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Illnesses, diseases, syndromes and conditions that will be either
aggravated or caused by fluoride substance ingestion or exposure.

Be mindful that the health problems detailed below may not be just because of the fluoride, but because of its synergistic effects when in the presence of other toxins such as other elemental substances, mercury, aluminum, arsenic and others, plus viruses, plus pesticides, plus other toxic substances used in food processing such as aspartame, MSG, as well as those released into the atmosphere and waterways by industry, used pharmaceuticals dumped into drains and toilets by conumers, and drug residues eliminated in human waste in the digestion process.

Arthritis
ADD
ADHD
Allergies

SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.

ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Nigrostriatal dopaminergic function in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with and without copper/zinc superoxide dismutase mutations.

Neurology. December 1, 1996 vol. 47 no. 6 1546-1551. Abstract http://www.neurology.org/content/47/6/1546.short

Disease family trees: The possible roles of iodine in goitre, cretinism, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and cancers of the thyroid, nervous system and skin.

Medical Hypotheses, Volume 24, Issue 3, November 1987, Pages 249-263. Abstract http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0306987787900727

Riluzole, Neuroprotection and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, B.C. Cheah, S. Vucic1, A.V. Krishnan and M.C. Kiernan Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2010, 17, pp. 1942-1959

http://www.benthamscience.com/cmc/openaccessarticles/cmc-17-18/0006C[1].pdf

Fluoride Neurotoxicity And Excitotoxicity/Microglial Activation : Mechanism of the neurotoxic effect of fluoride and aluminofluoride complexes on the brain.

Guest editorial, Fluoride 40(2)89–92, April-June 2007, http://australianfluorideaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Dr. Russell Blaylock Fluoride-and-excitotoxicity.pdf

Autism

Blood

Anemia

Bone disease

(R)ecent observations indicate that fluoride-induced bone changes are not necessarily symmetrical or bilateral. Thus, Herbert and Francon (1971) describe the case of a pot room worker who had left-hip sciatica and nephritis, with diffuse lumbar arthralgias. The fluoride content of the iliac crest bone was between 5,100 and 5,800 ppm, ash basis. Harbo (1973) describes the case of a workman with sensory loss in the upper left extremity, with muscular wasting and pain.

N.R.C. Canada, Environmental NRC Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality, Environmental Fluoride 1977, Dyson Rose & John R. Marier, NRCC NO. 16081, ISSN 0316-0114, (our reference: Fluoride1977NRCCanada_{NRC-Fluoride}.html)

abnormal bone growth

"Fracture risk and bone strength have been studied in animal models. The weight of evidence indicates that, although fluoride might increase bone volume, there is less strength per unit volume."

National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press, Washington D.C. p. 5.

"Several animal studies on fluoride’s effect on bone biomechanical competence have been performed... [A]n overwhelming majority of the investigations mentioned found no effect or a negative effect of fluoride on bone strength..."

Sogaard CH, et al. (1995). Effects of fluoride on rat vertebral body biomechanical competence and bone mass. Bone 16: 163-9.

"[O]ne cannot help but be alarmed by the negative effects of fluoride on bone strength consistently demonstrated in animal models."

Turner CH. (1996). Fluoride and the FDA: a curious case. (letter) Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 11(9):1369-71.

"Later the leg and foot bones may become deformed or fractured, resulting in lameness."

Karstad L. (1967). Fluorosis in deer (Odoceileus virginianus). Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association 3:42-46.

"High fluorine levels interfere with mineral metabolism and cause abnormal growth of bone that may be structurally weak."

Huffman WT. (1949). Effects on livestock of air contamination caused by fluoride fumes. In: Air Pollution. Proceedings of the United States Technical Conference on Air Pollution. McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York. pp. 59-63.

"fluorotic specimens had a lower tensile strength and strain but a higher compressive strength and strain than the nonfluorotic ones."

Gaynor F, et al. (1976). Mechanical properties and density of bone in a case of severe endemic fluorosis. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica 47: 489-495.

"The bone was brittle and shattered easily when cut on a bandsaw."

Krook L, Maylin GA. (1979). Industrial fluoride pollution. Chronic fluoride poisoning in Cornwall Island cattle. Cornell Veterinarian 69(Suppl 8): 1-70.

"The bones are subject to easy fracture."

Blood DC, Henderson JA, Radostits OM, eds. (1979). Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and Horses. 5th Edition. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia.

agranulocytosis

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

aplastic anaemia (destruction of the bone marrow)

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

architecture damage of bone

Dr. Hardy Limback http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=xymlWlAYTr8 at 8 minutes 24 seconds

arthralgias (lumbar)

N.R.C. Canada, Environmental NRC Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality, Environmental Fluoride 1977, Dyson Rose & John R. Marier, NRCC NO. 16081, ISSN 0316-0114, 5.3, Para 4.

brittle bones

Dr. Hardy Limback http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=xymlWlAYTr8 at 9 minutes 48 seconds

"The bone is abnormally brittle."

Lyth O. (1946). Endemic fluorosis in Kweichow, China. The Lancet 1: 233-235

"... the bone was brittle and crumbled readily. The new bone was as fragile as chalk..."

Johnson LC. (1965). Histogenesis and mechanisms in the development of osteofluorosis. In: H.C.Hodge and F.A.Smith, eds : Fluorine chemistry, Vol. 4. New York, N.Y., Academic press (1965) 424-441.

"In advanced skeletal fluorosis the bones are brittle."

Adams PH, Jowsey J. (1965). Sodium fluoride in the treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Annals of Internal Medicine 63: 1151-1155.

calcific bursitis

SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.

Cortical Bone Density reduction

Gordon SL, Corbin SB. (1992). Summary of workshop on drinking water fluoride influence on hip fracture on bone health. (National Institutes of Health, 10 April, 1991). Osteoporosis International 2:109-17.

"...several investigators have reported that cortical bone decreases significantly during treatment."

Riggs BL. (1983). Treatment of osteoporosis with sodium fluoride: an appraisal. Bone and Mineral Research. 2: 366-393.

"... decrease in cortical bone mass observed in fluoride therapy."

Schnitzler CM, Solomon L. (1985). Trabecular stress fractures during fluoride therapy for osteoporosis. Skeletal Radioliology 14:276-9.

"Because of the association between hip fracture and low femoral cortical thickness, and because of the reported decrease in cortical forearm density using Ca and NaF, it seems unwise to use NaF treatment in patients with hip fracture following minor trauma."

Gutteridge DH, et al. (1990). Spontaneous hip fractures in fluoride-treated patients: potential causative factors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 5(Suppl 1):S205-15.

deformation of bones

SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.

demineralization
decalcification
disk degeneration
exostoses

"Common features are the reduced strength of the bones, the tendency to form exostoses, bone atrophy, and a deficient calcification."

Roholm K. (1937). Fluoride intoxication: a clinical-hygienic study with a review of the literature and some experimental investigations. H.K. Lewis Ltd, London.

fractures

"... an unusally large number of fractures were detected; these involved ribs, mandible, and pelvis."

Agate JN, et al. (1949). Industrial fluorosis: A study of the hazard to man and animals near Fort William, Scotland. Medical Research Council Memorandum No. 22. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.

hip fractures (increases)

"... it seems unwise to use NaF treatment in patients with hip fracture following minor trauma."

Gutteridge DH, et al. (1990). Spontaneous hip fractures in fluoride-treated patients: potential causative factors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 5(Suppl 1):S205-15.

"In four of the six hip fractures in this study, the history strongly suggested that the fracture occurred before the patient fell.

Hedlund LR, Gallagher JC. (1989). Increased incidence of hip fracture in osteoporotic women treated with sodium fluoride. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 4:223-5.

hypocalcemia

Brentag Canada - Hydrofluorosilicic acid see page 2

(pdf download)

G. Frada, G. Mentesana and U. Guaijani. Thyroidfunctionin Endemichydrofluorosisin Sicily, Palermo, Italy

hypercalcinuria

G. Frada, G. Mentesana and U. Guaijani. Thyroidfunctionin Endemichydrofluorosisin Sicily, Palermo, Italy

leucopoenia

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

leukemia

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

ligament calcification
mineral-collagen interface damage
mineralization non-uniformity
nephritis

osteocyte damage
osteoarthritis
osteosclerosis

osteodystrophy
osteomalacia

SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.

osteopenia

Dr. Garry Gordon, MD, DO, MD(H), Interview with Suzanne Summers

http://www.suzannesomers.com/Blog/post/CDC-and-ADA-Advise-Against-Fluoride.aspx

osteophytes (bone spurs) formation
osteoporosis
rheumatoid arthritis
sciatica

skeletal Fluorosis

spinal stenosis

"Ossification of the transverse atlantal ligament (OTAL) is extremely rare and may cause upper cervical canal stenosis and spastic quadriparesis..."

Wang W, et al. (2004). Ossification of the transverse atlantal ligament associated with fluorosis: a report of two cases and review of the literature. Spine 29 :E75-8

spondylosis
strength decrease

"Increased fragility of the bones may be present, and they can be friable and crumbly."

Kumar SP, Harper RA. (1963). Fluorosis in Aden. British Journal of Radiology 36: 497-502.

tendonitis
thrombocytopenia

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

Brain

Alzeimer's
Dementia
Lowered IQ
Memory loss
Parkinson's
Synaptic damage
Tumors

Cancers

N.R.C. Canada, Environmental NRC Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality, Environmental Fluoride 1977, Dyson Rose & John R. Marier, NRCC NO. 16081, ISSN 0316-0114, 5.2.

osteosarcoma

Fluoride-Osteosarcoma.

http://www.fluoride-osteosarcoma-law.com/fluoride_osteosarcoma.html

New Study Fails to Refute Fluoride-Osteosarcoma Link

http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/new_study_fails_to_refute_fluoride_osteosarcoma_link

Sodium fluoride-induced morphological and neoplastic transformation, chromosome aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges, and unscheduled DNA synthesis in cultured syrian hamster embryo cells. Abstract.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6692416

"In advanced skeletal fluorosis the bones are brittle."

Adams PH, Jowsey J. (1965). Sodium fluoride in the treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Annals of Internal Medicine 63: 1151-1155.

Breast

Clinch CA. Fluoride Interactions with Iodine and Iodide: Implications for Breast Health. Fluoride April-June 2009:42(2):75-87.

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/422/files/FJ2009_v42_n2_p00i-iii.pdf

Colon
Lung
Oral

CardioVascular diseases

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21946616

Collagen Damage
Cystic fibrosis

Mentioned in this report:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009279710004631

Excess Fluoride Interference with Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR).

Clinch C.A.; Fluoride Jan-Mar 2011;44(1):7-8.

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/441/files/FJ2011_v44_n1_p007-008_pq.pdf

Diabetes
Eyes

Cataracts
Glaucoma

Fibromyalgia
Gastrointestinal

Crohn's disease

(A form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It usually affects the intestines, but may occur anywhere from the mouth to the end of the rectum (anus). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001295/)

Colitis

Doctors in Ohio have found a strong link between Fluoride to Crohn's and Colitis

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Lakeshore+dumps+cavity+fighter+from+water/5634975/story.html#ixzz1cTF5FeWC

Gallbladder disease
Glaucoma
hypochlorydria
ulcers
others

Heart conditions

Angina
Cardiac arrest
Arhytmia
Coronary thrombosis

Hepatitis

Hammersmith Hospital, London University and The Medical Research Council, London, England.

Hepacolangia
Hypoadrenalism

Thyroid function in Endemichydrofluorosisin.

G. Frada, G. Mentesana and U. Guaijani. Sicily, Palermo, Italy

Immune System dysregulation
Kidney
Lameness

Later the leg and foot bones may become deformed or fractured, resulting in lameness."

Karstad L. (1967). Fluorosis in deer (Odoceileus virginianus). Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association 3:42-46.

Liver
Macular degeneration
Metabolic rate increase

The Augmentation of the Toxicity of Fluorosis in the Chick by Feeding Dessicated Thyroid.

Phillips, P. H., English, H. E. and Hart, E. B.; Journal of Nutrition 10:399, October,1935.

Microcytic anemia

Thyroid function in Endemichydrofluorosisin.

G. Frada, G. Mentesana and U. Guaijani. Sicily, Palermo, Italy

Mitochondria Function Interruption
Multiple Sclerosis
Mutagenic effects
Neurological System

"it is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain."

National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press, Washington D.C. p 187.

"Studies in animals and human populations suggest that fluoride exposure, at levels that are experienced by a significant proportion of the population whose drinking water is fluoridated, may have adverse impacts on the developing brain.

Schettler T, et al. (2000). Known and suspected developmental neurotoxicants. pp. 90-92. In: In Harms Way - Toxic Threats to Child Development. Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility: Cambridge, MA

“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.”

National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press, Washington D.C. p 186.

Alzeimer's
dementia

“Studies of populations exposed to different concentrations of fluoride should be undertaken to evaluate neurochemical changes that may be associated with dementia. Consideration should be given to assessing effects from chronic exposure, effects that might be delayed or occur late-in-life, and individual susceptibility.”

National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press, Washington D.C. p 187.

“We found that exposure to fluoride (F) in urine was associated with reduced Performance, Verbal, and Full IQ scores before and after adjusting for confounders. The same pattern was observed for models with F in water as the exposure variable.... The individual effect of F in urine indicated that for each mg increase of F in urine a decrease of 1.7 points in Full IQ might be expected.”

Rocha-Amador D, et al. (2007). Decreased intelligence in children and exposure to fluoride and arsenic in drinking water. Cadernos de Saude Publica 23(Suppl 4):S579-87.

nerve myelin sheath degeneration
Parkinson's

Parathyoid gland hypertrophy - Overexertion causes the gland to grow beyond its normal size.

SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.

Pineal Gland calcification

The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland.

Jennifer Luke, DDS, PhD. School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Caries Res. 2001 Mar-Apr;35(2):125-8

The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland.

Luke J. (1997). Ph.D. Thesis. University of Surrey, Guildford. p. 167.

Programmed Cell Death (apoptosis)

Molecular mechanisms of fluoride toxicity; Olivier Barbiera, Laura Arreola-Mendozab, Luz María Del Razoa, August 3, 2010. Abstract available here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20650267 and full report available here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009279710004631 by subsciption in full but from our web site here

Protein destruction
Respiratory

allergies
apnea
asthma
dyspnea
emphysema
pulmonary fibrosis

Reproductive

Fluoride Toxicity in the Male Reproductive System.

Long H, Jin Y, Lin M, Sun Y, Zhang L, Clinch C. Fluoride Oct-Dec 2009;42(4):275-291.

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/424/424/files/FJ2009_v42_n4_p260-276.pdf

Birth defects
Damages DNA
Damages RNA
Lowers testosterone levels in men
Lowers progesterone levels in women
Lowers fertility
Lowers sperm count
Lowers sperm motility
Spontaneous abortions
others

Skin

eczema
lesions
psoriasis
scleroderma

Teeth

Brittle teeth, easier to break
Dental Fluorosis
Dentin poisoning
Fluorosis

Affected teeth are soft and show abnormal wear.

Karstad L. (1967). Fluorosis in deer (Odoceileus virginianus). Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association 3:42-46.

Improper crystalization of enamel
Increased decay
Tooth Eruption Lag

Thyroid Gland

cretinism

Iodine Deficiency Disorder Newsletter

Lin Fa-Fu, Aihaiti, Zhao Hong-Xin, Lin Jin, Jiang Ji-Yong, Maimaiti, and Aiken. 1991 August Vol. 7 No. 3

Action Biologique du Fluor.

Goldemberg, L. Journal de Physiol. et de Path. Gen. T. 25:64, 1927.

Alteration de la Glande Thyroide dans l'Intoxication Fluorique.

Cristiani, H.; C. R. Soc. BioI. 103:554, 1930.

cachexia

Action du Fluorure de Sodium sur le Metabolisme Basal du Rat.

Frada, G. and Mentesana, G.; Journal de Phys. et de Path. Gen. T. 24:465, 1930.

goiter
hypertrophy

Thyroid functionin Endemichydrofluorosisin.

G. Frada, G. Mentesana and U. Guaijani. Sicily, Palermo, Italy

hypothyroidism
iodine production inhibition

Fluoride Interactions with Iodine and Iodide: Implications for Breast Health.

Clinch CA. Fluoride April-June 2009:42(2):75-87.

http://www.fluorideresearch.org/422/files/FJ2009_v42_n2_p00i-iii.pdf

fluoroborate accumulation inhibition, followed by
fluoroborate accumulation stimulation

Applications of FIuorine in Biological Studies with Special Reference to Bone and Thyroid Physiology.

Anbar, M.; International Atomic Energy Agency - Vienna, 1963

Others

In 1969, Marier's personal position was that Ottawa General Hospital's experience with fluoridated water in artificial kidneys, plus the Rochester-Seattle experience reported earlier by Taves, plus repeated reports in the medical literature of side effects caused by fluoride in water abroad, have clear implications for exposure to fluoride everywhere in the environment, and that these call for deeper research into the metabolic behavior not only of fluoride but of other trace elements in biology such as phosphate, magnesium, calcium, citrate, and cobalt. As man enters an era of profound concern over the totality of his environment, ignorance of small convergences may frustrate his understanding of larger consequences.
In presenting his observations to the Canadian Society of Clinical Investigation, Marier emphasized that side effects of fluoridated water moving into the body through an artificial kidney are not now being translated into predictions of side effects that will be brought about by fluoridated water taken by mouth. He reminded that the concentration of free ionic fluoride in the blood can be as low as 0.02 ppm, whereas the concentration of fluoride in artificially fluoridated water is 1 ppm. In other words, the amount of fluoride in the bath water of an artificial kidney can be proportionately as much as fifty times the amount in the blood that the plastic coil of the kidney carries through the bath. The 50-to-1 gradient between the outer and inner sides of the coil membrane drives fluoride across the membrane from the water into the blood until an osmotic equilibrium is reached.
At the 50-to-1 ratio, fluoridated water produced bone disease in ten patients studied at Ottawa General Hospital within a year; in two and a half years, all ten patients were actively sick. As is recalled in Michael Wollan's brief history of fluoridation beginning on page 56 of this issue of SR (SATURDAY REVIEW), specialists in fluoride chemistry who opposed initiation of fluoridation of public drinking water years ago warned that fluoride was such a subtle enzyme inhibitor that its damaging effects would be a long while in exposing themselves; nevertheless, those specialists -- several of them Nobel Prize winners -- insisted that the effects would be inexorable. SR's science editor believes there is now excellent cause to determine whether the protesting Nobelists were right or wrong. If water fluoridated at a concentration of 1 ppm can, by moving through an artificial kidney, cripple the body within a year, it is time to discover whether water fluoridated at a concentration of 1 ppm can reasonably be expected to cripple the bodies of severe kidney disease victims who drink the water daily for ten to twenty or more years.
— SATURDAY REVIEW, March 1, 1969; pages 51-56, New Facts on Fluoridation, John Lear, Science Editor.
Other data supporting the ban on fluoridation and the use of Fluoride:
— 1. Dialysis patients' lives endangered by fluoridated water: Fluoride Blamed In Dialysis Deaths
— 2. Fluoride Contamination of Hemodialysis Water Supply
— 3. Kidney Patients Are at Increased Risk of Fluoride Poisoning
— 4. Fluoridation not all to blame for illnessses and deaths: Fluoride Dangers
— 5. Abstract - Risk of bone disease as a result of fluoride intake in chronic renal insufficiency
— 6. CMAJ 1974 & JMAC via NCBI Bone disease in hemodialysis patients with particular reference to the effect of fluoride
— 7. NRC Canada : Environmental Fluoride 1977 - Rose & Marier

1977 NRC(Canada) report

SecondLook

A Bibliography of Scientific Literature on Fluoride

Fluoride In Drinking Water

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11571

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Fluoride and Bone Fracture

Fluoride and the Brain

Fluoride Deposition in the Aged Human Pineal Gland

Fluoride deposition in the aged human pineal gland

"My [published] work showed that fluoride accumulates in the human pineal gland and lowers melatonin production in animals. I find it extraordinary that no government promoting fluoridation has chosen to pursue these worrying findings." Jennifer Luke, DDS, PhD.

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