One of the most comprehensive, detailed temperate statements on Fluoridation is that of Charles A. Brusch, M.D., of Boston, Mass., published and circulated by
The American Public Relations Forum, Burbank, Calif.It may well be considered as an almost complete resumé of the subject. "The issue...is whether or not we have a right to add artificial fluoride one part per million (p.p.m.) to our public water supplies, for the sole purpose (and the one excuse) of helping to delay the decay of the teeth in children up to and including twelve years of age.(1) This proposed treatment of an individual condition, which is not a communicable disease, brings up many problems of a moral, legal, economical and scientific nature.
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(1) At most, it is generally, though not universally accepted,
that the benefit, if there is actually a benefit, is to children
only. If this is true, why must all above the age be penalized
by being compelled to drink this poisoned water, which is almost
certain to affect destructively these millions in the four cardinal
centers of their being: The muscular, nervous, mental and procreative
by a Toxic substance which has been used for this very purpose
by the enslavers of untold millions in Russia and their captive
countries.
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"If we familiarize ourselves with some of the facts involved, it will perhaps be easier to understand just what these problems are.
"God, our Creator, gave us not only a material body, but also a Soul and a free Will to control the same. It is man's free will that gains for him the inalienable right to choose to say or not to say, to do or not to do, those things that will either benefit or harm him.(2)
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(2) The Inalienable rights of man to manifest this Free Will has
been all but destroyed in America. Even to express an opinion
which may be contrary to that held by another who may be in a
position to take unfair advantage of the person expressing such
an opinion, by bringing charges that such person is mentally ill,
resulting in incarceration in a mental institution with forfeiture
of property. There are numerous such instances on record. Refer
to the companion Volume, Age of Treason.
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"An outstanding theologian at the Catholic University of America here in Washington has written, in an article "For Tooth's Sake," in essence, that civil officials who wish to use fluoridation must have sufficient proof to provide moral certainty that it will not be harmful.(3)
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(3) This should be the contention of all fairminded people, who
should be as jealous of the rights and welfare of others, as of
their own. Only in this manner will they be able to protect their
own privileges.
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"Leaders of the Christian Science Church and many other outstanding religious groups also believe that the individual has the right to choose for himself in this matter.(4)
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(4) While we do not agree with the religious concepts of these
organizations, they should possess the right to judge what is
best for their bodies and Souls; the Right to protect and guard
against compulsory medication, especially when it is not prescribed
by an experienced physician who is American in spirit.
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"The civil rights of man(5) are protected by the articles of federal and state Constitutions. These have long prohibited the contamination or pollution of our food and water supplies with harmful substances, and about fifty years ago the Pure Food and Drug Act(6) was enacted to set up further protection from such dangerous practices.
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(5) These guaranteed Civil Rights have been annulled by recent Legislative enactments erroneously called "Civil Rights," but actually Laws which enslave the majority of citizens because they no longer seek redress for rights and privileges infringed upon. Refer to Chapter on Civil Rights in the companion work, Age of Treason.
(6) This is not altogether true, in fact, has never been true, as clearly pointed out in another Chapter.
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"There have been two congressional hearings on fluoridation within the past few years and a great number of reports have been published in the Congressional Record. One of these was the famous Delaney hearing and the other was the Weir Bill discussion. After lengthy testimony by outstanding witnesses on both sides, the finding in the Delaney hearing was: ‘Go slow with fluoridation.'
"Economically fluoridation is very expensive. Only about one-tenth of 1% of our water supply is used for drinking purposes, so that the fluoridation of 99.9% of our water supplies would be a sheer waste. 1.7 grams of pure sodium fluoride added to 2 gallons of water would give 1 teaspoonful of 1 mg. of fluoride a day for two years at one cent a year. This dosage is equal to 1 p.p.m. fluoride.
"Also, since it is very difficult to distill the fluoride out of water, fluoridation seriously interferes with the production of such commodities as drugs, canned goods, beers, tonics, batteries, etc. Some manufactures have been obliged to install expensive equipment to defluoridate their water supply. This has been done with some baby foods, to make them safe for consumption.
"Yet again, fluoridation has created a problem for the raisers of animals and livestock particularly cattle. It has been reported that the breeding of expensive chinchillas has been seriously affected.(7)
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(7) This is no linger a supposition, but a fact as many who have
been engaged in raising fur animals testify.
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"It now becomes necessary to enter the realm of chemistry - more specifically that branch of the science known as biochemistry - in order to examine the composition of the human body and the effect upon it of certain chemical compounds known as fluorides.
"About five hundred years ago, the greatest and most versatile genius of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, wrote that ‘Man is composed of air and fire and water.' Modern scientific research has proved that da Vinci's hypothesis was correct and that many elements - carbon, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, etc. - in various combinations enter into the composition of man's body, thus binding him up indissolubly into the natural universe."All the elements in nature, alone or combined, have certain chemical actions (affinity) regulated by volume, concentration, temperature and pressure. All have certain atomic weights, so that they may be differentiated one from the other.
"By their nature, elements are of the three types: essential, inert or harmful.
"The essential elements, such as foods, water, etc., are useful and physiologically necessary for the growth and repair of tissue. The inert elements fill no apparent need and occur mostly as contaminants in food and water. The harmful elements, such as mercury, arsenic and lead, combine with the body cells and interfere with their physiological functions, being classified as toxins or poisons. To this class also belongs sodium fluoride, although it is now said to be necessary or essential.(8)
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(8) Only the Fluorine found in vegetables is metabolized as are
other organic minerals. This organic Fluorine is balanced in proper
proportion with the other organic minerals in the plant, forming
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"Fluorine is the most active member of the halogen group of chemicals, occurring in nature in three forms - gas, liquid and solid. In the human body, fluorine is a variant and is ingested in water, air or food. The halogens as a class are salt-formers and fluorine has an affinity for calcium wherever it occurs, whether in the soil, in plants or in man. Together they form the chemical compound known as calcium fluoride.
"Fluorides occur abundantly in the first mile of the earth's crust. Sea water contains 3 p.p.m. Water, plants and animals absorb fluorides - plants from the soil and man indirectly from plants and animal-flesh.(9)
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(9) The plant absorbs the inorganic mineral from the earth and
transmutes (organizes) it. The animal obtains the necessary amount
from the organized, harmonious blend in the grains and grasses.
Man consumes it from the meats, vegetables and fruits.
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"There are two main classes of fluorides: Those occurring naturally, such as calcium fluoride, and those produced chemically, such as sodium fluoride. Calcium fluoride is not as toxic as sodium fluoride, because it has a higher weight and therefore does not dissolve as readily in water. The lower the atomic weight, the more active the electron.
"The atomic weight of calcium fluoride is 99, that of sodium fluoride 41.997 Sodium fluoride has a solubility of 1 part in 15 parts of water and is 85 times more toxic than calcium fluoride.
"Sodium fluoride is a highly toxic, cumulative, protoplasmic poison. In minute doses, over a long period of time, it reduces immunity, activates the disease processes, especially of inherent factors.(10) It may act as an acute, sudden poisoning or as a chronic, slow poison over a period of time and also as an allergenic substance.
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(10) Chemicals of this nature will gradually disorganize the harmonious
functioning of the entire system. Defunctioning may begin by first
interfering with the action of one certain organ.
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"An example of acute poisoning occurred in an institutional kitchen, where sodium fluoride was mistaken for powdered milk, in the preparation of scrambled eggs. Out of a group of 263, 47 fatalities were reported. It is a known fact that the mortality of fluorine poisoning is very high.
"We are here rather interested in the slow, chronic type of poisoning occurring after ingesting small amounts over a long period of time. Sodium fluoride blocks in the body much like such contaminants as arsenic or lead."While all fluoride compounds have some toxic effect, the chemical reactions vary greatly because of atomic weight. Thus stannous fluoride at 2 p.p.m. is more active than 10 p.p.m. of sodium fluoride, and the fluorapatite at 700 p.p.m. is equal to 1 or 2 p.p.m. of sodium fluoride. This last is an interesting fact, because it is in the fluorapatite form that the fluorides, however contacted, finally do their destructive work in the body. You see, to be assimilated by the body, a mineral must first be converted by plant or animal life.(11) Man is much more sensitive to fluorides than animals, generally speaking.
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(11) Those who believe there is no difference between organic
and inorganic minerals will deny this. The Biochemist and experienced
nutritionist have learned by experiments and experience that the
organic is metabolized and vital, while the inorganic interferes
with life processes.
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"Every individual has a certain allergic tendency. As we know, a person may be allergic to such essential elements as wheat and eggs. Milk may cause a rash in one child, while another may be sensitive to strawberries or penicillin. The ingestion of sodium fluoride affects every cell or every system of the body to some extent.
"Since sodium fluoride is pharmacologically classified as a protoplasmic poison, minute doses ingested over a long period of time are capable of producing an allergic response, precipitating the loss of immunity and activating inherent sensitivity factors.
"In this connection, it might be interesting to note the results of studies made at the Brusch Medical Center. It was found that in over one thousand cases of varying allergic manifestations, every one was allergic to sodium fluoride to a greater of lesser degree,(12) depending on the inherent rate of allergy or immunity loss. The Healy Blood Allergen Diagnostic Method was used. In this test, the blood in gel-media is tested directly with sodium fluoride 1 p.p.m. and the preparation of specimens calls for 5 cc. of venous blood from the antecubital vein and 5cc. of tap water. As many as 120 basic factors are used, including common pathogenic bacteria, common pathogenic molds, indoor and outdoor dust, contacts, drugs and industrial substances of all kinds. In this series of tests, sodium fluoride was rated a ‘high sensitizer' or an allergen outside the basic or common everyday factors.
The recognized allergic symptoms or varying kind and degree manifested are: vasomotor disturbances; wheezing (asthma); gastro-intestinal disturbances; urticaria (hives) and acne (dermatitis); circulatory changes (rheumatic, joint, cardiac, etc.); migraine; anemias; and bone changes (arthritic, calcium loss or displacement).(13)
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(13) Who is to watch the appearance of these symptoms when the
Toxic substance is ingested in water, beer and other drinks, as
well as the food so adulterated and consumed in mass medication?
The physician is constantly on guard against any possibly unfavorable
symptoms in his patients, but these millions of "compulsory"
patients, have no one to guard them against such poisoning. Who
will be responsible?
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"The amount of fluoride necessary to cause cell intoxication depends on the volume and concentration of the drug in the blood stream. It is well nigh impossible to have a fluoride-free diet, and since the advent of fluorine chemistry about twenty-five years ago, there is more fluoride in the air, in the form of dusts, fumes, vapors or sprays. It is all around us, at home and abroad. We contact it in natural and in unnatural radiation, in fluorescent lighting, in television and at the movies.
"Today almost every industry uses fluorides in some way. It is used as a flux in tanneries and bleacheries, and plays a part in the production of varnishes, plastics, rubber goods and emeries. This has given rise to many medical books and papers on industrial fluorosis, acute and chronic, and on sensitivity effects on the skin, lungs, kidneys, bones, blood and teeth of individuals handling fluorides daily in the form of hydrofluoric acid or cryolite.(14)
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(14) Now to this breathing-in of this Toxic substance, its consumption
in adulterated foods and liquids, is to be added the additional
quantity in the drinking water. Taken altogether, to how much
will this amount? Be it borne in mind, the supposition is, that
only the young up to a certain age, will need it to protect their
teeth. After that age admittedly there will be interference with
all the normal natural activities of the organs of the body; the
muscles, nerves and brain.
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"Life in all of its phases involves a constant variety of energy changes. These produce amazing transformations in matter, whether of the soil, the air, the water of the human body. Take the latter, composed as it is of trillions of cells and each cell conducting an efficient chemical laboratory for the transformation of matter. In the adult as well as in the child, all life's processes are carried out by the cell functions. They absorb and secrete essential elements like sugar, salts, fats and proteins and transform them into useful and necessary chemicals for the body machine - namely, enzymes, vitamins, amino-acids, hormones, etc. - which are oxidized to produce warmth and energy, growth or repair. They also provide for the assimilation of foods - essential elements - and for the removal of waste products and ash.
"Basically the problem of health is the problem of the normal cell and its activity.(15) These are biochemical in character. Now the make-up of the body is predominantly protein-carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur and all kinds of combinations and recombinations of these elements. Modern studies have brought about medical recognition of atoms and molecules and knowledge of their presence in the cell substance.
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(15) When there is interference with this normal cell activity,
there will be the beginning of an abnormality which we term disease
or unease. This interference, or stultifying effect, will continue,
not decrease, so long as the Sodium Fluoride is consumed in any
form until finally chronic ill-health or mental deterioration
results.
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"In considering the rate of absorption of fluorides into the body chemistry, there are a number of factors to be taken into account:
"a. The condition of the body, or its ph (acid-base equilibrium). If the body is already acid, more will be absorbed.
"b. If the liquid is acid, more acid will be ingested.
"c. If a person were to drink one quart of water at a time, not as much fluoride would be absorbed as if the same amount of water were drunk over a ling period of time in small amounts.
"d. Most of the water contains chlorine, which has been added to kill contagious bacteria. If sodium-fluoride were added to the water, a compound known as silicotetra-chloride would be formed. In wartime this is known as smoke screen gas, an irritating substance. Other chemicals may have other more irritating reactions.
"e. Such beverages as tea have 100 to 500 p.p.m. and milk 5 p.p.m.
"f. When water is boiled, the fluoride content becomes concentrated. Foods cooked in this water have a higher degree of fluoride content.
"g. Fluorides in water are four times more toxic than in foods.
"h. Soft waters absorb more fluorides than hard waters, containing buffers like calcium and magnesium, silicates and bicarbonates."Colorado, 2.6 p.p.m., 100% total mottling.
"Woodstown, N.J., 2.6 plus 485 p.p.m. total solids. No mottling."Factors influencing absorption of fluorides in the human body.
"a. Infants and elderly people absorb more.
"b. Small amounts frequently ingested mean more absorption. Dead tissues absorb more.
"c. Infections with fever cause more fluoride to be absorbed. Tooth decay is greater after illness.
"d Glandular dysfunctions cause greater absorption.
"e. Females absorb more than males.
"f. Here is the fluoride content of a few common foods:
"Here is the fluoride content of a few common foods:
"Baking Powder - 3,000 to 4,000 p.p.m.
"Buckwheat - 700 p.p.m.
"Cabbage - 74 p.p.m.
"Fish - 28 p.p.m.
"Liver - 1.5 p.p.m.
"Rice - 9 p.p.m.
"Spinach - 6-8 p.p.m.
It is to be borne in mind that fluorides in vegetables and fruits are organic and in no sense detrimental to health.
"Fatty foods absorb more than carbohydrates and stay longer in the system. Foods high in minerals (calcium, magnesium, aluminum), less Fluorine is absorbed.
"Foods rich in vitamins, less fluorine is absorbed.
"Various diets five various combinations of fluorides."The physiological action of a fluoride varies with the manner of contact - whether it is ingested, absorbed, inhaled or injected.
"Fluorides also have a different action on different cells and at different ages.
"In passing, I would like to say that it is very difficult to control equipment for the measurement of sodium fluoride 1 p.p.m. and its distribution in the water supplies. Mechanical interference due to erosion of pipes from fluoride action causes many plumbing difficulties.
" It will now be seen why it is so important to have pure water, especially when you consider that every cell in the body contains from 65 to 85 percent water. These cells are dependent on water intake to hydrolyze essential elements for assimilation for the physiological needs of the various cells."When sodium fluoride is taken into the system, it is absorbed in the upper part of the small intestine and carried by the blood stream into the various cells, organs or tissues in the form of calcium fluoride, robbing the body of calcium. If there is a deficiency of calcium in the system, it will combine with the minerals, displacing them from their essential use and disrupting their function. Just as it acts as a flux in a petal-processing laboratory, so in the human(16) body it activates an insidious demineralization under varying conditions and in varying lengths of time.
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(16) A process of gradually unbalancing the actions of the many
organs of he body, every one of which may be the beginning of
ill health and become chronic.
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"It may either enter the cell or remain outside of it, forming an insoluble precipitate which impedes the feeding or breathing of the cell. As a result the cell may lose all of its functions or it may die. Some of the calcium fluoride is carried to connective tissues and bones, where it is stored. Some is excreted through the gastro-intestinal tract, some through perspiration and 0.1 part through the salivary glands. It has been known that fluoride has been excreted by the kidneys as much as a whole year after its ingestion had been stopped.
"It affects the enzymes such as enolase, phosphatose, lipase, urase and adenosine triphosphate in various ways. These are predominantly protein substances and, as satalysts, have a metallic portion and when this is depressed, their action is nullified.
"Thus the formation of adenosine triphosine is hindered and the action of lipase is decreased by 50% in dilutions of 1 to 15 million.
"The inhibition of the enzyme phosphatase results in progressive degenerative changes in nerve tissues throughout the body by altering the phosphorus calcium ration and blocking the utilization of vitamins B and B-1, affecting to a large extent the cerebral area.(17)
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(17) A factor in the deterioration of the mental faculty, the
reason for which it was first inhumanly employed by the enemies
of man and God.
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"The kidney enzyme urase activates the glomeruli, which are the absorptive cells of the kidney. Its depression, blocking or loss causes an increase of uric acid accumulation and formations of crystals.(18)
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(18) There is every reason to believe that Arthritis and many
other muscular diseases from which an ever-increasing number suffer,
may be caused by Sodium Fluoride in processed foods and drinks.
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"The primary gland in the body, the pituitary, is interfered with seriously. This affects the growth and development of bones, teeth and reproductive organs. As a result, we have bone disturbances of mild to severe degree resembling arthritic and rheumatic changes, often with cartilage involvement. Mottling of teeth, mild to severe, also occurs, as well as softness of teeth and periodontal disease. A nutritional deficiency from failure of this gland causes a mineral imbalance which can bring about premature births, stillbirths, abortions, miscarriages or sterility.(21) Embryonic tissue, which is rich in primary gland substance, especially from the first week to the third month of pregnancy, is affected.
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(21) There is no doubt that Sodium Fluoride adversely affects
the procreative organs of both men and women, and one of the main
intent by those viciously inclined was to this end. Marxist literature
is replete dealing with its use for this purpose as well as for
mental deterioration.
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"The fluoride replaces the iodine radicle in thyroxin,(22) the active substance of the thyroid gland, which is a key to body metabolism. This action is very important, because the thyroid gland has to do with mentality,(22) achievement and also the beauty and perfection of the human body. When carbohydrate metabolism is injured, diabetic symptoms such as an excess of sugar in blood or urine may appear. Chronic fluorine poisoning affects the "T" section of the brain concerned with volition and the will to resist.(22) (The same area is affected by hypnotism.) Experiments on rats have shown a marked deterioration in mental alertness accompanied by a state of passive bewilderment.
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(22) This has been extensively dealt with in the first chapter
of the present volume.
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"Normal adrenal action is interfered with by the prevention of absorption of vitamin C. Then we feel dull and tired for no apparent reason. Very important too is the muscular asthenia or weakness - sometimes even complete loss of function - or again hyperactivity of the muscles.(23)
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(23) One of the initial reasons for the use of Sodium Fluoride
by the enemies of the mass, was for the purpose of shattering
the nervous system and the deterioration of the mind of the victims.
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"Fluoride poisoning can also produce persistent blood dyscrasias with resultant changes in circulation. Blood-cholesterol may be increased and coagulation retarded from six to twenty times. It has also been found to hasten the course of the disease in mice with cancerous tendencies, because of lessened immunity. Auto-sclerosis may also be induced.
"Common symptoms are affections of the skin, mottled or flecked fingernails and thinning or loss of hair.
"Factors contributing to tooth decay are: heredity; glandular metabolic dystrophies; nutritional metabolic dyscrasias; infections, bacterial and viral; traumata; and poor or negligent hygienic practices.
"composition of the teeth: Enamel 90% tricalcium phosphate, 10% calcium carbonate.
"The amount of fluoride in the teeth varies from none to a minute trace, to over 500 p.p.m. in the apatite form.
"Due to individual hypersusceptibility, the teeth may become mottled or soft. Mottling may be a mild to severe cosmetic disfigurement. It is not possible to predict who will get mottled teeth. Teeth may also become brittle and break. Fluorides can affect the pulp chamber of the tooth as well, causing periodontal disease. Many cases of such condition are characterized by an allergy of wheat. More teeth are lost from pyorrhoea after thirty years of age than from tooth decay.
"Forsythe Dental Infirmary records show that children on a balanced diet have had a decrease in tooth decay from 3.51% to .73%."The early teaching of a proper regard for teeth because of their general correlative importance to general body health.
"Making good dental hygiene a constant habit.
"An appreciation of the cosmetic value of good teeth.
"Because the tooth germ-cells are laid down so early in the formative stage of a new life and because they are so susceptible to virus of fluoride contact of any kind, the health of the mother must be stressed and measures taken to insure it before, during and between pregnancies.
"Since the exact cause of tooth decay is not known nor can it be shown that fluoridated water will prevent it, and because we are already getting plenty of fluorine through our foods and are practically surrounded by it, it is clear that we can have good teeth without fluoridation but not without plenty of essential minerals (calcium and phosphorus), especially not without essential vitamins and a properly balanced dietary intake and of course not without well taught habits of dental hygiene.
"Tooth decay is an individual condition and not a contagious disease. Therefore sodium Fluoride should not be put into the water supplies from which all and sundry must drink. On the contrary, water should be kept as pure as possible, since it is the universal cell solvent so vital to human physico-chemical relations.
"Statistics available on decrease in tooth decay are not reliable because they fail to take into consideration that:"Water intake varies with each individual. (Thus an athlete or manual laborer will drink more water than an office worker.)
"Fluoride intake varies with diet.
"No consideration is taken of the chemical composition of water.
"Migrations of the population have been considered.
"If there is a decrease in decayed teeth, an increase in good teeth should appear.
"How inclusive statistics can be was strikingly demonstrated recently in New York State. Dr. Forest of the University of the State of New York reported an increase of 33-1/3 in damage or destroyed teeth in the fluoridated city of Newburgh over the unfluoridated city of Kingston. Later a Dr. Ast reported 50% more tooth decay in Kingston than in Newburgh.
"When we hear of fluoridation being put into effect at Army and Air Force bases here and abroad, we wonder why the public is never notified that the fluoride is a harmful substance and why it has so often been secretly put into water supplies throughout the country.
"Are mass medication and experiment to be made compulsory on the entire population from birth to death, whether they want it or not? Have we no longer the right to personal care by our family physician or dentist? Is this right to be taken over by police power?
"Why is it that we generally hear only one side of the story from newspapers, radio, television and town meetings? Is this to become the American Way of Life?"
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