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Risk Assessment of Water Fluoridation
Included below are the summary and full technical reports examining the human health, environmental impact and legal implications of water fluoridation.

Summary Report

Full Technical Report

Read More : enviro.ie

By Cory Lancaster
OF THE SENTINEL STAFF

DELTONA – Jeff Carine was driving to Daytona Beach to play golf Tuesday morning when his Toyota Camry hit a mushy, snowlike liquid covering Interstate 4.

Carine, a golfer from Windermere, assumed it was a minor chemical spill and kept driving.

Six hours later, he returned to the spot after hearing news throughout the day about one of the worst chemical spills in Volusia County’s history.

A tanker truck cracked open on I-4 near Deltona shortly before 10 a.m. and released 4,500 gallons of fluorosilicic acid in one big whoosh

Early today, the highway remained closed in both directions, though officials were hopeful it would open by the morning rush hour. About 2,300 people remained in shelters, evacuated from their homes.

The spill sent more than 50 people to hospitals with complaints of skin and respiratory irritations, including some hours after the spill. Most, including the driver of the truck, were treated and released. Two police officers were admitted overnight to Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford after complaining of headaches and burning in their throats.

Authorities were frustrated In attempts to neutralize the acid with lime and potash, which delayed I-4′s reopening. Fumes also were detected late Tuesday in the neighborhood of Deltona Woods, causing emergency workers to conduct a midnight door-to-door evacuation.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the spill. A spokesman from Pencco Inc., the Bellville, Texas-based chemical company that owns the tanker, would not comment on the accident late Tuesday.

The tanker truck started out from Fort Meade, south of Lakeland, about 8 a.m. Tuesday, FHP Patrol Lt. Art Brown said.

The truck driver, James Parish, 68, said he was eastbound, just west of the Howland Boulevard overpass, when the rear trailer wheels came out from under the truck. The back of the tanker slammed onto the road and spilled the chemical over an area 600 feet long and 60 feet wide, Volusia County Assistant Fire Chief Ron Bateman said.

A stretch of two miles of 14 was closed between Deltona and Orange City. Vehicles were rerouted off the interstate onto Saxon Boulevard from the west and onto State Road 472 from the east

The detour meant at least an hour delay as bumper-to-bumper traffic inched along U.S. Highway 17-92 through Orange City.

“I never saw such bad traffic in my life,” said Betty Casselman, who was kept from her home in the Country Village Mobile Home Park in Orange City.

Police, firefighters and hazardous waste experts dumped bags of lime over the contaminated area to neutralize the acid and vacuumed the residue with special machines.

Fluorosilicic is a highly corrosive acid used in the process of adding fluoride to drinking water hazardous waste experts said.

If inhaled, it can cause respiratory difficulty, burning eyes and numbness around the Ups. Upon contact with skin, it creates a burning and tingling sensation. Symptoms can take up to 24 hours to appear, medical experts said.

The chemical evaporates quickly and is carried by the wind. Fearing a health hazard, police began evacuating homes within a mile area, including about 1,750 people in Orange City and 500 people In Deltona. Students and teachers at Deltona High School went home early..

Those with symptoms were mostly emergency personnel.

“Most of the people who come in did not have. symptoms,” said Dr. Charles Duva, an emergency room doctor at West Volusia Hospital. “We scrubbed them and washed them down.”

Another man was riding In a truck with his arm hanging out the window, Duva said. The man said he experienced burning on his forearm. He also was released.

Bo Poertner, a columnist for The Orlando Sentinel, spent most of the day at West Volusia Hospital. Poertner was driving behind the tanker and changing a cassette tape when he heard a “big bang.” He looked up and saw the rear trailer wheels bounce and spin in the air.

Poertner swerved to avoid the wreckage and drove through 6 inches of thick liquid that he described as wet cement. He pulled over and jumped out to see if the driver was hurt. The driver was fine but seemed worried.

“He had his hand on his chest like he was really nervous ‘ ” Poertner said. “I told him it was OK and not to worry.”

Poertner and two other motorists stopped and waited for rescue personnel. Others kept driving.

“There are probably many motorists who drove right through and didn’t realize it and some of them might not be being feeling well,” Deltona FIre Capt. Chris Nabicht said.

Carine, the golfer who drove through the chemical, estimates that as many as 150 cars got through before the highway closed. The chemical left a white film underneath his car that must be professionally decontaminated.

“It looked like dirty, mushy snow, 2 to 3 inches thick” he said. “The color … the feel of the road – it was identical to wet snow.”

Elaine Bennett Purvette Bryant, Lynne Bumpus-Hooper and Derek Catwn of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report.

Sidebar:

Car Washes

Volusla County authorities have set up four car washes today by appointment only for those wbose might have driven through the chemical spill.

Authorities stressed that motorists should not wash off the chemical film with water. The chemical will dissolve, evaporate and could cause respiratory problems to anyone nearby.

Beginning at 7 a.m., people may call the following numbers to make an appointment (904) 822-6422, 822-6423 and 822-6424.

The locations of washes: Walker Street facility In Holly Hill, Tomoka Farms Road landfill west of Daytona Beach, county facility on State Road 44 west of Deland and the county facility In Osteen on State Road415.

The Orlando Sentinel

September 9, 1994

Agency orders around-the-clock cleanup on I-4

OF THE SENTINEL STAFF

DELAND – As investigators try to determine the cause of a chemical spill on Interstate 4, a federal agency Thursday ordered cleanup efforts to continue around the clock.

“They [Environmental Protection Agency officials] feel it’s a significant health hazard as far as ground water,” said George Gilhooley, district maintenance engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation. “They feel it needs to be worked on continuously.”

A tanker truck spilled about 4,500 gallons of fluorosilicic acid on 1-4 on Tuesday, prompting officials to evacuate residents and close a two-mile stretch of the highway between Deltona and Orange City.

Officials of Florida Spill Response, a Cocoa-based company, say they expect to have the spill cleaned up by Saturday. The eastbound outside lane closed at 7 P.M. Thursday and will remain closed indefinitely, state DOT spokesman Steve Homan said.

James Henderson, a hazardous materials expert with the National Transportation Safety Board, said Thursday night that several factors might have contributed to or caused the accident:

Crininal charges might be filed if the equipment on the truck was not properly maintained, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Floyd Baker said Thursday.

James Parish, 68, of Bastrop, Texas, was driving the truck, owned by Peneco Inc. of Bellville, Texas. The license tag on the truck expired in March 1994, records state.

Michael Taylor, the on-scene coordinator for the EPA, said the agency wants the cleanup to continue nonstop until the contaminated soil has been removed.

Experts do not know whether the ground water has been contaminated. “At any site you go to, it’s always a danger,” Taylor said, “especially with bad weather.” It rained most of Thursday.

The Public Health Department has advised owners of private wells in the area to have their water tested for traces of the chemical before drinking it.

Robert Pierce, vice president of Florida Spill Response, said he has a geologist testing the area to determine whether acid has seeped into the water table or the aquifer.

Read More : fluoridealert.org

Fluoridated City Water And Fluorides from Other Sources May Be The Cause!

Check out this site for further information.

www.spotsonmyteeth.com

Meanwhile UK Judge Justice Holman forces Southampton residents to ingest fluoride in their water even though dentists and residents say it is forced medication, not necessary and dangerous.

The fluoride added to drinking water is industrial waste fluoride and most is imported from China.

Judge gives go-ahead to add fluoride to city’s tap water supply – despite overwhelming public opposition

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1356208/Judge-gives-ahead-add-fluor…

NEW YORK — “The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF).

The research team reports, “It is important to be aware of this serious problem and avoid the use of toothpaste and items that contain fluoride, particularly in children as they are more susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride.” (1)

“Fluoride can be toxic by ingesting one part per million (ppm), and the effects are not immediate, as they can take 20 years or more to become evident,” they write.

Most fluoridating U.S. public drinking water suppliers add fluoride chemicals to deliver 1 ppm fluoride (equal to about 1 milligram per quart) intending to benefit teeth and not to purify the water.
“Fluoridation clearly jeopardizes our children and must be stopped,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, NYSCOF. “We can actually see how fluoride has damaged children’s teeth with dental fluorosis; but we can’t see the harm it’s doing to their brains and other organs. No U.S. researcher is even looking,” says Beeber.

Valdez-Jimenez, et al. describe studies that show fluoride induces changes in the brain’s physical structure and biochemistry which affects the neurological and mental development of individuals including cognitive processes, such as learning and memory.

“Fluoride is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, which may cause biochemical and functional changes in the nervous system during pregnancy, since the fluoride accumulates in brain tissue before birth,” they write.*

Animal studies show fluoride’s toxic brain effects include classic brain abnormalities found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Valdez-Jimenez’s team reports.

A different research team (Tang et al.) reported in 2008 that “A qualitative review of the studies found a consistent and strong association between the exposure to fluoride and low IQ.” (Biological Trace Element Research) (2)

In 2006, the U.S. National Research Council’s (NRC) expert fluoride panel reviewed fluoride toxicology and concluded, “It’s apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain.” And, “Fluorides also increase the production of free radicals in the brain through several different biological pathways. These changes have a bearing on the possibility that fluorides act to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.” (3)

On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the “Top Ten Common Household Toxins” and described fluoride as both “neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed.” (4)

Phyllis Mullenix, Ph.D., was the first U.S. scientist to find evidence that fluoride damages the brain. She published her animal study in a respected peer-reviewed scientific journal in 1995 (5) and then was fired for doing so.(6)

Vyvyan Howard, M.D., Ph.D., a prominent fetal toxicologist and past-President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, said that current brain/fluoride research convinces him that we should stop water fluoridation.

Many communities have stopped or rejected fluoridation in the past several years – the most recent is Fairbanks, Alaska. This year, seven New York City Council Members co-sponsored legislation to stop fluoridation in NYC.

*Translated from Spanish using Google Translation
References: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/fluoridation-news-releases/rD7pCONMcLw/discussion

Contact: Paul Beeber, JD, 516-433-8882 nyscof@aol.com
http://www.FluorideAction.Net
http://www.fluoridation.webs.com

SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation

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http://www.activistpost.com/2011/06/new-study-fluoride-can-damage-brain.html#more

However, it will be at least a week before the fluoride drops back to naturally occurring levels, say city officials. Both the Bow and Elbow rivers naturally contain between .1 and .4 milligrams of fluoride per litre, depending on the time of year.

City council voted 10-3 in early February to stopping adding fluoride to the city’s water at an estimated savings of about $750,000 a year, some of which will go towards improving dental health for children living in poverty.

Alderman Druh Farrell, who brought forward the motion to drop fluoride, described Thursday as long awaited.

“It’s the culmination of many years of work and we’ve been through the discussion several times. Now we’ll look at what to do with the residual funds, the $750,000 we would spend annually.”

The city was also facing $6 million in upgrades to the Bearspaw and Glenmore water-treatment plants to continue with fluoridation.

The city needed authorization from Alberta Environment to stop putting fluoride in the water.

Two dentists, a doctor and Alberta Health Services urged Alberta Environment to reject the city’s application, saying fluoride use prevents tooth decay. But an Alberta Environment spokeswoman said in April the concerns of the four intervenors were not accepted.

Moncton city councillors will hold public hearings in June to review the policy of putting the cavity-fighting compound in their municipal water system.

Coun. Kathryn Barnes said this idea has generated a lot of debate in the city.

“You know, we have received many emails, calls, letters with regards to fluoridation in our water supply,” she said.

Those who like it say it’s done wonders for reducing the number of cavities in children. Those who oppose it say it’s dangerous and an invasion of private rights.

Barnes said she wants to hear from as many people in Moncton as possible.

“This is to give everyone an opportunity to put forward their concerns,” she said.

Coun. Pierre Boudreau has already decided fluoride is dangerous. “It’s a highly toxic waste by-product of the potash company and I’ll leave it at that for now,” he said.

City councillors in Calgary and Waterloo, Ont., have decided to remove fluoride from their municipal water supply.

But the Cape Breton Regional Municipality has decided to keep fluoride in the water.

Natural health physician and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola together with Dr. Bill Osmunson discuss the dangers of fluoride and the importance of using fluoride-free dental products.

Seats are limited and will be given out on a first come basis so please arrive early

Paul has researched the literature on fluoride’s toxicity and the fluoridation debate; interviewed many leading researchers and critics of fluoridation on video; given many presentations in several countries (to both community groups and public bodies, including the National Research Council and the US EPA); challenged leading proponents to debate the issue publicly (they nearly always decline).

In October 2000, he was invited by the Irish government to present his views on fluoridation before the Fluoridation Forum, a panel established by the Irish Ministry of Health. At his testimony he challenged the forum to respond in writing to his “50 Reasons for Opposing Fluoridation” (http://www.fluoridealert.org/50reasons.htm). After initially setting up a sub-committee to do this, the Forum has failed to issue a response after four years, despite editorials in the Irish Medical News and questions in the Irish Parliament (the Dail).