fluoride & lead study
Subject: Re: fluoride & lead study Date: 2001-03-17 08:14:06 PST Do Masters and Coplan's study purport that silicofluorides are contaminated with lead? Well silicofluorides are contaminated with lead. However, Masters and Coplan are clear to explain that the silicofluorides enhance lead absorption in the presence of a known lead heath risk, e.g. old housing. Or do they think it acts as a lead magnet? I can't speak for all municipal water supplies, but New York's is tested regularly for lead and other contaminants. New York City has one of the worst lead problems in the nation when you measure children's blood lead levels. The lead doesn't necessarily have to come from the water supply. Of course, the major source of lead in drinking water is at the user end ie. lead soldering in plumbing. Anyone concerned about lead levels should get their water tested. "ZeroWasteAmerica(Bell)" wrote: http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/Fluoride.htm A News Release issued by Dartmouth College covers Masters and Coplan's latest research in Neurotoxicology (Dec/2000) showing that children in New York State who live in fluoridated communities have higher blood lead levels (excluding New York City which wasn't included in the research) than children living in non-fluoridated communities using NYS Dept of Health data. This corroborates previous published research by Masters and Coplan. Silicofluorides are NYS's fluoridating chemical. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/mar01/flouride.html REPLY: Yeah there is fertilizer run off draining from the large potato field at Columbus Circle. Washington Square has been plowed under and all of the asparagus is rotting ..... The fact that you have to resort to this BS contamination claim is that you know fluoridation is supported by not only overwhelming scientific support, but also widespread public support. Your clouding your initial premise with the red herring of contamination is unconscionable. Subject:fluoride & lead study From: Steven Bornfeld Date: 3/16/2001 8:58 AM Eastern Standard Time Organized dentistry can no longer get away with denigrating those opposed to fluoridation and denying the information that shows fluoride can be harmful now that the internet is around. Here is an interesting post I found today. Jan NaF is a by-product of aluminum manufacturing. It is water soluble and very toxic. How could an entire industry safely dispose of the stuff in order to preserve its profit margin and protect its liability? The answer is to avoid pollution by dilution. Have municipal water suppliers add it to their drinking water. Simple dilution. Then everybody has some of it but not too, too much of it. We could even add it to toothpaste. All this could turn a hazardous waste product into a profit. What genius. By the way, the earliest complaints about flouride in the water was from the fire departments. The chemical caused so much corrosion that the hydrants were frozen shut. Dear NYSCOF-- Thanks kindly for the reference. It was very helpful. I think you are laboring under a false premise. I think a careful reading of the NYCDEP water quality report will show that in fact, fertilizer runoff is a source of fluoride contamination in the water. This is quite different from saying that fertilizer runoff is used to fluoridate water. Quoting now from the table on page 11: Source of parameter (fluoride): Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; runoff from fertilizer (emphasis mine) I am all for eliminating runoff from fertilizer, which may contain other contaminants (ammonia and nitrate are mentioned in the report). My point is that removing unintended fertilizer runoff is very different from eliminating voluntary addition of fluoride to the water supply for therapeutic effect. If you wish to dispute the efficacy and safety of fluoride, then do so. The fact that you need to distort the information in order to make your case diminishes your credibility. http://tampatrib.com/MGAALD5TEKC.html Mar 17, 2001 - 12:25 AM Phosphate plants under close eye STEVE NEWBORN of The Tampa Tribune It's not like you can padlock the doors and walk away. The complexities of keeping a phosphate processing plant operating are becoming clear to government regulators now overseeing two of them. ... Well, look how complex the phosphate business is ... Perhaps, somebody should also once have a look at how complex the dental business is. Fluoride and all ions are highly regulated. I regularly read the reports from the towns surrounding my place. It is well delineated. It varies from month to month. So--what is used for fluoridation--"silicofluorides" as NYSCOF claims, or waste NaF as your poster claims? Is the objection to fluoride, or toxic contaminants in fluoride? Do the health conspiracists think the ADA and the aluminum/fertilizer companies are in cahoots? Steve
