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The F Crime: ABC means "A Big Crock (of sh*t)"
THE F CRIME: ABC MEANS (A BIG CROCK (OF SH*T)...
OPEN LETTER (archived for global access; see below) Peter Kimber Producer ABC Peter, Please read Eleanor Krinsky's excellent letter to you below. Apparently, no one at ABC knew about the fact that eleven EPA unions representing 7,000 EPA scientists and lawyers and other EPA professionals are calling on Congress to end fluoridation in part because of a study indicating that fluoride may be causing bone cancer in boys... Or maybe ABC simply "forgot" to mention the remarkable action by the eleven EPA unions... Please do the story again - balance it this time. Please include the website where people can sign a petition supporting the eleven EPA unions in calling upon Congress to end fluoridation. http://www.powalliance.org/petition Thanks. Sincerely, Todd Dr. Gastaldo Hillsboro, Oregon USA PS CRIME... My thanks to Paul Connett, PhD for notifying everyone of ABC's grossly unbalanced coverage... But I am wondering why Paul is still silent about the fact that the common law doctrine of informed consent indicates that administrating medication to everyone without everyone's consent ("fluoridation") is a CRIME/battery. Curt Smith, DDS (interviewed by ABC) and Bellingham Families For Fluoride appear to be attempting to commit the crime of mass battery against residents of Bellingham who do not want the toxic waste fluoride in their water. From a legal presentation in Washington State... Basis for Informed Consent Battery € defendant is held liable for any intended action that results in physical contact for which the plaintiff has given no permission. € a defendant need not have an evil intent. € injury need not result. Liberty € basic human right to control what happens to one¹s body. € independence from controlling influences. http://courses.washington.edu/mhe523/Session7.pdf See: UK woman: 'Fluoride dosing equipment must be switched off now!' http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/4015 KEY POINT: "FLUORIDATION" IS A **HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE** CRIME... Sulphuric acid is poured over phosphate ore to produce American Dental Association/ADA-approved dental health products (fluorosilicic acid, arsenic and lead) and phosphate fertilizer. JUST THINK... "Fluoridation" is the injection of hazardous substances from fertilizer production waste sites into America's water supply - and CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/ATSDR "work[s] with states...to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites." (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/DRO/r1.html)... Yet CDC promotes the crime as a public health measure! The only thing more incredible is that Paul Connett, PhD fails to mention this bizarre fact... Maybe ABC can mention it in a second story. THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK http://www.fluorideACTION.net FAN Bulletin #402: ABC Word News: transcript, critique and letters. Nov 7, 2005. Dear All, Here is the transcript I have made from a videotape recording of the program on fluoridation which appeared on the ABC World News on Sunday evening Nov 6, 2005. The piece had two promos within the earlier news: Promo 1: Later: (Shot of Danielle Weaver and children in kitchen) Why this mother says fluoride in the water will poison her kids. (over old black and white TV ad for Crest toothpaste). The growing debate over the safety of fluoride after 60 years of use. Promo 2: Coming Up: (Over image of child drinking a glass of water) The fight over fluoride. Why this issue led to anger (shot of Bellingham), even a death threat in this community. News item on fluoridation. Studio Anchor (Dan Harris): "About two thirds of Americans have fluoride added to their water (same message printd out over graphic of flowing water tap) and since it was introduced in this country 60 years ago, tooth decay in children has dropped by more than 70% (words printed on the graphic and attributed to the ADA)... "...but as ABC's Neal Karlinksy reports from Bellingham, Washington (shot of town) there is a new, growing and sometimes very bitter debate over whether the fluoride in tap water may, in fact, may be dangerous. Commentator (Neal Karlinsky): "Bellingham, Washington is a city divided, even angry, with what to do about its water. Panelist at public forum (unidentified but actually Dr. Curt Smith): "...This has been proven to be safe and effective..." .....Commentator (over scene of audience):..."From community debates..." Second panelist at public forum (unidentified but is actually Dr. Bill Ormondson , another dentist).."...it increases cancer, it increases kidney problems..." .....Commentator (over shots of town):.."to the families that make up this college town, the issue is fluoride." Commentator (Over shots of Smith hammering in lawn sign): "When veteran dentist Dr. Curt Smith started the campaign to fluoridate the the city's water he never imagined it would lead to vandalism, and worse..." Smith: "First, my co-chair Dr. Gass had a death threat in his office - on the phone - on his voice mail; um, then a few days later I found a dead rat in my mail box." Commentator: "The issue reaches a head this week when Bellingham residents vote on whether the city should add fluoride (over shots of lawn signs, including the blue sign for Citizens Against Forced Fluoride , which reads No Forced Fluoride and gives the web address www.nofluoride.com). It is a debate which hasn't showed up such intense feelings since the 1950s (over the black and white TV ad for Crest toothpaste). Just as fluoride was being touted as the miracle ingredient in toothpaste -little girl in ad. says 'Mum, look no cavities' - it was also under heavy criticism, branded as part of a communist conspiracy to poison America". Commentator: "Today's critics point to studies that show too much fluoride can be toxic if swallowed." Paul Ruben (dentist from Seattle): "Yes linkages to thyroid problems (and) there's five studies from China showing changes in IQ..." Commentator: "It's a belief Danielle Weaver (shot of Danielle at computer) teaches her kids..." Another voice: (shot of Danielle's kids) "What you know about fluoride?" Child 1: "It's bad for your teeth." Child 2: "It's a poison." Neal Karlinski (now on screen): "The Centers for Disease Control calls fluoride one of the great achievements of the twentieth century, but not everyone agrees. Bellingham is not alone. Dozens of cities from coast to coast are now facing similar battles. The CDC calls the controversy silly (shot of kids washing teeth)" Dr. Richard Maas (identified as Dir, Divison of Oral Health, CDC): "There has always been the conclusion that there is no link between fluoride - water fluoridation and any adverse health threat." Commentator (over shots of Danielle and kids in the kitchen getting water from a tap on the fridge): "The Weaver family says it is not taking any chances. If the measure passes Tuesday, they will install water filters to remove fluoride from the water. Neal Karlinsky, Bellingham, Washington." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- A critique. 1) In the very beginning Anchor Dan Harris tells us that tooth decay has dropped by 70% in the US since fluoridation began. This is totally misleading because tooth decay has fallen by the about the same amount in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities in the US (Brunelle and Carlos, 1990) and according to WHO figures - the same declines (or greater) have occured in the vast bulk of industrial countries which do not fluoridate. 2) The proponents produced the "dead rat story" again as well as a death threat. No police evidence has been presented that either of these "events" ever took place, but they are irresistable to the media. Even if one distraught person did either or both of these things, it is grossly unfair to tarnish the whole campaign and muddy the arguments with such "emotionally distorting" charges. In my view, it was irresponsible of the producer to have given this slant unless he or she felt that it was indicative of the overall methodology of fluoridation opponents in Bellingham- which it is not. This should have been apparent to any independent observer. 3) Note the key word after Paul Ruben states there are studies which indicate thyroid and IQ problems. We are told that: " "It is a belief that Danielle Weaver teaches her children." There is no indciation here that Danielle has read some fo these scientific studies and is convinced by the evidence - no it is merely a "belief". And worse, "it is a belief" she forces on her children: i.e.brainwashing. 4) Even though the TV crew spent considerable time interviewing Danille herself they don't allow her to say a word on screen - that is given over to the kids! 5) The kids dutifully cough up the "belief" and then commentator switches to the "mighty " CDC and their infamous quote from their 1999 statement, which was written by one dentist, did not have external peer review and was based on health studies which were already 6 years out of date! 6) Unfortunately, those who don't know the sordid history of CDC's role in promoting fluoridation (or their equally sordid role in covering up the Agent Orange study in the 1980s and their more recent efforts to whitewash the use of ethyl mercury in childhood vaccines) would probably be inclined to take their statements at face value. Thus it was grossly unfair to juxtapose the CDC's comments with the comments of two small children. It is like taking a blunderbuss to obliterate a pea. 7) Then to the blunderbuss in person: Dr. Richard Maas. If only viewers knew the truth. Dr. Maas has probably been chosen by the CDC to head up their oral division because of his ability to lie through his teeth while keeping a straight face. This civil servant is not an objective analyst of this issue but an unabashed propagandist. For example, he knows that the links between fluoride in water and health effects, which he cavalierly dismisses, are being scrutinized right now by a 12 person panel selected by the National Research Council (before whom he testified on the same day I did on August 12, 2003). Their review has already taken over two years. At the very least, Maas should indicate to audiences that this review is taking place and not act as if as if he knew what this panel was going to say before it has even been completed. 8) The key ppoint, however, is that if the producer was going to go outside Bellingham to get another opinion, he should have got one from a leading figure on both sides. They needed a fair balance to Maas. It was troubling that they didn't use Dr. Bill Hirzy (who was available) to give the position for the 11 EPA Unions which are calling for a moratorium on fluoridation. 9) Even though the overall impact of the news story produces a distorted view of the issue, I am not sure whether this was the intent of the producers or just that they didn't spend enough time to find out the critical details. 10) Am I glad the program ran? Yes. At least many more Americans (including politicians) now know that there is a controversy about this issue. It is just a pity that the producers didn't spend more time doing their homework in the way that Margot Roosevelt did for Time magazine. What a pity that the producers didn't even check their own archives on this issue. If they had done so they would have found an excellent peice on their own web site which was written by the late Nicholas Regush before he left ABC.com and set up RedFlagsWeekly.com. Below, again, is a letter I sent to the producer Peter Kimber at and also a fine letter that Eleanor Krinsky of NYSCOF sent in. Paul Connett __________________________________________________ Dear Peter, I understand you were the producer of the piece on fluoridation. First, let me applaud you for tackling the issue. You are correct that this concerns many people around the country - including many doctors, dentists, scientists and other professionals (see http://www.powalliance.org/petition) However, the subject deserves a more balanced analysis than ABC gave it. Less about dead rats and Communist plots and more about the science please - check out our web page for serious health concerns http://www.fluorideAction.net/health Was it fair to use a spokesperson from the CDC without using a heavy hitter from our side too? If you do this again please interview Dr. Bill Hirzy from the US EPA unions whose members are opposed to this practice and Chris Bryson, author of "The Fluoride Deception." It's bad enough when civil servants, like Dr. Richard Maas - supposedly paid to protect the public health - act as unabashed propagandists for such an obsolete practice (note: most European countries do not fluoridate their water but their teeth are as good if not better than ours and they too have experienced the 70% decline or more in tooth decay mentioned in your opening) but it compounds the problem when such propaganda is accompanied by a lack of basic research on the topic by those communicating the story to the public. Would it interest you to know for example that the CDC statement ("fluoridation is one fo the top 10 achievements of the twentieth Century"), which you parrot, was six years out of date on health studies when it was issued in 1999 (see http://www.fluorideAction.net/cdc.htm) ? Would it also interest you, or your viewers, to note that the CDC is not waiting for the NRC to complete its three year review of the toxicology of fluoride in water (i.e. all the science that has been published since the 1993 review by this agency, which the CDC cites for its reassurances that fluoridation is safe!) before actively supporting efforts to introduce mandatory fluoridation in several states in the US? I have studied the science of this issue for over 9 years and I think the public deserves better than you served up tonight. Dr. Paul Connett, Professor of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 315-229-5853 (work) 315-379-9200 (home) and Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network http://www.fluorideAction.net __________________________________________________ __ Dear Peter Imber, Producer, World News, ABC: I tuned in with trepidation on Sunday evening, November 6th, hoping the fluoridation segment would be fair to the opposing side of fluoridation, which position I share. Too often over the years, those pushing fluoridation have had just about a monopoly on fluoridation coverage, spinning it the way they choose, with the media dutifully reporting the spin as proof, barely a question asked. To your credit, I will say that you did let people know there IS a controversy (has been from Day 1) and fluoridation will continue to be challenged until this undemocratic, irrational, risk-laden and failed, most often forced, practice called fluoridation continues . I realize there was a very minimal amount of time and that you could not possibly cover the subject in the depth it deserves. However, I believe you allocated too much time to attention-getters like "dead rats" and "death threats" which seems to convey that opponents of fluoridation are fanatical, dangerous people. The fact is that most people who recognize the wrongdoing of fluoridation are levelheaded, concerned people from all walks of life, including professionals and legislators informed on the negative side of fluoridation. And the negatives are powerful and documented!I I wondered why you did not cover the recent newsbreaking story of the osteosarcoma/fluoridation link. Osteosarcoma is a frequently fatal form of bone cancer, affecting mostly young males, often leading to lifesaving amputation of a limb. Also conspicuous by its omission in your coverage is the landmark decision of eleven EPA Unions, comprising 7000 scientists, environmental and public health professionals, calling for a national moratorium on fluoridation, and full investigation and hearings by Congress. Their spokesperson is Dr. William Hirzy, Ph.D., chemist (telephone: 202-885-1780; e-mail: ). To your credit, you did, though briefly, have a dentist on who was critical of fluoridation, you did show there are deeply concerned people who are adamantly opposed to the deliberate addition of fluoride chemicals to the public drinking water. You would do your viewers a great public service and have an outstanding program by allotting a larger segment to this issue and having spokespeople like Dr. Paul Connett, Professor of Chemistry, thoroughly conversant with this issue (fluorideaction.net), and Dr. William Hirzy, EPA scientist, named above. Here are some facts your viewers should learn about: On 10/21/99 and subsequently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported the findings that the predominant effect of fluoride is topical, not systemic (swallowing). This makes water fluoridation ineffective, unnecessary, and an extreme waste of taxpayer dollars and grants! Children who are considered the primary beneficiaries of fluoride, are actually one of the high risk groups, since fluoride is stored at even higher levels because of their rapid skeletal growth, than in adults. Undernourished children from poor areas are even more at risk Realistically, it is impossible to know the total fluoride dosage when one considers the fluoride in the public drinking water, the resulting fluoridated cooking water, and the fluoride in all the foods and beverages prepared or processed with fluoridated water, the individual consumption of water, fluoride in toothpastes, rinses, medications, pesticide residues, etc. The problem is fluoride excess, not fluoride deficiency. In fact, dental authorities are now recommending NO fluoride for babies from birth to 6 months! There have been NO safety studies in humans on the use of the silicofluoride chemicals most commonly used. Masters and Coplan found children's blood lead levels higher in the silicofluoridated communities, as corroborated by other studies. There is also to be contended with the risk of acute fluoride poisonings due to accidents: malfunctions, overfeeds, spills and/or human error in fluoridated community and school water supplies. Virtually all of Western Europe chooses not to fluoridate. Albany, New York State's capital, rejected fluoridation after examining the facts. Among many other areas throughout the country, Long Island, NY, comprising almost 3 million people, rejects fluoridation. So should fluoridation be rejected nationwide! Informative web sites: file://\www.fluoridealert.orgwww.fluoridealert.org -- and -- file://\www.fluoride-journal.comwww.fluoride-journal.com file://\www.orgsites.com\ny\nyscofwww.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof file://\www.fluoridenewswww.fluoridenews blogspot.com Sincerely, Eleanor Krinsky END Eleanor Krinsky's letter which came via Paul Connett, PhD I say again: CRIME... My thanks to Paul Connett, PhD for notifying everyone of ABC's grossly unbalanced coverage... But I am wondering why Paul is still silent about the fact that the common law doctrine of informed consent indicates that administrating medication to everyone without everyone's consent ("fluoridation") is a CRIME/battery. Curt Smith, DDS (interviewed by ABC) and Bellingham Families For Fluoride appear to be attempting to commit the crime of mass battery against residents of Bellingham who do not want the toxic waste fluoride in their water. From a legal presentation in Washington State... Basis for Informed Consent Battery € defendant is held liable for any intended action that results in physical contact for which the plaintiff has given no permission. € a defendant need not have an evil intent. € injury need not result. Liberty € basic human right to control what happens to one¹s body. € independence from controlling influences. http://courses.washington.edu/mhe523/Session7.pdf See: UK woman: 'Fluoride dosing equipment must be switched off now!' http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/4015 KEY POINT: "FLUORIDATION" IS A **HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE** CRIME... Sulphuric acid is poured over phosphate ore to produce American Dental Association/ADA-approved dental health products (fluorosilicic acid, arsenic and lead) and phosphate fertilizer. JUST THINK... "Fluoridation" is the injection of hazardous substances from fertilizer production waste sites into America's water supply - and CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/ATSDR "work[s] with states...to prevent exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites." (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/DRO/r1.html)... Yet CDC promotes the crime as a public health measure! The only thing more incredible is that Paul Connett, PhD fails to mention this bizarre fact... Maybe ABC can mention it in a second story. Thanks for reading everyone. Sincerely, Todd Dr. Gastaldo Hillsboro, Oregon USA This Open Letter to ABC Producer Peter Kimber will be archived for global access in the Google usenet archive. Search http://groups.google.com for "The F Crime: ABC means "A Big Crock (of Sh*t)" |
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