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Response from David C. Kennedy, D.D.S. >

This dentist-activist sent the following in response to my email asking "where do we go from here...?"
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At 2:33 PM -0400 5/17/01, Bxxxxxxx, Peter wrote:

>In response to comments expressing concern that fluoridation may be a health hazard, someone provided a link to your website on a holistic health board.

>The more I continue to research this subject, the more alarmed I become. But I wish that someone would organize a reference to studies that support proponents of fluoridation and those that do not, side by side. So far, it appears there are far more research papers and abstracts raising concerns than there are studies and data demonstratnig safety. Thanks for taking a reasoned position on this topic and providing data that is not forthcoming from either EPA or ADA. In light of the EPA's own internal squabling over fluoride saftey during the time that William Marcus was Senior Science Advisor there, I can't imagine how public outrage would not have righted this tragedy long ago. What can we do?

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>Peter Brackett

>please respond to: xxxxxxx@xxx.com

Dear Peter,

I've attached my fluoride facts presentation. The references are not exhaustive but complete enough that most could reach a fair conclusion. I've been trying as hard as I can to get others to help fight this government/industry sponsored menace. I can't understand why others haven't jumped on this problem with me. Perhaps they are afraid of being called bad names. I guess as the youngest of three boys I've grown accustomed to the antics of those who have nothing of value to say. The reason that you can't get references from the ADA or EPA is they have none.

The whole fluoridation scheme is a PR bluff based upon junk science and speculation. The ADA expert testified in court as early as 1977 that she was not aware of any broad based double-blind study that has ever found a significant reduction in permanent tooth decay from drinking 1 ppm fluoride in the drinking water. End of question. They don't have any research to support this scam. But they do have 250 million dollars a year to hire spin artists and PR people who fly to your community at the drop of a hat to BS their way through the city halls of this country.

I've attached a partial draft of my 1,2,3 talk. It goes on for another 40 slides but I often show only the first 1,2,3 points in the 3 or so minutes I get to speak.

In 1995 when I spoke before the California Assembly Health Committee I discussed dental fluorosis in detail. The ADA spokesperson Michael w. quickly jumped up to refute my statements and claimed in a loud and forceful way that "water fluoridation doesn't cause dental fluorosis." I was not given an opportunity to refute his claims and the mandatory fluoridation bill for 35 million Americans was passed. Politics is the main problem with fluoridation. It is all politics.

We can use any help you can give. Time money contacts.

Fluoride's Proven Effects

Slide #1

This Power Point Presentation has been prepared to help others talk about the effects of water fluoridation on the health of their local community. Scientific references from the peer reviewed literature to support the basis of these graphics are provided below.

Although some have called artificial fluoridation controversial, I find that it is a very easy subject to understand. It is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1) Does fluoride work to reduce tooth decay if swallowed?

No

2) Is it safe for babies?

No

3) Is it FDA approved?

No

A simple as 1,2,3.

Slide #2 & 3 Point 1

There is almost unanimous agreement in the scientific community today that if fluoride has an impact of tooth decay it is by topical mechanisms and not via systemic ingestion as was once believed. Dr. Featherstone in his July 2000 article about on fluoride and tooth decay reminded every dentist and reader of the American Dental Association Journal that the level of fluoride in saliva or incorporated into the enamel from ingesting fluoridated water is insufficient to have a measurable impact on tooth decay. The fact that fluoride has only a topical effect is recognized on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) web page . Like sun block. You put it on the skin's surface but you don't drink it.

Proponents of fluoridation now contend that the fluoride in drinking water has a topical effect on the enamel. Dr. Hardy Limeback, Professor of Preventive Dentistry in Toronto suggests that the appropriate use for fluoridated water would therefore be to swish it around tour mouth and then spit it out.

(Footnote: Discussed in detail in Colquhoun J. Flawed foundation: A re-examination of the scientific basis for a dental benefit from fluoridation. Community Health Studies 14 288-296 1990)

Slide #5 & 6

This child has severe dental fluorosis. It is a structural defect in the enamel that weakens the tooth makes it crack, break and wear out prematurely. It is caused only by ingested fluoride in children. Adults do not develop dental fluorosis. They develop skeletal fluorosis.

Fluoridation causes dental fluorosis and all sources of fluoride intake are cumulative. However, water fluoridation causes dental fluorosis more often than toothpaste and all the other fluoride exposures combined . The graph displayed here is from the 1987 National Institute of Dental Research survey of 39,000 children in 84 communities. As you can see the amount of dental fluorosis this very profluoride government research body found went up directly proportional to the amount of fluoride in the drinking water.

The raw data found 66% of the children in the fluoridated communities had at least one tooth with dental fluorosis. So they decided to not count the children with only one tooth scarred by fluoride. They then took the classification of the second most severely damaged tooth to claim that most of the children suffered only mild or very mild dental fluorosis. Still 29.9% of the children raised in a fluoridated community have two or more teeth showing visible scaring of the enamel.

Slides 7 & 8 (mild and very mild dental fluorosis)

Fluoride appears to impact some subsets of the population more severely especially the African American and Hispanic. Early studies of fluoridation found twice as much dental fluorosis in African American children than their Caucasian counterparts . That fact alone makes water fluoridation a racist policy.

The proponents of fluoridation contend that dental fluorosis is merely a cosmetic defect. This argument fails for many reasons. Dentist are paid to fix cosmetic defects therefore cosmetic damage is by definition also economic harm. For example if I spilled a bucket of paint on your new BMW, would you agree that a mere cosmetic defect was of no concern? Or would you demand that I pay for the damage to the appearance of your vehicle? In California the Department of Health has determined that dental fluorosis could also damage the child's self image and thus would be psychological harm as well.

Slide 9 Point 2

"Infants receiving substantial quantities of infant formula generally should not use powder or liquid concentrate if water fluoride levels are near optimal or above, since the water fluoride alone might exceed total, recommended daily levels."

The English translation for the rest of us; Don't make up fluoridated tap water formula for babies. They will get dental fluorosis. Breast milk has virtually no fluoride and thus the longer an infant is breast fed the less likely they are to develop dental fluorosis.

It the Wall Street journal the CDC fluoride promoters took the dental fluorosis rate for the fluoridated areas and averaged that with the dental fluorosis rate from the non-fluoridated areas to claim that only 22% of the children now suffer from dental fluorosis. Isn't that cheating?

Slide 10

The child in this slide swallowed Colgate toothpaste. All toothpaste in the United states must give the following warning, "KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 6. Use only a pea sized amount. If the amount used in brushing is swallowed seek professional help or contact a poison control center immediately." Did you read about this accident in your local newspaper? Of course not. Newspapers seldom print articles about the negative side effects of ingested fluoride, but the manufacturers liability is clear.

Slide 11

When confronted by Wall Street Journal reporter Tara Parker-Hope the fluoridation promoters made an astounding admission, "There probably is excess exposure to fluoride..."

Slide 12

"A recent national study found that 22% of U.S. children have some form of fluorosis. Bleaching can't fix it. Dentists often use expensive veneers to cover the teeth."

You might ask how they arrived at just 22% incidence of fluorosissince. I just showed you evidence of a much higher level of dental fluorosis in fluoridated communities. They averaged the amount of dental fluorosis from unfluoridated communities with that found in fluoridated communities to lower the apparent incidence of this condition. That's supposed to be science?

Slide 13 & 14 Point 3.

By 1975 the Food and Drug Administration had rejected 35 new drug applications for fluoride/vitamin combinations stating, "There is no substantial evidence of drug effectiveness as prescribed, recommended, or suggested in labeling."

Slide 15 & 16

"At the present time there are no new drug applications on file."

Slide 17 & 18

American Academy of Pediatrics

A) Now recommends no prescription fluoride before age of 6 months.

B) After 6 mo. To 3 yr. when all other sources are considered deficient, only 0.25 mg/day. Equivalent to just one cup of fluoridated water.

C) Human breast milk contains almost no fluoride or less than 0.05 PPM

D) Research shows that breast-fed infants are smarter and healthier than bottle-fed.

Slide 19

Water fluoridation delivers a drug to infants at a level which is malpractice if prescribed by a physician!

It is as easy as 1,2,3

Not effective swallowed. Not FDA approved and Not safe for the baby.

My facts below

FACT #1 Fluoride is more toxic than lead, and just like lead, even in minute doses, accumulates in and is damaging to brain/mind development of children, i.e. produces abnormal behavior in animals and reduces IQ in humans.

FACT #2 Fluoridation with hydrofluosilic acid, used in 90% of fluoridated water, increases the blood lead levels in children dramatically. Minorities like the black or Hispanic children are more severely affected. The increased lead levels are responsible for increased violence, crime, and learning disorders. Hydrofluosilic acid (HFSA) is untreated hazardous waste from the pollution scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer manufacturing plants.

FACT #3 Fluoridation is cancer-causing, cancer-promoting, and is linked to increased cancer rates in rats, mice, and humans. Dr. William Marcus, Senior Science Advisor at the office of Drinking Water, stated unequivocally in his May Day Memo that fluoride is a carcinogen.

Full text of the memo available 800-728-3833

FACT #4 Numerous studies, including four published in the Journal of the American Medical Association since 1990, have found that hip fracture rates are substantially higher in people residing in fluoridated communities ..

FACT #5 Dental fluorosis, the first visible sign of fluoride poisoning, affects from 8% to 51% of the children drinking fluoridated water and has substantially increased over the last 40 years . Dental fluorosis is more than cosmetic damage with psychological harm. It is also indicative of neurological impairment (See ref. C 3 Dr. Li) Pictures at http://www.members.home.net/davidkennedy-dds/index.htm

FACT #6 All of the recent large-scale studies on fluoridation and tooth decay show that fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay . Studies from New Zealand, Canada, Europe, and the US have confirmed no difference in decay
rates for permanent teeth of residents of fluoridated vs. non-fluoridated communities.

FACT #7 Fluoride drops and tablets are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as safe or effective. Ingested fluoride has no detectable effect on decay rates. Fluoride tablets and drops have been shown to be ineffective in reducing tooth decay and to cause skin eruptions, gastric distress, headache, and weakness - which disappear when fluoride use is discontinued - as well as dental fluorosis, a permanent disfigurement.

The official recommendations for fluoride 'supplement' use has declined dramatically worldwide except in the US. All fluorides work 'topically', by coming in contact with tooth surfaces in the oral cavity. Even fluoride lozenges have not been shown to be very effective in treating dental decay.

FACT #8 Fluoride causes iodine deficiency which can result in hypothyroidism and frequently in hyperthyroidism. Fluorides were prescribed to patients suffering from hyperthyroidism as anti-thyroid medication prior to 1950. Fluoride exposure may exacerbate iodine deficiency. During pregnancy, when iodine requirements are at their peak, the fetus is especially vulnerable. Even a slightly underfunctioning thyroid gland can result in loss of IQ in the newborn.

The following warning is required an all fluoridated toothpaste by the FDA since April of 1997 due to the large number of calls to the Poison Control Centers for children who became acutely ill from ingested fluoride. There is approximately 1 milligram of fluoride in a pea sized drop of toothpaste.

WARNING: Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. In case of accidental overdose, seek professional assistance or contact a poison control center immediately.

Fact #1 Neurotoxicity and intelligence

Humans:

(E) Masters, R., Coplan, M, Hone, B. Water Treatment with Silicofluorides and Lead Toxicity, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Summer 1999

F) Li, XS; Zhi, JL; Gao, RO Effects of fluoride exposure on intelligence in children, Fluoride 28:4, pp. 189-192 (1995)

G) Zhao, LB; Liang, D; W Wu Lu-Liang Effects of a high fluoride water supply on children's intelligence. Fluoride vol. 29:4 pp. 190-192 1996

(H) Masters R D and M Coplan, Water Treatment with Silicofluorides and enhanced lead uptake, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Intellequity, Natick, Massachusetts Fluoride Volume 31 No. 3 XXIInd ISFR Conference Abstracts S 25

(I) Masters R. and Coplan M. Silicofluorides - are associated with an increase in children's absorption of lead. International Journal of Environmental Studies August 1999

(J) Masters RD, Coplan MJ, Hone BT, and Dykes JE Association of Silicofluoride Treated Water with Elevated Blood Lead Neurotoxicology Vol. 21 #6 pp 1091-1100, 2000

(Many other human study results showing the long-term disease effects are found at links provided below)

Rats:

Rats take much higher exposure to fluoride to experience the same protoplasmic levels as humans. These studies show how rats are not immune to fluoride.

A) Chronic Administration of Aluminum-Fluoride or Sodium-Fluoride to Rats in Drinking Water: Alterations in Neuronal and Cerebrovascular Integrity, JA Varner, KF Jensen, W Horvath, RL Issacson,. Brain Research Vol. 784, pp
284-298 1998

B) Influence of chronic fluorosis on membrane lipids in rat brain. Z.Z. Guan, Y.N. Wang, K.Q. Xiao, D.Y. Dai, Y.H. Chen, J.L. Liu, P. Sindelar and G. Dallner, Neurotoxicology and Teratology 20 537-542 (1998).

C) Mullenix, P.J., Denbesten, P.K., Schunior, A. and Kernan, W.J., Neurotoxicity of Sodium Fluoride in Rats, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 169-177, 1995

(D) Effect of fluoride on the physiology of the pineal gland. Luke, J.A., Caries Research 28 204 (1994).

FACT #2 Hydrofluosilic Acid raises children's blood lead levels (see "human" studies above}

Fact #3 Fluoride is cancer causing, cancer promoting:

A) Carcinogenesis, Vol. 9, pp. 2279-2284 (1988)

B) Sodium Fluoride: individual animal tumor pathology table [rats],

Battelle Memorial Institute, February 23, 1989

C) Sodium Fluoride: individual animal tumor pathology table [mice],

Battelle Memorial Institute, April 11, 1989

D) Dr. Wm Marcus May Day Memo discussed in Lancet 36, page 737 (1990)

E) Review of Fluoride: Benefits and Risks, U. S. Public Health Service,

pp. F1-F7 (1991)

F) Fluoride Vol. 26, pp. 83-96 (1992) Fluoride is an equivocal carcinogen

G) A Brief Report on the Association of Drinking Water Fluoridation and

the Incidence of Osteosarcoma among Young Males, New Jersey Department of

Health, November 1992

H) Fluoride, the Aging Factor, Health Action Press, pp. 72-90 (1993)

Fact #4 Hip fracture increase linked to water fluoride levels

A) Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Miles TP, Brody JA, et al. Regional variation

in the incidence of hip fractures: U.S. white women aged 65 years and older. JAMA Vol. 264, pp. 500-502 (1990)

B) Cooper C, Wickham CAC, Barkcr DJR, and Jacobsen SJ. Water fluoridation and hip fracture [letter]. JAMA Vol. 266, pp. 513-514, 1991

C) Danielson C, Lyon IL, Egger M, and Goodenough GK. Hip fractures and fluoridation in Utah's elderly population. JAMA Vol. 268, pp. 746-748

(1992)

D) Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 273, pp. 775-776 (1995)

E) Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Cooper C, and Lockwood SA. The association between water fluoridation and hip fracture among white women and men aged 65 years and older: A national ecologic study. Ann Epidemiol 1992:

2:617-26

F) Sowers MFR, Clark MK, Jannausch ML and Wallce RB, A prospective study of bone mineral content and fracture in communities with differential fluoride exposure. Am J Epidemiol 1991; 133:649-60

G) Keller C. Fluorides in Drinking Water. Paper presented at the Workshop on Drinking Water Fluoride influence on Hip Fractures and Bone Health.

April 10, 1991, Bethesda, Md.

H) May, DS and Wilson MG. Hip fractures in relation to water fluoridation: an ecologic analysis. Presented at the Workshop on Drinking Water Fluoride Influence on Hip Fractures and Bone Health. April 10, 1991, Bethesda, Md.

Fact #5 Fluoridation increases dental fluorosis. NOTE: This fact is no longer being contested.

A) Science Vol. 217, pp. 26-30 (1982)

B) Journal of the American Dental Association Vol. 108, pp. 56-59 (1984)

C) Journal of public Health Dentistry Vol. 46, pp. 184-187 (1986)

D) Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride, National Research Council, page 37 (1993)

E) Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 1998 Some Young Children Get Too Much Fluoride by Tara Parker-Pope

The Center for Disease Control estaimates 22% of American children have dental fluorosis due to excess fluoride intake.

Fact #6 Tooth decay and dental care costs are not reduced. There are no broad-based double-blind studies of animals or humans which have ever found a significant reduction in tooth decay rates of permanent teeth in fluoridated areas.

A) Colquhoun, J. Child Dental Health Differences in New Zealand, Community Health Studies Vol. 11:2, pp. 85-90 (1987)

B) Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, Vol. 53, pp. 763-765 (1987)

C) Fluoride Vol. 23, pp. 55-67 (1990)

D) California Department of Health records of actual DentiCal cost.

Unpublished research for Writ of Mandate, Citizens Against Fluoridation vs. Attorney General Dan Lungren 7/1996

E) Colquhoun, J. Influence of social class and fluoridation on child dental health Community Dent Oral Epidemiol Vol. 13, pp. 37-41, 1985

F) Gray, AS Fluoridation Time for a New Base Line J Canadian Dent. Assoc.

Vol. 10, 1987

G) Yiamouyiannis, J "National Institute Dental Research study shows no relationship between fluoridation and tooth decay rate" American Laboratory

5/1989

Fact #7 Fluoride drops and tablets are not FDA approved or proven effective.

A) Letter from Frank R. Fazzari, Chief, Prescription Drug Compliance, Food and Drug Administration to New Jersey Assemblyman John Kelly (June 8, 1993)

B) Preventing Tooth Decay: Results from a Four-Year National Study, Robert Wood-Johnson Foundation, Special Report number, pp. 18, (Feb. 1983)

C) Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Vol. 19, pp. 88-92 (1991)

D) 1992 Physicians' Desk Reference, page 2273.

FACT #8 Fluoride causes iodine deficiency which can result in hypothyroidism and occasionaly in hyperthyroidism.

A) Galetti PM, Joyet, G - "Effect of Fluorine On Thyroidal Iodine Metabolism in Hyperthyroidism" J Clin Endocrinol 18:1102-1110 (1958)

B) Galetti (1958) gave 0.9 to 4.5 F- daily to patients suffering from Graves' disease. In those studies the average protein-bound iodine decreased from 9.8 to 6.7 ug/dl, basic metabolic rate from +37% to +27%.

C) May, W - "Behandlung der Hypothyreosen einschließlich des schweren genuinen Morbus Basedow mit Fluor" Klin Wochenschr 16:562-564 (1937)

D) May treated 1,158 hyperthyroid patients _effectively_ within 6 years with either sodium fluoride or fluorotyrosine ("Pardinon").

E) Gorlitzer von Mundy - "Einfluss von Fluor und Jod auf den Stoffwechsel, insbesondere auf die Schilddrüse" Münch Med Wochenschrift 105:234-247 (1963)

F) Gorlitzer von Mundy for more than 30 years treated in excess of 650 patients _effectively_ with baths containing fluoride.

G) Lin Fa-Fu et al - "The Relationship of a Low-Iodine and High-Fluoride Environment to Subclinical Cretinism in Xinjiang" UNICEF AID PROJECT REPORT

IDD Newsletter, Volume 7 Number 3 August (1991)

H) Zhao W, Zhu H, Yu Z, Aoki K, Misumi J, Zhang X - "Long-term Effects of Various Iodine and Fluorine Doses on the Thyroid and Fluorosis in Mice" Endocr Regul 32(2):63-70 (1998)

Sincerely, David C. Kennedy, D.D.S.

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Want more scientific information? Find it on the net.

Http://www.nofluoride.com

Http://www.fluoridation.com

International Society for Fluoride Research

http://www.fluoride-journal.com

In Canada

http://www.fluoridation.com

Fluoride Issues

http://www.sonic.net/~kryptox/fluoride.htm

Dental Fluorosis:

http://www.inter-view.net/~sherrell

IAOMT Risk Assessment for ingested fluoride

http://www.SaveTeeth.org

Zero Waste America

http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/Fluoride.htm

The Preventive Dental Health Association's

http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/fluoride/blunder.htm

Stop Fluoridation USA

http://home.cdsnet.net/~fluoride

HISTORY OF FLUORIDE - IODINE ANTAGONISM

http://www.bruha.com/fluoride/html/history_th.htm

SYMPTOMS/ASSOCIATIONS FLUORIDE POISONING - HYPOTHYROIDISM

http://www.bruha.com/fluoride/html/symptoms_hypo_f.htm

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kmd, I believe you are right about that. nmi