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Organic Consumers Association Recommends Voting NO on Water Fluoridation
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group based in Finland, Minnesota. It was formed in 1998 in the wake of the mass backlash by organic consumers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s controversial proposed regulations for organic food. The OCA is an online non-profit public interest organization that [...]
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Dr. William Hirzy, former VP of EPA’s HQ Union, Recommends Portland Flush Fluoridation Proposal
Dr. William Hirzy, a former risk assessment scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, explains why EPA Headquarters Union of Scientists and Professionals oppose fluoridation. This letter, written in March 2013, was sent to Clean Water Portland — a group that led a resoundingly successful effort to prevent the fluoridation of Portland, Oregon’s water supply. In 1997 [...]
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NAS Fluoride Panelists: Science Is Not on the Side of Fluoridation
The successful campaign against fluoridation in Portland, Oregon, was based on a growing body of science indicating that fluoride, even at relatively low dosages, can cause serious harm, including thyroid disease, neurological disorders, and bone damage. In response to claims by fluoridation proponents that no valid science supports these concerns, two of the scientists (Dr. Hardy [...]
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Ralph Nader: Vote “No” on Fluoridation
Ralph Nader is to consumer rights what Albert Einstein was to physics. Many of the consumer protections, including seat belts, that Americans now take for granted, were the result of Nader’s tireless work fighting for the rights of those with little voice in Washington. Nader has long opposed mandatory fluoridation, and in this statement from March [...]
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Food & Water Watch: Vote NO on Fluoridation
Food & Water Watch is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization and consumer rights group which focuses on corporate and government accountability relating to food, water, and fishing. Food and Water Watch employs a four pronged effort focusing on public and policymaker education, lobbying, media, and Internet activism. Food & Water Watch became independent from its [...]
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Dr. Theo Colburn Calls on Portland to Reject Fluoridation
Theo Colborn, co-author of the book “Our Stolen Future,” is an environmental health analyst, and best known for her studies on the health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Colburn wrote the following statement in March 2013. During my freshman year (1944) attending pharmacy school I was taught that fluorine was the most reactive of all [...]
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John Stauber Calls on Portland to Reject Fluoridation
John Stauber is an American writer and political activist who has co-authored five books about propaganda by governments, private interests and the PR industry. They include one book about how industry manipulates science (Trust Us, We’re Experts). Stauber wrote the following statement in March 2013. I’ve read much of the science behind water fluoridation. I [...]
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Photographs from Clean Water Portland
Clean Water Portland’s successful campaign to keep fluoridation chemicals out of Portland’s water was as creative as it was positive. Mark Colman, a Portland-based photographer, played a key role in this effort. The following are some of the many photographs Mark took for the campaign. More of Mark’s photos are available on Clean Water Portland’s [...]
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The Universal Consensus on Sulfuryl Fluoride = Keep It Away From Food
Of the few western nations that allow food facilities to be fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride (trade name = “ProFume”), only the U.S. and Australia allow the fumigation to occur while food is still on the premises. Although the EPA has recently proposed phasing out all food-based uses of sulfuryl fluoride, Dow AgroSciences (the manufacturer of ProFume), is lobbying [...]
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DRAFT New Studies
In March 2006, the National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC) released a landmark report on the toxicology of fluoride titled Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards. The Table below are studies published after the NRC report. Year Category Study/Journal Type of Study 2013 Apoptosis Yang SY, Zhang L, Miao [...]