Belgian Ministry of Health issued a ban on all over-the-counter fluoride supplements due to concerns about osteoporosis and nervous system damage. An interview with Belgium's Health Minister, Magda Aelvoet, was published in the Belgium magazine HUMO on July 29, 2002.
The Water Supply and Water Resources Division of the U. S. EPA is questioning the safety of what our health department wants to use to fluoridate our drinking water.
"The American Medical Association is not prepared to state that no harm will be done to any person by water fluoridation. The AMA has not carried out any research work, either long-term or short-term, regarding the possibility of any side effects." - Dr. Flanagan, Assistant Director of Environmental Health, American Medical Association. (Letter)
"[L]aboratory and epidemiologic research suggests that fluoride prevents dental caries predominately after eruption of the tooth into the mouth, and its actions primarily are topical for both adults and children." [In other words, you don't have to drink fluoride.]
--CDC - Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Fluoridation of Drinking Water to Prevent Dental Caries. Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Review (MMWR), October 22, 1999 / 48(41);933-940. (Link)
99% of western continental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation due to environmental, health, legal, or ethical concerns.
"90 percent of the arsenic that would be contributed by treatment chemicals is attributable to fluoride addition."
(C. Wang, D.B. Smith, G.M. Huntly, "Treatment Chemicals contribute to Arsenic Levels," Opflow (AWWA), October 2000.)
"As professionals who are charged with assessing the safety of drinking water, we conclude that the health and welfare of the public is not served by the addition of this substance to the public water supply."
--EPA Professionals Union: J. William Hirzy, Ph.D., Senior Vice-President, National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 280. (Letter)
"Existing data indicate that subsets of the population may be unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride and its compounds. These populations include the elderly, people with deficiencies of calcium, magnesium and/or vitamin C, and people with cardiovascular and kidney problems . . . Postmenopausal women and elderly men in fluoridated communities may also be at increased risk of fractures."
--Toxicological Profile For Fluorides, Hydrogen Fluoride, and Fluorine (F), PB93-182566, April 1993, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, TP-91/17, page 112. (Report)
Fluoride supplements are still unapproved by the FDA after
