Why are so many dentists so ignorant of the facts about fluoridation?
UK Against Fluoridation: Why are so many dentists so ignorant of the facts about fluoridation?: "A letter sent by a dentist to an MP with these qualifications BDS.,LDS.,DDPH, MA, claimed that he had studied fluoridation in considerable detail for many years.
In his letter he wrote.
'Outside this country, natural water fluoridation occurs in very many parts of the World, in some, the concentration is well above this level and as far as I know, no harm to the health of people or animals consuming this water has been reported.'"
In his letter he wrote.
'Outside this country, natural water fluoridation occurs in very many parts of the World, in some, the concentration is well above this level and as far as I know, no harm to the health of people or animals consuming this water has been reported.'"
posted by FluorideNews at 2:48 AM
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Indian villagers crippled by fluoride
By Omer Farooq
BBC correspondent in Hyderabad
This is a story of a land where excess fluoride has turned the ground water into a slow poison, crippling at least 10,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousand of others in constant misery.
This is the story of Nalgonda, one of the poorest and most drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in southern India.
The seriousness of the problem can be measured by the fact that the groundwater has 10 to 12 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride in contrast to a maximum permitted level of just 1.5 ppm.
In the dust-filled hamlets and villages hardly 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the state capital Hyderabad there are many living examples of the havoc caused by fluoride.
Shocking
People with paralysing bone diseases, stooped backs, crooked hands and legs, deformed teeth, blindness and other handicaps are a common sight.
The most shocking and sad image of this suffering is Ramaswamy.
At 18-years of age, when other youths are full of enthusiasm for life, Ramaswamy looks to be hardly five-years-old, with a physique completely devastated by the effects of fluoride.
He is so weak that he cannot walk and weighs barely 15 kilograms (less than 34 lbs). He is blind and mentally challenged.
He cannot recognise his own name and he cannot even eat by himself.
"We have done all we could have done," says his father Ramalingaiah, himself a victim of fluoride in Anneparti village.
'Dreadful fate'
"Now it is up to the God and government to do something to relieve our sufferings," he says with misty eyes.
FLUORIDE FACTS
-- Nalgonda is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh state
-- 600 villages and 300,000 people are affected by excess fluoride in the underground water
-- 10,000 people are totally crippled
-- Plans to bring clean water from the river Krishna are under way at a cost of 12 billion rupees
-- Experts say there is no cure for skeletal and dental fluorosis
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Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/2926049.stm
Published: 2003/04/07 16:42:38 GMT
http://www.sadhanawelfare.org/fluorosis.htm
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