FAN Bulletin 840:

July 17, 2007

Dear All,

Before we get to the analysis of the first 300 signers of the Professionals’ statement calling for an end to water fluoridation, a couple of notes.

1) If you are a member of a local chapter of the Sierra Club, please contact Gerhard Bedding (NH) at . The Sierra Club is coming up with a new position on fluoridation and this has to be made as strong as possible.

2) Don’t forget to phone your US Representative (Captiol switchboard : 202 – 224 -3121) to remove the clause from House Bill HR 3043 (the Health Appropriations bill) giving funding to the CDC Oral Health Division to promote fluoridation. Here is the clause which needs pulling: $14.6 M, an increase of $1.5 M, for CDC’s Division of Oral Health to expand state oral health infrastructure and water fluoridation programs. This is URGENT, the bill is being discussed today and voted on tomorrow. There is little time to make your voice heard. Thanks to all who have phoned already.

Talking points:

The CDC has already wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayers on this failed policy.
Don’t give any more money to the CDC to promote bad health policy
Instead put the money into targeted nutrition education and dental care for children of low income families where most of the dental decay is concentrated.
Fluoridation does not make sense because fluoride works topically not systemically. No need to swallow it. Silly to put it into the water. Most industrialized countries don’t do it and their teeth are just as good as those that do.
Instead of begging for more money the CDC should explain UNDER OATH why they are ignoring the 500 page NRC (2006) report which found many health concerns close to, at, or even lower than the level at which water is fluoridated.

An analysis of the first 300 names of the professionals who signed the statement calling for an end to water fluoridation worldwide.

Note 1: These names have been collected in just 19 days.
Note 2: The statement and list of signers will be posted on the FAN website on August 1, at which time citizens will be invited to sign an online petition of support. Each of these signatures will be sent automatically to US signers’ Members of Congress.

Academic qualifications: 59 PhDs or equivalent.
Dental qualifications: 80 (63 DDS, 9 DMD, 8 BDS)
Medical qualifications: 58 (32 MD, 10 MB, 10 ND, 1 OMD, I MD(H), 1 DC, 2 DO)
Legal qualifications: 6 (4 JD)
Nurses: 5 RN
Dental hygienists: 5 (3 RDH)

Countries represented (29): Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Rep., England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Wales and the US.

US states (36): AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA (and DC, Puerto Rico and Akwesasne (the Mohawk Nation)).

These include:

A former Federal Health Minister for Australia: Doug N. Everingham, Australian Health Minister 1972-75.
A former health advisor to the British Columbia government: Richard G. Foulkes, BA, MD, Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
3 members of the National Research Council panel (NRC, 2006): Dr. Bob Isaacson, Dr. Hardy Limeback and Dr. Kathleen Thiessen.
2 members of the advisory panel for the York Review: Dr. Peter Mansfield and Dr. Sheila Gibson.
2 authors of books on fluoride: Christopher Bryson (The Fluoride Deception) and Barry Groves (Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death)
4 co-authors of books on Fluoride: Dr Albert Burgstahler (Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma); Pierre-Jean Morin, Nilles Parent and John Remington Graham (La fluoration: autopsie d’une erreur scientifique )

Several fluoride researchers: Dr. Jennifer Luke (fluoride and the pineal gland); Dr. Bob Isaacson (fluoride and the brain); Dr. Hardy Limeback (fluoride and the bone and teeth); Dr. Anna Strunecka (interaction between F, Al and G-proteins); Dr. Lennart Krook (fluoride and damage to animals); Dr. Mark Diesendorf (“The Mystery of Declining Tooth Decay”, Nature,1986); Dr. Sheila Gibson (fluoride and immune function); Dr. Diane Philips (fluoride and immune function); Dr. Peter Mansfeld (urine monitoring for fluoride) and Rudolf Ziegelbecker (Austria) (statistical analysis debunking dental benefits).

Tohru Murakami, DDS, PhD, former President of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research.

The current President and five past presidents of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology: Janet Stopka (current); Stephen Baer, Richard Fischer, David Kennedy, Terrence Messerman and Phillip Sukel (past).

Past President of the Canadian Association for Dental Research: Dr. Hardy Limeback.

Two current officers in the Union representing the EPA professionals in DC: Dr. William Hirzy and Dr. Arthur Chiu and a former officer, Dr. Robert Carton.

Two Goldman Environmental Prize winners: Von Hernandez, former director of Greenpeace (Philippines) 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, Philippines and Craig Williams, Director, Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director, Chemical Weapons Working Group, 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, US

Distinguished scientists in other fields:

Lynn Margulis, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Geosciences, UMASS Amherst, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Science
Pr Dominique Belpomme, Professor in medical oncology, ARTAC’s Cancer Research Center, Paris, France
Joe Cummins, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Professor C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Bioimaging Research Group, Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Dr. Boyd Haley one of the world’s leading experts on mercury toxicity.
Dr. Murray Vimy another leading mercury researcher.

Distinguished members of the environmental health community from the US:

Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Retired President, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Steve Breyman, Executive Director, Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY
Dr. Neil Carman, Clean air program director, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, Austin, TX
Ellen Connett, formerly Editor of Waste Not (1986-2000), and currently Pesticides Project director for the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NY
Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group
Pat Costner, retired Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International
Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers Association
Sandra Duffy, JD, Board President of Consumers for Dental Choice, Washington, DC
Lynn Howard Ehrle, Chair, International Science Oversight Board (a project of the Organic Consumers Association)
Dr. Sam Epstein, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
Mike Ewall, Director, ActionPA, Philadelphia, PA
Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, Oregon
Dr. Peter Montague, Environmental Research Foundation, editor of one of the world’s leading environmental newsletters for over 20 years.
Alan Muller, Executive Director, Green Delaware, Port Penn, DE
Mark Riskedahl, Executive Director, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Portland, OR
Craig Williams, Director, Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Recipient: 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, KY

Distinguished members of the environmental health community from around the world:

Henry Lickers (Director, Department of the Environment of the Mohawks’ Council of Akwesasne)
Mark Diesendorf, PhD, Director, Sustainability Centre, Sydney, Australia
Gerry Gillespie (Director, Zero Waste Australia)
Dr. Mariann Lloyd-Smith (Senior Advisor, National Toxics Network Inc., East Ballina, NSW, Australia)
Ivaylo Hlebarov (Member of the Board for “Za Zemiata” (For the Earth), Sofia, Bulgaria)
Mikael Laurent (Coordinator, Maison de la Consommation et de l’Environment, Rennes, France)
Prof. Joerg Spitz (Managing director of the Society for Medical Information and Prevention in Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany)
Tomori Balázs (President, Messzelátó Egyesület, Hungary)
Bittu Sahgal (Editor, Sanctuary magazine, India)
Rosie Cargin (Kinsale Environment Watch, Ireland)
Dr. Elizabeth Cullen (Secretary, Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association, Ireland)
Dr. Philip Michael (Chair, Irish Doctors Environmental Association, Vice President [Europe] International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Ireland)
Sergio Apollonio (President, Malagrotta (landfill) Committee, Rome, Italy)
Dr. Ernesto Burgio (Vice-President, Scientific Committee of International Society of Doctors for Environment, Palermo, Italy)
Rossano Ercolini (Ambiente e Futuro, Lucca, Italy)
Wael Hmaidan (Executive Director of IndyAct, a global league of independent activists, Beirut, Lebanon)
Thayanithi Kulenthran (Principal, & Strategic Planning and Operations director DayAnidhi Earth (Compassion for Earth) Selangor, Malaysia)
Mageswari Sangaralingam (Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia)
Yuen-Mei Wong (Member, Broga/Semenyih No Incinerator Action Committee, Selangor, Malaysia)
Ram Charitra Sah (Executive Director, CEPHED, Kathmandu, Nepal)
Von Hernandez (2003 Goldman Prize winner, Manila, Philippines)
Camille C. Sarmiento (Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resource Officer, Province of Northern Samar, Philippines)
Sonia Mendoza (Chairman, Mother Earth Foundation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines)
Muna Lakhani (National Co-ordinator, Institute for Zero Waste in Africa, Durban, South Africa)
Kim Mi-hwa (Director, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Seoul, South Korea)
Dilena Pathragoda (Project Director, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Colombo, Sri Lanka)
George Cheng (Executive Director, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan)
Penchom Saetang (Coordinator, Campaign for Alternative Industry Network (CAIN), and Director of the Thai Right to Know project, Nonthaburi, Thailand)
Viv Mountford, (Former Coordinator, Halton Friends of the Earth group, UK)
Ralph Ryder (Communities Against Toxics, UK)

Key players in the Recycling and Zero Waste movement (note the use of phosphate fertilizer hazardous waste products to fluoridate water is the worst recycling practice in the world!):

Richard V Anthony, 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
Paul Connett, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University and Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NY
Gary Liss, 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.
Dan Knapp, PhD, CEO of Urban Ore, Incorporated, a reuse and recycling business in Berkeley, CA
Jeffrey Morris, PhD, Sound Resource Management, Olympia, WA
Bill Sheehan, PhD, former Executive director of the Grass Roots Recycling Network, current director of Product Policy Institute, Athens, GA
Warren Snow, Envision New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

Water department personnel:

Peter Alteri, Water Superintendent, Town of Cortlandville, NY

Paul G. Slack, Manager, Mount Desert Water District, Northeast Harbor, ME

James Allison, Glen M. Bailes and Rene W. Fonseca, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

Authors of books on other heath issues:

Dr. Sam Epstein, “The Politics of Cancer”

Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, “Malignant Medical Myths”

Pam Killeen, co-author, “The Great Bird Flu Hoax”

Karilee H. Shames, PhD, RN, and Richard L. Shames, MD, ”Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled?” and “Thyroid Power”;

These are just a few of the important names on the Professionals’ statement . There are many others and the list is growing every day.The full listing is printed below.

Paul Connett

The first 300 signers of the professionals’ statement calling for an end to water fluoridation worldwide

Alan S. Abrams, DDS, Norwalk, CT
María Acosta, BSc, Secretary, Quebec’s Academy of Biological Dentistry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Raymond M. Airola, DDS, Staten Island, NY
Kenji Akiniwa, DDS, Akiniwa Dental Clinic, Editor, The Journal of the Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Tokyo, Japan
Caree Alexander, BDSc, Dentist, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
Phillip M. Allen, MD, PhD, pathologist (retired), Wichita, KS
James Allison, Office Manager & Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR
Jack Alpan, DDS, ND, author “Preventing Dentistry,” 1986, retired from dentistry in 1997, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Alteri, Water Superintendent, Town of Cortlandville, NY
Robert Anderson, PhD, Tauranga, New Zealand
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
Sergio Apollonio, President, Malagrotta Committee, Rome, Italy
Stephen S. Baer, DDS, Past President, The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Sedona, AZ
Glen M. Bailes, Safety Manager/Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR
Tomori Balázs, President, Messzelátó Egyesület, Hungary
Douglas A. Balog, BS, MS, JD, Author of Law Review article on the illegality of artificial fluoridation, Palm Bay, FL
David S. Banks, DDS, dental practitioner for 35 years, Member International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology,
San Marcos, CA
Billie Barewald, RN, Chair, Mountain View Citizens for Safe Drinking Water Mountain View, CA
James Beck, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medical Biophysics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Paul Beeber, JD, President and General Counsel, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc., NY
Michael Bell, DDS, Las Vegas, NV
Pr Dominique Belpomme, Professor in medical oncology, ARTAC’s Cancer Research Center, Paris, France
Carol S. Berman, DDS, practicing dentist, Norcross, GA
Rosalie Bertell, PhD, Retired President, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto, Canada
Regent of the Board, International Physicians for Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Russell L. Blaylock, MD, retired neurosurgeon and author of “Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life”, Ridgeland, MS
Ann Brameier, Lac, licensed acupuncturist, NY
Norman Bressack, DDS, PC, North Bellmore, NY
Steve Breyman, PhD, Executive Director, Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY and Director, Ecological Economics, Values & Policy Program, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Christopher Bryson, author of “The Fluoride Deception”, Seven Stories Press, 2004, paperback, 2006, NY, NY
Dennis Briggs, PhD, Neurofeedback specialist, Billings, MT
Curtis Brookover,DDS, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe, NM
Clarence Brown, MD, Colonel, USAR (Retired), Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Natick, MA
Shirley M. Brown, RN (Retired), Natick, MA
Ernesto Burgio, MD, Pediatrician, Vice President, Scientific Committee ISDE (International Society of Doctors for Environment), Palermo, Italy
Larry Bowden, DMD, Aesthetic Dentistry of Lake Oswego, OR
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
Noel Campbell, BDSc, LDS, FACNEM, FASID, Visiting Professor, Hope Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Carol Arana, RDH, BS, Retired executive director, American Academy of Biological Dentistry, Carmel Valley, CA
Rosie Cargin, MA, Kinsale Environment Watch, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
Richard Carlton, MD, Private psychiatric practice (1972-1997), Port Washington, NY
Neil J. Carman, PhD, Clean air program director, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, Austin, TX
Robert J. Carton, PhD, former Chief of Environmental Compliance, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD and former president of EPA professionals’ union.
Stephanie F. Cave, MD, Practiced medicine in Baton Rouge for 21 years, Baton Rouge, LA
Fen-Hui Chen, DDS, Comprehensive Integrative Dentistry, La Jolla, CA
George Cheng, Executive Director, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan
Arthur Chiu, PhD, MD, Chair, Health and Safety Committee, NTEU Local Chapter 280, Pathologist/Toxicologist/National Center Environmental Assessment, Office Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency (identification purposes only), Washington, DC
Chester V. Clark, Jr., DDS, MPH, Mayor of Amity, AR
Paul Clein, B Pharm, MR Pharms, Liverpool City Councilor and Joint Chairman of UK Councils Against Fluoridation , Liverpool, England
Griffin Cole, DDS, Austin, TX
Stacy V. Cole, DDS, FAGD, FAACP, DAAPM, LMT, Forth Worth, TX
Emmanuel Comte, ND, Montréal, Québec
Ellen Connett, formerly Editor of Waste Not (1986-2000), and currently Pesticides Project director for the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NY
Paul Connett, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University and Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network, Canton, NY
Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group, Washington, DC
Pat Costner, Science Advisor, GAIA, Science Advisor, IPEN, retired Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International
Douglas Cross, BSc, Cbiol, MIBiol, EurProBiol, Independent Consultant in Environmental Compliance and Forensic Ecology, just completed five years as a Member of the UK Government’s Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Foods, Consumer Products and the Environment’ (CoT) investigating the medical effects of chemical contamination of the public water supply, Cumbria, England
Corrie J. Crowe, DDS, Dental Director at Citrus County Health Dept, Inverness, FL
Nancy Crumpacker, MD, retired oncologist, and advisor to Rachel’s Friends Breast Cancer Coalition, Portland, OR
Elizabeth Cullen, MB, BCh, BAOM Sc. Diploma in Pollution Control, Secretary of the Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association, Ireland
Joe Cummins, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers Association, MN
Eric Davis, BDSc, DipClinNutr, DipAC, FACNEM, ND, principal of a dental practice, a founding member and past president of the Australian Society of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, a member of the International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology, The Australian Medical Acupuncture Society, The Australian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine and the Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association.
Richard Dean, BDS, Dentist, London, England
Armand V. DeFelice DDS, Spokane, WA
Robert C. Dickson, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mark Diesendorf, PhD, Director, Sustainability Centre, Sydney, Australia
David T. Doi, DDS, In private practice since 1979, Past President of Hawaii County Dental Society, Member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology, the Holistic Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the American Dental Association, HI
Michael F. Dolan, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geosciences, UMASS, Amherst, MA
Sandra N. Duffy, BS, JD, Lawyer in Portland, Board President of Consumers for Dental Choice (Washington, DC), former board member of Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, Portland, OR
Daniel A. Durst, Esq., MHSA, Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA
Aviva Zack Dycian, DMD, Ramat Hasharon, near Tel-Aviv, Israel
John C. J. Eaton, MA (Cantab), MSI, F Inst D, England
David Egilman, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Brown University, Attleboro, MA
Lynn Howard Ehrle, MEd, Chair, International Science Oversight Board (a project of the Organic Consumers Association), Plymouth, MI
Samuel S. Epstein, MD, Professor emeritus, Environmental & Occupational Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Chicago, IL
Rossano Ercolini, Ambiente e Futuro, Lucca, Italy
Doug N. Everingham, MB, BS, Australian Health Minister 1972-75 , Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mike Ewall, Director, ActionPA, Philadelphia, PA
Chris Ewan, Independent Water Consultant, Ballarat, Australia.
Paula Fabbie, RDH, Practicing dental hygienist, Kingston, NY
Leonard T. Fazio, DDS, Port Jefferson, NY
Richard D. Fischer, DDS, FAGD, Past president, International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology, Annadale, VA
Rene W. Fonseca, licensed water operator, Carroll-Boone Water District, Eureka Springs, AR
Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, OR
Richard G. Foulkes, BA, MD, Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
Anthony Fox, MD, New Milton, Hants, England.
Harold L. Fox, PhD (Physics), President of EEMF, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Frank W. George, DO, MD(H), Affiliate Associate Professor, Midwestern University, AZ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
David Getoff, CCN, CTN, FAAIM, Jamul, CA
Sheila L. M. Gibson, MD, BSc, MFHom, Member of the Advisory panel for the York Review. Medical advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Glasgow, Scotland
Paul Gilbert, DDS, MAGD, AIAOMT, Practicing general dentist focusing on biological dentistry, Princeton, NJ
Gerry Gillespie, President, Zero Waste Australia, Australia
George Gioumousis, PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1955 (retired), Palo Alto, CA
Bill Glaros, DDS, Houston, TX
George C. Glasser, Environmental journalist and researcher. Advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Mike Godfrey, MBBS, Tauranga, New Zealand
Dorothy Goldin-Rosenberg, MES, PhD, Toronto, Canada
Deborah Gordon, MD, Family Physician and Classical Homeopath, Ashland, OR
John Remington Graham, BA, LLB, Member of the Minnesota Bar, co-author of “La fluoration autopsie d’une erreur scientifique,” 2005, Quebec, Canada
Steven N. Green, DDS, Past president South Dade District Dental Society, past president Holistic Dental Association, Miami, FL
Veronica Griffin, PhD, MD, Director, Nutri-Concepts Clinics - Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Chemical Detox, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Barry Groves, PhD (nutritional science), Independent researcher, Author of “Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?”, England
Boyd Haley, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Richard Hall, North Yorkshire County Councilor, College Lecturer and information officer and spokesperson in Yorkshire for UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Knaresborough, England
Jane Harris, Executive Director, Oregon Center for Environmental Health, Portland, OR
William Harris, MD, Retired Emergency Physician, Honolulu, HI
James A. Harrison, DDS, Retired dentist, Lake Worth, FL
Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Vakgroep Menselijke Ecologie (Human Ecology Department), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Tomas Hernandez, MD, MPH, Neurologist, President, Public and Environmental Health Committee, Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, San Juan, PR
Von Hernandez, past executive director of Greenpeace, Philippines, 2003 Goldman Prize winner, Manila, Philippines
W. Robert Hetrick, PhD, Research Coordinator, Fluoride Team of Kansas, Wichita, KS
Donald Hillman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
J. William Hirzy, PhD, Vice-President, EPA Headquarters Professionals Union (NTEU Chapter 280), risk assessment expert and (for identification purposes only) ranking chemist at EPA headquarters, Washington, DC
Ivaylo Hlebarov, Member of the Board for the Environmental Association “Za Zemiata” (For the Earth), Sofia, Bulgaria
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
Robert Harold (Tad) Hodgert, DMD, Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Fellow, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, OR
Ronald L. Hoffman, MD, Medical Director, Hoffman Center, Host, Health Talk, WOR Radio Network, NY, NY
Debra Hopkins, DDS, Tacoma, WA
Professor C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Bioimaging Research Group, Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Peter W. Howison, MD, ABFP, ABHM, President, Dunes City Council, Dunes City, OR
Herlin Hsieh, Researcher, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan
Galina Husaruk, Thérapeute, Quebec
Stephen Hwang, DDS, FRAH (Royal Academy of Health-London), London, England
Councillor Lisa Intemann, BA(Hons), BAppSc, Community Development worker of 30 years, Wauchope, NSW, Australia
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
Antone G. Jacobson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Frank Jerome, DDS, Columbus, IN
Marilyn K. Jones, DDS, Houston, TX
John W Johnson, DDS, BA (chemistry), New Albany, OH
Eloise Kailin, MD, Sequim, WA
Emily Kane, ND, Lac, Author Managing Menopause Naturally, Member of mayoral commission to re-examine risk/benefit of fluoridation, Juneau, AK
Theodore Kastenbaum, DDS, North Bellmore, NY
Junji Kato, MD, PhD, Miyachiyo Kato Clinic, Director of the Japanese Temperance Union, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Japan
Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of “Malignant
Medical Myths,” (Infinity Publ., West Conshohocken, PA), NJ
Taichi Kazuno, DDS, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Beppu city, Japan
Charles M. H. Keil, PhD (Anthropology), musician and author of Urban Blues; Bright Balkan Morning; and Born to Groove, Lakeville, CT
David Kennedy, DDS, Past President of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, San Diego, CA
Pam Killeen, co-author of the NY Times bestselling book, The Great Bird Flu Hoax, Toronto, Cana
Dan Knapp, PhD, (Sociology) CEO of Urban Ore, Incorporated, a reuse and recycling business in Berkeley, CA
Stephen M. Koral, DMD, Vice President International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Boulder, CO
Ruth Greenwood Koss, RN, BS, MS, Retired school nurse in the public school system in Somerville, NJ
Lennart Krook, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Thayanithi Kulenthran, Principal, & Strategic Planning and Operations DayAnidhi Earth (Compassion for Earth) & Greenfields Consulting, Selangor, Malaysia
Mitchell Kurk, MD, Lawrence, NY
Katie Lajoie, RN, Public Health Nurse, Charlestown, NH
Muna Lakhani, National Co-ordinator, Institute for Zero Waste in Africa, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
Pierre Larose, DDS, Retired A/Major, Canadian Forces Dental Services, Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry, Founding member of the Quebec Holistic Dental Association and currently, Vice-President International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Montreal, Canada
Mikael Laurent, Coordinator MCE (Maison de la Consommation et de l’Environment) Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Robert W. Lavely, DMD, MBA, PSC, Private dental practice, Louisville, KY
Todd Lawson, DMD, Aesthetic Dentistry of Bellevue, WA
Grant H. Layton, DDS, President, Layton Dental, President, Environmental Dental Association, Encinitas, CA
Tony Lees, BDS, Dental surgeon. Dental advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation and the National Pure Water Association, Brecon, South Wales.
Ljuba Lemke, DMD, PhD, ND, Transformational Orthodontics (A holistic approach to Dentistry), Mt. Laurel, NJ
Leonardo Leonidas, MD, FAAP, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, ME
Gilles Leroux, BSc, MSc, Biologie, ND, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Henry Lickers, BSc, Director of the Department of the Environment of the Mohawks’ Council of Akwesasne, Akwesasne
Hardy Limeback, PhD, DDS, Assoc. Professor and Head of Preventive Dentistry, University of Toronto, past president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, and Member of the 2006 National Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride, Mississauga, Canada.
Theodore C. Linn, BA, BD, PhD, University Chaplain (ret.), Emeritus Professor of Religion, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
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, USA.
Mariann Lloyd-Smith, PhD, (Law) Senior Advisor, National Toxics Network Inc., East Ballina, NSW, Australia
Mark S. Lohbauer, JD, former member of the Board of Directors of the NJ Grassroots Environmental Organization, Pennsauken, NJ
Rodney Lofton, DDS, Fenton, MO
Robert Luby, MD, Faculty, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
Jennifer Luke, PhD, BDS, Dentist, England
Don Mac Auley, BDS, Dental Surgeon and Chairman of Irish Dentists Opposing Fluoridation , Ireland
Cameron I. MacLean, BSc, DDS, General practitioner and Faculty, Oragnathic Bioesthetics International (OBI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
L. R. B. Mann, PhD, (rtd) Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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
Victor A. Marcial-Vega, MD, Member, Public and Environmental Health Committee, Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, San Juan, PR
Lynn Margulis, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Geosciences, UMASS Amherst, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Science., Amherst, MA
Michael Margolis, DDS, Doctor of Integrative Medicine, PC, President of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry, Founding Member of the Institute for Nutritional Dentistry, Mesa, AZ
Lisa Matriste, BDSc, Dentist, Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Paul Matthews, Fine Arts Saint Martin’s School of Art, London and University of London Institute of Education Art Teacher’s Certificate, Bilingual poet and artist specializing in the exposure of political and cultural manipulation of civil society, Saint Senoux, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Jim Maxey, DDS, Tulsa, OK
Laura McCarthy, Program Associate, Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY
Tom McGuire, DDS, Dentist, President The Dental Wellness Institute, Founder International Association of Mercury Free Dentists (IAMFD), Sebastopol, CA
Ellen G. McGrath, DDS, Denver, CO
David McRae, BSc(Hons), Grad Dip (Human Services), Health Promotion Officer, Geelong, Australia
Marelyn Medina, MD, Urologist, The Family Urology Center, McAllen, TX
William B. Megill, DDS, Dr. of Integrative Medicine, Rocky Hill, NJ
Larry F. Mehne, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Sonia Mendoza, BS Chemistry, Chairman, Mother Earth Foundation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Terrence A. Messerman, DDS, Past President, The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Philip Michael, MB, BCh, DCH, DRCOG, MICGP, Chair, Irish Doctors Environmental Association, Vice President [Europe]
Kim Mi-hwa, Director, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Seoul, Korea International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Millbrook Medical Centre, Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland
Henry Micklem, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Immunobiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Rosemary Grace Minervini, RDH, MS, Retired Dental Hygienist, Master’s Degree in Dental Hygiene Administration, Education and Research, Lehi, UT
Gideon Mishnaevsky, MSc, Geologist, Ramat Hasharon, near Tel-Aviv, Israel
Peter Montague, PhD, Environmental Research Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ
Pierre-Jean Morin, PhD, Director of medical research at Laval University Hospital (1973-1979) and principal author of La fluoration: autopsie d’une erreur scientifique (Éditions Berger, Eastman, QC, 2005) Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey Morris, PhD (Economics), Sound Resource Management, Olympia, WA
Viv Mountford, BSc, Former Coordinator, Halton Friends of the Earth group. Awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by FoE UK, for anti-toxics campaigning. Chester, Cheshire, UK
Alan Muller, Executive Director, Green Delaware, Port Penn, DE
Liliane Buffaut Mungo, Comitato Tutela Valdichiana, Italia Nostra, Arezzo, Italy
Tohru Murakami, DDS, PhD, former President of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, former Vice President of Gunma prefectural Dental Association, Japan.
Akihiro Nagano, DDS, PhD, member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Sizuokaken, Japan
Shimizu Nakao, DDS, Kanome Dental Clinic, member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, director of Japanese Society for Tobacco Control, Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Hans H. Nehrlich, PhD, Private Practice Orthomolecular Medicine, ret. university lecturer, Germany and Australia, Brisbane, Australia
J. B. Neilands, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Randall Neustaedter, OMD, Classical Medicine Center, Author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, 2005, Redwood City, CA
Jacqueline Nielsen, Barrister-at-Law, The Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland
Gail Nielsen, MA, RPC, Principal Coach, The Move Mountains Group, Executive Coaching & Consulting Services, London, Ontario, Canada
Walter De La O, DDS, Manager of Sanoviv’s Dental Clinic, Baja, CA
Richard Olree, DC, 26 years of practice, Co - Author of “Minerals for the Genetic Code”, Hillman, MI
E.M.T. O’Nan, Director, Protect All Children’s Environment, Marion, NC
Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH, Director, The Institute for Comprehensive Dental Studies. Dental practitioner and educator for 30 years with active practices in Bellevue, WA and Lake Oswego, OR. Host for the Cable-TV Series, “The Doctor’s Corner”, Portland, OR
Ian E. Packington, MA Cert Tox, Independent Science Adviser to National Pure Water Association [NPWA], York, England
John J. Palmer, DMD, Greer, SC
Alireza Panahpour,DDS, Practicing dentist, Irvine, CA
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
Gurdev Parmar, BSc, ND, Fort Langley, BC, Canada
Richard Passwater, PhD, Berlin, MD
Dilena Pathragoda, Project Director, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Colombo, Sri Lanka
Diane Philips, MB, BS, BSc(Hons), DA, England
Robert Pocock, fluoride spokesperson for VOICE for the Irish Environment, Dublin, Ireland
Michael D. Porteus, RPh, Staff pharmacist, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Myles A. Preble, DMD, Dental Studio, Salt Lake City, UT
James Presley, PhD, Texarkana, TX
Romeo Quijano, MD, Manilla, Philippines
Leo Rebello, ND, PhD, President, AIDS Alternativa International, Mumbai, India
Mark Riskedahl, Executive Director, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Portland, OR
Philip Robertson BHSc, ND, a Naturopath from Australia, formerly lecturer in Health Sciences at Victoria University, currently a consultant in functional pathology testing, Carmoora Clinic, Geelong, Australia
Perry O. Roehl, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Geology, Emeritus, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Michael B. Rogers, DDS, Arlington, VA
Robert D. Rousseau, DDS, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nathalie Roussy, Dental hygienist, Longueuil, Quebec
Paul G. Rubin, DDS, MIAOMT, Seattle, WA
Ralph Anthony Ryder, Director, Communities Against Toxics UK, Editor; TOXCAT, Ellesmere Port, England
Dr. Andrew Rynne, LRCP&SI, MICGP, Medical Practitioner and columnist for the Irish Medical News, founder of Clane General Hospital,, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Penchom Saetang, Coordinator of Campaign for Alternative Industry Network (CAIN), and Director of the Thai Right to Know project, and Asian Public Intellectual Fellow, 2005, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Ram Charitra Sah, MSc Environment Science, Executive Director, CEPHED, Kathmandu, Nepal
Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary magazine, Mumbai, India
Karl Sandberg, MD, Ola, AR
Mageswari Sangaralingam (Masters in Environmental Management), Research Officer, Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia.
Camille C. Sarmiento, MENRM, Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resource Officer, Province of Northern Samar, Philippines
Bryony Schwan, MS, Executive Director, The Biomimicry Institute, and affiliate faculty at the University of Montana’s Environment Studies program, Missoula, MT
Alan Schwartz, PhD, Professor Emeritus Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Robert J. Sexauer, DDS, Clinton MO
Karilee H. Shames, PhD, RN, Advance Practice Holistic Nurse, co-author ”Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled?” and “Thyroid Power”, San Rafael, CA
Richard L. Shames, MD, 35 years GP experience, co-author ”Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled?” and “Thyroid Power”, San Rafael, CA
Nestor B. Shapka, BSc, DDS, AIOMT, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada
Bill Sheehan, PhD, former Executive director of the Grass Roots Recycling Network, current director of Product Policy Institute, Athens, GA
Mary Shomon, Leading thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author of the Thyroid Diet, http://www.thyroid-info.com
Alfred A. Siess, Jr., BCE, MBA, Environmental/Economic Consultant (Ret. Engineering Executive), Lehigh Valley, PA
Jimmy Siles, MSc civil engineering, fluoride spokesperson and board member for Qualité de Vie à Québec and Front Commun pour une Eau Saine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alan B. Shrank, MD, FRCP(UK), Consultant physician. Medical advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Shrewsbury, England
Paul G. Slack, BS Industrial Engineering, Grade IV Water Treatment Operator License, Manager, Mount Desert Water District, Northeast Harbor, ME
Brian J. Smith. DDS, Eureka, CA
Stephen F. Smith, DDS, Practicing general dentist, Grass Valley, CA
Caroline Snyder, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
Kristine L. Soly, MD, FACC, Holistic cardiologist, Yarmouthport, MA
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
Bruce Spittle, MB, ChB, DPM, FRANZCP, Managing Editor of Fluoride, Quarterly Journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research, Dunedin, New Zealand
Prof. Joerg Spitz, Managing director of the Society for Medical Information and Prevention in Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany
W. Gary Sprules, MA, PhD, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Daniel G. Stockin, MPH, Senior Operations Officer, The Lillie Center, Inc., TN
Janet S. Stopka, DDS, President, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Downers Grove, IL
Philip Stowell, MB, BS (London), FACNEM, General Practice, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Prof. Dr. Anna Strunecka, DSc, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Faculty of Sciences Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Phillip P. Sukel, DDS, Past President of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Huntley, IL
Kathleen Thiessen, PhD, Senior Scientist, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Center for Risk Analysis, Oak Ridge, Member of the 2006 National Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride. Oak Ridge, TN
Masami Thumagari, Member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Moriyama-city, Shiga-pref, Japan
Joseph W. Tinko, Esq., Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA
Fabio Tomei, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico of Milan, Italy
Jeanine Trevillyan, MD, Texarkana, AR
Liz Vaughan, Councilor, Information Officer for UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Cumbria, England
Chris Vermeire, Journalist, Antwerp, Belgium
Gerald E. Vermette, DDS, Skowhegan, ME
Murray J. Vimy, BA, DMD, practicing dentist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr Ilona Visser, BSc, BChD, PDD, Senior Consultant, Cape Town SmileStudios, Cape Town, South Africa
Prapti Wahyuningsih, BSc Environmental engineering, Program Officer/Community Development expert (solid waste management and domestic waste water), Bali Fokus Foundation, Sesetan-Denpasar, Bali-Indonesia
Mati Waiya, Executive Director, Wishtoyo Foundation, Ventura Coastkeeper, Ventura, CA
John D. Walsh, DDS, Anchorage, AK
Barbara Warren RN, MS in Environmental Health Science, Warren Environmental & Health Consulting Services, Inc. NY
Dave Warwick, DDS, Hanna, Alberta, Canada
Robin N. Watkins, DO, MSCC, UK trained Osteopathic Practitioner, member of the General Osteopathic Council and British Osteopathic Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
William. A. Westendorf, BS, DDS, LMt, Cincinnati, OH
Maria Westerman, Medical Laboratory for diagnostic tests and research, Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
John Whitelegg, BA, PhD, FCIT, Lancaster City Councilor and Joint Chairman of UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Lancaster, England
Craig E. Williams, Director: Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director: Chemical Weapons Working Group, Recipient: 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, KY
Jeffrey A. Williamson, BS, DDS, Lake Oswego, OR
Bill Wilson, Past President New Zealand Pure Water Association, Auckland, New Zealand
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
Yuen-Mei Wong, Community and media activist for environmental justice issues; committee member, Broga/Semenyih No Incinerator Action Committee, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Councilor Arnold Woolley, DipIM, MCMI, Rtd. Senior Police Officer, past JP and current environmental activist, North Wales, UK
Mae W. Woo, DDS, Billings, MT
Patti Wood, Executive Director, Grassroots Environmental Education, Port Washington, NY
Joyce R. Young, ND, IBCLC, Private Practice Physician with a speciality in Environmental Medicine, Portland, Oregon
Matthew Young DDS, PA, Member and director of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Hendersonville, NC
Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rudolf Ziegelbecker, Graz, Austria
Loty Zilberman, MSc, Chemical Engineer, Environmental and Toxicological Consultant, Israel
John Zimmerman, PhD, in Biological Psychology and Neuroscience. Owner and Director of a four-bed sleep disorders center in Reno, NV