Something's rotten in Dent-mark

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Daily Dose - Something's rotten in Dent-mark

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:48:41 -0400

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July 26, 2005

 

 

 

 

The Fluoride Flip-flop, part one

 

For years, I've been waving a red flag about the government's

misguided insistence on fluoridating an ever-increasing number of our

public water systems. Evidence damning this practice is abundant.

Fluoride has been strongly linked to bone cancer - and likely doesn't

even help teeth, as I've reported often in the past.

 

I've also shouted from the hilltops that the original 1930s study

pointing to the " benefits " of fluoride was laughably biased - it was

funded by the aluminum industry, for Pete's sake! In case you're new

to the Daily Dose fold, or aren't up on the fluoridation issue,

fluoride is a by-product of the aluminum manufacturing process...

 

In fact, while we're recapping, I'd like to once again point out (it's

been about a year since I last mentioned it - Daily Dose 3/30/2004)

that until this " research " gave the government free license to begin

disposing of millions of tons of toxic waste by adding it to our

drinking water, fluoride was a regulated substance that could only

legally be sold as an insecticide and a RAT POISON!

 

Sounds healthy, huh? But enough background. Anyone who digs into the

issue will discover that public water fluoridation stinks like last

week's tuna. And apparently, a Harvard University doctoral student did

just that several years ago - and found some of the most conclusive

evidence yet that fluoride increases the risk of bone cancer,

especially among kids.

 

According to a recent Associated Press expose, the student's findings,

presented as her 2001 doctoral thesis, pointed to a strong correlation

between high levels of fluoride in tap water and osteosarcoma (bone

cancer) in boys aged 5-10. These are almost the exact same findings as

a 1991 U.S. Public Health Service study which found that rates of bone

cancer were significantly higher among young men in fluoridated-water

communities as compared to areas where the water wasn't poisoned - er,

fluoridated...

 

So there you go, open and shut: Fluoride causes bone cancer, right?

 

Not according to another Harvard University source, the dentistry

professor who heads the school's Department of Oral Health Policy and

Epidemiology (translation: dental lobby spokes-scholars). And lo and

behold, this man - whose name is Dr. Douglass, freakishly enough - was

the aforementioned doctoral student's supervisor.

 

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Cancer risk a household name?

 

Speaking of man-made industrial cancer-causers, there's new evidence

that a common " fluorochemical " called C-8 is carcinogenic. Why should

this worry you?

 

Because this toxin is used in the manufacture of the ubiquitous Teflon.

 

An EPA report has linked the chemical to liver tumors in laboratory

animals. For years, the environmental lobby has been clamoring for a

ban on the chemical, claiming that many other carcinogens that are

less harmful and pervasive have been successfully banned.

 

Of course, the EPA report claims that there isn't enough evidence to

assess possible human carcinogenic potential. And the makers of Teflon

(DuPont) claim that there can't possibly be any link between C-8 and

cancer, since the chemical is only used in the manufacture of the

coating, and is not present in the finished product. Maybe they are

right - I'll look into it.

 

But if you want to be on the safe side (I do), box up the non-stick

cookware and break out that old, seasoned cast-iron skillet and

stainless steel pots and pans. (Just one caveat - if you have any sort

of iron metabolism problem, don't use iron cookware.) And instead of

lubing them up with PAM or other spray-on vegetable oils that'll clog

up your heart, try good old-fashioned butter - or better yet, lard.

 

That way, you'll get all the great taste AND all the peace of mind.

 

Protecting my name - not playing their game,

 

William Campbell Douglass II, MD