"Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, probably because of their capacity

to modify the metabolism of cells by changing the permeability of the cell

membrane and by inhibiting certain enzyme systems. The exact mechanism of
such actions is obscure." - Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept 18,
1943. (before the propaganda steamroller really got going in 1947)

"The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme
systems." - Hugo Theorell, M.D., Nobel Prize winner for his research in the field
of enzyme chemistry.

"We ought to go slowly. Everybody knows that fluorine and fluorides are very
poisonous substances and we use them in enzyme chemistry to poison
enzymes, those vital agents in the body. That is the reason things are poisoned;
because enzymes are poisoned, and that is why animals and plants die." -
James B. Sumner, Director of Enzyme Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry
and Nutrition, Cornell University, and a Nobel Prize winner for his work in the
field of enzyme chemistry.

"The data indicated that drinking water with as little as 1 PPM shortened the life
span of mice an average of nine per cent. This was true whether death was due
to cancer or non-cancerous diseases. The only notice proponents of fluoridation
gave to this work was to discredit it as much as possible. ... In experiments
where the drug was added directly to suspensions of cancer tissue before
inoculation into eggs or mice, sodium fluoride stimulated the growth of cancer
tissue in concentrations of one part in more than 20 million. Scientists at
Cambridge University (British Medical Journal, Oct 26, 1963) discovered that
concentrations of sodium fluoride as low as one part in ten million inhibited the
growth of a culture of human tissue. ... the growing weight of scientific evidence
that water-borne fluorides, even at 1 PPM, have toxic possibilities must finally be
recognized." - Alfred Taylor, Ph.D., Clayton Foundation, Biochemical Institute,
University of Texas, Austin Texas, 1965.

"In 1969 the country of Sweden intended to fluoridate their water supply due to
the strong advice of Professor Yngve Ericsson, a Swedish dentist who was also
the senior representative on the World Health Organization's Expert Committee
on Fluoridation. However, it was then found that Professor Ericsson
coincidentally was the holder of two highly-profitable patents on fluoride
toothpaste!" - Alfred Taylor, June 13, 1970 the Gothenburg Post (Sweden);
August 5, 1970 the News Register (Sweden); and May 1, 1970 Norsk
Folkehelselag (Norway).

"In 1978, the West German Association of Water and Gas Experts rejected
fluoridation for legal reasons, and because ‘the so-called optimal fluoride
concentration of 1mg/liter is close to the dose at which long-term damage to the
human body is to be expected.’" - Chemical and Engineering News, August 1,
1988.
The world's largest study on dental caries, which looked at 400,000 students,
revealed that decay increased 27 percent with a 1ppm fluoride increase in
drinking water.

In Japan, fluoridation caused decay increases of 7 percent in 22,000 students,

while in the US a decay increase of 43 percent occurred in 29,000 students when
1ppm fluoride was added to drinking water.

Currently up to 80 percent of US children suffer from some degree of dental

fluorosis, while in Canada the figure is up to 71 percent.

Before the push for fluoridation began, the dental profession recognized that
fluorides were not beneficial but detrimental to dental health. In 1944, the Journal
of the American Dental Association reported: “With 1.6 to 4 ppm fluoride in the
water, 50 percent or more people past age 24 have false teeth because of
fluoride damage to their own teeth." - Fluoride—What's Wrong With This Picture?
By Andreas Schuld - head of Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children (PFPC).

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between caries and dental
fluorosis in Ethiopian children living in Rift Valley areas known for endemic fluorosis.
METHOD: A total of 306 children (12-15 years old), selected from areas with moderate
(0.3-2.2 mg/l), or high (10-14 mg/l) fluoride concentration in the drinking water were
interviewed and examined for caries and dental fluorosis. Scorings were recorded
according to the DMF system, and the Thylstrup-Fejerskov (TF) Index. RESULTS:
Prevalence of dental fluorosis (TF-score > or = 1) was 91.8% (moderate area) and 100%
(high-fluoride area). The corresponding caries prevalence and mean DMFT in the areas
were 45.3% versus 61.6%, and 1.2 versus 1.8, respectively. Age and severity of dental
fluorosis were found to be independent predictors for DMFT > or = 1. When compared
with 12-year olds with TF-scores 0-4, odds ratios were 3.0 (95% CI 1.6-5.7) and 2.0
(95% CI 1.2-3.2) if TF-scores were > or = 5 and age 13-15 years, respectively. A positive
relationship between caries and fluorosis was observed across tooth types in both areas.
The percentage of children with DMFT > or = 1 was highest in groups with TF-score > or
= 5 in the second molar, followed by the first molar. CONCLUSION: The present
findings indicate that the second molar is the tooth most severely affected by dental
fluorosis and dental caries. Dental caries increased with increasing severity of dental
fluorosis, both in moderate- and high-fluoride areas. Thus, a positive relationship
between dental caries and dental fluorosis was observed across various tooth types, in
both areas. Copyright Blackwell Munksgaard, 2004 - Community Dent Oral Epidemiol.
2004 Oct;32(5):337-44

In 1993, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services stated in its Toxicological Profile
on fluoride, "Existing data indicates that subsets of the population may be unusually
susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride and its compounds. These populations include
the elderly, people with deficiencies of calcium, magnesium and/or vitamin C and people
with cardiovascular and kidney problems."

Below is a summary and analysis of a table from the U.S. Dept. of health and Human
Services report, Review of Fluoride Benefits and Risks (1991) that demonstrates
exposure levels to fluoride from food, beverages, and dental products, This table does not
include all sources of fluoride exposure, such as fluoride-based medications, work place
exposure, or air emissions. The more one uses products containing fluoride, the level of
exposure to one's body increases. Please note the multiplier effect that use of fluoridated
water has on fluoride intake:

Fluoride concentration Fluoride Intake % over 1 mg

in drinking water optimal dose
Unfluoridated communities 0.88 - 2.2 as much
< 0.3 mg/L mg/day as 120%
Fluoridated communities 1.58 - 6.60 as much
0.7-1.2 mg/L mg/day as 560%
Fluoridated communities 2.10 -> 7.05 could be
> 2.0 mg/L mg/day > 605%

In December 1996, The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) issued a press

release warning parents to limit their children's intake of fruit juice, due to over-
exposure to fluoride. The study was conducted by the University of Iowa and was
reported in JADA (July 1996). The study found that 62% of the ready-to drink
juices contain 0.6 - 1.0 ppm of fluoride, which is above the AGD recommended
limit of 0.6 ppm. The Iowa study states that due to "the widespread use of
fluoridated water, fluoride dentifrice and dietary fluoride supplements and other
forms of fluoride ...(there is) an increased prevalence of dental fluorosis , ranging
from about 15 to 65 percent in fluoridated areas and 5 to 40 percent in non-
fluoridated areas in North America.”

” Fluorine is the most reactive and dangerous of all the halogen family of
elements..." Albert W. Laubengayer, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Cornell
University.
"In point of fact, fluorine causes more human cancer death, and causes it faster,
than any other chemical." Dean Burk, Chief Chemist Emeritus at the U.S.
National Cancer Institute.

"Drinking water containing as little as 1.2 ppm fluoride will cause developmental
disturbances. In light of our present knowledge of the subject, the potentialities
for harm outweigh those for good." Journal of the American Dental Association
October 1, 1944.

When fluoride reaches the cells which make the enamel, it destroys them. The
enamel laid down is irregular, mottled, porous and thin. As the poisoning
worsens, the enamel may even be absent. J.A. Albright, "The Effect of Fluoride
on the Mechanical Properties of Bone," Transactions of the Annual Meeting of
the Orthopedics Research Society, pp. 3,98, 1978.

Fluoride has a strong affinity for magnesium, calcium, and manganese and
inactivates cellular function by making these minerals unavailable. "...evidence
for the absence of a systemic anticaries effect of fluoride is now recognized by
leading dental researchers." J. Dental Research 69, Special Issue, 1990.

"Any tooth decay reducing effect attributable to fluoride occurs by topical

mechanisms involving action on tooth surfaces and on oral bacteria that promote
dental caries. ... there is negligible anticaries benefit from ingested fluoride that
does not have actual contact with the surfaces of the teeth." Fluoride in Dentistry,
2nd Edition, Edited by O.Fejerskov, J. Ekstrand, and B.A. Burt. Munksgaard,
Copenhagen, 1996.

A New Zealand study which reviewed statistics of 60,000 school children

revealed that fluoridation has no significant effect on the decay of permanent
teeth. Colquhoun, J . Community Dentistry and Epidemiology 13:37-41, 1985.

The largest United States study on fluoridation and tooth decay conducted by the
U. S. Public Health Service reviewed dental records of over 39,000 school
children. This study showed that the decay rate of permanent teeth was virtually
the same for fluoridated and nonfluoridated areas. Marcus, W. Chemical and
Engineering News, 1990.

1992 study in Tucson, Arizona of 26,000 elementary school children found that
the more fluoride a child consumes, the more cavities appear in the teeth. Study
conducted by University of Arizona headed by professor emeritus Cornelius
Steelink.

It is more cost effective to allow the individual to choose and pay for whatever
medication they wish to have. No one has the right to force this on everyone!
Even if a portion of the children in one's community cannot afford its cost it still
would be cheaper for municipalities to pay for these prescriptions than the total
cost of fluoridating the water. Ironically the very children who are claimed to be
the greatest "beneficiaries" of fluoridation, the under-nourished, the economically
deprived are much more susceptible to fluoride poisoning than those with
adequate diets. (A.L. Russel, "Dental Fluorosis in Grand Rapids During the
Seventeenth Year of Fluoridation". Journal American Dental Association
November 1962, pp.608-612.)

Studies of young males and fluoridated water have produced some interesting
results. A February 1991 U.S. Public Health Service study linked fluoridated
water to bone cancer in young males in Seattle, Washington and Iowa. A New
Jersey Department of Health Study in November 1992 found bone cancer rates
among young males to be six times higher in fluoridated than in non-fluoridated
communities.

Judicial Findings:

In November, 1978, Judge John Flaherty, now Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, issued findings in the case, Aitkenhead v. Borough
of West View, tried before him in the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas. "In my
view, the evidence is quite convincing that the addition of sodium
fluoride to the public water supply at one part per million is extremely
deleterious to the human body, and, a review of the evidence will disclose
that there was no convincing evidence to the contrary...

"Prior to hearing this case, I gave the matter of fluoridation little, if

any, thought, but I received quite an education, and noted that the
proponents of fluoridation do nothing more than try to impune (sic) the
objectivity of those who oppose fluoridation."

Judge Anthony Farris in Texas found: "[That] the artificial fluoridation

of public water supplies, such as contemplated by {Houston} City ordinance
No. 80-2530 may cause or contribute to the cause of cancer, genetic
damage, intolerant reactions, and chronic toxicity, including dental
mottling, in man; that the said artificial fluoridation may aggravate
malnutrition and existing illness in man; and that the value of said
artificial fluoridation is in some doubt as to reduction of tooth decay in
man."
In the Illinois decision, Judge Ronald Niemann concludes: "This record is
barren of any credible and reputable scientific epidemiological studies and
or analysis of statistical data which would support the Illinois
Legislatures determination that fluoridation of the water supplies is both
a safe and effective means of promoting public health."