufer Chinoy, Anna Strunecka and Rudolf Ziegelbecker) there is no room for deliberately distributing a highly problematic substance like fluoride over the whole country by water fluoridation. In my opinion, fluoride is worsening the problems arising from the lack of micronutrients and antioxidants in Western diets! To our luck in Europe and especially in Germany fluoridation was never able to gain a large platform and even those cities which decided to apply water fluoridation years ago stopped it meanwhile (like Basel in Switzerland).”

Liz Vaughan, Councilor, College Lecturer and Information Officer for UK Councils Against Fluoridation:

” I founded North West Councils Against Fluoridation in 1989 resulting in North West Water refusing to fluoridate the North West in 1992. In 1996 we successfully repeated this campaign in Northern Ireland. Councilors have since voted to change the name to UK Councils Against Fluoridation.”

Robin N. Watkins, DO, MSCC, UK trained Osteopathic Practitioner, member of the General Osteopathic Council and British Osteopathic Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, England:

“I was shocked to find out that around 50% of the Newcastle population (population = 365,000) have Dental Fluorosis. So a huge number of local people have degrees of Chronic Fluoride Toxicosis. I also have a letter from a former Primary Trust Chief Executive which states that is not my Right to receive Fluoride-Free water. I could not believe that a professional in such a position could make such a crass statement.”

Bill Wilson, Past President New Zealand Pure Water Association, Auckland, New Zealand:

“I am sure my old friend, the late John Colquhoun, BDS, M Phil, Dip Ed(Syd), M. Phil(Auck), PhD of Auckland, New Zealand would have loved to have joined this august company. He is probably remembered by many of you as a pro-fluoride advocate, who, late in life (1981), discovered the error of his ways and spent the remainder of his life strongly opposing fluoridation.”

John L. Wilson, Jr., MD, CEO Great Smokies Medical Center of Asheville, Past President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), Past President, Great Lakes College of Clinical Medicine (Currently the International College of Clinical Medicine), Director, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Advisor, American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology, Asheville, NC :

“It is way beyond the time that the arcane practice of intentionally infusing a known neurotoxic and carcinogenic substance into the public drinking water supply be terminated. This abhorrent practice must simply cease.”

Councilor Arnold Woolley, DipIM, MCMI, Rtd. Senior Police Officer, past JP and current environmental activist, North Wales, UK:

“I have spent most of my life evaluating evidence, including 22 years as a public prosecutor in various courts. In my opinion, the case against fluoridation of water supplies is evidentially sound.”

Matthew Young DDS, PA, Member and director of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Hendersonville, NC:

“I have been studying all the relevant science in relation to fluoride and can only come to one conclusion. It was added to our water for the sole purpose of avoiding government law suits as a result of accidental human exposure from industrial greed and government cover up.”

Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rudolf Ziegelbecker, Graz, Austria:

“I want to emphasize the fact that nowhere in Europe, where fluoridation has been stopped, has there been an increase of dental caries observed afterwards. Also, when collecting new, random data about natural fluoride content of drinking waters and dental caries from the WHO databases in Geneva in 1987, I could not find a trace of a benefit of (natural) fluoride in drinking water.”

Loty Zilberman, MSc, Chemical Engineer, Environmental and Toxicological Consultant, Israel:

“As a former worker in a big drug company (Pharmacopee), I was a member of the Committee to approve drugs. For many years I have studied the relevant publications about water fluoridation. I know very well the danger of receiving an overdose of dangerous substances. This is the case with water fluoridation.”

John Zimmerman, PhD, in Biological Psychology and Neuroscience. Owner and Director of a four-bed sleep disorders center in Reno, NV:

“I am opposed to water fluoridation because the benefits do not outweigh the risks.”