Up
to fifty different chemicals can be legally added to our water
in order to "purify" it.
Figures
detailing the actual quantities of chemicals which are officially
used are not readily available. However, data released by the
Victorian Minister for Water Resources gave the following breakdown
for Melbourne's water supply for 1989:
Sodium
Silicofluoride Slurry
970
Tonnes
Fluorosilicic
Acid
80
Tonnes
Liquefied
Chlorine
600
Tonnes
Sodium
Hypochlorite Solution
138
Tonnes
Lime
(Calcium Oxide or Hydroxide)
2000
Tonnes
Alum
(Potassium Aluminium Sulphate)
2200
Tonnes
Other
Electrolytes
1.5
Tonnes
Water
treatment experts in Europe and the USA have become increasingly
disturbed by the health implications of some of these chemicals
when they are added to water.
At
present their concern is focussed on three compounds: ALUM, CHLORINE
and FLUORIDE.
DID
YOU KNOW THAT:
scientifically advanced and health conscious countries such
as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have totally rejected fluoridation?
there has not been any study in Australia on the safety of fluoridation?
fluoride is a poison that accumulates in your body and that
one-third of a teaspoonful of sodium fluoride is estimated to
be a lethal dose?
there has been no clinical research which proves fluoride stops
dental caries, only clever and persistent propaganda?
young children should never use fluoridated toothpaste because
they have no control over the amount swallowed? In fact many
children eat the stuff because it is enticingly flavoured.
fluoridated toothpaste can contain up to 1500 p.p.m. of fluoride?
There is enough in one tube to kill a child!
nature knows best? There is virtually no fluoride in mothers'
milk! A bottle-fed baby on formula food reconstituted with fluoridated
water, receives 700% above N.H. and M.R.C. and W.H.O. suggested
maximum daily intake of fluoride for babies. (Other world medical
scientists consider the fluoride intake should be zero).
the Tasmanian Royal Commission and the Victorian inquiry estimated
10% of young children in a fluoridated population would suffer
dental fluorosis, i.e. mottled teeth?
the British Medical Research Council and the American Medical
Association and the N.H. and M.R.C. state that dental fluorosis
is the first visible sign of chronic fluoride poisoning? Why
is this appalling medical condition tolerated?
there
were over 100 Statutory Declarations claiming harm from fluoridation,
some with Doctors' Certificates, sent to the Victorian Inquiry
through our Association? Not one person was contacted or examined
by the Government Committee and no mention was made in the Report
so that the Premier was able to announce that "no
harm was reported"!!!
there is a "NO LIABILITY CLAUSE" in the Fluoridation
Act which protects the Government from litigation. The total
fluoride intake per person and its accumulation in the body
is not known.
the ANTI-FLUORIDATION ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA is fighting to
rid our water supplies of this toxic chemical. The health of
the community will be improved greatly without this chemical
cocktail!
ALUM. ALUMINIUM SULPHATE:
Removed from Sydney water supply 1994. Suspected of causing Alzheimer's
disease;
CHLORINE:
Chlorination suspected of causing Cancer - N.S.W. Health Bulletin,
June 1995;
LIME:
A crude industrial quality - no chemical analysis available;
FLUORIDATION
AND FLUORIDES: Fluorides have been named as Cancer causing
in animal studies (N.T.P. 1990). Also in human studies - U.S.,
New Jersey Health Department 1994. Dr Sheila Gibson, Scotland,
Burk and Yiamouyiannis studies upheld in court, other research
throughout the world;
THE
POLITICAL SCENE: The Victorian Government on 30th November
1994, passed a bill through Parliament altering the constitution
to prohibit the Victorian Supreme Court from hearing cases against
fluoridation. This action did not confirm the Government's claim
of safety;
TASMANIAN
GOVERNMENT: July 1995 attempted to push a bill through their
Parliament to prohibit public meetings about fluoridation. The bill
was withdrawn through public outrage.
After
almost 40 years of providing fluoride to the shire's residents northern
NSW's Ballina council is recommending that it scrap the service.
Since
1965 the council has offered fluoride in one form or another.
But
new legislation now classifies fluoride as a poison.
Ballina's
manager of water and sewerage, Phil Warner, says it is time stop the
practice because the council is no longer authorised to hand out fluoride.
"The
council has been providing fluoride to the community over the counter
for many years now, but in tablet form and also in drop form," Mr Warner said.
"Basically
fluoride is now considered a poisonous substance."
PLEASE
JOIN US AND HELP RID OUR WATER OF THIS DANGEROUS CHEMICAL POLLUTANT.
Write to:
THE SECRETARY ANTI-FLUORIDATION ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA,
BOX
935G, G.P.O., MELBOURNE 3001.
Telephone 9592 5088 Fax 9592 4544
FLUORIDE
WARNING
"Fluorides
are general protoplasmic poisons, probably because of their
capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by changing the
permeability of the cell membrane and by inhibiting certain
enzyme systems. The exact mechanism of such actions is obscure."
Journal of the AMA (American Medical Association),
Sept. 18, 1943, Editorial.
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