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BENEFITS Question
2. ADA's
Fluoridation Facts Short Answer ADA's
Fluoridation Facts Long Answer One milligram per liter (mg/L) is identical to one part per million (ppm). At 1 ppm, one part of fluoride is diluted in a million parts of water. Large numbers such as a million can be difficult to visualize. While not exact, the following comparisons can be of assistance in comprehending one part per million:
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of Question 2. Opposition's Response Water fluoridation is the process of adding siliocofluorides, or sodium fluoride, to our drinking water. The toxicity chart shows that sodium fluoride is more toxic than lead, and almost as toxic as arsenic. July of 1987, the maximum contaminant level (MCL) allowed in U.S. drinking water for arsenic was 50 parts per billion (ppb), lead was 15 ppb (as of 12/92) and fluoride was recently changed to 4,000 ppb, which is equal to 4ppm. (See 2-1: Is the 1 part per million /L fluoride suggested for water a small amount?, LD50 data., R. E. Gosselin et al, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products. 5th ed., 1984. Also,"EPA/NSF Standard 60," U.S. EPA Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL), July 1987). On December 7, 1992, the new Environment Protection Agency Lead and Copper Rule went into effect. It sets the MCL for lead at 0.015 ppm, with a goal of 0.0 ppm. Fluoride falls into the same high toxicity range as lead, and, like lead, fluoride is an accumulative poison. Nevertheless, the MCL currently set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (management, not their scientists) for fluoride is now 4.0 ppm — 267 times the permissible lead level. It was changed from 2.0 ppm to 4.0 ppm without any new evidence showing it to be safe at that level. This allowed some water districts to use water supplies that would otherwise be considered too toxic, and allowed fluoridators to claim a greater margin of safety. The ADA states that the "optimum fluoride level" is 1.0 ppm. Even that is 67 times the MCL of lead, and fluoride is the more toxic of the two elements. How could that be considered "a small amount" — or safe? On May 24, 2000, the EPA proposed stricter rules for arsenic. They wanted to lower the limit on arsenic from 50 ppb to 5 ppb, and environmentalists advocate 3 ppb, saying the agency was accepting unusually high cancer risks if they set it at 5 ppb. (See 2-2: "EPA proposes stricter rules for arsenic levels in water supplies," San Diego Union Tribune.) On Jan. 17, 2001, the EPA ordered that allowable levels of arsenic be reduced by 80%. They had proposed 5 ppb, but settled for 10 ppb. (See 2-3: "EPA Orders Sharp Reduction in Arsenic Levels in Drinking Water," H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press). The EPA's Maximum Contaminant Level Official Goal (MCLG), however, is now 0 ppm for arsenic as well as lead, yet silicofluorides (industrial waste) which contain some of both are still being added to our water supply. As Michael Connett stated:
Former Head of EPA's Headquarters Union, Dr. Robert Carton, had this to say about the arsenic/fluoridation issue: "I think the real question is: can anyone knowingly add ANY amount of a carcinogen (to the water supply). The MCL is meant to reduce the amount already existing in the water supply, not to allow more to be added." The FDA says there is no proof that fluoride is safe or effective, and that it is a drug, not a mineral nutrient. Therefore, water cannot be "fluoride-deficient," as the ADA statement above claims. |
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