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Analysis of Inaccuracies in Community Water Fluoridation PowerPoint
Community Water Fluoridation Power Point
Presented to the Health and Social Services and Works Committee
Presented by Dr. Patricia Abbey, John Presta, and Hong Ge
Analysis by Free Durham from Fluoride
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PDF of Power point:
http://www.durham.ca/departments/health/den
tal/fluoridationPresentation.pdf
Minutes of Presentation- Page 148:
http://www.durham.ca/extcontent.asp?nr=div&a
xion=minagend&listma=minutes&setFooter=/incl
udes/councilFooter.inc
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Corrections: The fluoride that is
added into the water supply is an
industrial byproduct called
hydrofluorosilicic acid. Even
naturally occurring fluoride causes
health problems in communities
with excess amounts in their water.Fluoride is not a nutrient; we do not
suffer from a lack of fluoride in our
bodies. If fluoride is to help resist
tooth decay, then why are we
swallowing it? Many dentists now
currently admit that fluoride only
works when topical and not
systemic.
Corrections: It is very important to
research the history of how
fluoridation came to be, who
proposed water fluoridation, and
where this chemical comes from.
The history includes the phosphate
and aluminum industries and how
they took steps to rid themselves of
the pollution and waste they were
creating.
Christopher Bryson, award-winning
journalist wrote a book called The
Fluoride Deception which outlines
the full history of water fluoridation.
Here he is in an interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Corrections: These are just
endorsers/supports not facts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y8uwtxrHohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y8uwtxrHohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y8uwtxrHohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y8uwtxrHo -
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Corrections: The low amount of
inquires indicates that this issue has
not been fully brought to the
attention of the Durham
committees and that not very much
pressure has been put on Durham
Region about ending water
fluoridation. Thank you to those
individuals who have sent those
emails.
Corrections: Health and Social
Services and Works Committee hada joint meeting where this power
point was shown. Two residents
attended and provided their own
presentation. These individuals
were Misty Oulton and Todd Baron
who explained the dangers of
fluoride and asked the committee
to stop fluoridating Durham Region.
This meeting was November 10-
2011 and the minutes can be found
on this page:
http://www.durham.ca/extcontent.
asp?nr=div&axion=minagend&listm
a=minutes&setFooter=/includes/co
uncilFooter.inc
Corrections: Once again these are
just endorsers/supports not facts.
The only opposition they have listed
is the Fluoride Action Network (in
the previous slide). Having
opposition itself and questions
regarding the safety of fluorideitself is reason enough to not put it
in the water.
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Corrections: These graphs were
taken from the Systematic review of
water fluoridation from the British
Medical Journal (BMJ). You can see
the source located at the bottom of
the page. Why have they used this
synopsis, which is a review of areview of studies? On the website
they have used, it is said that are
many problems associated with the
review such as:
Many studies did not present an
analysis at all, while others did not
attempt to control for potentially
confounding factors. Age, sex,
social class, ethnicity, country, tooth
type (primary or permanent), meandaily regional temperature, use of
fluoride, total fluoride consumption,
method of measurement (clinical
exam or radiographs, or both), and
training of examiners are all
possible confounding factors in the
assessment of development of
dental caries.
What this study adds
A systematic review of waterfluoridation reveals that the quality
of the evidence is low.
http://www.bmj.com/content/321/726
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Even though this imprecise
systematic review shows the
decline in dental caries in
fluoridated cities, it also reveals
that dental fluorosis is highlyassociated with the concentration
of fluoride in the water. Dental
fluorosis is the symptom of a body
being over exposed to fluoride.
Therefore, this study review does
not show without a doubt
benefits of fluoride, but instead
that fluoride should continue to be
questioned and tested.
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Corrections: Is this really currently
economical? Recently Durham has
reported that they are going to
increase the water and sanitary
sewer rates by a combined 8.4 per
cent in 2013. These increased rates
along with others that may rise too,
will accumulate over time, so
should not the $200,000 spent on
fluoride be put towards the
expenses the region needs?
Corrections: It is not very equitable
for the low income families who do
not want the fluoride in their water
and cannot afford water filters. This
is instead, unethical since all
demographics of Durham Region
receive fluoride whether they areaware of fluoride or not and do not
consent to its addition. Lastly, it is
unethical since everyone regardless
of their weight, age, or health,
receive different dosages of fluoride
depending on how much they drink.
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Corrections: We receive the
hydrofluosilicic acid from the
chemical distributor company
Brenntag Canada Inc.
The Material Safety Data Sheetfrom this company outlines the
following:
Toxic and corrosive
Product Use: Glass manufacturing,
chemical intermediate, laboratory
reagent
Fluoride is a bone seeker, and
excessive amounts will produceweakening and degeneration of the
bone structure
This document also reports other
health effects from fluoride,
including fluorosis and how excess
amounts weaken tooth enamel in
children.
You can find this document on the
Anti-Fluoride Durham facebook
page who obtained this document
through a request of information
email.
http://www.facebook.com/AntiFluo
rideDurham
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Corrections: Here is the 2011
Annual Water Quality Reports
Archives:
http://www.durham.ca/works.asp?
nr=/departments/works/reports/an
nualwaterreports2011.htm&setFoo
ter=/includes/worksFooter.inc
Corrections: The systematic review
they included is flawed in many
ways such as how they excluded
animal and toxicological studies in
their review. Many of the studies in
the York Review have been
criticized and many leave out major
studies illustrating the negative
effects of fluoride.
See Professor Trevor A. Sheldon
statement, Chair of the Reviews
Advisory Group. He wrote the
following in order to correct the
errors being carried on about thisreview:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/conte
nt/sheldon-york-review/
http://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.fluoridealert.org/content/sheldon-york-review/http://www.fluoridealert.org/content/sheldon-york-review/http://www.fluoridealert.org/content/sheldon-york-review/http://www.fluoridealert.org/content/sheldon-york-review/http://www.fluoridealert.org/content/sheldon-york-review/http://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inchttp://www.durham.ca/works.asp?nr=/departments/works/reports/annualwaterreports2011.htm&setFooter=/includes/worksFooter.inc -
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Corrections: It is known that
fluoride accumulates in the bones
and in the brain. Fluoride can
contribute to cause every illness
highlighted in the points on this
slide.
Health effects can be found on the
Fluoride Action Network:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues
/health/
Corrections: If a question was asked
to residents as to if they know what
fluoride is, it will show the
awareness levels that are out there.
When people answered with not
sure, is it because they were
undecided as to support it or not, or
that they do not know what fluoride
is? These questions need to be
answered.
Report:
http://www.durham.ca/departmen
ts/health/health_statistics/rrfss/Wa
terFluoridation.pdf
This is the last slide.
Why is a reference page
not included? If a power
point is available on the
Durham website, a page
citing the resources should
be required for the public.
http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/http://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.durham.ca/departments/health/health_statistics/rrfss/WaterFluoridation.pdfhttp://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/
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