-No longer are 11 unions and 7,000 scientists calling for a moratorium on water fluoridation. As of March 11, 2008, 19 unions representing 10,000 employees from the United States Environmental Protection Agency are warning against fluoridation.

-Officials from Spring Hill, Tenn.,( a fast-growing suburb of Nashville) were considering ending the city's water fluoridation program and unanimously decided to stop fluoridating the city's public water supply on November 1, 2011 Saving taxpayers more than $21,000 a year.

-Fluoride is a drug, not a nutrient like vitamins. The absence of fluoride does not cause any disease. The FDA regulates systemic (swallowed) fluoride as a prescription drug (requiring a narcotics license) and topical fluoride with warnings such as, “do not swallow,” “if more than a pea size is swallowed, contact a poison control center.” A “pea size” of toothpaste contains 0.5mg of fluoride ion, the same amount of fluoride found in two glasses of fluoridated water.

- Most water filters will not effectively remove fluoride.

-Studies have revealed a wide variety of health issues arising from fluoride use; for instance, that it causes severe brain damage, reduces IQ levels, is linked to bone cancer, damages kidneys, impairs proper thyroid function, debilitates the endocrine system and causes dental fluorosis when ingested in early childhood.

-Please take your stand and sign the petition to end fluoridation in Sullivan County

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