(NaturalNews) It takes a special kind of humility for a medical
professional to admit that something he or she was taught in medical
school, and has long since clung to as fact, is actually false. But a
growing number of dentists from around the world, many of whom formerly
supported water fluoridation, are now boldly speaking out against it as a
long-held, unsubstantiated medical dogma purported to prevent tooth
decay, but that actually damages health and provides no legitimate oral
health benefits.
Recently, there has been intense pressure in
many communities to remove fluoride chemicals from water supplies.
Particularly in the US where fluoridation is quite common, many local
residents have been sending information about fluoride's dangers to
their city council members, and even attending and speaking at meetings.
But
what is often missing from reports about anti-fluoridation efforts is
the fact that many medical professionals, including dentists, are also
in agreement that fluoride ingestion is dangerous. In other words, these
are not just concerned citizens without medical degrees that are
raising an issue, but they are people that have been extensively
educated in oral health.
"When I graduated from University, we
weren't given any information about where [fluoride] came from," says
Dentist Caree Alexander, a former Navy practitioner who also had a
private dental practice for 20 years, in the documentary FIRE WATER: Australia's Industrial Fluoridation Disgrace. "We all assumed it was [pharmaceutical-grade] calcium fluoride."
You can watch the official full-length documentary for free at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiC...
Other
prominent dentists that have spoken out against fluoride include Dr.
Thomas Connelly from New York City; Dr. Andrew Harms, former president
of the Australian Dental Association; Dentist Hardy Limeback, PhD, from
the University of Toronto's Department of Preventive Dentistry; Dentist
Bill Osmunson from the Fluoride Action Network (FAN); and Dentist David
Kennedy from the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
(IAOMT), just to name a few.
"My [published] work showed that
fluoride accumulates in the human pineal gland and lowers melatonin
production in animals," says Dentist Jennifer Luke, PhD. "I find it
extraordinary that no government promoting fluoridation has chosen to
pursue these worrying findings."
Beyond simply ignoring the
science surrounding fluoride's dangers, the US government and its media
pawns routinely take the offensive against those opposed to water
fluoridation, slandering them as paranoid conspiracy theorists. But
there is no denying that thousands of medical professionals, including
dentists, are adamantly against it as well.
More than 3,790 professionals, 324 of which are dentists, have already signed FAN's Call for an End to Water Fluoridation, which you can view here:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/profes...
You can also learn more about the dangers of fluoride by visiting:
http://www.fluoridealert.org
