Some Opinions of the Proponents For Fluoridation
As is natural, we have throughout this book given the findings and opinions of the opponents to fluoridation to show what Sodium Fluoride actually is, and explain the danger to physical and mental health that its ingestion in fluids and foods can bring about.
It is to be expected that the proponents will make every effort to prove the contrary. They will claim it is not detrimental to body and mind, and that it cannot be used for the purpose the enemies of mankind claim it has been, is used, and can be used effectively. Can they, do they prove, their point? We will see.
The text we quote from is a widely circulated booklet with the title: WATER FLUORIDATION; FACTS, NOT MYTHS, by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, formerly connected with the Metropolitan Life Insurance company and accepted as an authority by the proponents for fluoridation.
"What is fluoridation? Adding fluoride (a natural substance that is found in varying degree in all drinking water and in many foods) to water to prevent tooth decay is called ‘fluoridation'.
This statement is not based on fact. In the fluoridation of water, it is not natural fluoride that is used, but a metallic substance, - inorganic - that is, manufactured, is an off-fall, or residue, in the production of aluminum. Moreover, it is a single substance, and cannot be metabolized. it is an outlaw. Why is this so?
In all nature, in the natural water we drink, in the food we consume, there is no single substance such as a mineral, a vitamin, a protein, etc., they are all compounds. One substance modifies, supports, retards, stimulates, associated substances. This is true of the inorganic fluoride found in natural water and the organic fluoride found in food. These various substances whether inorganic or organic have been harmonized by nature throughout the ages, just as, more or less, the glands in man were so organized to modify, retard, support, or stimulate each other. Any single substance separated from the others, becomes antagonistic to the harmonious workings of the human system.
The statement implying that natural fluoride as found in water or food, is used in the fluoridation of water, is grossly misstated. The fluoride used in fluoridation, is a metallic substance; it is a single substance, it does not possess the harmonizing or balancing support of other minerals either inorganic or organic. In the field of nutrition, it is an outlaw.
It is not a natural product, the result of nature's operation as is the fluorine in unprocessed water. This fluorine in water is "natural," though it is inorganic.
The only true natural organic fluorine is that found in vegetables, grasses, fruits, legumes, sea foods, and grain-eating animal flesh. This is the only "natural" fluorine because it is organized as is the food we eat, and is harmoniously associated and balanced by associate minerals. The statement that the fluorine used in the fluoridation of water is a "natural" cannot be accepted as in any sense as based on fact.
"A number of critics of water fluoridation have persuaded themselves they are fighting some kind of sinister conspiracy.
Is it "persuading" oneself when those who for many years, in many countries, have been confessedly engaged in using this Toxic substance for various body and mind destructive purposes; admit frankly that they continue to so use it.
Is it "persuading" oneself that such diabolism is recognized and openly condemned by some of the most reputable physicians in the country? Is it "persuading" oneself when by simple experimenting the Toxic effect that Sodium Fluoride, as used in water fluoridation, has on the physical body: nervous, muscular and mental, can readily be demonstrated?
Is it a delusion to recognize that only a certain percentage is officially considered safe in fluoridating the water, the maximum for safety - but that one to five foods daily consumed in lesser or great quantities also contain this toxic substance? Who is to control this? Who will be responsible for results?
"‘Pure water' a myth. Even though opponents of water fluoridation like to imagine an ideal purity found in nature, practically all water contains some very minute traces of fluoride.
This is, to say the least, a specious contention. Because there is a trace of fluoride in natural water, if it is a pure water. Why so? Because all of the minerals, in their proper proportions, are necessary to constitute a pure, that is, a natural water as developed by nature.
If one element is missing, though it be only what is known as a "trace" element, it would be unbalanced, hence not a "natural" water. Let us repeat, this is a natural fluoride, and not a chemical substance, and is associated with other nature substances, and there is not a single "outlaw" in it which has no place in nature, much less in man's diet. Unquestionably the most important, truthful and vital statement in the entire booklet in question, is this:
"Fluoridation cannot take the place of a good balanced diet. It should be regarded as a substitute for keeping the teeth clean, or for periodic care by a good dentist.
If, as here admitted by a proponent for fluoridation, a good diet will do that which their substitute will not do, why in the name of common sense should we not use the money, time, and energy, now wasted in feeding poison to the people, to teach them the proper foods and their combination, so that they may not only have good health, but be free from the many ailments caused by substitutions and adulterations?
Is it to be admitted that with all our facilities and our knowledge, we can no longer raise foods rich in the elements required by the body to maintain health? If that must be admitted, then we fear fluoridation will not save the nation from extinction.
"The foods and beverages that supply many other ingredients needed for good health usually have insufficient soluble fluorides for the formation of strong teeth."
Both a specious and self-contradictory statement. In one sentence the author attempts to prove that the fluoride used in the fluoridation of water is the same as that contained in natural water. Next, that fluoridation cannot actually take the place of good foods and lastly, that though foods and drinks contain the necessary other elements, they are minus a sufficient amount of vital elements for the formation of strong teeth, wholly unconscious of his contradictions, and lacking the knowledge that bone meal contains all the necessary amount of natural fluoride, plus the real bone builder, calcium and nerve stabilizer - not destroyer - phosphorus, while in Rose hips, as an example, is fund an abundance of complex vitamin C to make all the elements in bone meal vital in building sound bone and teeth.
Dr. Kehoe says that "the question of public safety of fluoridation is nonexistent from the viewpoint of medical science.
Thousands of reputable and long experienced physicians contradict this. Suppose we accept this statement that the "danger of water fluoridation is non-existent" in so far as medical science is concerned. The fluoridation of the water supply cannot logically be considered by itself. Medical science admits that there are numerous other liquids consumed, as well as many foods that now contain the metallic outlaw Fluoride. The total consumed by the average person, is far beyond that considered as within the safety zone by even its most ardent supporters.
"Opponents of water fluoridation use arguments which contain politics, prejudice, and pseudo-science.
No doubt the present writer is included, at least in part, in this category. However, I am not at all interested in politics - in Spiritual verities, yes, but not in politics. I admit I am prejudiced against everything that is artificial, Therefore inimical to all that is not natural, to the human being, the animal body. As to the charge of pseudo-science, I plead not guilty, because I have relied for my information of the admission of the vilest of human creatures who have used, are now employing such toxic agents for destructive purposes, and on the testimony of world renowned biochemists, and physicians whose reputation cannot be questioned. I have simply added my comments and the results based on investigation.
"Some go so far as the claim that fluoridation is a Communist conspiracy to soften our brains and make mass sabotage possible, that the Jews and the United Nations are behind the measure,...
I myself, as the contents of this book will prove, have made no such claims, but I have quoted men and women who have openly confessed having been so engaged, are now so engaged, and that is the intent and purpose to bring about the roboting of the mass by his and other methods. So far as I can learn there has been no contradiction of the commitment of such acts and for such purposes; nor has any proof been offered to the contrary. What is more to the point, daily more and more proof is being offered by individuals and the press, that such schemes are not a myth.
"Harmful cumulative effects are promised by some critics. For generations in areas of the country where 4,000,000 people now live in good health, drinking water containing natural fluorides in proportions equal to or greater than is now recommended for fluoride deficient supplies.
Here again is the same specious argument and confusion between natural fluoride associated with all the other elements in proper proportion to keep the fluorine in the performance of its natural function, with the metallic outlaw fluoride, which is subject to no control by natural environment because it does not belong to, and has no affinity with, natural mineral elements.
Opponents to the use of this Toxic substance do not promise harmful effects form such adulteration, they warn against it, based on their own investigations, and the conclusions of experienced men.
"The results found from imitating natural fluoridated water conclusively proves this practice works, and works safely.
Fluorinating with metallic sodium fluoride is not imitating. It is substituting an inorganic metallic substance for a natural substance balanced by associate minerals that help to keep it in control and subjection.
There is no difference between "artificial" and "natural" fluorides, despite some claims to the contrary. If this is true and can be substantiated, then it is likewise true that there is no difference between and organic and an inorganic substance, and between a dead body and a live body.
"Varied consumption of water by different individuals does occur. But fluoridation is not based on people all drinking the same amount of water. We know that persons drinking most, and drinking least, amounts of water in naturally fluoridated regions, for 70 years and longer, have been unharmed..."
Again the same evasion of the fact that besides ingesting the fluoride in the drinking water, there is the addition of possibly more than an equal amount in liquids such as some beers, soft drinks, and the many processed foods.
Also there is the difference between the metallic "lone wolf" fluoride and the Natural, though inorganic, Fluoride in association with the many other control, or protective minerals.
In reading Dr. Dublin's book one might come to the conclusion that only pseudo scientists, food faddists and idealists like myself condemn the fluoridation of water, and the adulteration of food, and that no physician of experience and reputation is against it.
In its issue of April 2, 1958, the New York World-Telegram Son tells the story under the title:
Warns against such adulteration, and on the experience and suggestion of a physician of unquestioned reputation.
"A warning has been sounded that ‘the increasing concentration of strontium 90 in the atmosphere might make fluoridation of water a ‘serious health hazard.'
"The warning was made in the February issue of Dental Digest in connection with an article by Dr. James G. Kerwin, dentist of the Passaic, N.J., health department."‘Both strontium and fluoride eventually find their way into bones,(1) and are deposited there.' Dr. Kerwin wrote. He added: ‘according to the National Academy of Science, a measurable amount of strontium 90 has already accumulated in children.'
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(1) It is the firm belief of many experienced nutritionists that
grave diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis are the result of food
additives, including chemical Sodium Fluoride, which in conjunction
with the denaturing of foods is the basic cause of this and other
like ailments. It is believed that Cerebral Palsy, so greatly
on the increase, has its beginning with the pregnant mother-to-be
who exists mostly on denatured and adulterated foods, and drinks
which contain the same Toxic drugs. In one respect, they base
their conclusions on the fact that these diseases barely existed
before the period of wholesale denaturing of foods, their adulterations,
and use of additives, preservatives and Fluoride.
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"Dr Kerwin warned that strontium 90 and the fluoride added to water form a compound that, in effect, reduces the rate at which Strontium 90 is thrown off normally. Thus, ‘the body will be exposed to that much more internal radiation,' according to Dr. Kerwin.
"‘Fallout of Strontium 90 from those nuclear explosions that have already occurred cannot be stopped and fallout from others which unfortunately may yet take place cannot be prevented,' Dr. Kerwin explained. ‘But the amount of fluoride consumed can be cut down.'(2)
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(2) Since the Toxic, poisonous effects are known, why not eliminate
this destroyer of muscles, nerves and brain? Prevention certainly
would be more desirable than cure, if cure is possible.
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"Dr. Kerwin warned that a population that is exposed generation after generation to an increased amount of Strontium 90 and fluoride may quite likely exhibit a higher death rate coupled with a lower birth rate, both due to harmful radiations and the resulting mutations.
"Research into the effect of the strontium and fluoride combination is necessary, Dr. Kerwin insisted, before fluoridation is increased.(3)
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(3) This should be the proper attitude of all physicians who have
the welfare of not only their patients but of all people, at heart.
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"‘It is obvious that for the health and safety of the population, of children, and of future generations, the problems posed by radioactive fallout should include the extremely pertinent question of hazard posed by the artificial fluoridation of communal water supplies,' he wrote. `Unequivocal evidence in the connection obtained with respect to the following problems.
"‘Reactions of strontium and fluoride in living systems, particularly higher animals.
"‘The effect of fluoride on the excretion of strontium.
"‘Interreactions between strontium and fluoride in water and in different soils'."