Friday, June 28, 2013

2 fights for 2 poisons

Tapping into the fluoride debate: How an industrial-grade chemical is taking over our water and why we should take note

Friday, June 28, 2013


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/040986_fluoride_water_supply_chemical_waste.html#ixzz2XYZY2pcL




Organic Consumers Association Comments on FFAN Petition



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June 27, 2013


Dear Citizen for Health,

Early last month Citizens for Health, along with the other coalition members of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN), filed a petition with the FDA to drastically reduce the amount of radioactive cesium permitted in food, from a ridiculous 1200 Bq/kg to 5 Bq/kg (see why here, read why here). The Bq (Becquerel) is a measure of radioactivity. The FDA is now accepting comments on our petition and every person’s voice counts, so leave a comment in support here!

We thought you would appreciate the chance to review comments in support of this petition recently submitted by the Organic Consumers Association - Click here to read them.

As always, thank you for your participation,

The Citizens for Health Team

14andOut - Stop smoking naturally in 14 days or less program - cigarettes have: fiberglass filters that shards of glass go into lungs with each puff and kills cell tissues, "smoker's cough" is the tar moving into the tiny air sacs in the lungs, 95% GMO tobacco laced with pesticides, bleach, herbicides, plastic (to make it burn evenly, even in the wind)--for a total of 4,000 toxic, poisonous chemicals that CAUSE anxiety/depression/stress - the ammonia-treated nicotine (called the "nicotine fix") goes to the BRAIN and HEART on average of 3 seconds (each brand tries to get it faster than that with stronger doses) to RELIEVE the anxiety/depression/stress (which makes the smoker think they need a cigarette every time they are having a stressful situation) that was caused by the toxins running through the body - smoking "is relaxing" and "gives confidence" has been proven (hard-core evidence) that it's the BREATHING ritual while smoking that's doing the relaxing (inhale, hold, exhale), which can be done the same way WITHOUT the cigarette - smoking "helps digestion" came from a 1930 Camel commercial with "doctors" saying it helped digestion and to smoke after meals, even between meal courses on Thanksgiving (commercial can be found on YouTube), and even though it's been proven it's the BREATHING that does the relaxing that in turn helps the digestion--NOT the smoking--the myth that smoking is needed to relax and help digestion has remained all these years later -- and we don't think we're brainwashed as a society? Could this be the result of "designing men" tampering with what we put into our mouth? Furthermore, a person who smokes each day has the habit of hand-to-mouth motions, sometimes anywhere between 250 to 500 times per day--and you ask why there's a weight gain when they quit smoking??!! Do pills or nicotine patches/gum work? The pills have the same chemicals as the cigarette, but without any of the ammonia-nicotine, and the patch/gum have only 5% of the ammonia-nicotine, so obviously what's going to happen here? Is the smoker doomed to failure? 14andOut says NO! SUBSTITUTE organic, nutritional, alkaline superfoods and plenty of water in those hands-to-mouth routines, do the BREATHING ritual without the cigarette to relax and/or get through a stressful situation/depression/anxiety, and you're on your way to success! Go to their website for many articles on how to quit smoking, watch the below video (Part 1 of 3), and see how there's hope for those of us who need the extra help and need the understanding of why a smoker goes back to the habit in 6 months or less when it's not done the right way (stopping cold turkey works for some, but not all)...

http://www.14andout.com/
Video - Part 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Ua1YyCA5A




20 questions about smoking that will make you quit

Thursday, June 27, 2013 by: S. D. Wells Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/040967_stop_smoking_cigarette_addiction_14andout.html#ixzz2XXrfWAv6

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

What? FDA "drug regulations" do not apply to public water supplies??? - Check out the 2 powerful videos below!

Court denies fluoridation foes’ appeal

By Jeremy Schwartz
Peninsula Daily News (Washington State)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130623/news/306239993/court-denies-fluoridation-foes-8217-appeal

PORT ANGELES — Opponents of fluoridated water supplies on the North Olympic Peninsula are again considering asking the state Supreme Court to stop the practice after three state appellate judges ruled against them last week.

The panel of judges in the state’s Division II Court of Appeals last week agreed with a previous ruling that fluoride is not a drug and as such does not need approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to be used in public water supplies.

The plaintiffs in the case — Protect the Peninsula’s Future, Clallam County Citizens for Safe Drinking Water and retired Sequim physician Eloise Kailin — oppose fluoridation in the water supplies of the cities of Forks and Port Angeles and filed suit against the two cities in Clallam County Superior Court in May 2011 to stop the practice.

The plaintiffs argued that fluoride is a drug and could not be added to either water supply without FDA approval.

The Superior Court dismissed the case, saying such regulations do not apply to public water supplies,
after which the plaintiffs, represented by Tacoma-based attorney Gerald Steel, petitioned the state Supreme Court to hear it.

The high court declined, sending the case to the Division II Court of Appeals.

The appellate court decision, handed down Wednesday, is part of the third court case fluoride opponents have filed against Port Angeles after the city started adding fluoride to its water supply in 2006.

The most recent case is the first the plaintiffs have filed against the city of Forks, which has fluoridated its water supply for nearly six decades.

Private donations

Kailin said Friday she did not have exact figures on how much these court cases have cost to work through, though she said all the money spent has been acquired through private donations.

“If we [go] back to 2006, it certainly is measured in the tens of thousands [of dollars],” Kailin said.

Steel said his clients have 30 days to petition the state Supreme Court to hear the case, though he said a final decision to file such a petition has not been made.

“There’s a lot of detail in the decision we have to study before we decide what we want to do next,” Steel said.

However, he said he was hopeful that if petitioned, state Supreme Court judges would choose to hear the case.

This is because the Supreme Court heard a separate case brought by the same plaintiffs claiming the choice to add fluoride to Port Angeles’ water supply should be put to Port Angeles voters.

The state Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs in that case in September 2010.

Appeals court ruling

In their Wednesday ruling, the panel of three appellate judges cited a 5-4 1954 state Supreme Court decision, Kaul v. City of Chehalis, in which the high court upheld a trial court decision dismissing a lawsuit brought by a Chehalis resident opposed to the city adding fluoride to its water because fluoride was not held to be a drug.

The appellate court also denied both the plaintiffs’ and the two cities’ requests for attorneys’ fees and for sanctions in the cities’ case.

The court said the plaintiffs did not prevail in the case and so should not get attorneys’ fees, and the plaintiff did not act in bad faith in filing the 2011 lawsuit, so sanctions against the plaintiff that the city requested are not warranted.

Port Angeles City Attorney Bill Bloor said he was satisfied with the appellate court opinion.

“We’re of course pleased the appellate court agreed with us,” Bloor said. “We think it was a correct decision.”

Neither Bloor nor Forks City Attorney Rod Fleck could estimate Friday how much either city has spent dealing with this case.

Fleck said the bulk of the work has been handled by attorney Roger Pearce with Seattle-based law firm Foster Pepper PLLC, with which both cities have contracted.

Opponents have historically argued that extended consumption of fluoride can cause adverse health affects, such as brittle bones and teeth spotting, while advocates have said fluoride is added to water supplies to fight tooth decay.


Hamilton-wide fluoride referendum to be debated

DANIEL ADAMS
Last updated 08:07 25/06/2013
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8837256/Hamilton-wide-fluoride-referendum-to-be-debated

A city-wide fluoride referendum will be debated next Thursday, almost two weeks after a special tribunal vote to end water fluoridation came into force.

A re-crafted notice signed by councillor Ewan Wilson - without reference to the timing of a referendum - has been accepted for discussion by council.

City council democracy manager Jude Pani confirmed the notice of motion for the July 4 agenda met Standing Orders and would be on that agenda.

It's understood that because the notice does not refer to a referendum at the time of October's elections, previously ruled out by council, it is not seeking to revoke a council decision and needs just one signature.

Mr Wilson said his petition for a citizens' initiated referendum, needing 1500 signatures for the same outcome, has collected one thousand names.

He hoped to have the petition complete in time for the referendum debate. A special tribunal voted 7-1 on June 5 to end fluoridation by June 21.

Is Fluoride "Brain-Drain" Damaging Generations of Children?By NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation
Last modified: 2013-06-25T15:20:37Z
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2013
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/25/5522782/is-fluoride-brain-drain-damaging.html#storylink=cpy

NEW YORK, June 25, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fluoride is one of 213 known brain-toxic chemicals that may lower the intelligence of generations of children, reports renowned physician and 30-year brain researcher, Dr. Phillipe Grandjean in his new book, "Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development," reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF)

EPA lists fluoride as having "Substantial Evidence of Developmental Neurotoxicity." Fluoride, never safety-tested in humans for brain or many other health effects, is an unapproved drug says the FDA. Yet, physicians and dentists routinely prescribe fluoride supplements and endorse fluoridated water as a cavity-preventive.

When environmental chemicals affect developing brains, children risk cognitive deficits, learning disabilities, mental retardation, ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, and other disorders that will remain for a lifetime, says Grandjean.  "Fluorides are known to cause brain toxicity and neurological symptoms in humans," Dr. Grandjean says. He laments that vested interests often manipulate brain-drain research and manufacture uncertainties to wrongly discredit scientists' conclusions and credibility.

Vested interests caused decades to pass before children were protected from the brain-damaging effects of lead exposure reported in the literature. We unnecessarily lost a generation to lead-induced brain damage, reports Grandjean.

When Grandjean's research team published a careful review of studies (meta-analysis) linking fluoride to children's lower IQ, worried fluoridation promoters and regulators immediately and incorrectly claimed that only excessive exposures are toxic, the effect is insignificant, decades of fluoridation would have revealed brain deficits (although nobody looked, yet), and that it was probably lead and arsenic that lowered IQ. Example here.

"When such a misleading fuselage is aimed at the authors of a careful meta-analysis of 27 different studies, what would it take to convince critics like that," asks Grandjean.

Another respected researcher, whose experiments revealed fluoride clearly is brain damaging, was fired because she "was jeopardizing the financial support of [the] entire institution [Forsyth]," writes Grandjean (See: The Fluoride Deception, Chapter 1).

Grandjean was part of a WHO International Program of Chemical Safety. Most committee members promoted fluoride's beneficial effects but curtailed any mention of fluoride's toxic effects in the draft report.

Grandjean writes, "as I was considered part of the secretariat I had no vote and my views were not allowed in the final document.  Realizing that I had been taken hostage, I had to disengage from this report."

Attorney Paul Beeber, NYSCOF President says, "Fluoride has powerful, influential and rich defenders. It's up to the rest of us to protect children by demanding that unnecessary and ineffective brain-draining fluoride chemicals cease being added to public water supplies. Call your elected officials today and tell them you want fluoridation stopped where you live. Our children are victimized guinea pigs in this on-going experiment. It must end." Find your legislators here.

Dr. Grandjean's Chemical Brain Drain website and Video:
http://braindrain.dk/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7pqF43WIOk&feature=youtu.be

Contact: Paul Beeber, JD, 516-433-8882

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SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation



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Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/25/5522782/is-fluoride-brain-drain-damaging.html#storylink=cpy


Connecticut SB 131 reverses statewide fluoride mandate - VIDEO of NZ politician explaining anti-fluoride vote (which FAN says should be passed on to others since it's a politician speaking)




June 26, 2013

Late last week, FAN sent out a bulletin announcing an upcoming public hearing in Hartford, Connecticut for Senate bill 131, a bill reversing the existing statewide fluoridation mandate. We were alerted by the bill sponsor, Senator Joe Markley’s office that the event was actually not the official public hearing on the bill, but instead an informational meeting on fluoridation for legislators and committee members. The public will not be given an opportunity to speak at the meeting, however Dr. Paul Connett will be there to give a 30+ minute Power Point presentation.
If you submitted testimony to the committee, thank you. The Public Health committee will eventually be working on the bill, and your emails and letters have already gotten their attention, according to Sen. Markley’s staff.

Paul Connett will be Speaking in Windsor, Connecticut

FAN Director and co-author of “The Case Against Fluoride,” Dr. Paul Connett, will be holding a speaking event this evening (June 26) at the Raw Food Central in Windsor, Connecticut—just outside of Hartford.

What: Dr. Paul Connett presentation “The Truth About Fluoride”

When: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 7pm
Where: Raw Food Central, 446 Broad St., Windsor, CT 06095

RSVP Contact (not required, but recommended): 860-925-6869

Must See TV Interview with Hamilton (NZ) Councilor
In our last bulletin we told you about the huge 7-1 victory in Hamilton, New Zealand (pop. 150,000) earlier this month. Prior to the City Council voting, they organized a tribunal to take a comprehensive look at the entire fluoridation issue and to hear from experts on both sides, making their eventual vote against fluoridation even more significant. Now there is a must see Video Interview with Hamilton Councillor Dave McPherson, who discusses how the tribunal was organized, why the council voted to end fluoridation, and how poorly the media has covered the issue. This is a very good video to send to your local councilors as it comes from a public official’s perspective, and one who was not strongly pro or anti-fluoride when the debate started.

Mercury Amalgam Petition
Please take a moment to sign and share this important Change.org petition created by Consumers for Dental Choice. It petitions the CEO of the dental supply manufacturer Dentsply to end the production of mercury amalgam fillings. These fillings are an environmental pollutant and a serious health risk.

Help us remind the dental industry to prioritize safety over profits:

PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION

Sincerely,

Stuart Cooper

FAN, Campaign Manager

Yuk! Double Yuk!

CSPI Downgrades Splenda From "Safe" to "Caution"
June 26, 2013
",,,The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has finally downgraded Splenda from its former “safe” category to one of “caution” following an unpublished study that found Splenda may cause leukemia in mice..."

Ice from Fast Food Restaurants Dirtier than Toilet Water, Study Reveals
June 26, 2013
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/26/fast-food-ice.aspx?e_cid=20130626_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20130626



Saturday, June 22, 2013

Here's a reverse of Portland, OR -- Hamilton NZ council voted fluoride out & one council member, a member of the public health ministry, is pushing a citizen-initiated referendum, needing 1500 signatures by the end of next week to have a public vote

Fluoridation plant about to fall silent

DANIEL ADAMS (Hamilton, NZ)

Last updated 05:00 20/06/2013

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/8817383/Fluoridation-plant-about-to-fall-silent

The press of a switch by a treatment plant technician tomorrow will set in motion the end to 57 years of fluoridating Hamilton's water.
 
City Waters staff think it will take up to two weeks for hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFA) to completely empty from the vast network of pipes feeding Hamilton taps, with fluoride levels eventually falling to the natural levels in the river.

Once the buttons are pushed, stopping the pumps adding fluoride to the water, each will be disconnected, along with the pipework feeding HFA to the pumps.

The pumps were replaced in 2006 - the same year the city voted by a huge margin to continue fluoridation. The tanks were replaced three years ago.

Staff were still mulling what would happen to the equipment.

Meanwhile, efforts were continuing by some to force a rethink by the council of its decision to end fluoridation, reached after four days of tribunal hearings.
 
A petition calling for a citizens-initiated referendum on the subject has until the end of next week to gain enough signatures to force a referendum debate.

Hamilton dentist Dr Steven Pawley is one of several dentists with copies of the petition in their practice and he said there had been a strong response.

He said that most people who came in for treatment, who were Hamilton residents, were signing the petition.

"We're filling up new pages every day," he said.

Petition organiser and Hamilton city councillor Ewan Wilson said it was difficult to keep track of the number of signatures because there were now at least 10 separate copies of the petition out in the community after he was swamped by offers to help.

He estimated the total would now be in the hundreds, with another week to get at least 1500 signatures from Hamilton residents, who must be registered to vote.
 

- © Fairfax NZ News

 

Blacks Suffer More From Water Fluoridation

 
The detrimental health effects of fluoride in drinking water affects blacks and Hispanics much more severely than whites. In just over 4 minutes, Dr. Yolanda White, an Atlanta pediatrician, tells why she can no longer support water fluoridation. This will be the topic of my Canton, Ohio presentation Saturday, June 29. See agenda here. More on fluoride can be seen from the top menu item called Fluoride Doses. — Mr. Augie
 
 
 

Thursday, June 20, 2013

#2 cause of death in children (after motor accidents) is drowning - be sure to read about "dry drowning" and "delayed drowning"

What’s the No. 2 Cause of Accidental Death in Children?

June 19, 2013
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/19/children-death-causes.aspx?e_cid=20130619_PRNL_art_2&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art2&utm_campaign=20130619

A Drowning Person Cannot Call for Help

5 Signs of Drowning to Memorize Before Your Next Trip to the Beach or Pool

‘Dry Drowning’ and ‘Delayed Drowning’ Are Also Risks

What Makes Spinal Cord Injuries More Likely at the Beach?

6 Top Water-Safety Tips

Swimming

Story at-a-glance

  • Drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental death (second only to motor vehicle accidents) for kids aged 1-14
  • A drowning person will not call out for help or wave their arms; a person who is drowning will be quiet and can slip under water in 20-60 seconds, often in close proximity to others who are unaware the person is in distress
  • It’s possible to suffocate from delayed drowning up to 24 hours after leaving the water, if even a small amount of water is inhaled into your lungs.  Dry drowning, on the other hand, occurs when no water enters the lungs, but rather a sudden rush of water into the throat (such as might occur from jumping into a pool with your mouth open) causes the airway to shut, causing suffocation. 
  • Formal swimming lessons have been shown to cut the risk of drowning among small children by up to 88 percent

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Lack of Contentment/Gratitude - has been declared as a "root cause of all personal and social" problems

Go to this website and read the pdf file called "The Book of Contentment" to learn how to be happy with yourself and with life, to understand failures and how to turn them around to be learning moments - just a few thoughts shared in the pdf file are below - be sure to read all the way to the bottom, past the "Summary of Action Steps" where the author repeats the Action Steps given throughout the book/pdf file, and read the author's thoughts after he thanks you for reading:

"...Desire for approval is causing you pain...and you don't need the pain..."

"Failure is an indicator that something in our method needs to be changed...mistakes are not your fault but the fault of the method...change the methods and forgive yourself..."

"...it's a process in the brain...to become aware and notice and appreciate the goodness...the more we notice and appreciate about our lives and ourselves, the happier we are..."

"...the other person is never the problem...it's our action as a reaction...it's our taking it personally...we are all learning..."

"...Don't take it personally (the actions of others), reaffirm your own value to yourself...your value is not based on their actions or judgments...have compassion...other people lashing out or withdrawing is based on their pain, not about anything about you, so reach out to help relieve their pain...if they refuse, it's okay, it has nothing to do with you or your value..."

"...only need to appreciate what's inside you and all around you, no matter where you are or what your life circumstances..."

http://zenhabits.s3.amazonaws.com/Little%20Book%20of%20Contentment.pdf

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hamilton, NZ - Going backwards on prior fluoride voting - and other fluoride news


Key supports fluoridation

Updated at 1:47 pm on 15 June 2013
The Prime Minister supports adding fluoride to water but says the Government won't force councils to fluoridate
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/137690/key-supports-fluoridation

Hamilton must vote again on fluoride

Last updated 11:13 16/06/2013
 
"The Hamilton City Council has ample evidence to suggest it supported a vocal minority when it voted by seven votes to one to remove fluoride from the city's water supply.

"To begin with, it has overturned the result of the 2006 referendum when 38 per cent of eligible Hamilton voters - more than typically vote in council elections - overwhelmingly supported continued fluoridation. That referendum was supposed to be binding.

"If the council was somehow beguiled or misled into thinking the public has changed its mind since 2006, its folly was exposed in a recent poll conducted by this newspaper. Again, a persuasive two-to-one of Hamilton residents say they want their drinking water fluoridated.

"Mayor Julie Hardaker and the six city councillors who over-rode that opinion should be anxious to get back on side with the majority.

"To the contrary, Ms Hardaker expresses satisfaction with the tribunal process that was introduced to guide the council.

"It gave the community its opportunity to comment, she says, and she is comfortable with how she voted. She is untroubled by claims that fluoride could cost the council their jobs at local body elections in October.

"She may be right in believing her job is secure, but Waikato District Health Board member and city councillor Ewan Wilson is better tuned into public sentiment when he pushes for a fresh referendum on fluoridation and expresses the hope this leads to the council overturning its decision. He maintains the tribunal process and the cue it gave to councillors were hijacked by the anti-fluoride lobby and ignores what the majority of Hamiltonians wanted. He refers to the "considerable good science" that shows fluoridation is a good base for public health. The prime minister's chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, agrees.

"Pat McNair, co-ordinator of Fluoride Free Hamilton, has obvious reasons for insisting a referendum is unnecessary and for defending the integrity of the tribunal process, but she shows a disdain for democracy when she dismisses a referendum as "just people's opinion in the street".

"The referendum idea has thrown the council a lifeline, inviting it to pull itself out of a hole into which it has dug itself.

"The council could emerge much faster and with more dignity if it simply said "oops" and reversed its earlier decision."

Getting a grip on the science behind claims about fluoridation Ken Perrott Jun 17

http://sciblogs.co.nz/open-parachute/2013/06/17/getting-a-grip-on-the-science-behind-claims-about-fluoridation/

"Here’s an interesting graphic on fluoridation and the scientific evidence for it..."

Hamilton City Council reverses (2006's) referendum (with) fluoridation decision

Posted on
http://openparachute.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/hamilton-city-council-reverses-referendum-fluoridation-decision/

SUBMISSIONS ANALYSIS REPORT - FLUORIDATION REVIEW

Summary of Submissions (Hamilton, NZ - pdf)
http://www.hamilton.co.nz/our-council/consultation-and-public-notices/haveyoursay/Documents/Submissions%20Analysis%20Report%20-%20Fluoridation%20Hearings%2028%20May.PDF

PM backs fluoride as calls for referendum grow

Last updated 17:02 14/06/2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8797244/Call-for-people-power-to-push-fluoride-referendum

"Prime Minster John Key has described anti-fluoride arguments as "overstated".
Speaking to the media at the National Fieldays today, Key said he supported fluoridation of water supplies, but it was a matter for local councils to decide..."


Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the wayBy Foon Rhee, Associate editorfrhee@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee
By Foon Rhee, Associate editor
Last modified: 2013-06-18T16:28:54Z
Published: Sunday, Jun. 16, 2013
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/16/5498264/the-fluoride-wars-come-to-davis.html#storylink=cpy

"...So to those following the fluoride wars, it's no shocker that a front has opened in Davis. It fits the profile. Many anti-fluoride crusaders now tend to be affluent baby boomers, mostly white and well-educated, who are concerned about what goes into their bodies and who are politically savvy...

"It's an issue because Davis voters in March approved a massive project to draw water from the Sacramento River and run it through a new $110 million treatment plant. Starting in 2016, Davis is to get 12 million gallons a day of treated water and its partner, Woodland, another 18 million gallons daily. Because there will be separate pipelines to the two cities, each gets to decide for itself whether to add fluoride...

"...Foes appeared last July before the Sacramento City Council to oppose a $550,000 grant to pay for fluoridation equipment upgrades..."

(Jerusalem Health Minister) Yael German willing to consider fortification of foods
06/16/2013
http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Health-minister-reconsiders-policy-on-drinking-water-316743

"Health minister tells 'Post' she has a more positive view of adding nutrients to food than to tap water...

"Health Minister Yael German – while unwilling to change her recent decision to cancel the nationwide requirement of municipalities and towns to fluoridate their drinking water since only a small percentage of the population needs it – is willing to consider fortification of foods to improve public health...

"German said that decades of tap water fluoridation is “wasteful because only about 2 percent of fresh water is actually drunk by residents.”

"She maintained that there are better ways of delivering fluoride – which has been proven to protect and preserve the dental health of children – than through the water supply, and stated that “thyroid disease” and other diseases could result from exposing the whole population to fluoride.

"German’s cancellation of mandatory fluoridation aroused much opposition by public health experts both outside and within her ministry.

“It may be that it was a mistake to do it for 30 years,” she said."

Friday, June 14, 2013

Anti-Sulfuryl Fluoride Victory - does NOT get phased out...

Fluoride Action Network
http://www.fluoridealert.org/

June 13, 2013

Dear friends,

YOU made it happen. The Senate amendment (#1122) that would have circumvented the proposed phase-out of the food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride did not make it into the Farm Bill.


For now, the great response by FAN supporters has been heard by Senators. According to one email we received from California: "I contacted Feinstein’s office and was told 1122 is dead because of all the calls they are getting"

Thank you to all who contacted your Senators and to Jay Feldman, director of Beyond Pesticides, who worked tirelessly on this. Without your efforts we probably would have lost the Senate battle.

We will keep you apprised of what is happening in the House as they will be discussing their version of the Farm Bill which includes language to “withdraw” EPA’s proposed phase-out of sulfuryl fluoride.

The Senate amendment was the first of Dow AgroSciences' attempts to circumvent the laws protecting children from sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant (named ProFume). The EPA announced in 2011 that ProFume use would be phased out because it could lead to unsafe exposures of fluoride. That announcement was in response to objections submitted by FAN and two other environmental groups, Beyond Pesticides and the Environmental Working Group.

BACKGROUND TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT:

The amendment would have altered how EPA calculated the health risks from sulfuryl fluoride pesticide residues on foods. Instead of including all sources of fluoride, as mandated by law, two major sources of fluoride exposure would have been arbitrarily omitted, to give the illusion on paper that children weren’t already getting too much fluoride. Removing major sources of fluoride from the health risk assessment would not reduce the actual fluoride exposure children receive, or the adverse health effects of those over-exposures.

According to a June 4th article in Inside EPA the amendment was crafted by individuals in the EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (one of America’s largest environmental groups). We assume it was the political appointees at EPA who want to placate Dow AgroSciences (maker of sulfuryl fluoride). For the NRDC it was the wrongly held belief that if sulfuryl fluoride is phased-out more methyl bromide, an ozone destroying fumigant, would be used. This didn’t happen in Europe where they, unlike the US, have stopped using methyl bromide for several years.


From the Team at FAN

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Infograph from Dr. Mercola, MD

water fluoridation infographic

Discover how fluoride in your drinking water can impair your health and damage the environment through our infographic "Water Fluoridation: 6 Facts You Need to Know." Use the embed code to share it on your web site.

<img src="http://media.mercola.com/assets/images/infographic/water-fluoridation-infographic.png" alt="water fluoridation infographic" border="0" style="max-width:100%; min-width:300px; margin: 0 auto 20px auto; display:block;"><p style="max-width:800px; min-width:300px; margin:0 auto; text-align:center;">Discover how fluoride in your drinking water can  impair your health and damage the environment through our infographic "<a href="http://www.mercola.com/infographics/water-fluoridation.htm">Water Fluoridation: 6 Facts You Need to Know</a>."</p>

Meanwhile, USA "honors" pro-fluoride to continue the fraud...also, NY Fox 28 will cover debate

Story Published: Jun 9, 2013  (Fox 28 serving New York and Southeast Ontario) 

 

 

 

Reactions to Hamilton, NZ voting out Fluoride and then turning it over to the health officials for approval to do it

Letter to Ministry of Health About Fluoridation




Monday, June 10, 2013

Farm Bill Alert from FAN -





June 10, 2013

Dear Kenneth M:

Late last week the Senate ended debate on the Farm Bill with a cloture vote in an effort to advance the legislation without additional controversial amendments. At this time Senator Donnelly’s sulfuryl fluoride amendment is not on the Farm Bill. However, this afternoon the Senate is reconvening to hold a final floor vote on the legislation. More than 200 floor amendments are still being considered, including Sen. Donnelly’s.

Senators are being lobbied to pass the sulfuryl fluoride amendment, and they need to hear from you! If this Amendment gets on the giant 2013 Farm Bill, then it will certainly become law and very high fluoride residue levels on food will be legal. We are asking for you to call or fax you Senators today and request that they work to stop the Amendment.

Click Here to Send a FAX or Call Your Senator

Calling your Senator is your right, and is incredibly easy to do. When you call you will likely speak with a legislative staffer who handles constituent calls every day. Tell them that you are a constituent, and that you oppose Senator Donnelly's amendment #1122 regarding "Exclusion of fluoride from aggregate exposure, for any or all of the following reasons:

• Sulfuryl fluoride is a highly neurotoxic substance and Americans don’t need another substance, especially on their food, that is known to damage the brain. All of Dow’s animal experiments with sulfuryl fluoride reported rare and serious brain damage in every species tested.

• EPA pesticides division made the right decision to protect the American public when they proposed to phase-out sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant in January 2011. This Amendment punishes EPA for doing the job Congress mandated them to do in the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).

• Congress passed FQPA in 1996. This Act gave stronger protections to children from pesticide risks. One of these protections was the necessity to evaluate “aggregate exposure” to a pesticidal substance. And EPA found that children were being overexposed to fluoride. For example, CDC has reported that 41% of children ages 12-15 have some form of dental fluorosis which is a biomarker for fluoride overexposure.

• This Amendment is devious because it eliminates important exposure pathways. If the Amendment passes, infants and children will be put in harm’s way. More than 37 studies have been published reporting an association between fluoride exposure and lowered IQ. Black and Mexican American children already suffer significantly higher rates of the more severe forms of dental fluorosis, a biomarker for fluoride overexposure.

• Sulfuryl fluoride is a potent greenhouse gas.

• There has been no transparency in putting this Amendment forward. This Amendment needs to be stopped and if necessary a hearing should be held at a future date.

• Three advocacy groups worked together for many years to get EPA to do the right thing to protect the health of Americans on this issue. They submitted substantive objections in a timely manner over 8 years. They responded to every request from EPA, including mediation efforts. These groups are: the Fluoride Action Network, Beyond Pesticides and the Environmental Working Group.

PLEASE MAKE THE CALL OR FAX TODAY


HOLD ON! Slight problem with the Hamilton, New Zealand Anti-Fluoride victory!

It appears, based on a google summary (see below), that after the public voted against having fluoride, then the Hamilton, NZ city council turned the "decision" to fluoride or not-fluoride over to the NZ health minister.  Can't read the entire article posted, so far, because the below website requires you to be a paid subscriber, so more research will be done to see if we can find it elsewhere. (it's dated 11 June 2013 because they're already a day ahead of us)

http://www.nbr.co.nz/stayconnected?return=141270

The National Business Review
9:21AM Tuesday 11 June 2013
 
"Although local authorities have the power to adjust the level of fluoride in their water supply, the council chose to give the final decision to Health Minister Tony Ryall, and has made a written request for approval. The minister has yet to indicate..."

Saturday, June 8, 2013

New Survey! - Ireland Mandated Fluoride Vs. UN-fluoridated Northern Ireland and the EU - Plus, Anti-Fluoride Victory in Hamilton, New Zealand

 'At least one will die' as a result of Hamilton's flouridation

Saturday, 8 June, 2013 {Sidebar: Hamilton, NZ voted out fluoridation--see article below this one}

http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/least-one-will-die-result-hamiltons-flouridation/5/157733

By M.Godfrey MB.BS. (retired GP) Tauranga

My profession has had a number of embarrassments either due to over-enthusiastic endorsements of a new drug or uncritical acceptance of professorial dictates, and as Max Planck so aptly put it: "Changes in science occur funeral by funeral" as we have to wait 50 years for both the professors and their students to die or at least retire.

Water fluoridation using the scrubbed wastes from fertiliser chimneys has now been around for 50 years with the Republic of Ireland (RoI), the USA, Australia and New Zealand being the main users.

A recently released environmental survey from the RoI with mandated fluoridation for 50 years, compared 28 disease incidences with unfluoridated Northern Ireland and the EU. It has shown statistically highly significant and indeed shocking differences.

Diabetes was the highest at over 400%, and as this country (NZ) has almost the same population (as RoI, USA, Australia) we can logically assume that the same applies here.

Indeed, preliminary findings have shown similar patterns in all four fluoridating countries. Other markedly elevated incidences included dementia, SIDS (NZ the highest in the world), congenital malformations, impaired thyroid metabolism, chronic respiratory diseases, arthritis, and cancers including breast, prostate.and bone. Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is thankfully rare but usually fatal.


The association with fluoride exposure in young boys has been proven, and with Hamilton having about 4% of the NZ population there would be a statistical certainty that at least one young man will still die within the next few years as a result of that city's past fluoridation. 


All of the above adverse health effects linked to contaminated industrial silico-fluorides are costing the country both in human misery and in an ever-increasing health budget. All this is for the sake of saving one tooth according to the latest Australian dental research that studied the effect of 45 years of fluoride (Slade and Spencer 2013). Notably, the same dentists together with Armfield have been trying for years to demonstrate effectiveness.

The pejoritavely identified "nutters, flat-earthers and vociferous minority" campaigning against fluoride include Professors of Dentistry, Professors of Medicine, Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, doctors in numerous specialities and dentists who have all taken the time to actually critically investigate the evidence. They wouldn't be doing it without reason or for pleasure. "Dogs can howl, but the caravan won't stop". (emphasis added)


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Hamilton (NZ) joins anti-fluoridation trend
"A decision to remove fluoride from Hamilton's water supply is a part of a New Zealand trend causing alarm among health officials."
Thu Jun 6 201
http://news.msn.co.nz/nationalnews/8670444/hamilton-joins-anti-fluoridation-trend

 Evidence mounts against water fluoridation

Published on June 8, 2013 (Sydney, Australia)
Letters to the Editor (The Cape Breton Post) http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Letter%20to%20the%20Editor/2013-06-08/article-3271725/Evidence-mounts-against-water-fluoridation/1






"Stealth Marketing to Manipulate Children's Habits" - Dr. Mercola

“Consuming Kids” (documentary film) Reveals Shocking Tactics Used to Manipulate Your Children’s Preferences and Habits
June 08, 2013
 
 

Story at-a-glance

  • America’s 52 million kids under the age of 12 represent one of the most powerful markets for American businesses, influencing adult spending worth $700 billion a year
  • The documentary Consuming Kids reveals the shrewd practices of the multi-billion dollar marketing machine designed to turn your kids into loyal, lifelong consumers who will also influence how the entire family spends its money
  • Before deregulating children’s TV marketing, children’s spending rose an average of four percent per year. After deregulation, children’s spending skyrocketed to 35 percent per year
  • Children age 2-11 now see an average of more than 10 television food ads per day. Ninety-eight percent of food advertisements viewed by children are for products that are high in fat, sugar or sodium. Most are also low in fiber
  • A classic example of this deceptive manipulation is Coca-Cola’s new ad campaign which focuses on the mistaken belief that beating obesity is a matter of counting calories, even though this theory has been found to be patently false

"...So please, do yourself and your family a huge favor, and don’t allow yourself to get swept up in Coca-Cola’s multi-million dollar ad extravaganza. The entire campaign is based on flawed, inaccurate, misleading, and patently false conventions of thinking.

"As for all the other marketing, which runs the gamut from toys to clothing brands, electronics, and even cars and financial services, the best defense is perhaps to be aware that it’s happening. To combat the influence of marketing of all kinds, I’d advise you to limit the amount of time your child spends watching TV and surfing the web. Children under the age of three should not be watching any TV at all, as this is a crucial time of rapid brain development in which your child’s brain is shaped in response to whatever they’re exposed to..."

                  

Friday, June 7, 2013

Update and Video on HFCS from Citizens for Health



New Research Suggests High Fructose Corn Syrup Triggers Addictive Consumption Similar to Drugs
http://www.citizens.org/new-research-suggests-high-fructose-corn-syrup-triggers-addictive-consumption-similar-to-drugs/
Industrial Sweetener Implicated as Cause

of Global Obesity Epidemic

WASHINGTON, DC – New research by a neuroscientist has found that lab animals self-dosing on High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), the industrial sweetener used in hundreds of grocery store products, followed the same pattern of behavior as those that were self-dosing on cocaine.

Addiction expert, Dr. Francesco Leri, an Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, presented new research to the Canadian Association for Neuroscience that showed how High Fructose Corn Syrup caused behavioral reactions in rats similar to those produced by addictive drugs. He concluded that, “Addiction to unhealthy foods could help explain the global obesity epidemic.”

In Dr. Leri’s tests, the lab animals could press a lever and receive as many doses of HFCS as they wanted. He discovered that the more he increased the sweetness concentration of the HFCS, the more the subjects worked to obtain it.

“When you change the fructose levels, the behavior changes,” said Dr.Leri. “As we increased the percentage (of fructose) in the solution, the animals continued to prefer the higher concentrations, and worked harder and harder for each infusion… which is exactly what you notice with drug abuse.”

Currently the Food and Drug Administration’s legal limit on the fructose content of HFCS is 55 percent, but recent studies have shown fructose levels in popular soft drink brands exceed the legal amount. The Corn Refiners Association (CRA), which represents the producers of HFCS, has acknowledged that a version of HFCS with 90 percent fructose has been in use for decades, even though it’s never been tested for safety or approved by the FDA.

Consumer rights groups are rallying to protest, including Citizens for Health, which has produced a video to educate families, and has filed an FDA petition that calls for the disclosure of exact fructose concentrations of HFCS on food packages, and stops food makers from using non-approved HFCS concentrations.

The petition can be reviewed and signed at http://citizens.org/HFCS

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Update on Farm Bill Amendment allowing sulfuryl fluoride on food supply



June 4, 2013

Dear Kenneth M:

Only a U.S. Senator can stop the Amendment to the Farm Bill that will allow sulfuryl fluoride to be used as a food fumigant.

This is the Amendment in all its deviousness.

SEC. 122__. Exclusion of Fluoride from Aggregate Exposure

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall exclude naturally occurring fluoride in drinking water and fluoride in dental health products from any determination required under section 408(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(b)(2)) regarding the aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue of sulfuryl fluoride.

If we don’t get a Senator's support and this Amendment goes to the vote we will lose big time and very high fluoride residue levels on food will be legal. We are asking for you to call your Senators today and request them to stop the Amendment. You probably will say, “Me, I haven’t a clue what to do!” But voicing your opinion is incredibly easy to do, and we need anyone reading this to do whatever they can. When you call you will likely speak with a legislative staffer. Tell them that you are a constituent, and that you oppose Senator Donnelly's amendment (#1122 regarding "Exclusion of fluoride from aggregate exposure) for any or all of the following reasons:

• Sulfuryl fluoride is a highly neurotoxic substance and Americans don’t need another substance, especially on their food, that is known to damage the brain. All of Dow’s animal experiments with sulfuryl fluoride reported significantly rare and serious brain damage in every species tested.

• EPA pesticides division made the right decision to protect the American public when they proposed to phase-out sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant in January 2011. This Amendment punishes EPA for doing the job Congress mandated them to do in the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).

• Congress passed FQPA in 1996. This Act gave stronger protections to children from pesticide risks. One of these protections was the necessity to evaluate “aggregate exposure” to a pesticidal substance. And EPA found that children were being overexposed to fluoride. For example, CDC has reported that 41% of children ages 12-15 have some form of dental fluorosis which is a biomarker for fluoride overexposure.

• This Amendment is devious because it eliminates important exposure pathways. If the Amendment passes, infants and children will be put in harm’s way. More than 37 studies have been published reporting an association between fluoride exposure and lowered IQ. Black and Hispanic American children already suffer significantly higher rates of the more severe forms of dental fluorosis, a biomarker for fluoride overexposure.

• Sulfuryl fluoride is a potent greenhouse gas.

• There has been no transparency in putting this Amendment forward. This Amendment needs to be stopped and if necessary a hearing should be held at a future date.

• Three advocacy groups worked together for many years to get EPA to do the right thing to protect the health of Americans on this issue. They submitted substantive objections in a timely manner over 8 years. They responded to every request from EPA, including mediation efforts. These groups are: the Fluoride Action Network, Beyond Pesticides and the Environmental Working Group.

There is still time to prevent this from happening, but we need to act as quickly as the industry lobbyists are pushing to fast track it through. We need your help:

1.) Send a letter to your Senator.

2.) Call your Senator. Phone calls are more influential then emails, and Senate staff does take note of constituent positions on issues.

3.) Please forword this bulletin to friends and family via email and share on Facebook and other social media sites.


Videos - GMOs and Portland's Fluoride Victory

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Has Links to GMOs
June 04, 2013
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Has Links to GMOs
Why is a UK government research council the largest funder of a major biotech research firm?
 
 
 
Major Victory as Portland, Oregon Votes NO on Water Fluoridation       
June 04, 2013 
 
You're Probably Forced to Consume This Toxic Poison Daily, But People in This City Aren't Fluoride-Free Portland
And that's because, despite the campaign to deceive them, they were smart enough to say "no" to the misleading ads and editorials promoting a substance known to lower the IQ of your kids and is linked to brain damage, chronic fatigue, cancer growth and arthritic symptoms...                                      

Monday, June 3, 2013

Gluten - Bad Teeth Video - Exercise Videos for the "Fitness Hormone" from Dr. Mercola

Beating gluten intolerance

Saturday, June 01, 2013
http://www.naturalnews.com/040577_gluten_intolerance_alternative_foods.htmlWheat madness - Is this popular grain provoking mental illness?
Sunday, June 02, 2013


Wheat madness - Is this popular grain provoking mental illness?

Sunday, June 02, 2013
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/040601_gluten_intolerance_mental_illness_celiac_disease.html#ixzz2VBnQLPO3
How Baby-Led Weaning Can Help Promote Good Oral and Physical Health in Your Child ("thought to be the surprising real cause of bad teeth"--video)
June 02, 2013
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/02/children-oral-health.aspx?e_cid=20130602_PRSNL_Art_1&utm_source=prmrsnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20130602


The Scientific 7-Minute Workout (video - how to get the "Fitness Hormone" for free)

May 24, 2013
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/05/24/7-minute-workout.aspx?e_cid=20130602_PRSNL_TFA_1&utm_source=prmrsnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=tfa1&utm_campaign=20130602

Intense But Short Exercise Is All You Need to Boost Calorie Burning (video)

May 31, 2013
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/05/31/burning-calories.aspx?e_cid=20130531_PRNL_art_2&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art2&utm_campaign=20130531

Study Shows Exercise as Effective as Massage for Decreasing Post-Exertion Muscle Soreness (videos)

May 31, 2013
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/05/31/post-workout-muscle-soreness.aspx?e_cid=20130531_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20130531

ABC News - 9 yr. old girl talks to McDonald's CEO about their deceptive marketing techniques

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Alert from Fluoride Action Network (FAN) - Congressional vote on Monday, June 3, to keep fluoride as a pesticide







June 2, 2013

Dear Kenneth M:

This request is urgent for all of us living in the U.S. and Puerto Rico:

As early as THIS MONDAY (June 3), the U.S. Senate may vote on an Amendment to the Farm Bill that will prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from phasing out the use of sulfuryl fluoride as a fumigant on countless foods made in the U.S. No other western country, besides Australia, allows this toxic fluoride fumigant to enter the food supply.

The Amendment, introduced by Senator Joe Donnelly (D-Indiana), removes key health protections from the Food Quality Protection Act, a law passed in 1996 to ensure that pesticide exposures do not harm children. The Amendment eliminates the protections for fluoride, but no other chemical. A proposed House Bill seeks to do the same thing, but the Amendment is far more worrying because, as a fly-by night addition to an enormous bill, it will receive far less scrutiny and be much harder to defeat than a stand alone piece of legislation. (FAN only learned about it today, June 2, 2013, 7:41 a.m.)

If the Amendment passes, there will be little that can be done to prevent the indefinite fumigation of the food supply with fluoride. This in turn will make it harder for anyone living in the U.S. to avoid fluoride, as foods fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride have no labeling requirement.

There is still time to prevent this from happening, but we need to act as quickly as the industry lobbyists seeking to fast track it through. Here’s what we need your help with:

1.) Send a letter to your Senator.

2.) Call your Senator. Phone calls are more influential than emails, and Senate staff does take note of constituent positions on issues.

3.) Please forword this bulletin to friends and family via email and share on Facebook and other social media sites. You can share this bulletin by clicking on the link below entitled "view it in your browser", then cutting and pasting the URL into a social media post.

Thank you,

Stuart Cooper

FAN Campaign Manager


Saturday, June 1, 2013

PreventDisease.com - Fluoride, Using Natural Methods for Cavities, and Wheat/Gluten substitutes - Each article with cited references to back up their claims

How Dangerous Is Fluoride To Your Health?
http://preventdisease.com/home/tips79.shtml  (+ video)

Cure Tooth Decay Naturally By
Identifying The Real Cause of Cavities

http://preventdisease.com/home/tips104.shtml  (watch 3 videos by researcher combining the proven methods of Dr. Price and Dr. Page for alternative holistic dentistry)


Modern Wheat Is The 'Perfect Chronic Poison' Says Expert

May 22, 2013 by NATASHA LONGO
http://preventdisease.com/news/13/052213_Modern-Wheat-Is-The-Perfect-Chronic-Poison-Says-Expert.shtml?utm_source=052313&utm_campaign=052313&utm_medium=email