Public Warnings about Fluoride consided in Calif.

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Public Warnings about Fluoride Cancer Risk considered in California

Fluoride merits the highest priority for further review to issue public warnings for risks of cancer, according to California’s State Qualified Experts. The experts cited strong evidence acknowledging the existence of related animal and human cancer to exposure to fluoride. This placed fluoride as one of the first of 38 chemicals to be newly prioritized for Hazard Identification.

When a powerful state like California deems fluoride to be a serious danger to human health we in New Zealand need to pay attention” says Mary Byrne, Fluoridation-free NZ’s spokesperson from Fluoride Action Network NZ.

In New Zealand the fluoride added to public water supply is called a Category 8 toxin. “We already classify it as a hazardous poison. Somehow it miraculously becomes medicine when added to the water supply. Scientific evidence for this miracle in alchemy has never been explained” says Mary.

There are also 23 published studies linking fluoride to lowered IQ. In NZ 30% of children in fluoridated areas show the physical signs of having been overexposed to fluoride (dental fluorosis).

Fluoride is coming under ever increasing scrutiny because of its obvious dangers yet New Zealand’s public health official continue to ignore the international call for urgent review. In 2006 the American Dental Association and the US Public Health Service’s Centers for Disease Control issued a warning to mothers about the dangers of using fluoridated water when preparing baby formula for infants. Three years later and NZ health authorities, including the NZ Plunket Society, continue to promote fluoridated water for infants.

It’s time our Ministry of Health got with the program and take a lead out the international communities book, instead of burying their head in the sand hoping it will all go away” says Mary.

Mary Byrne can be contacted for comment on 027 361 5951.

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