Dr. Mercola Interviews the Experts
This article is part of a weekly series in which Dr. Mercola interrogations various experts on a variety of health matters. To look more expert interviews, click here.
As every year during our annual Fluoride Awareness Week, Fluoride Action Network( FAN) founder Dr. Paul Connett is here to provide us with a progress update. FAN has been instrumental in terms of reducing fluoride revelation in North America and in many countries throughout the world over the past 20 years.
As in previous years, we query that you consider donating to this worthy organization that is spearheading the daunting task of eliminating water fluoridation around the world. As usual, Mercola.com will pair your gift, dollar for dollar, up to $ 25,000 during Fluoride Awareness Week.
Fluoride Lowers Children’s IQ
From the very beginning
“Two Chinese studies were published in 1995 and 1996
Ten years later
In 2012
“The bombshell came in 2017. Up to that point
US-Funded Study Confirms Decades’ Long Suspicions
The bombshell study3
It followed pregnant women and their babies for 12 years. They measured the fluoride in their urine
It’s important to realize that it’s not the concentration of fluoride in the water (measured in mg per liter) that is significant for health. What matters is the dose you get in milligrams per day
“The NIH is a parent of the Public Health Service
But lo and behold
It turns out the placenta does not protect the fetus from fluoride
The first response of the American Dental Association was that the findings didn’t apply to the United StatesCanadian Researchers Confirm ‘Bombshell’ Results
In 2019
“Now
They knew this was controversial. Hats off for them to take it on. They knew it was going to be consequential
They had two of their editors
They also ran an editorial from David Bellinger
But the other side was organized and they quickly got some ‘experts’ — none of them actually experts on fluoride or toxicology or neurotoxicity — who said all the right things to dampen people’s concern about this study.”
Two Other Important Studies
“There are four studies that people need to know aboutThe Riddell study The Till study
FAN Lawsuit Against EPA on Fluoride Underway
November 22
As explained by Connett
The petition was made on the grounds that a large body of research demonstrates fluoride is neurotoxic at doses within the range now seen in fluoridated communities
The EPA denied the petition8 February 27
This interview was taped June 2
“But we have
“I am very optimistic. [The EPA] doesn’t have the science. We do. And not only do we have the science
Second
I think we can demonstrate those three things. And I’m happy to tell you that my son
You can now view the transcript of Michael Connett’s brilliant summary statement
The End of Water Fluoridation Is Inevitable
If victorious
“They dragged their feet for over 18 years on the reassessment of dioxin
But
And I think the citizens will be able to use this as ammunition to say to their health departments
By the same token
That you don’t read the science
One more thing … Possibly the most important agency for reviewing the toxicology of toxic substances is the National Toxicology Program (NTP). Back in 2016
After three and a half years they came back
Not that it’s definite; but you would have to presume
Ending Water Fluoridation Still Met With Strong Resistance
While FAN has successfully ended water fluoridation in many areas
In Ireland
All of these agencies have promoted water fluoridation and are not good judges of whether there are problems or not. Hopefully
“We’ve been able to bring this to court under the Toxic Substances and Control Act
We … along with Food & Water Watch are the first groups to ever do this. So
Another Fluoride-Related Issue To Be Tackled
In our interview
When heated during the recycling process
As it happens
“What this has done is fortuitous. It has brought together nearly all the strands of our activism. I’ve had 35 years fighting incineration and dioxins [and] 24 years fighting fluoridation. Now we’re meeting hydrogen fluoride and fluorinated by-products in spades. At the very least the problem will be: What do you do with the sodium fluoride that’s left over in the effluent
I hope someone doesn’t suggest putting it in the drinking water. Because also in that waste water you’ll have a PFAS
Avoid Fluoride to Optimize Your Health
Eliminating water fluoridation will go a long way toward protecting the health of all people
Aside from making sure you do not drink fluoridated water
“Mix it up
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Again
In closing
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