Huge fluoride settlement in Florida.

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THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORKhttp://www.fluoridealert.orgFAN CAMPAIGN Bulletin #20: Huge fluoride settlement in Florida. April 7, 2004Dear All,News today of a possible massive settlement in a lawsuit involving fluoride pollution by a phosphate fertilizer plant in Florida (see report below). According to Chris Bryson, in his book "The Fluoride Deception," which will be in bookstores in May, it was the attempt to ward off massive settlements like this which led the Kettering Institute to hide the evidence of fluoride's toxic effects. The book documents how Industry's "Fluorine lawyers" got help with this concealment from scientists working for the US Public Health Service. The goal in this nefarious business was to change the public's perception of fluoride from "nasty air pollutant" to that "nice stuff" you put on your kid's teeth. In changing this image the polluters were greatly assisted by the "genius" of Edward Bernays - the nephew of Sigmond Freud and the "father of propaganda" and PR spin.You can read more about fluoride pollution, especially from the phosphate fertilizer industry, at our website: http://www.fluoridealert.org , where you will also find some more reviews of Bryson's book.When one sees the massive forces that have been at play in the "linguistic detoxification" of fluoride, it is clear that we are going to have to generate massive grass roots action on this issue to change the government's policy on fluoridation. Chris Bryson's book -especially with the foreword from the highly respected Theo Colborn (co-author of "Our Stolen Future") - will be powerful ammunition in this effort. But it is also going to take every one of us to continue to get the word out about the book and about the issue. The exciting news is that Chris Bryson will be the keynote speaker at FAN's first national conference to be held in the last weekend of July (July 31 - August 1). If you haven't done so already please become a member of FAN by going to <http://www.fluoridealert.org/join-fan.htm>. Basic membership is $25.00 a year.Paul Connett<http://kdka.com/national/PensacolaPollution-aa/resources_news_html>ConocoPhillips to pay $70 million to settle Florida pollution suitsTuesday April 06, 2004PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) ConocoPhillips has tentatively agreed to pay $70 million to as many as 7,000 Florida Panhandle property owners who sued over pollution from the former site of a fertilizer plant.The agreement, which still needs a judge's approval, would settle two lawsuits that contend that underground contamination has reduced property values and may have caused health problems.Under the proposal, $65 million would be divided in varying amounts among up to 7,000 people who own or once owned about 3,000 homes and other properties in Pensacola, plaintiffs' attorney Mike Papantonio said Monday.It also would allocate $3.6 million to medically monitor about 3,000 residents and $750,000 for administering the settlement.A spokeswoman for Houston-based ConocoPhillips, Kristi DesJarlais, confirmed the preliminary settlement but would not discuss the details.Seven law firms representing the residents would receive as much as $25 million apart from the settlement, plus $2.9 million in costs.The lawsuits initially sought $500 million for 11,000 property owners, but a judge cut the number to 3,000 residents.The fertilizer plant dates to 1889. Conoco, which later merged with Phillips Petroleum to form ConocoPhillips, bought it in 1963. The plant was sold nine years later to another company, which closed it in 1975.In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency designated the spot a Superfund site, contaminated with fluoride, lead and other toxins. A cleanup of the contaminated soil was completed in 1997. TRUE HEBREW