-- Theo Colborn, PhD, co-author, "Our Stolen Future"-
-- Sam Epstein, MD, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition
-- The current and six past Presidents of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
-- Board of Directors (2007), American Academy of Environmental Medicine
-- FIVE Goldman Prize winners - given for excellence in protecting the environment
-- Three members of the prestigious 2006 National Research Council (NRC) panel that reported on fluoride's toxicology
-- Three officers in the Union representing professionals at EPA headquarters
-- Hundreds of medical, dental, academic, scientific and environmental professionals, worldwide.
Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Arvid Carlsson says, "Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It's really obsolete."-
An Online Action Petition to Congress in support of the Professionals' Statement is available on FAN's web site, http://congress.fluorideaction.net and over 15,000 individuals have signed so far.
"The NRC fluoride report dramatically changed scientific understanding of fluoride's health risks," says Paul Connett, PhD, FAN's Executive Director. "Government officials who continue to promote fluoridation must testify under oath as to why they are ignoring the powerful evidence of harm in the NRC report,"- he added.
The Professionals' Statement also references:
-- The new American Dental Association policy recommending infant formula NOT be prepared with fluoridated water.
-- The CDC's concession that the predominant benefit of fluoride is topical not systemic.
-- CDC data showing that dental fluorosis, caused by fluoride over-exposure, now impacts one third of American children.
-- Major research indicating little difference in decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities.
-- A Harvard study indicating a possible link between fluoridation and bone cancer.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a DC watchdog, revealed that a Harvard professor concealed the fluoridation/bone cancer connection for three years. EWG President Ken Cook states, "It is time for the US to recognize that fluoridation has serious risks that far outweigh any minor benefits, and unlike many other environmental issues, it's as easy to end as turning off a valve at the water plant."-
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