Hello again.

Well we have just finished distribution on the second issue of Water 411. The focus of this issue is fluoridation of tap water. Many of the resources that we read about this topic were very enlightening.

The fight to stop the practice of fluoridating Canada’s water supplies began nearly as soon as the practice was adopted. In 1959, the CBC broadcast Gordon Sinclair’s rebuttal to arguments made by the “expert” proponents of this practice. His argument rings as true today as it did nearly 50 years ago. If fluoride is a known poison, even if it does possess some ability to inhibit dental decay in some children’s teeth, why is it added to every drop of water that is pumped through many municipal water systems? As citizens of a society predicated on the Rights of the Individual, why are we forced to ingest a medication/poison with every sip of water that we consume?

Gordon Sinclair’s Rant (1959)

Furthermore, dental experts have now long been aware of widespread incidence of dental fluorosis, a condition caused by overexposure to fluoride, that is destroying the teeth of children across the country, the very individuals for whom the practice was purportedly enacted.

Looking Back at 40 Years of Fluoride (Marketplace: Nov. 24, 1992)

The fight against fluoride in Canada is gaining momentum. Several municipalities have abandoned the practice altogether. For more information about this harmful additive, its history and information explaining what you can do about it, please see the following links:

Dr. Hardy Limeback
The Fluoride Deception
Fluoride Action Network
Health Canada
Fluoride History
Canadian Dental Association Advises AGAINST Fluoride Supplements in Young Children
Biting Back against Fluoride (Maclean’s Magazine)
Why I’m suing Canada over public water fluoridation.
Professor at Harvard Is Being Investigated
Fluoride-Cancer Link May Have Been Hidden (Washington Post)
Compulsory Fluoridation: An Industrial Tale
The Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: An Environmental Overview
How Do I Avoid Fluoride from my Tap Water?

And please, if you have any comments to share or any ideas for topics in Water 411, please login to this blog and start a dialogue. We welcome your input!

Sincerely,
Elena Valentino
Editor Water 411

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