Fluoride

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Do people think fluoride causes cancer? This lady at the
supermarket told me that, but I think she was lying

New York -- February 6, 2002 -- Fluoride added to
public water supplies may be linked to cancer suggests
two new studies.

“The likelihood of fluoride acting as a genetic cause
of cancer requires consideration“, writes Takahashi
and colleagues in the July 2001 “Journal of
Epidemiology (1) who found that 23 of 36 cancer sites
(63.9%) were associated positively with fluoridation status,
using World Health Organization data and the U.S.
Fluoridation Census.

Some studies, e.g., Hoover (1976) and Knox (1985) claim no
credible fluoridation/cancer association exists. However,
Takahashi and co-authors found the Hoover/Knox assessments
flawed, and explain why in their paper.

The authors report that the National Cancer Institute
provided epidemiological evidence of a relation between
cancer incidence and water fluoridation in 1987. These
findings provoked a 1990 National Toxicology Program (NTP)
study that determined fluoride could be a cancer-causing
agent because four, out of 261, male rats developed
osteosarcoma (a rare bone cancer).

The NTP study “supplied a detailed description of the
toxicology of fluoride, not only in terms of osteosarcoma,
but also lesions in the oral mucosa, thyroid gland, skin and
uterus...(which) prompted us to re-test the hypothesis of an
epidemiological association between water fluoridation and
cancer incidences...“, wrote Takahashi who found
fluoridation status positively correlates to cancers of the
oral cavity, pharynx, colon, rectum, hepato-bilary & urinary
organs and bone cancer in males.

Such a broad spectrum association has never been observed
for any particular known carcinogen, but it may be
reasonable for fluoride, because of its strong
electronegative nature, the authors explain.

After ten years of water fluoridation, children aged 7-18
in Newburgh,
N.Y., had more cortical bone defects than the non-
fluoridated control city, Kingston. And more bone cancer
occurred in young males in fluoridated portions of New
Jersey. ... these two facts may be connected
pathophysiologically, Takahashi reports.

Takahashi urges researchers worldwide to further
assess fluoride as a genetic cause of cancers...and
stop the application of fluoride for prevention of
teeth caries (cavities) if this indeed presents as a
risk factor for cancer.

In another study, (2) Ramesh and colleagues propose that
high fluoride bone content might have been one of the major
factors causing osteosarcoma, in the Journal of
Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, 2001, Vol.
20, Issue 3.

Ramesh, et al, analyzed bone samples of 20 Indian
osteosarcoma patients. The very high levels of fluoride
accumulation in the bone samples of (2 Indian osteosarcoma
patients) in which p53 gene mutation have also been detected
suggest that possible adverse effects of fluoride on the DNA
of the osteosarcoma patients, Ramesh and colleagues write.

Mutations in the p53 genes are the most commonly observed
genetic alterations in human cancer. Ramesh concludes that
fluoride probably causes mutations in p53.

These new findings raise important questions about potential
harm from water fluoridation, especially when coupled with
the current recognition that ingesting fluoride does not
reduce tooth decay but has caused a massive increase in
disfiguring dental fluorosis, says lawyer Paul Beeber,
President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.

The NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation consists of
scientists, physicians, dentists, legislators, lawyers,
environmentalists, university professors, other
professionals, and concerned citizens who volunteer their
efforts to inform the public about fluoride's/fluoridation's
scientifically supported harmful dental, systemic and
cumulative effects to balance the usually pro-fluoridation
opinion that's reported by mainstream media.

(1) ncbi.nlm.nih.govquery.fcgiOpen ↗
eve&db=PubMed&list_ uids=11512573&dopt=Abstract

(2) ncbi.nlm.nih.govquery.fcgiOpen ↗
eve&db=PubMed&list_ uids=11797833&dopt=Abstract

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tinyurl.comad9kOpen ↗ NYSCOF Fluoride NewsTracker
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Quoted message said:

Do people think fluoride causes cancer? This lady at the
supermarket told me that, but I think she was lying

New York -- February 6, 2002 -- Fluoride added to public
water supplies may be linked to cancer suggests two new
studies.

“The likelihood of fluoride acting as a genetic
cause of cancer requires consideration“,

Hey, Paul--

I know you're a lawyer and not an oncologist. Please
try to explain to a stupid dentist pleez how
fluoride can act as a GENETIC cause of cancer.

Sincerely, Steve

writes Takahashi and colleagues in the

Quoted message said:

July 2001 “Journal of Epidemiology (1) who found
that 23 of 36 cancer sites (63.9%) were associated
positively with fluoridation status, using World Health
Organization data and the U.S. Fluoridation Census.

Some studies, e.g., Hoover (1976) and Knox (1985) claim no
credible fluoridation/cancer association exists. However,
Takahashi and co-authors found the Hoover/Knox assessments
flawed, and explain why in their paper.

The authors report that the National Cancer Institute
provided epidemiological evidence of a relation between
cancer incidence and water fluoridation in 1987. These
findings provoked a 1990 National Toxicology Program (NTP)
study that determined fluoride could be a cancer-causing
agent because four, out of 261, male rats developed
osteosarcoma (a rare bone cancer).

The NTP study “supplied a detailed description of
the toxicology of fluoride, not only in terms of
osteosarcoma, but also lesions in the oral mucosa,
thyroid gland, skin and uterus...(which) prompted us to
re-test the hypothesis of an epidemiological association
between water fluoridation and cancer
incidences...“, wrote Takahashi who found
fluoridation status positively correlates to cancers of
the oral cavity, pharynx, colon, rectum, hepato-bilary &
urinary organs and bone cancer in males.

Such a broad spectrum association has never been observed
for any particular known carcinogen, but it may be
reasonable for fluoride, because of its strong
electronegative nature, the authors explain.

After ten years of water fluoridation, children aged 7-18
in Newburgh,
N.Y., had more cortical bone defects than the non-
fluoridated control city, Kingston. And more bone
cancer occurred in young males in fluoridated portions
of New Jersey. ... these two facts may be connected
pathophysiologically, Takahashi reports.

Takahashi urges researchers worldwide to further
assess fluoride as a genetic cause of cancers...and
stop the application of fluoride for prevention of
teeth caries (cavities) if this indeed presents as a
risk factor for cancer.

In another study, (2) Ramesh and colleagues propose that
high fluoride bone content might have been one of the
major factors causing osteosarcoma, in the Journal of
Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, 2001,
Vol. 20, Issue 3.

Ramesh, et al, analyzed bone samples of 20 Indian
osteosarcoma patients. The very high levels of fluoride
accumulation in the bone samples of (2 Indian osteosarcoma
patients) in which p53 gene mutation have also been
detected suggest that possible adverse effects of fluoride
on the DNA of the osteosarcoma patients, Ramesh and
colleagues write.

Mutations in the p53 genes are the most commonly observed
genetic alterations in human cancer. Ramesh concludes that
fluoride probably causes mutations in p53.

These new findings raise important questions about
potential harm from water fluoridation, especially when
coupled with the current recognition that ingesting
fluoride does not reduce tooth decay but has caused a
massive increase in disfiguring dental fluorosis, says
lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation.

The NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation consists of
scientists, physicians, dentists, legislators, lawyers,
environmentalists, university professors, other
professionals, and concerned citizens who volunteer their
efforts to inform the public about
fluoride's/fluoridation's scientifically supported harmful
dental, systemic and cumulative effects to balance the
usually pro-fluoridation opinion that's reported by
mainstream media.

(1) ncbi.nlm.nih.govquery.fcgiOpen ↗
rieve&db=PubMed&list_ uids=11512573&dopt=Abstract

(2) ncbi.nlm.nih.govquery.fcgiOpen ↗
rieve&db=PubMed&list_ uids=11797833&dopt=Abstract

New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
(NYSCOF) orgsites.comnyscofOpen ↗
tinyurl.comad9kOpen ↗ NYSCOF Fluoride NewsTracker
fluoridenews.blogspot.comfluoridenews.blogspot.comOpen ↗

Fluoride Action Network fluoridealert.orgfluoridealert.orgOpen ↗

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Do people think fluoride causes cancer? This lady at the
supermarket told me that, but I think she was lying

Congratulations. You're right.

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Quoted message said:

Do people think fluoride causes cancer? This lady at the
supermarket told me that, but I think she was lying

New York -- February 6, 2002 -- Fluoride added to public
water supplies may be linked to cancer suggests two new
studies.

“The likelihood of fluoride acting as a genetic
cause of cancer requires consideration“,

Hey, Paul--

I know you're a lawyer and not an oncologist. Please
try to explain to a stupid dentist pleez how
fluoride can act as a GENETIC cause of cancer.

Sincerely, Steve

Hey Steve 'Sup

"From the chemical and biochemical point of view, a key
finding came in 1981, when John Emsley showed that fluoride
formed a strong hydrogen bond with the amide function. This
certainly gives a very plausible explanation as to why this
'chemically inert' entity fluoride could cause biochemical
harm. Indeed, interference with the H-bonding poses a threat
to the very heart of biochemistry where so much of the
structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids is
dependent on hydrogen bond making and breaking. This
potential disruption of H-bonds would explain fluoride's
inhibition of certain enzymes and possibly its interference
with DNA repair mechanisms."

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New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
(NYSCOF) orgsites.comnyscofOpen ↗
tinyurl.comad9kOpen ↗ NYSCOF Fluoride NewsTracker
fluoridenews.blogspot.comfluoridenews.blogspot.comOpen ↗

Fluoride Action Network fluoridealert.orgfluoridealert.orgOpen ↗