FAN Bulletin 1036

January 12, 2009

Starting tonight I will be on three radio programs this week.

Tonight (MONDAY, Jan 12) at 8 pm EST,  I will be on One Radio Network with host Patrick Timpone, who talks on many matters across the board but mainly on wealth, health, wellbeing . All shows go out live unless otherwise stated and all shows can be downloaded in the MP3 format or streamed live from the website http://www.oneradionetwork.com/

TUESDAY JAN 13, 10 pm Pacific Time (1 am Wednesday on the East Coast). I will be on with Bill Osmunson ? I believe for three hours. This program is hosted by George Noory and is called “Coast to Coast.” Reputedly it gets millions of listeners. Check out their web site at: http://page2rss.com/fdaea5cc05d09ea94871c498be7104cb/4223482_4224576 and http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2009/01/13.html  If you go to their website, look for the word “affiliates.” When you click on this you will get a map showing all the stations that pick up this program. Hopefully you will have one of these stations near you.

THURSDAY, Jan 15, 8 pm EST. I am on the program “Talking Alternative” and you can listen live at http://www.talkingalternative.com/. The host Giorgio Repeti is an acupuncturist and he is one of the signers of the Professionals’ Statement calling for an end to fluoridation. I was on his program two weeks ago. He broadcasts out of New York City.

Hopefully you will be able to catch one or more of these programs. I welcome your feedback. Bill and I received this message from Douglass Yates (Fairbanks, Alaska) who is obviously very pleased that we made the “Coast to Coast” program, he writes:

Paul and Bill,

Happy New Year! and congratulations on securing a interview on a
national radio program. I’m alerting people in Fairbanks about your
Tuesday appearance with George Noory…

If it’s possible, please mention the Juneau success and the effort in
Fairbanks to follow the capital’s leading example. CTCAM is one of the
most popular programs in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Because of time
zones, the program airs here at 9 pm. This is prime time and is sure to
attract many listeners. Our efforts with Fluoride Free Fairbanks have
sensitized the community to pay greater attention than it otherwise
might. You and Bill will effectively be speaking to the entire state.

Thanks again for all your efforts,

Douglas Yates
Fairbanks, Alaska

Two pronged attack.

As we wait for our super new DVD I would like to prepare for a two pronged attack to end fluoridation in 2009.

As you know we have very heavy ammunition on the scientific case against fluoridation, but to this I think we can add a very strong economic case. For years the CDC and the ADA have got away with the utter nonsense of claiming that for every dollar spent on fluoridation $38 or more is avoided in treating dental decay. This calculation is bogus. It grossly inflates the benefits, and ignores all the costs of the side effects including treating dental fluorosis (up to $1000 per tooth for veneers and more if you count further replacements over a lifetime). Then there are the costs of treating the reversible symptoms ?potentially caused by fluoride-  that affect anywhere from 1-5% of the population (see Dr. Bruce Spittle’s 2008 booklet “Fluoride Poisoning”). Think of all the money spent on painkillers for headaches, aching bones and joints, stomach pains and other gastro-intestinal disorders and rashes. If one was to do an honest accounting of all the hidden costs, this foolish program is costing the American people ? as well as citizens in other fluoridating countries - millions of dollars ? and unnecessarily.

In these times of economic crisis, cities across the land and across the world are looking for ways of saving money. Here is one simple way to do it. Simply stop adding fluoride to the water. Turn off the spigot and save thousands to millions of dollars depending on the size of your town or city.

Your help is needed. Would you please check with your water authority or city administration or your councilor and find out how much money is spent annually on fluoridation. This total should include: cost of chemicals (and that price is going up); staff salaries, equipment, maintenance, testing, training, haz mat gear etc etc. Please send us this information along with the name of your town and its population.  Please send me the costs together with the name of your water authority and the city/town(s) it services, county, and state.

In addition to all of that local saving, the Federal government could save a lot of money by dramatically reducing the size of the Oral Health Division at the CDC, which spends much of its time promoting this practice.  It would be better to deploy these largely dentally trained personnel fixing the teeth of children in low income families. Ditto each State Health Department could also reduce the number of staff or staff hours spent in promoting this unnecessary, unethical, ineffective and risky practice.

Paul Connett