Fluoridation Hearing—
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ten cents a person a year to fluoridate a community's water supply. It would save many, many teeth. Fluoridation at the proposed level has shown no toxic effects in our studies."
Dr. George Waldbott, allergy specialist from Detroit, Mich., and author of the recent book on fluoridation, "A Struggle With Titans," said the controls of most studies made by supporters of fluoridation were inadequate. The author's conclusions often disregarded certain data, he said.
"WE OBTAIN fluoride not only from water, but also from air, food and drugs. It is impossible to predict how much fluoride will be taken in and retained by large masses of people. In one case I studied 95 per cent of the fluoride taken in was excreted through the urine. In another case, only three per cent," said Dr. Waldbott.
DR. WALDBOTT discussed his studies of 100 fluoride patients, 15 of whom were hospitalized because of their condition.
At least 230 parts per million concentration of fluoride has been found in the skin and other body tissues of some users of fluoride, says Dr. Waldbott. Fluoride can hamper the functions of the body enzymes.
"Those suffering from chronic fluoride toxication experienced stomach pain, vomiting, fluoride deposits in the teeth, ulcer of the mouth, some loss of memory, some partial paralysis. When these patients were taken off fluoride, they regained health in one to three weeks without medication. When they returned to fluoride, the symptoms returned," he said.
According to Dr. Waldbott, it is difficult for physicians to be alerted to the effects of fluoridation when health organizations say fear and unsafety do not exist in fluoridation. He pointed out that none of the studies supporting fluoridation sought out the one person out of a hundred who was suffering from fluorosis.
"THE PLACENTA of a woman cannot prevent the transportation of fluoride to the unborn child. Can we allow careful clinical studies on fluorosis in an individual to be disregarded in favor of several hundred who have not shown effects?", Dr. Waldbott said.
Delbert Greenwood, biochemist at Utah State University, who has conducted extensive research on the metabolic fate of fluorides in man and animals, answered Dr. Waldbott.
"All of Dr. Waldbott's examples are beyond the one part per million concentration in the proposed fluoridation program. We admit that fluorides do affect enzyme systems at high levels of concentration. But at low levels there is no harmful effect," Greenwood said.
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GREENWOOD GAVE evidence of this from research done in Evanston, Ill. Here, thousands of people have been studied for the past 20 years, since fluoridation was begun there in 1946. Results have shown no harmful effects from the fluoride.
This social function is sponsored for KU women by the Associated Women Students (AWS).
Residents of KU's women living groups volunteer to participate in this activity. An AWS, committee then selects 140 women students to attend the coffees.
"Fluoridation is the most important public health venture of the century. We admit there are still a few studies which could be made on individuals. But why should millions be deprived of the benefits of fluoridation for a few abnormalities," he said.
He said that tooth decay will occur any time there is a change in the diet. This is noted, he said, among primitive people who are suddenly introduced to modern processed foods.
EACH PROFESSOR will entertain six to eight women students. The coffees are designed to be informal conversational periods where the students and the faculty member may become better acquainted.
"Fluridation is completely safe," he continued. "I stake my life and my professional reputation on this. I, my wife, and my children have been using fluoride with no ill effects. All of our research has pointed to this same truth."
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ALBERT BURGSTAHLER, professor of chemistry at KU and author of a recent review on medical and dental aspects of fluoridation of drinking water, said fluoridation itself will not reduce dental caries. He added that scientists do not yet know how fluoride stops tooth decay.
Burgstahler discussed several experiments by scientists on animals which confirmed certain deficiencies due to fluoride. These deficiencies range from fluoride deposits in the teeth to an almost nine per cent reduction in life span. The animals commonly used were mice.
"THE REAL THING we should shoot for is the study of very young children during the age of earliest tooth development, and how fluoridation affects these. No studies in this area have been made in the United States. Such studies have been made in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, and Italy. All these countries have made fluoridation illegal." Burgstahler said.
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