Please find below a press release from Perth Fluoride Free – For immediate release

Summary:

The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011). Despite this over 95% of WA’s water is fluoridated, and the communities of Carnarvon, Yanchep and Two Rocks are currently being threatened with the unethical practice.

“The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports Perth Fluoride Free.

The research team reports, “It is important to be aware of this serious problem and avoid the use of toothpaste and items that contain fluoride, particularly in children as they are more susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride.” (1)

“Fluoride can be toxic by ingesting one part per million (ppm), and the effects are not immediate, as they can take 20 years or more to become evident,” they write.

Most of Western Australia’s drinking water has fluoride chemicals added to deliver around 1 ppm fluoride intending to benefit teeth, not to purify the water.

“Fluoridation clearly jeopardizes our children and must be stopped,” says James Fairbairn, founder of Perth Fluoride Free. “We can actually see how fluoride has damaged children’s teeth with dental fluorosis; but we can’t see the harm it’s doing to their brains and other organs. No Australian researcher is even looking,” says Fairbairn.

Valdez-Jimenez, et al. describe studies that show fluoride induces changes in the brain’s physical structure and biochemistry which affects the neurological and mental development of individuals including cognitive processes, such as learning and memory.

“Fluoride is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, which may cause biochemical and functional changes in the nervous system during pregnancy, since the fluoride accumulates in brain tissue before birth,” they write.*

Animal studies show fluoride’s toxic brain effects include classic brain abnormalities found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Valdez-Jimenez’s team reports.

A different research team (Tang et al.) reported in 2008 that “A qualitative review of the studies found a consistent and strong association between the exposure to fluoride and low IQ.” (Biological Trace Element Research) (2)

In 2006, the U.S. National Research Council’s (NRC) expert fluoride panel reviewed fluoride toxicology and concluded, “It’s apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain.” And, “Fluorides also increase the production of free radicals in the brain through several different biological pathways. These changes have a bearing on the possibility that fluorides act to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.” (3)

On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the “Top Ten Common Household Toxins” and described fluoride as both “neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed.” (4)

Most countries do not fluoridate their water, with the USA, Canada, Ireland and Australia being amongst the most heavily fluoridated. Even in these countries however many communities have stopped or rejected fluoridation in the past several years – the most recently Calgary in Canada and Fairbanks in Alaska.

Despite this The Fluoridation Of Public Water Committee of WA is currently considering fluoridating the drinking water of Carnarvon, Yanchep and Two Rocks, which are amongst the few fluoride free communities remaining in the state. In early May this year Perth Fluoride Free delivered a submission containing over 35 peer reviewed papers to the Committee. They have yet to have a reply.

* Translated from Spanish using Google Translation*

References:

1) Neurologia 2011 Jun;26(5):297-300. Epub 2011 Jan 20.Effects of the fluoride on the central nervous system, by Valdez-Jiménez L, Soria Fregozo C, Miranda Beltrán ML, Gutiérrez Coronado O, Pérez Vega MI. http://apps.elsevier.es/watermark/ctl_servlet?_f=10&pident_articulo=90020345&pident_usuario=0&pcontactid=&pident_revista=295&ty=131&accion=L&origen=elsevier&web=www.elsevier.es&lan=es&fichero=295v26n05a90020345pdf001.pdf

2) Biological Trace Elements Research “Fluoride and Children’s Intelligence: A Meta-analysis,” by Qin-qing Tang & Jun Du & Heng-hui Ma & Shao-jun Jiang & Xiao-jun Zhou http://www.ci.fairbanks.ak.us/documents/boardscommissions/fluoridetaskforce/referencematerials/reviews/20080718Fluoride%20and%20Children%27s%20Intelligence%20China.pdf

3) The National Academies of Science, Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards,” March 2006 http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11571.html?onpi_newsdoc03222006

4) Time Magazine, “Top Ten Household Toxins,” Fluoride, by Alice Park http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1976909_1976895_1976898,00.html

CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

James Fairbairn, Founder – Perth Fluoride Free

0423 026548 (m)
08 6401 3122 (h)
08 9323 8888 (w)

james.fairbairn@beilby.com.au

http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Fluoride-Free/

ABOUT Perth Fluoride Free – With an ever growing canon of scientific research exposing the negative health effects of fluoride, Perth Fluoride Free is campaigning to end the unethical and arbitrary mass medication of Perth’s population through its water supply.

James Fairbairn Biography

·         Professional – Partner in WA’s largest Executive Recruitment company, Beilby
·         Extra-Curricular – Founder of Perth Fluoride Free; Vice President of Humanist Society of WA; Sub-Committee member at the Western Australian Club; Editor of Open Your Eyes News
·         Political – Parliamentary candidate in the 2005 UK General Election