Submission to:
National Research Council Committee:
Toxicologic Risk of Fluoride in Drinking Water; BEST-K-02-05-A

Dear Susan,

Please email this submission to the Committee members. I believe that they should be apprised of the following documents posted at the website of The Environmental Working Group, as it has some relevance to the submission Dr. Chester Douglass gave to the Committee in January 2004.

1) June 27, 2005: EWG Ethics Complaint to NIEHS re: Dr. Chester Douglass
http://www.ewg.org/issues_content/fluoride/
20050627/pdf/ltr_strother_20050627.pdf

2) June 23, 2005 - EWG letter to Chester Douglass
http://www.ewg.org/issues_content/fluoride/
20050627/pdf/douglass_letter.pdf

3) Undated (EWG estimates it was about 2003) - Dr. Douglass’ Final Grant Report to NIEHS
http://www.ewg.org/issues_content/fluoride/
20050627/pdf/NIEHS_final_report.pdf

4) June 6, 2005 - EWG Petition to National Toxicology Program
http://www.ewg.org/issues_content/fluoride/
20050606/pdf/petition.pdf

To ensure that these documents are formally entered into the Committee records, would you be good enough to send each member a hard copy of each file?

Finally, it is our understanding that Dr. Douglass has been in communication with Dr. Judith Klotz, a member of the NRC panel. We request that any communications or documents between Dr. Douglass and Dr. Klotz be shared with the rest of the panel and be made available to the Fluoride Action Network and the public. This is especially important in light of the investigation being launched by Harvard University into this matter. (Boston Herald, June 29, 2005. Harvard launches probe in dental research flap. Original article: http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=92027 )

(If above link not accessible, see article at)
http://www.fluoridealert.org/news/2300.html

Sincerely,

Paul Connett, PhD
Fluoride Action Network
82 Judson Street
Canton NY 13671
Tel: 315-379-9200