NEW: 23 published studies reporting an association of reduced IQ with high fluoride exposure . The water fluoride levels in these studies range from 0.88 - 9.4 ppm .
November 18: • Fluoride a health risk, doctors' group says End water fluoridation, professor says Test Valley Borough Council (UK) votes 26 to 10 against fluoridation
November 4: 53 COMMUNITIES VOTE AGAINST FLUORIDATION! See statistics on the fluoridation referendums
November 20, 2008: 1,949 Professionals
Call for an End to Water Fluoridation
U.S. signers A-M and N-Z • International signers The signers include: • 284 PhD's (includes DSc, Doctor of Science)• 246 DC's (Doctor of Chiropractic) •
236 Dentists (DDS, DMD, BDS) LAc - Licensed Acupuncturist, and, MAc -Master Acupuncturist)
See Professionals' Statement: PDF Version | HTML Version
If you are a professional, add
your name to the Statement.
Media Coverage on the release of the Professionals' Statement calling for an end to fluroidation and for Congressional hearings: ABC
News (Washington DC) The
Politico | KHOU-TV
(Houston) | Calgary
Herald | Vancouver
Sun | CNS
News | Organic
Consumers Association | Fluoride Journal Editorial
• Nov 2, 2008: Southampton, England: Fluoride – is it a crooked ballot?
• Sept 2008: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment opposes fluoridation
• Oct 1, 2008: Are we poisoning our babies and children with fluoride?
PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES: FAN's most recent videos!
Brent Foster, Oregon Sierra Club (see also: Higher Quality Version)
, President, International Society of Doctors for the Environment (See also: Higher-Quality Version ) • July 11, 2008: CDC's latest list of populations-by-state with fluoridated drinking water .
• June 9, 2008: American Water Works Assoc. warned not to remove or destroy evidence for water fluoridation injury legal actions
• June 3, 2008: Kidney Foundation admits: kidney patients should be notified of potential risk from fluoride and fluoridated drinking water
• Feb 20, 2008: Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Agents Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders . Fluoride is identified as a chemical of "significant concern." The Statement is in pdf format and takes about a minute to download. It was released February 20, 2008 - see press release .
• Fluoride: Top 10 Scientific Developments of 2007
