Fluoride Linked to #1 Cause of Death!!

All week Google Alert has been sending the current media articles about fluoride to me so I could keep updated.  As I browsed through all of them, it was interesting to note the various news items about it, and then came the blockbuster article about a newly published fluoride study that proved fluoride causes clogged arteries for heart disease!  Here's a summary of what's been going on this past week:

• Florida writer questions whether fluoride should be in the drinking water or in our toothpaste, giving great details about how fluoride got started in 1945 and what to do in getting it out of the water>>>  http://www.claimyoursnow.com/product-review/fluoride-water-the-truth-about-fluoridation-do-we-really-need-fluoride-water-to-drink-or-in-our-toothpaste/ 
• In spite of those who want fluoride out of their water in Minnesota and North Dakota, health officials in both of those states stated that they>>> 

"...haven't read anything to make me concerned about it..." http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/347171/

• Arkansas' governor signed a mandated order to fluoridate the state's drinking water last year, and the town of Eureka Springs will meet this week with the consulting engineers to discuss the cost of implementing it.  If you scroll down to the one comment made at the bottom of the article, it gives a very good break down on the cost, being against fluoride as a waste of taxpayer money --here's a copy/paste of the cost break down>>
             "For example, for every $1000 of fluoride chemical added to water, $995 would be directly wasted down the drain in toilets, showers, dishwashers, etc., $5 would be consumed in water by the people, and less than $0.50 (fifty cents) would be consumed by children, the target group for this outdated practice. That would be comparable to buying one gallon of milk, using six-and-one-half drops of it, and pouring the rest of the gallon in the sink."

          http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1805290.html  

• And then comes the January 2012's major breakthrough>> "In their research, scientists examined the relationship between fluoride intake and the hardening (calcification) of the arteries. Studying more than 60 patients, the researchers found a significant correlation between fluoride consumption and the calcification of your arteries. Published in the January edition of the journal Nuclear Medicine Communications, the research highlights the fact that mass fluoride exposure may be to blame for the cardiovascular disease epidemic that takes more lives each year than cancer. In 2008, cardiovascular killed 17 million people." 

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/new-research-fluoride-linked-to-1-cause.html 

Is this something the above health officials should be reading and having concern about??