Fluoridated fetuses - lower IQ if moms drink fluoridated water?

FLUORIDATION COULD END SOON IN CALIFORNIA...

See ACLU to end fluoridation?
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2661



PLACENTA PROTECTS FETUS?

REFUTED...

"In recent Chinese investigations of fluoride exposure and intelligence in
children the effect of fluoride appears to occur at an early stage of
development of the embryo when the differentiation of brain nerve cells is
taking place and development is most rapid.12 Furthermore, a higher
concentration of fluoride has been found in embryonic brain tissue obtained
from termination of pregnancy in areas where fluorosis due to coal burning
was prevalent.13,14 These observations refute the view that the placenta
protects the fetus from fluoride."
http://www.fluoride-journal.com/98-31-3/313-131.htm

"...fluoride affects the nervous system of the developing foetus at doses
that are not toxic to the mother. The developmental neurotoxicity would be
manifest as lower IQ and behavioral changes."
--ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH IRELAND
http://www.home.zonnet.nl/ireland22/fluoride.htm




BREASTS FILTER OUT FLUORIDE?

Dr Vyvian Howard, an expert in chemicals and infant health at
Liverpool University, told of his concern. He said: "Babies are on a wet
diet for the first four months. If they drink infant formula they get
fluoride through tap water, which is toxic and can affect brain
development.

"We know mothers screen out fluoride, preventing it from getting into
breast milk. This is a natural evolutionary process to protect them.
Fluoride is not safe for babies."



Dr. Vyvian Howard quote above is from a British newspaper via Prof. Paul
Connett...

THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.fluoridealert.org

FAN CAMPAIGN Bulletin #87: British newspaper warns of fluoride's dangers.

July 19, 2004

Dear All,

Well at least one British newspaper - yesterday's Sunday Express -has taken
seriously the warnings of fluoride's possible dangers to the baby's
developing brain. The Sunday Express printed both an article - Fluoride
alert for children - and an editorial -Don't toy with fluoride- on the
matter (see below).

It has been my firm believe for a number of years that the number one
argument that destroys any notion that fluoride is necessary for good teeth
(or anything else for that matter) is the very low level of fluoride in
mothers' milk. The average level is between 0.005 to 0.01 ppm in breast
milk, which is up to 200 times lower than that added to water in
fluoridation programs. If fluoride was needed for healthy teeth why would
nature have been so incompetent as to have virtually excluded it from baby's
first meal?

But a more important question is: how much damage are we doing to the
delicate machinery of a child's developing brain by bottle feeding with
fluoridated tap water?

[Gastaldo asks: How much damage is done to the FETUS if the mother is
drinking fluoridated tap water? Or does the placenta filter fluoride like
breasts filter fluoride?]

This was one of the key concerns given by Dr. Arvid Carlsson (Nobel Laureate
for medicine in 2000) when he led the successful campaign against
fluoridation in Sweden in the 1970's. It is also one of the arguments used
by Dr. Vyvyan Howard, a fetal and infant pathologist from the University of
Liverpool, who was interviewed in the Sunday Express article.

Who in their right minds would take the risk of damaging the brains of
children in an effort to protect their teeth? Please email the Sunday
Express and thank them for speaking up on this issue, their email address:
.

Paul Connett
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Sunday Express
July 18, 2004

Fluoride alert for children

EXCLUSIVE
By Lucy Johnston
Health Editor

'The problems far outweigh the possible benefits to their teeth'

TAP water could be lowering children's intelligence, leading experts have
warned.

Top doctors claim fluqride in drinking water can interfere with a child's
brain function. They believe this can lower IQ levels and lead to
behavioural problems.

Last night Dr Vyvian Howard, an expert in chemicals and infant health at
Liverpool University, told of his concern. He said: "Babies are on a wet
diet for the first four months. If they drink infant formula they get
fluoride through tap water, which is toxic and can affect brain
development.

"We know mothers screen out fluoride, preventing it from getting into
breast milk. This is a natural evolutionary process to protect them.
Fluoride is not safe for babies."

Ten per cent of the country has fluoridated tap water to keep teeth healthy
and the Government plans to extend coverage under a new act now passing
through Parliament. Fluoride is also added to toothpaste and is found in
tealeaves, fertilisers, pesticides and air pollution. Doctors think there
are so many sources that children could also be overdosing.

Dr Peter Mansfield, a GP and director of the Good Health Keeping service at
Louth, Lincolnshire, studied more than 100 children with behavioural
problems.

He discovered those with high levels of fluoride in their bodies were more
likely to have developmental and behavioural problems.

Once the fluoride was taken out of their diet they got better.

He said: "This is very worrying. Fluoride is toxic and could cause mental
problems. It could be that thousands of children are underperforming as a
result. We had children we thought were affected by fluoride. In some cases
they were hyperactive, lacked concentration and were unhappy all the time.

"We tested them and quite clearly demonstrated that fluoride was causing
their problems. "The trouble fluoridated water is causing far outweighs the
possible benefits to children's teeth. Nothing like enough work has been
done on this and no one is checking - it's very worrying." His findings are
borne out by a Unicef-backed study of 769 schoolchildren in China. It found
those with mental retardation or low IQ levels had excess fluoride in their
systems.

The study concluded that the chemical makes mental health problems worse by
interfering with the cen-tral nervous system. Another study carried out in
America found that rats behave like hyperactive children when given a
comparable amount of fluoride.

Some experts including Dr Howard also fear fluoride is fuelling rising
obesity levels. They think it interferes with the body's hormone balance,
especially the thyroid gland, which controls weight gain.

Medical author Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield said: "Fluoride disrupts the
hormones that control the thyroid gland. This causes an underactive thyroid
which leads to obesity, tiredness and depression."

And Dr Howard said: "Fluoride was once used as a medicine to treat thyroid
overactivity."

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OPINION: PAGE 22

SUNDAY EXPRESS
OPINION

Don't toy with fluoride

OUR Government has the best of motives in wanting to extend the
fluoridisation of our water supply. But it is embarking on a risky
experiment which, as we report today, some believe could lower children's
intelligence, lead to behavioural problems and cause health problems in
adults.

Our modern sugary diet is not only making our children obese, it is also
rotting their teeth. Toddlers as young as two have teeth removed. One
hospital in Sheffield extracts all the milk teeth from a child once a week
on average. In Glasgow, 2,000 children aged under five have extractions
each year.

It is an uphill struggle to persuade people to change their family's diets.
Therefore, the Government reasons that the best way to strengthen
children's teeth is to add fluoride to water which everyone drinks.

But some experts claim the benefits of fluoride are negligible or
non-existent. Others worry that fluoride has dangers which outweigh any
benefits, particularly in babies with underdeveloped systems.

The Government must not embark on what amounts to mass medication of the
population without exhaustive studies that are carried out to the highest
scientific standards over a long period.

Letters to editor:
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END Prof. Connett's Bulletin...

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo