Stop The Fluoridation of Fraser Coast Drinking Water Now!
IMPORTANT - Go Here First and Send off your Mandate to the local and state governments. Don't Hesitate - Do this NOW.
You may or may not be aware or even concerned that the Fraser Coast Council will fluoridate our drinking water with toxic industrial waste products in April 2011.
This sounds a little alarmist at first glance but let me tell you – it is TRUE, unless we can work together to stop it.
When most people think of fluoride, they think of sodium fluoride or sodium monofluorophosphate. The same ingredients that you will see on a tube of toothpaste. Pharmaceutical grade and (relatively) safe. The reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
Toxic Chemical
The chemical that they put into the water starts life as a waste chemical from fertiliser production or aluminium smelting plants. The chemical is hydro-fluorosilicic acid (liquid form) or fluorosilicic acid (dry form). It is extremely corrosive and toxic. When this chemical is mixed with our drinking water, the plant operators have to wear special protective clothing, full head masks and respirators.
This toxic waste product is pumped into special rubber-lined tankers (as fluorosilicic acid will eventually eat through stainless steel) and magically, in transit, it is transformed into a "safe" fluoridation chemical for addition into our water supply. It is delivered complete with heavy metal and elemental contamination from the manufacturing process. Ours will apparently come from China.
Dr. William Hirzy of the US EPA (Video)
Contaminants
Because this is a waste chemical, as mentioned, it also contains variable amounts of heavy metals and other elements such as mercury, lead, arsenic, chromium, aluminium, iodine, manganese, nickel and zinc. These variations come from batch to batch variation of a natural raw material and different sources of supply.
Untested on Humans
There has been no formal studies carried out on humans to evaluate the toxicity at dilutions as evidenced by omissions on the safety data sheet of fluorosilicic acid. Fluorosilicic acid is also not registered as a medicine by the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration). It seems that the testing carried out is on populations after water is fluoridated. They see that no-one is dying immediately so there is the proof that there are no adverse health effects!.
When I was taught science, I was always taught that absence of proof of an effect doesn’t equal proof of absence of that effect. And indeed, something like fluoride that can cause multiple different diseases in humans over a long time frame must have a contibuting effect towards some of the modern health problems that our populations are facing.
The mandate of Wide Bay Water isn’t to medicate me. That isn’t their responsibility. It is the responsibility of the local health services. And what if I don’t want to be medicated? Don’t I get a choice?
Interview with Dr. Paul Connett (Video)
Topical Vs Ingested
The efficacy of fluoridated water has to be questioned too. The best and most efficient means of applying fluoride is topically, or directly to the teeth. Ingested fluoride has a very short time on the teeth before it ends up in the stomach. Once there, the body tries to eliminate it. Adults can only excrete around 40% of the fluoride they drink, but infants only excrete between 10-20%. The remainder is assimilated into their bodies and ends up in their bones, pineal gland and other tissues. Some of the fluoride that children drink ends up in the teeth where it can cause fluorosis and some ends up in the bones, potentailly causing fluorosis of the bones.
Fluorosis of the teeth and bones occurs in children between birth and 4 years old when their bones and teeth are growing fastest.
Fluorosis disrupts the correct development of these teeth & bones and is caused by fluoride intake and the use of fluoride toothpaste on developing teeth during infancy.
In the USA, people are warned not to give fluoridated water to infants – but not here!
Recent studies have shown that systemic (ingested) fluoride isn’t effective against tooth decay. It is topical application that gives the best effect.
Diet and good oral hygiene are the single biggest factors in reducing tooth decay.
The fact that non-fluoridated countries enjoy the same reduction in dental decay as fluoridated countries reinforces this fact.
Dentist tells of the dangers of drinking fluoridated water (Video)
Other Countries Experience
Most of Europe either don’t or no longer fluoridate their drinking water. Statements from the various governments say that either it isn’t their job to medicate the public or that mass medication is unethical and ineffective.
You CAN Help
You may ask what could you possibly do to help? After all, you are only one person. Let me tell you, there are many people concerned about fluoridation and if they all sent an email to each of the representatives listed on the petition page then we can start to change things for the better. But it requires your voice, your email.
NEWS!
Email take-up has been slow so I have printed off petiton forms for concerned residents to sign. I will distribute these to various shops, the first being at Breathe Easy Therapies, 1/59 Torquay Road, Pialba. If you have a business premises in Maryborough or know of one that will host a petition, please let me know. Thanks.
There is a Facebook page called Fraser Coast STOP Fluoridation. Have a look and 'Like' it.
Thank you.
Stewart Gatenby
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