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by AaronT, BreastCancer.co

What if the foods you’re likely eating every day are to blame for your breast cancer’s spread? A preliminary study says that some heavy metals, cadmium in particular, may contribute to the increase in breast cancer growth.

The research has only just begun and is being conducted at the Dominican University of California in San Rafael. It’s a lifetime exposure study looking at breast cancer patients and their exposures to cadmium over their lifetimes, rather than in high bursts as previous studies have done.

The single largest source of prolonged exposure to cadmium are root crops and vegetables as well as breads and cereal products. Cadmium is found in many farm fertilizers and is often transferred into many types of produce and animal feed.

Early research has indicated that cadmium can mimic estrogen (the female hormone) and may increase breast cancer’s spread.

Preliminary findings from the research were presented by study author Maggie Louie, an associate professor of biochemistry at DUC, at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting early this month in San Diego.

from ANH-USA

Not only are doctors being advised to reject chelation therapy—they’re being asked to report on their colleagues who practice it.

The American College of Medical Toxicology held a conference at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this past February about the “use and misuse” of chelation therapy—a misleading title suggesting some semblance of scientific objectivity, which was nowhere in evidence. The conference was more like a Salem witch hunt in which chelators played the role of the accused witches and warlocks.

Why is chelation so threatening to mainstream medicine? There is no disputing that heavy metals are extremely toxic. The human body is engineered to remove small amounts daily, but not the large amounts we often pick up from modern sources. One of those sources has of course been vaccines, which have used mercury as a preservative (it is still used in the US flu shot). Another source has been dental “silver” amalgam, which also contains mercury. This may be part of the reason for the hostility to chelation.

How does the therapy work? One method involves injecting into the patient’s bloodstream organic chemicals, which can bind and remove the heavy metals in the bloodstream (metals which are toxic to humans and interfere with various physiological functions). There are also oral or suppository supplements for chelation, and some foods are natural chelators (e.g., cilantro and chlorella).

Read the rest here.

from IAOMT

This Friday, May 4, affiliates of the International Academy for Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) will encourage the U.S. government to join worldwide efforts against mercury/silver fillings, the predominant source of human exposure to mercury, at an integral Department of State (DOS) mercury stakeholders meeting.

The DOS meeting (11 A.M., 2201 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.) is being held in preparation for a United Nations conference in June to negotiate a 2013 global treaty with the purpose of phasing-down mercury use in a variety of industries, including dentistry.

Although U.S. agencies have thus far avoided taking a definitive stance on dental amalgam, other countries have taken bold measures against the toxic dental filling material.  Norway, Sweden, and Denmark banned mercury fillings, a number of countries placed limitations on their use for pregnant women and children, and the Council of Europe called for their restriction and prohibition.

Meanwhile, it has been openly acknowledged that corporations profiting from the mercury industry sponsor the same dental groups who defend mercury fillings.

IAOMT, a non-profit organization representing dental, medical, and scientific professionals worldwide, challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for failing to protect the American public from a medical device containing 50% mercury, a material known by FDA to damage the kidneys, nervous system, and brain, particularly in unborn and young children.

James Love, legal counsel to IAOMT, explains, “We’ve repeatedly brought the hazards of mercury fillings to FDA’s attention, as documented by our testimony at their Dental Products Panel Hearing in 2010, our petition filed in 2009, and our 2002 publication of over 1,000 adverse reaction reports due to dental amalgam.”

A major study used to claim safety of mercury fillings in children was found to be erroneous after more careful analysis that showed kidney damage. The “Casa Pia Children’s Amalgam Trial,” part of an $11 million experiment on children, was fundedby the U.S. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

IAOMT has established a mercury safety protocol for patients and personnel, especially women who are pregnant or of child-bearing age because fetuses are known to be extremely sensitive to mercury.

Karen Palmer, a former dental assistant of 25 years diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and mercury toxicity, will share her experiences at Friday’s DOS meeting: “Studies show female dental assistants working with amalgam tend to have increased menstrual disturbances, reduced fertility, and lower probability of conception.  Many of my colleagues experienced spontaneous miscarriages, but at the time, I was unaware that working with mercury fillings could have been the cause.  The U.S. clearly lags behind other countries in upholding standards to protect people from dental mercury exposure.”

Palmer’s statement is supported by recent news that the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service officially recognized mercury injury as an occupational disease after a dental assistant there proved that working with amalgam caused her to become seriously ill.

In the U.S. employee exposure to mercury has been strictly regulated since 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA), but the vast majority of dental workers have no idea this legislation applies to them, and few dental offices are in complete compliance.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to state its position on amalgam separators designed to limit dental office mercury waste. Likewise, IAOMT notes the FDA has not taken measures to warn consumers of the potential harm from daily exposure to mercury in their mouths.

from Environmental Health News via IAOMT

A study raises concern about children’s exposure to mercury through fish eating, tying it for the first time to hormone changes that increase chronic stress and associated immune system dysfunction.

The mercury levels measured in the children were well below the levels considered a health risk by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This new study from Oswego County, New York, finds that higher mercury levels measured in the children’s blood are significantly associated with lower cortisol levels. The hormone cortisol is released in response to stress and is important for metabolism, immune responses and blood pressure. Its levels naturally fluctuate during the day – levels are higher in the morning and lower in the afternoon.

Even lower cortisol levels and responses can result in chronic stress even though stress increases the hormone’s level. The study’s results suggest that mercury exposure at levels commonly seen in fish eating populations may do this. It may act as a chronic stressor and disrupt the stress response. Chronic stress means the body doesn’t relax – cells continually function in high gear and do not return to a normal state. Long-term stress can have many negative health effects such as increased heart disease, more metabolic disorders and lowered immunity.

The findings are in line with prior studies in people and fish. The toxic metal increased inflammation in miners exposed to mercury. Animal studies find reduced cortisol levels in mercury-contaminated fish after capture stress.

Fish consumption is a major source both of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and toxic mercury. Omega-3s benefit health by protecting against heart disease. Mercury is potentially harmful because it affects the brain and nervous system in children. Although there are fish advisories in many states, it is still uncertain whether the benefit of eating fish outweighs the potential harm in children.

To address the pros and cons of fish eating in children, the researchers examined 100 children from 9 to 11 years old in New York State. Parents reported children’s fish consumption, which was categorized as eating or not in the analysis. Blood mercury levels, blood lipids, cortisol in saliva and inflammation markers were measured. Blood lipids indicate future heart disease risk; cortisol reflects changes of stress response; and inflammation markers indicate immune response differences.

Fish eaters had higher HDL – or so called good cholesterol – related to lower heart disease risk, than non-fish eaters. However, the fish eaters also had much higher – almost three times higher – mercury levels than non-fish eaters (1.1 and 0.4 microgram per liter, respectively).

Mercury levels were related to lower cortisol levels at all time points in the study. The highest mercury levels had about 20-25 percent lower cortisol in saliva samples compared with lowest mercury levels. At the same time, children with higher mercury also had higher inflammatory markers in their blood.

The study is limited by its design as a one-time survey, not a follow-up study. More work is still needed to examine whether the association is robust in larger studies with a follow-up design.

from Alliance for Natural Health

The latest scandal to hit the CDC is explosive: what appears to be a deliberate cover-up of damning scientific data.

Thimerosal, a controversial mercury compound used as a preservative in certain vaccines, was removed from all vaccines in Denmark in 1992. A subsequent Danish study showed a marked decline in autism rates following the removal of thimerosal, indicating a clear link between mercury in vaccines and the development of autism.

Documents obtained by the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suggest that officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were fully aware of the Danish data, yet published an article about the study in the journal Pediatrics which excluded this information, manipulated the data to misrepresent the decline as an increase, and propagated the erroneous conclusion that thimerosal in vaccines does not cause autism.

As CoMeD noted, one of the Danish study’s co-authors was aware of the omission in the initial draft of the Pediatrics article, and alerted CDC officials in a 2002 email: “Attached I send you the short and long manuscript about thimerosal and autism in Denmark. I need to tell you that [your] figures do not include the latest data from 2001, but the incidence and prevalence are still decreasing in 2001.”

The lead author of the Pediatrics article seemed to be aware of the missing autism data, because he replied in an email, “I am not currently at the university but I will contact you and <names withheld> tomorrow to make up our minds.” Despite this, the data from 2001 showing a decline in autism was not mentioned in the draft of the Pediatrics article, and in a 2002 letter to the editor of Pediatrics, CDC officials encouraged expedited review and publication of the article. The misleading article was published by Pediatrics in 2003.

CoMeD, led by biochemist Brian Hooker, PhD, is demanding that the CDC launch an immediate investigation of the officials involved to determine if there was scientific fraud. CoMeD is also calling for a full retraction of the deceptive Pediatrics article.

The CoMeD work and other elements of this scandal have also been brilliantly reported by Tim Bolen on his must-read Bolen Report.

This is not the first scandal to hit the CDC in recent years. Earlier this year, Dr. Poul Thorsen, one of the co-authors of the Pediatrics article and “scientist-in-residence” at the CDC from 2000 to 2002, was indicted in Atlanta for fraud and money laundering in relation to his $11 million grant from the CDC. And just last week, Dr. Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, a top CDC official, was arrested and charged with two counts of child molestation and one count of bestiality.

While thimerosal has been removed from most vaccines in the US, it is still routinely used in vaccines given to children in the Third World— in other words, to kids who may have compromised immune systems to start with, if their diet has been poor or the quality of the water they drink is bad. They need more protection, not less. In the US, thimerosal is still found in many flu shots, which are becoming increasingly routine for adults and strongly encouraged for the elderly and children.

Speaking of flu shots, a new study on the effectiveness of flu vaccines has been published in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. The media is reporting that the study says flu shots are “only about 60% effective”—a lower percentage than the public had been told previously. Unfortunately, even the 60% figure is misleading.

In the study, test subjects were divided into two groups. The control group was not vaccinated; only 2.7 percent of them caught the flu. The treatment group received the vaccine, and of them, only 1.2 percent caught the flu. That means that for every 100 adults vaccinated, only 1.5 of them will avoid influenza as a result. Mike Adams has a fascinating analysis that reveals where the misleading 60% figure comes from (hint: it’s called “massaging the numbers,” and it’s an old statistical trick that the vaccine and pharmaceutical industries use to inflate their reports on the drug’s effectiveness).

Even the CDC admits, on its own website, that flu shot immunity is at best temporary. Why the shot does not confer the kind of immunity provided by other vaccines is not explained, but it presumably has to do with the changing nature of the flu virus. What is also not explained is why the CDC may recommend exactly the same shot two years in a row, which suggests that the agency does not think the flu virus has significantly changed, but the shot a year earlier is not expected to confer any remaining immunity. What is never explored is the possibility that the shot simply fails to confer much immunity at all, which could be tested by seeing if immunized people actually do get the flu, something that the government refuses to do.

Regular readers will know about vitamin D as a natural way to prevent and treat influenza viruses—including Swine Flu. A Japanese study last year showed that schoolchildren who were given vitamin D3 supplements were three times less likely to develop cold or flu symptoms as children who did not take the vitamin.

Speaking of Japan, an article in a respected medical journal points out that infants there get twelve vaccines, not the twenty-six that US infants are supposed to get. Infant mortality is also less than half what it is overall in the US. Clearly it needs more research. The same article states that the US administers more infant vaccines than any other developed nation and ranks behind 33 developed nations in infant mortality.

IAOMT

On Monday, October 24, 2011, the US Department of State held a meeting of stakeholders to help define its position on the next phase of negotiations for an international treaty to control trade in mercury and its products.

REPORT FROM DOS MERCURY STAKEHOLDER MEETING 10/24/11
Presented by Freya Koss, IAOMT publicist

On Monday, October 24, 2011, the State Department held the second of two “Mercury NGO Stakeholder Meetings” in Washington, D.C. The meetings were held in preparation for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a globally legally-binding instrument on mercury (INC3), which will be held by the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi, Kenya from October 31-November 4.

Presiding over this U.S. Department of State (DOS) meeting was Dr. John Thompson, Deputy Special Representative for Global Partnerships, assisted by Daniel Reifsnyder, Department Assistant Secretary.

Dr. Thompson delivered the DOS decision, and it was simple and direct:  Dental amalgam fillings containing approximately 50% mercury will remain in Annex C, the list of products whose trade will be limited or banned, of the UNEP Intergovernmental Committee (INC) Treaty.  This decision means that dental amalgam fillings will be “PHASED DOWN,” not PHASED OUT.

He also noted that the DOS was appreciative of the views and input presented by attendees at the Stakeholder meetings and that the decision to keep amalgam in Annex C was in part based on listening to Stakeholders at previous meetings, as well as the documentation provided.

I have always sensed respect and appreciation for our assistance from Dr. Thompson, Deputy Secretary Reifsndyer, and Andrew Clark, administrator, DOS, Office of Environmental Policy, who has been my contact person.

After the DOS announcement that vaccines were not included in Annex C but amalgams were, a representative I believe was from Dentsply’s materials division questioned:
“What is the difference between dental amalgam and vaccines?  (The individual was clearly upset by the decision to include amalgams in Annex C, and was concerned as to why would amalgams be considered more dangerous than vaccines.)
Dr. Thompson’s response was, “There is enough evidence about ‘this issue to phase it down.’  By that, we don’t mean ‘phase out.’”  (The referral to “this issue” was mercury silver amalgam dental fillings.)

Both health and environmental risks were discussed in the meetings and considered in the State Department’s decision. In our discussions, we presented the fact that Sweden, Denmark, and Norway abolished mercury amalgams based on the environmental hazards.  We also noted that Sweden’s  peer-reviewed studies have shown that amalgam removal has led to improved health,  and documented research has shown that governmental expenses have been reduced for healthcare , disability and environmental mercury remediation.

When Dr. Thompson was asked to explain the meaning of “phase down”,  his said it would be a slow process, not knowing the length of time it would take. He also explained that there are difficulties in getting all of the countries to agree and facilitate the “phase down”. In noted that these lengthy deliberations are common when negotiating Treaties of this sort.

I expressed my concern about the timeline because of the thousands of people who will continually be harmed, noting the scientific evidence of harm.  I reiterated Charlie Brown’s (of Consumers for Dental Choice and the World Alliance for Mercury Free Dentistry) input about safe alternatives, specifically the ART technique, as well as the issue of insurance not covering white alternative fillings, which Charlie also addressed.  I shared my own experience when my dentist offered me a “white filling” or “silver filling”, and when I asked what the difference was, he said, “Insurance covers the silver one”, no mention of “mercury”.

Regarding environmental precautions, Dr. Thompson emphasized the need for amalgam separators in all dental offices and the need to follow safe practices of disposal of amalgam in the dental office.

Dr. Thompson further explained that it was necessary to educate the public and do research.  I questioned the necessity for research when the scientific documentation has already proven that mercury fillings are a hazard to health and the environment. He responded by saying that the research would ostensibly be about how to facilitate the phase down for the entire world, and that they had no control of that element of the phase down. I felt that his answer was sincere!
The reason given for not including vaccines in Annex C was based on the need to prevent childhood illnesses, especially in developing countries. Further, DOS stated that there was insufficient evidence of harm from vaccines. They relied on studies by CDC and other academic institutions.  In addition, they said that Thimerosal in vaccines was not causing environmental pollution.

Pro-vaccine attendees said that vaccines save the lives of millions of children in developing countries, and without them, it would be a disastrous situation.  As such, they hoped to substantially increase the volume of vaccines to these countries. Their mantra was that there is no scientific proof that autism or any childhood diseases resulted from mercury containing vaccines.

Following the meeting we were interviewed for coverage of the State Department meeting by Fox news 17 in Nashville, TN.:

U. S. Government Takes Controversial Stand on Silver Amalgam Dental Fillings
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_9687.shtml?wap=0&

from the IAOMT

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For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is evaluating international regulations that would ban mercury-containing products including silver/amalgam dental fillings, which contain 50% mercury and are already in the mouths of more than 122 million Americans.

The DOS will present their official position on the use of mercury in amalgam fillings and other medical devices at a stakeholder meeting on Monday, October 24th, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the DOS headquarters on 2201 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Injured consumers and members of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) will attend the meeting to encourage a ban on mercury/silver dental amalgam fillings.

The U.S. government’s monumental decision about mercury fillings is being made in preparation for the third session of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC3), scheduled for later this month in Nairobi, Kenya. The committee was created with the specific purpose of developing a global, legally-binding instrument on mercury due to its significant negative effect on human health and the environment.

Mercury, a potent neurotoxin used in dental amalgam fillings, can damage the brain, kidneys, and nervous system, and is particularly harmful to the fetus and young children. Substantial, peer-reviewed, scientific evidence proving these dangers is documented in IAOMT’s Petition for Reconsideration, which was filed with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2009.

The hazards of mercury filings have also been addressed by other international groups. In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that dental amalgam is “the greatest source of mercury exposure for the general population, exceeding those from food and air.”

In the United States, President Obama has recognized the hazards of mercury since 2008, and he emphasized the need to protect children from being exposed to mercury in his September 8, 2011 speech to Congress.

Yet, no actions to defend the American public from the known risks of mercury/silver dental fillings have been taken, although a recent submission by the U.S. to UNEP’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee supports “further consideration of dental amalgam by the INC…with the goal of potential or gradual phasedown of dental amalgam and ongoing research for affordable, viable alternatives.”

Such a position is unacceptable to Dr. David Kennedy, past president of IAOMT, who explains, “Using the excuse of alternative materials to further delay protecting the public is illogical because safe alternatives to mercury fillings have already been used for more than 20 years.”

Leo Cashman, executive director and volunteer for the non-profit, consumer advocacy group Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions (DAMS), agrees: “Dental amalgam is not viable when the costs of mercury poisoning to the individual, to families, and to the healthcare industry are considered.”

“If we accept the current treaty language of UNEP, WHO, and the U.S. State Department, as well as their associated health declarations that I completely disagree with, the treaty will be about an ‘infinite phase down’ which won’t even begin phasing down mercury/silver amalgam dental filling placement until 2020 the soonest, but more likely 2030, with requested exemptions by the FDI”, says Dr. David Simone, who will be representing IAOMT at the DOS meeting. He reiterates, “The way it stands now, the UNEP Mercury Instrument is designed to keep placing mercury amalgams in all populations for another 20 years at least.”

Freya Koss, President of the PA Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry, was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis after having an old mercury amalgam filling drilled out and replaced with a new one, and she will be at the meeting to insure that the DOS keeps mercury fillings in a proposed ban portion of the INC treaty.

Marie Flowers, President of Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions (DAMS), experienced neurological symptoms following the removal of a mercury amalgam filling and will likewise be at the DOS meeting on Monday. Flowers has commented, “The U.S. lags behind countries such as Sweden, who initiated a mercury phase out in 1987, followed by Denmark and Norway, who banned dental mercury amalgam in 2009.

Nashville’s Fox 17 anchor Stacy Case told her personal story of mercury poisoning to the FDA at a recent Town Meeting in San Francisco: “I had four amalgams unsafely removed and replaced with four shiny mercury fillings, and I got out of bed one day and couldn’t walk.” However, Case recovered from her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis after her fillings were safely removed. Her message to the U.S. government is clear: “Use your power and position for good. Please right this wrong!”

IAOMT and other groups are strongly urging the DOS to support the position of the U.S. Government as stated in February 2009 by Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, who announced, “Mercury poses a serious threat to public health in communities around the world…The United States will play a leading role in working with other nations to craft a global, legally binding agreement that will prevent the spread of mercury into the environment and improve the health of workers, pregnant women, and children throughout the world.”

Monday’s DOS meeting about the U.S. position on the INC treaty will set the international stage for the future of mercury in dentistry, which many hope will be the end of drilling a potent neurotoxin into the mouths of an unsuspecting international public.

from Change.org (petition)

I’m working very hard to make sure that another child does not have to get mercury poisoning from their dental amalgams (aka silver fillings) like my son.  They almost killed him.  At one time he was paralyzed.

If you didn’t know that amalgams were 50% mercury, don’t be shocked. The ADA has disguised this fact for many years by calling them silver fillings.

Together we can make a change. If you think it’s wrong to put leaking mercury in the mouths of children and everyone else in America, then please sign and share this petition. “15 y.o. Paralyzed Due to Mercury Poisoning from Amalgams/ Silver Fillings.” Together we can tell the ADA and the FDA that the use of mercury fillings is an unnecessary and unacceptable practice.

Our goal is to reach more than 100,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/15-yo-paralyzed-due-to-mercury-poisoning-from-amalgams-silver-fillings

You can read KJ’s story on page 30 of http://www.MusicalGeniusMagazine.com Contact me for questions or to get involved!

Thanks!
Taajah
866-91-MUSIC ext. 806

P.S.  When you sign, ask 5 people to sign too.  When they ask 5 people and so on…we can make a difference quickly.

by Brigid Shaw, NaturalNews

Add anaphylactic shock to the long list of disastrous effects of vaccinations. A recent article in Vactruth.com identifies the potentially fatal allergic reaction as one of the consequences of polysorbate 80, a chemical found in many vaccines, including the flu and HPV vaccines (http://vactruth.com/2011/05/18/is-t…).

German researchers have identified polysorbate 80 as the cause of an anaphylactic reaction in a patient. Pubmed.gov cited the study, which concluded that “polysorbate 80 is a solubilizing agent that can cause severe nonimmunologic anaphylactoid reactions” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/…). In other words, this agent can suppress yourimmune systemand cause a severe allergic reaction, which could kill you.

Found in creams, soaps and multiple medical preparations includingvaccines, vitamin oils, and anticancer agents, in addition to common foods like ice cream, polysorbate 80 has been linked to much more than severe allergic reactions.

As far back as 1993, scientists were aware that polysorbate 80 causesinfertilityin mammals. Baby female rats were injected with the substance and experienced accelerated maturation, hormonal changes, decreased weight of the uterus and ovaries, and degenerative follicles (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/…).

Catherine J. Frompovich, the author of the Vactruth.com article, informs us that the University of Georgia is developing avaccinethat deliberately damagesfertilityas a method of contraception. It contains, of course, polysorbate 80. In fact, the chemical is a “preferred” ingredient. Little wonder, considering the damage it does to the female reproductive system. So shouldn’t the Food and Drug Administration remove polysorbate 80 from vaccines, shampoos, and food products?

Polysorbate 80 is only one of a plethora oftoxic ingredientsfound in vaccines. Thimerosal is a widely-used vaccine preservative made withmercury, a known neurotoxin. A multi-doseflushot contains mercury levels 250 times higher than legally classified hazardous waste (http://www.naturalnews.com/024624_f…).

Adjuvants (added to vaccines to stimulate the immune system’s response) used in vaccines are derived from aluminum, apoisonthat can cause bone, bone marrow and brain degeneration. Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) is a documented carcinogen. To make matters worse, the destruction caused by the combination of these poisonousingredientsis magnified when they are used together.

According to the International Medical Council on Vaccination, diseases that have documented associations with vaccines includeautism, cancer, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and many neurological and autoimmune diseases, to name a few.

Though publicly denied by governmentalhealth“authorities,” the evidence is mounting that vaccinatedchildrensuffer a significant decline in health compared to unvaccinated children. The International Medical Council on Vaccination cites a study of 17,674 children. Those vaccinated had 120% more asthma, 146% more autism, and 317% more ADHD than their unvaccinated counterparts.

With such toxic ingredients like polysorbate 80, is it any wonder that researchers are finding links betweenvaccinationsand skyrocketingdiseaserates? Furthermore, perhaps the infertility rates that increase every year in this country are caused by an ingredient known to damage reproductive organs–one that is found in vaccinations and common household products.

To protect your family’s health, inform yourself about the dangers of vaccinations. In the U.S., you have the right to refuse vaccines. Learn more athttp://exemptmychild.com/10752.

[Editor's Note:NaturalNewsis strongly against the use of all forms of animal testing. We fully support implementation of humane medical experimentation that promotes the health and wellbeing of all living creatures.]

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“The prolonged ingestion of fluoride may cause significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system,” concludes a review of studies by researchers Valdez-Jimenez, et al. published in Neurologia (June 2011), reports New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF).

The research team reports, “It is important to be aware of this serious problem and avoid the use of toothpaste and items that contain fluoride, particularly in children as they are more susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride.” (1)

“Fluoride can be toxic by ingesting one part per million (ppm), and the effects are not immediate, as they can take 20 years or more to become evident,” they write.

Most fluoridating U.S. public drinking water suppliers add fluoride chemicals to deliver 1 ppm fluoride (equal to about 1 milligram per quart) intending to benefit teeth and not to purify the water.

“Fluoridation clearly jeopardizes our children and must be stopped,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, NYSCOF.  ”We can actually see how fluoride has damaged children’s teeth with dental fluorosis; but we can’t see the harm it’s doing to their brains and other organs. No U.S. researcher is even looking,” says Beeber.

Valdez-Jimenez, et al. describe studies that show fluoride induces changes in the brain’s physical structure and biochemistry which affects the neurological  and mental development of individuals including cognitive processes, such as learning and memory.

“Fluoride is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, which may cause biochemical and functional changes in the nervous system during pregnancy, since the fluoride accumulates in brain tissue before birth,” they write.*

Animal studies show fluoride’s toxic brain effects include classic brain abnormalities found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Valdez-Jimenez’s team reports.

A different research team (Tang et al.) reported in 2008 that “A qualitative review of the studies found a consistent and strong association between the exposure to fluoride and low IQ.” (Biological Trace Element Research)  (2)

In 2006, the U.S. National Research Council’s (NRC) expert fluoride panel reviewed fluoride toxicology and concluded, “It’s apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain.” And, “Fluorides also increase the production of free radicals in the brain through several different biological pathways. These changes have a bearing on the possibility that fluorides act to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.” (3)

On April 12, 2010, Time magazine listed fluoride as one of the “Top Ten Common Household Toxins” and described fluoride as both “neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed.” (4)

Phyllis Mullenix, Ph.D., was the first U.S. scientist to find evidence that fluoride damages the brain. She published her animal study in a respected peer-reviewed scientific journal in 1995 (5) and then was fired for doing so.(6)

Vyvyan Howard, M.D., Ph.D., a prominent fetal toxicologist and past-President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, said that current brain/fluoride research convinces him that we should stop water fluoridation.

Many communities have stopped or rejected fluoridation in the past several years  – the most recent is Fairbanks, Alaska.  This year, seven New York City Council Members co-sponsored legislation to stop fluoridation in NYC.

*Translated from Spanish using Google Translation

References:  https://groups.google.com/d/topic/fluoridation-news-releases/rD7pCONMcLw/discussion