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July 30, 2007

PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR AN END TO WATER FLUORIDATION

[If you are a professional and want to add your name to this statement,
please send email to Dr. Paul Connett paul@fluoridealert.org]

We, the undersigned professionals, come from a variety of disciplines
but all have an abiding interest in ensuring that government public
health and environmental policies be determined honestly, with full
attention paid to the latest scientific research and to ethical
principles.

EIGHT recent events make action to end water fluoridation urgent.

1. The publication in 2006 of a 500-page review of fluoride's
toxicology by a distinguished panel appointed by the National Research
Council (part of the US National Academy of Sciences). The US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested this review to
determine if a new drinking water standard is required. Contrary to
news media coverage, the NRC report went far beyond concluding that
the maximum contaminant level goal of 4 parts per million (4 ppm) is
unsafe and should be lowered. The panel identified many research
studies in which animals or humans drinking water close to, or even
lower than, the 1 ppm level used for fluoridation showed numerous
adverse health effects. These included: bone fractures, decreased
thyroid function, impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes), brain
cell damage, lowered IQ, kidney damage, arthritic-like conditions,
symptoms characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Considering
the substantial variation in individual water intake, and the wide
range of human sensitivity to any toxic substance, fluoridation at 1
ppm provides no margin of safety to protect against these adverse
health effects.

2. The evidence provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) in 2005 that 32% of American children have dental
fluorosis -- an abnormal discoloration and mottling of the enamel.
This
irreversible and sometimes disfiguring condition is caused by
fluoride. Children are now being overdosed with fluoride, even in non-
fluoridated areas, from water, swallowed toothpaste, foods and
beverages processed with fluoridated water, and other sources.
Fluoridated water is the easiest source to eliminate.

3. The American Dental Association's distribution, on November 9,
2006, of an Advisory to its membership recommending that fluoridated
water not be used in the preparation of infant formula during the
first 12 months of life due to the elevated risk of dental fluorosis.
The burden of achieving this recommendation, especially for low income
families, is reason alone for fluoridation to be halted immediately.
Formula made with fluoridated water contains 250 times more fluoride
than the average 0.004 ppm concentration found in human breast milk in
non-fluoridated areas (NRC, 2006).

4. The CDC's concession, in 1999 and 2001, that the predominant
benefit of fluoride in reducing tooth decay is TOPICAL and not
SYSTEMIC. To the extent fluoride works to reduce tooth decay, it works
from the outside of the tooth, not from inside the body. It makes no
sense to drink it and expose the rest of the body to the long term
risks of fluoride ingestion when fluoridated toothpaste is readily
available.

Fluoride's topical mechanism probably explains the fact that, since
the 1980s, there have been many research reports indicating little
difference in tooth decay between fluoridated and non-fluoridated
communities (Leverett, 1982; Colquhoun, 1984; 1985 and 1987;
Diesendorf, 1986; Gray, 1987; Brunelle and Carlos, 1990; Spencer,1996;
deLiefde, 1998; Locker, 1999; Armfield and Spencer, 2004; Diesendorf,
2006 and Pizzo 2007. See full citations at http://www.fluoridea
lert.org/health/biblio.html). Poverty is the clearest factor
associated with tooth decay, not lack of ingested fluoride. According
to the World Health Organization, dental health in 12-year olds in
non-fluoridated industrialized countries is as good, if not better,
than those in fluoridated countries: http://www.fluoridealert.or
g/health/teeth/caries/who-dmft.html.

5. The publication of the UK government sponsored York Review
(McDonagh et al., 2000) which found that NONE of the studies
purporting to demonstrate the effectiveness of fluoridation to reduce
tooth decay were of grade A status (i.e. none were double-blind,
randomly selected case and control).

6. The publication in May 2006 of a matched case and control study
from Harvard University which showed a 5-7 fold increase in
osteosarcoma (a frequently fatal bone cancer) in young men associated
with exposure to fluoridated water during their 6th, 7th and 8th years
(Bassin et al., Cancer Causes and Control, 2006). This study was
surrounded by scandal as Bassin's PhD thesis adviser, Professor
Chester Douglass, was accused by the watchdog Environmental Working
Group of hiding the study's findings for several years. See video at:
http://FluorideAction.net 

7. The admission by federal agencies, in response to questions from a
Congressional subcommittee in 1999-2000, that the industrial grade
waste products used to fluoridate over 90% of America's drinking water
supplies (fluorosilicate compounds) have never been subjected to
toxicological testing or FDA approved for human ingestion. See: ht
tp://keepersofthewell.org/

8. The publication in 2004 of "The Fluoride Deception" by Christopher
Bryson. This meticulously researched book showed that industrial
interests, concerned about liabilities from fluoride pollution and
health effects on workers, played a significant role in the early
promotion of fluoridation. Bryson also details the harassment of
scientists who expressed concerns about the safety and/or efficacy of
fluoridation. See Bryson interview at: http://video.google.com/videop
lay?docid=7319752042352089988&q=the+fluoride+deception&hl=en

We call upon Members of Congress (and legislators in other
fluoridating countries) to sponsor a new Congressional (or
Parliamentary) Hearing on Fluoridation so that those in government
agencies who continue to support the procedure, particularly the Oral
Health Division of the CDC, be compelled to provide the scientific
basis for their ongoing promotion of fluoridation. They must be cross-
examined under oath if the public is ever to fully learn the truth
about this outdated and harmful practice.

We call upon all medical and dental professionals, members of water
departments, local officials, public health organizations,
environmental groups and the media to examine for themselves the new
documentation that fluoridated water is ineffective and poses serious
health risks. It is no longer acceptable to simply rely on
endorsements from agencies that continue to ignore the large body of
scientific evidence on this matter -- especially the extensive
citations in the NRC (2006) report discussed above.

The untold millions of dollars that are now spent on equipment,
chemicals, monitoring, and promotion of fluoridation could be much
better invested in nutrition education and targeted dental care for
children from low income families. The vast majority of enlightened
nations have done this. (See statements at http://fluorid
ealert.org/govt-statements.htm).

It is time for the US, and the few remaining fluoridating countries,
to recognize that fluoridation is outdated, has serious risks that far
outweigh any minor benefits, violates sound medical ethics and denies
freedom of choice. Fluoridation must be ended now.

SIGNED:

The first 375 signers of the professionals' statement calling for an
end to water fluoridation worldwide

Alan S. Abrams, DDS, Norwalk, CT

Maria Acosta, BSc, Secretary, Quebec's Academy of Biological
Dentistry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Miguel A. Aguilera, MD, Albuquerque NM

Raymond M. Airola, DDS, Staten Island, NY

Kenji Akiniwa, DDS, Akiniwa Dental Clinic, Editor, The Journal of the
Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Tokyo, Japan

Caree Alexander, BDSc, Dentist, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

Phillip M. Allen, MD, PhD, pathologist (retired), Wichita, KS

James Allison, Office Manager & Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone
Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

Jack Alpan, DDS, ND, author "Preventing Dentistry," 1986, retired from
dentistry in 1997, Los Angeles, CA

Peter Alteri, Water Superintendent, Town of Cortlandville, NY
American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Wichita, KS

Jeffry L. Anderson, MD, San Rafael CA

Robert Anderson, PhD, Tauranga, New Zealand

Richard V. Anthony, MS Public Administration, Principal, Richard
Anthony Associates, Member of the Board of Directors California
Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), Grass Roots Recycling Network
(GRRN) and the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), San Diego, CA

Sergio Apollonio, President, Malagrotta Committee, Rome, Italy
Asociacion Argentina de Medicos por el Medio Ambeinte, AAMMA,
Argentina

Stephen S. Baer, DDS, Past President, The International Academy of
Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Sedona, AZ

Glen M. Bailes, Safety Manager/Licensed Water Operator, Carroll-Boone
Water District, Eureka Springs, AR

Tomori Balazs, President, Messzelato Egyesulet, Hungary

Douglas A. Balog, BS, MS, JD, Author of Law Review article on the
illegality of artificial fluoridation, Palm Bay, FL

David S. Banks, DDS, dental practitioner for 35 years, Member
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology,
San Marcos, CA

Billie Barewald, RN, Chair, Mountain View Citizens for Safe Drinking
Water Mountain View, CA

A.L. Barrier, MD, FAAO-HNS , University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

James Beck, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medical Biophysics,
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Paul Beeber, JD, President and General Counsel, New York State
Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc., NY

Ray G. Behm, DDS, Natural Dentistry, Clearwater, FL

Michael Bell, DDS, Las Vegas, NV

Pr Dominique Belpomme, Professor in medical oncology, ARTAC's Cancer
Research Center, Paris, France

Carol S. Berman, DDS, practicing dentist, Norcross, GA

Rosalie Bertell, PhD, Retired President, International Institute of
Concern for Public Health, Toronto, Canada
Regent of the Board, International Physicians for Humanitarian
Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Russell L. Blaylock, MD, retired neurosurgeon and author of "Health
and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life", Ridgeland, MS

Christine Bloss, DDS, Gentle Dental Care, Montrose, CO

Ann Brameier, Lac, licensed acupuncturist, NY

Norman Bressack, DDS, PC, North Bellmore, NY

Steve Breyman, PhD, Executive Director, Citizens' Environmental
Coalition, Albany, NY and Director, Ecological Economics, Values &
Policy Program, Department of Science and Technology Studies,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Christopher Bryson, author of "The Fluoride Deception", Seven Stories
Press, 2004, paperback, 2006, NY, NY

Dennis Briggs, PhD, Neurofeedback specialist, Billings, MT

Curtis Brookover,DDS, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe, NM

Clarence Brown, MD, Colonel, USAR (Retired), Emergency Medicine,
Internal Medicine, Natick, MA

Shirley M. Brown, RN (Retired), Natick, MA

Ernesto Burgio, MD, Pediatrician, Vice President, Scientific Committee
ISDE (International Society of Doctors for Environment), Palermo,
Italy

Larry Bowden, DMD, Aesthetic Dentistry of Lake Oswego, OR

Albert W. Burgstahler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, The
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Co-author with George L.
Waldbott, MD, and H. Lewis McKinney, PhD, of "Fluoridation: The Great
Dilemma" (Coronado Press, 1978) and editor since 1998 of the
international quarterly journal Fluoride, published by the
International Society for Fluoride Research
(www.fluorideresearch.org), Lawrence, KS

Noel Campbell, BDSc, LDS, FACNEM, FASID, Visiting Professor, Hope
Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Carol Arana, RDH, BS, Retired executive director, American Academy of
Biological Dentistry, Carmel Valley, CA

Rosie Cargin, MA, Kinsale Environment Watch, Kinsale, Co. Cork,
Ireland

Richard Carlton, MD, Private psychiatric practice (1972-1997), Port
Washington, NY

Neil J. Carman, PhD, Clean air program director, Sierra Club Lone Star
Chapter, Austin, TX

Robert J. Carton, PhD, former Chief of Environmental Compliance, U.S.
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD and
former president of EPA professionals' union.

Stephanie F. Cave, MD, Practiced medicine in Baton Rouge for 21
years, Baton Rouge, LA

Fen-Hui Chen, DDS, Comprehensive Integrative Dentistry, La Jolla, CA

George Cheng, Executive Director, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan

Arthur Chiu, PhD, MD, Chair, Health and Safety Committee, NTEU Local
Chapter 280, Pathologist/Toxicologist/National Center Environmental
Assessment, Office Research and Development, US Environmental
Protection Agency (identification purposes only), Washington, DC

Chester V. Clark, Jr., DDS, MPH, Mayor of Amity, AR

Paul Clein, B Pharm, MR Pharms, Liverpool City Councilor and Joint
Chairman of UK Councils Against Fluoridation , Liverpool, England

Griffin Cole, DDS, Austin, TX

Stacy V. Cole, DDS, FAGD, FAACP, DAAPM, LMT, Forth Worth, TX

Emmanuel Comte, ND, Montreal, Quebec

Ellen Connett, formerly Editor of Waste Not (1986-2000), and currently
Pesticides Project director for the Fluoride Action Network, Canton,
NY

Paul Connett, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, St. Lawrence
University and Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network,
Canton, NY

Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group, Washington, DC

Steve Corcoran, Former Supervisor of Water Department, Village of
Rouses Point, NY

Pat Costner, Science Advisor, GAIA, Science Advisor, IPEN, retired
Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International

Aline Côte, PhD (Literature), publisher of scientific books for 25
years and University teacher in publishing, owner of Editions Berger
which published "Fluoridation : autopsy of a scientific error" by Dr
Pierre-Jean Morin, John Remington Graham and Gilles Parent, ND,
Montreal, Quebec

James F. Coy, MD, Immediate Past President of the American Academy of
Environmental Medicine, Past President of the Association of American
Physicians and Surgeons, Private Practice of Medicine, Punta Gorda, FL

Joyce S. Cream, Psy. D, Clinic Director, Englewood, FL

Douglas Cross, BSc, Cbiol, MIBiol, EurProBiol, Independent Consultant
in Environmental Compliance and Forensic Ecology, just completed five
years as a Member of the UK Government's Committee on Toxicity of
Chemicals in Foods, Consumer Products and the Environment' (CoT)
investigating the medical effects of chemical contamination of the
public water supply, Cumbria, England

Corrie J. Crowe, DDS, Dental Director at Citrus County Health Dept,
Inverness, FL

Nancy Crumpacker, MD, retired oncologist, and advisor to Rachel's
Friends Breast Cancer Coalition, Portland, OR

Elizabeth Cullen, MB, BCh, BAOM Sc. Diploma in Pollution Control,
Secretary of the Irish Doctors' Environmental Association, Ireland

Joe Cummins, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Ronnie Cummins, National Director, Organic Consumers Association, MN

Leo Cashman, BS, MA, Executive Director of DAMS (Dental Amalgam
Mercury Syndrome), Inc., MN

Tracy A. Darling, MD, San Diego, CA

Paula G. Davey, MD, Fellow of the Am. Acad. of Environmental Medicine,
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Ann Arbor,
MI

Eric Davis, BDSc, DipClinNutr, DipAC, FACNEM, ND, principal of a
dental practice, a founding member and past president of the
Australian Society of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, a member of the
International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology, The Australian Medical Acupuncture Society,
The Australian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine and the
Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association.

Richard Dean, BDS, Dentist, London, England

Armand V. DeFelice DDS, Spokane, WA

Robert C. Dickson, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mark Diesendorf, PhD, Director, Sustainability Centre, Sydney,
Australia

David T. Doi, DDS, In private practice since 1979, Past President of
Hawaii County Dental Society, Member of the International Academy of
Oral Medicine & Toxicology, the Holistic Dental Association, the
Academy of General Dentistry, and the American Dental Association, HI

Michael F. Dolan, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geosciences,
UMASS, Amherst, MA

Sandra N. Duffy, BS, JD, Lawyer in Portland, Board President of
Consumers for Dental Choice (Washington, DC), former board member of
Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, Portland, OR

Daniel A. Durst, Esq., MHSA, Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA

Aviva Zack Dycian, DMD, Ramat Hasharon, near Tel-Aviv, Israel

John C. J. Eaton, MA (Cantab), MSI, F Inst D, England

David Egilman, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Brown
University, Attleboro, MA

Lynn Howard Ehrle, MEd, Chair, International Science Oversight Board
(a project of the Organic Consumers Association), Plymouth, MI

Samuel S. Epstein, MD, Professor emeritus, Environmental &
Occupational Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago School of
Public Health, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Chicago, IL

Rossano Ercolini, Ambiente e Futuro, Lucca, Italy
G. Robert Evans, DMD, Groton, MA

Doug N. Everingham, MB, BS, Australian Health Minister 1972-75 ,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Mike Ewall, Director, ActionPA, Philadelphia, PA

Chris Ewan, Independent Water Consultant, Ballarat, Australia

Paula Fabbie, RDH, Practicing dental hygienist, Kingston, NY

Leonard T. Fazio, DDS, Port Jefferson, NY

Richard D. Fischer, DDS, FAGD, Past president, International Academy
of Oral Medicine & Toxicology, Annadale, VA

Rene W. Fonseca, licensed water operator, Carroll-Boone Water
District, Eureka Springs, AR

Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, OR

Richard G. Foulkes, BA, MD, Abbotsford, B.C., Canada

Anthony Fox, MD, New Milton, Hants, England.

Harold L. Fox, PhD (Physics), President of EEMF, Inc., Salt Lake City,
UT

Frank W. George, DO, MD(H), Affiliate Associate Professor, Midwestern
University, AZ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Phoenix, AZ

David Getoff, CCN, CTN, FAAIM, Jamul, CA

Sheila L. M. Gibson, MD, BSc, MFHom, Member of the Advisory panel for
the York Review. Medical advisor to UK Councils Against Fluoridation,
Glasgow, Scotland

Jerzy O. Giedwoyn, MD, FACC, (town, state)

Paul Gilbert, DDS, MAGD, AIAOMT, Practicing general dentist focusing
on biological dentistry, Princeton, NJ

Gerry Gillespie, President, Zero Waste Australia, Australia

George Gioumousis, PhD, Theoretical Chemistry, University of
Wisconsin, 1955 (retired), Palo Alto, CA

Bill Glaros, DDS, Houston, TX

George C. Glasser, Environmental journalist and researcher. Advisor to
UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

Mike Godfrey, MBBS, Tauranga, New Zealand

Dorothy Goldin-Rosenberg, MES, PhD, Toronto, Canada

Deborah Gordon, MD, Family Physician and Classical Homeopath, Ashland,
OR

John Remington Graham, BA, LLB, Member of the Minnesota Bar, co-author
of "La fluoration autopsie d'une erreur scientifique," 2005, Quebec,
Canada

Steven N. Green, DDS, Past president South Dade District Dental
Society, past president Holistic Dental Association, Miami, FL

Veronica Griffin, PhD, MD, Director, Nutri-Concepts Clinics -
Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Chemical Detox, Cairns,
Queensland, Australia.

Barry Groves, PhD (nutritional science), Independent researcher,
Author of "Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?", England

Mireille Guay, PhD (organic chemistry), Professional assistant in
biochemistry from 1975 to 1986, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Boyd Haley, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Richard Hall, North Yorkshire County Councilor, College Lecturer and
information officer and spokesperson in Yorkshire for UK Councils
Against Fluoridation, Knaresborough, England

Robert W. Hall, MS, President, Nevada Environmental Coalition, Inc.,
Las Vegas, NV

Andrew Harms, BDS, Airforce dentist (1978-83), private practice (1983-
present), member of the Australian Dental Association, Adelaide,
South Australia

Andy Harris, MD, Former national president, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, ophthalmologist in Salem, Oregon

David R. Hill, PE, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, outside
consultant scientific auditor for the Canadian "Scientific Research
and Experimental Development" program run by Revenue Canada, Alberta,
Canada

Jane Harris, Executive Director, Oregon Center for Environmental
Health, Portland, OR

William Harris, MD, Retired Emergency Physician, Honolulu, HI

James A. Harrison, DDS, Retired dentist, Lake Worth, FL

Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Vakgroep Menselijke Ecologie (Human Ecology
Department), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.

Tomas Hernandez, MD, MPH, Neurologist, President, Public and
Environmental Health Committee, Puerto Rico College of Physicians and
Surgeons, San Juan, PR

Von Hernandez, past executive director of Greenpeace, Philippines,
2003 Goldman Prize winner, Manila, Philippines

W. Robert Hetrick, PhD, Research Coordinator, Fluoride Team of Kansas,
Wichita, KS

Donald Hillman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Howard Hindin, DDS, Suffern, NY

Charles T. Hinshaw, Jr., MD, (town, state)

J. William Hirzy, PhD, Vice-President, EPA Headquarters Professionals
Union (NTEU Chapter 280), risk assessment expert and (for
identification purposes only) ranking chemist at EPA headquarters,
Washington, DC

Ivaylo Hlebarov, Member of the Board for the Environmental Association
"Za Zemiata" (For the Earth), Sofia, Bulgaria

Wael Hmaidan, Environmental Policy Advisor, Currently Executive
Director of IndyAct, a global league of independent activists,
Previous Greenpeace campaigner for the Arab World, Beirut, Lebanon

Robert Harold (Tad) Hodgert, DMD, Associate Fellow, American Academy
of Implant Dentistry, Fellow, International Congress of Oral
Implantologists, OR

F. Owen Hoffman, PhD, President and Director, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc,
Center for Risk Analysis, Oak Ridge, TN

Ronald L. Hoffman, MD, Medical Director, Hoffman Center, Host, Health
Talk, WOR Radio Network, NY, NY

Debra Hopkins, DDS, Tacoma, WA

Professor C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Bioimaging Research
Group, Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster,
Coleraine, Northern Ireland and newly elected President of the
International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE)

Peter W. Howison, MD, ABFP, ABHM, President, Dunes City Council, Dunes
City, OR

Herlin Hsieh, Researcher, Taiwan Watch Institute, Taiwan

Galina Husaruk, Therapeute, Quebec

Stephen Hwang, DDS, FRAH (Royal Academy of Health-London), London,
England

William A. Ingram, MD, Assistant Professor, Dept. Otolaryngology/Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NB

Councillor Lisa Intemann, BA(Hons), BAppSc, Community Development
worker of 30 years, Wauchope, NSW, Australia

Robert L. Isaacson, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Binghamton
University, Binghamton, NY. Member of the 2006 National Research
Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride, Binghamton,
NY

Yuyun Ismawati, Director of BALIFOKUS Foundation, Coordinator of JALA-
Sampah. Indonesia

Antone G. Jacobson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cell and
Developmental Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Martin H. Jenzer, MD, Director Projeunesse AG, Rochester, N.Y. And
Hergiswil, Switzerland

Frank Jerome, DDS, Columbus, IN

Doris M. Jones, MSc, Independent Researcher, Co-Editor of
Environmental Issues Forum (EIF), Ilford, Essex, England.

Marilyn K. Jones, DDS, Houston, TX

John W Johnson, DDS, BA (chemistry), New Albany, OH

Eloise Kailin, MD, Sequim, WA

Emily Kane, ND, Lac, Author Managing Menopause Naturally, Member of
mayoral commission to re-examine risk/benefit of fluoridation, Juneau,
AK

Theodore Kastenbaum, DDS, North Bellmore, NY

Junji Kato, MD, PhD, Miyachiyo Kato Clinic, Director of the Japanese
Temperance Union, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research,
Japan

Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, University of
the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of "Malignant
Medical Myths," (Infinity Publ., West Conshohocken, PA), NJ

Taichi Kazuno, DDS, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride
Research, Beppu city, Japan

Charles M. H. Keil, PhD (Anthropology), musician and author of Urban
Blues; Bright Balkan Morning; and Born to Groove, Lakeville, CT

David Kennedy, DDS, Past President of the International Academy of
Oral Medicine and Toxicology, San Diego, CA

Pam Killeen, co-author of the NY Times bestselling book, The Great
Bird Flu Hoax, Toronto, Canada

Jong-Chul Kim, Editor of Green Review, South Korea

Dan Knapp, PhD, (Sociology) CEO of Urban Ore, Incorporated, a reuse
and recycling business in Berkeley, CA

Wayne H. Konetzki, MD, Waukesha, WI

Stephen M. Koral, DMD, Vice President International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology, Boulder, CO

Ruth Greenwood Koss, RN, BS, MS, Retired school nurse in the public
school system in Somerville, NJ

George J. Krol, PhD, Retired after 33 years of bioanalytical and
pharmacological research, Longmeadow, MA

Lennart Krook, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY

Thayanithi Kulenthran, Principal, & Strategic Planning and Operations
DayAnidhi Earth (Compassion for Earth) & Greenfields Consulting,
Selangor, Malaysia

Mitchell Kurk, MD, Lawrence, NY

Katie Lajoie, RN, Public Health Nurse, Charlestown, NH

Muna Lakhani, National Co-ordinator, Institute for Zero Waste in
Africa, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Pierre Larose, DDS, Retired A/Major, Canadian Forces Dental Services,
Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry, Founding member of the Quebec
Holistic Dental Association and currently, Vice-President
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Montreal,
Canada

Mikael Laurent, Coordinator MCE (Maison de la Consommation et de
l'Environment) Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Robert W. Lavely, DMD, MBA, PSC, Private dental practice, Louisville,
KY

Todd Lawson, DMD, Aesthetic Dentistry of Bellevue, WA

Grant H. Layton, DDS, President, Layton Dental, President,
Environmental Dental Association, Encinitas, CA

Tony Lees, BDS, Dental surgeon. Dental advisor to UK Councils Against
Fluoridation and the National Pure Water Association, Brecon, South
Wales.

Ljuba Lemke, DMD, PhD, ND, Transformational Orthodontics (A holistic
approach to Dentistry), Mt. Laurel, NJ

Leonardo Leonidas, MD, FAAP, Assistant Clinical Professor in
Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, ME

Gilles Leroux, BSc, MSc, Biologie, ND, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Warren Levin, MD, NY, NY

Henry Lickers, BSc, Director of the Department of the Environment of
the Mohawks' Council of Akwesasne, Akwesasne

Howard S. Lieberman, DC, Cortland, NY

Luise Light, MS, EdD, Nutritionist, Coordinator, Health Promotion
Programs, VT Blueprint for Health, Southeast Region, Bellows Falls, VT

Hardy Limeback, PhD, DDS, Assoc. Professor and Head of Preventive
Dentistry, University of Toronto, past president of the Canadian
Association for Dental Research, and Member of the 2006 National
Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride,
Mississauga, Canada.

Theodore C. Linn, BA, BD, PhD, University Chaplain (ret.), Emeritus
Professor of Religion, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Gary Liss, BSc, MPA, Zero Waste consultant (President of Gary Liss &
Associates), CRRA Recycler of the Year (2005), and Leader of Recyclers
Global Warming Council, Zero Waste for Global Cooling coalition,
Global Recycling Council, and Zero Waste International Alliance,
Loomis, CA, USA.

Mariann Lloyd-Smith, PhD, (Law) Senior Advisor, National Toxics
Network Inc., East Ballina, NSW, Australia

Eugeniy Lobanov, BSc, Toxics Campaigner, environmental group FRI,
Belarus

Mark S. Lohbauer, JD, former member of the Board of Directors of the
NJ Grassroots Environmental Organization, Pennsauken, NJ

Rodney Lofton, DDS, Fenton, MO

Robert Luby, MD, Faculty, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency,
Lawrence, MA

Jennifer Luke, PhD, BDS, Dentist, England

Don Mac Auley, BDS, Dental Surgeon and Chairman of Irish Dentists
Opposing Fluoridation , Ireland

Cameron I. MacLean, BSc, DDS, General practitioner and Faculty,
Oragnathic Bioesthetics International (OBI), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

L. R. B. Mann, PhD, (rtd) Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies,
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Peter John Mansfield, MA, MB, B Chir FRSA, Family Doctor and
independent scientist, member of the Advisory Board for the Systematic
Review of Public Water Fluoridation conducted by the NHS Centre for
Reviews and Dissemination, University of York (known as "The York
Review", McDonagh et al., 2000), Newark on Trent, England

Victor A. Marcial-Vega, MD, Member, Public and Environmental Health
Committee, Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, San Juan,
William Marcus, PhD, Former chief toxicologist of the EPA Water
Division, fired over the questions he raised on the downgrading of
cancer in the NTP (1990) study, Boyds, MD

Lynn Margulis, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of
Geosciences, UMASS Amherst, member of the National Academy of
Sciences, and a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Science.,
Amherst, MA

Michael Margolis, DDS, Doctor of Integrative Medicine, PC, President
of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry, Founding Member
of the Institute for Nutritional Dentistry, Mesa, AZ

Lisa Matriste, BDSc, Dentist, Malvern, Victoria, Australia

Paul Matthews, Fine Arts Saint Martin's School of Art, London and
University of London Institute of Education Art Teacher's Certificate,
Bilingual poet and artist specializing in the exposure of political
and cultural manipulation of civil society, Saint Senoux, Ille-et-
Vilaine, France

Conrad G. Maulfair, Jr., DO, Topton, PA

Jim Maxey, DDS, Tulsa, OK

Laura McCarthy, Program Associate, Citizens' Environmental Coalition,
Albany, NY

Tom McGuire, DDS, Dentist, President The Dental Wellness Institute,
Founder International Association of Mercury Free Dentists (IAMFD),
Sebastopol, CA

Ellen G. McGrath, DDS, Denver, CO

David McRae, BSc(Hons), Grad Dip (Human Services), Health Promotion
Officer, Geelong, Australia

Marelyn Medina, MD, Urologist, The Family Urology Center, McAllen, TX

William B. Megill, DDS, Dr. of Integrative Medicine, Rocky Hill, NJ

Larry F. Mehne, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Covenant College, Lookout
Mountain, GA

Sonia Mendoza, BS Chemistry, Chairman, Mother Earth Foundation, Quezon
City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Terrence A. Messerman, DDS, Past President, The International Academy
of Oral Medicine and Toxicology

Philip Michael, MB, BCh, DCH, DRCOG, MICGP, Chair, Irish Doctors
Environmental Association, Vice President [Europe]

Howard W. Mielke, PhD, Environmental Toxicologist (town, state)

Kim Mi-hwa, Director, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, Seoul, Korea
International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Millbrook
Medical Centre, Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland

Henry Micklem, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Immunobiology, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland

Rosemary Grace Minervini, RDH, MS, Retired Dental Hygienist, Master's
Degree in Dental Hygiene Administration, Education and Research, Lehi,
UT

Gideon Mishnaevsky, MSc, Geologist, Ramat Hasharon, near Tel-Aviv,
Israel

Jerry Mittelman, DDS, Past-president of The International Academy of
Preventive Medicine, publisher The Holistic Dental Digest PLUS, NY

Peter Montague, PhD, Environmental Research Foundation, New Brunswick,
NJ

Hans Moolenburgh, MD, Author, "Fluoride: The Freedom Fight"
(Mainstream pub., Edinburgh, 1987), Haarlem, Netherlands.

Pierre-Jean Morin, PhD, Director of medical research at Laval
University Hospital (1973-1979) and principal author of La fluoration:
autopsie d'une erreur scientifique (Editions Berger, Eastman, QC,
2005) Quebec, Canada

Jeffrey Morris, PhD (Economics), Sound Resource Management, Olympia,
WA

Aaron Moss, DDS, PhD, New York, NY

Viv Mountford, BSc, Former Coordinator, Halton Friends of the Earth
group. Awarded a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by FoE UK, for anti-
toxics campaigning. Chester, Cheshire, UK

Alan Muller, Executive Director, Green Delaware, Port Penn, DE

Liliane Buffaut Mungo, Comitato Tutela Valdichiana, Italia Nostra,
Arezzo, Italy

Tohru Murakami, DDS, PhD, former President of Japanese Society for
Fluoride Research, former Vice President of Gunma prefectural Dental
Association, Japan.

Akihiro Nagano, DDS, PhD, member of Japanese Society for Fluoride
Research, Sizuokaken, Japan

Lisa Nagy, MD, Chair of Public Relations for the American Academy of
Environmental Medicine, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Shimizu Nakao, DDS, Kanome Dental Clinic, member of Japanese Society
for Fluoride Research, director of Japanese Society for Tobacco
Control, Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

Gerald Natzke, DO, President, American Academy of Environmental
Medicine, Wichita, KS

Hans H. Nehrlich, PhD, Private Practice Orthomolecular Medicine, ret.
university lecturer, Germany and Australia, Brisbane, Australia

J. B. Neilands, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of
California, Berkeley, CA

James A. Neubrander, MD, Edison, NJ

Randall Neustaedter, OMD, Classical Medicine Center, Author of Child
Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, 2005, Redwood City, CA

John A. Newby, PhD, Liverpool, England

Jacqueline Nielsen, Barrister-at-Law, The Law Library, Four Courts,
Dublin, Ireland

Gail Nielsen, MA, RPC, Principal Coach, The Move Mountains Group,
Executive Coaching & Consulting Services, London, Ontario, Canada

Walter De La O, DDS, Manager of Sanoviv's Dental Clinic, Baja, CA

David J. Ogle, MD, Medical Director of The Center for Environmental
Medicine in Portland, OR

Richard Olree, DC, 26 years of practice, Co -- Author of "Minerals for
the Genetic Code", Hillman, MI

Mary O'Brien, PhD, Author of Making Better Environmental Decisions: An
Alternative to Risk Assessment (MIT Press 2000), Eugene, OR

E.M.T. O'Nan, Director, Protect All Children's Environment, Marion, NC

Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH, Director, The Institute for Comprehensive
Dental Studies. Dental practitioner and educator for 30 years with
active practices in Bellevue, WA and Lake Oswego, OR. Host for the
Cable-TV Series, "The Doctor's Corner", Portland, OR

Ian E. Packington, MA Cert Tox, Independent Science Adviser to
National Pure Water Association [NPWA], York, England

Jamie D. Page, Chief Executive, The Cancer Prevention and Education
Society, Canary Wharf, London, England

Geoff Pain, PhD, Lecturer in Science, University of Notre Dame,
Environmental Consultant, Member of the Western Australia Environment
Minister's Panel of Experts, Member of the Australian Labor Party
Environment and Conservation Policy Committee, Perth, Western
Australia

John J. Palmer, DMD, Greer, SC

Alireza Panahpour,DDS, Practicing dentist, Irvine, CA

Gilles Parent, ND, author of "L'inconsequence de la Fluoration," 1975
and co-author of "La fluoration autopsie d'une erreur scientifique,"
2005, member de l'Association de diplômes en naturopathie du Quebec,
(the association has taken a position against fluoridation and it is
member of «Front commun pour une eau saine»), St. Laurent (Montreal),
Quebec, Canada

Gurdev Parmar, BSc, ND, Fort Langley, BC, Canada

Richard Passwater, PhD, Berlin, MD

Dilena Pathragoda, Project Director, Centre for Environmental Justice
(CEJ), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tom Petrie, BS, Nutritionist, Schachter Center for Complementary
Medicine, Spring Valley, NY

Diane Philips, MB, BS, BSc(Hons), DA, England

Lawrence A. Plumlee, MD, (town, State)

Robert Pocock, fluoride spokesperson for VOICE for the Irish
Environment, Dublin, Ireland

Michael D. Porteus, RPh, Staff pharmacist, Ohio State University
Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Myles A. Preble, DMD, Dental Studio, Salt Lake City, UT

James Presley, PhD, Texarkana, TX

Joseph Py, DO, Amesbury, MA

Romeo Quijano, MD, Manilla, Philippines

Dr. Doris Rapp, Scottsdale, AZ

William J. Rea, MD, Dallas, TX

Leo Rebello, ND, PhD, President, AIDS Alternativa International,
Mumbai, India

Mark Riskedahl, Executive Director, Northwest Environmental Defense
Center, Portland, OR

Donald Robbins, DMD, Exton, PA

Philip Robertson BHSc, ND, a Naturopath from Australia, formerly
lecturer in Health Sciences at Victoria University, currently a
consultant in functional pathology testing, Carmoora Clinic, Geelong,
Australia

Perry O. Roehl, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Geology, Emeritus,
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

De Rodgers, Executive Director, American Academy of Environmental
Medicine

Lisa R. Rogers, DO, Professor in Neuro-oncology, Department of
Neurology, Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Michael B. Rogers, DDS, Arlington, VA

Robert D. Rousseau, DDS, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Nathalie Roussy, Dental hygienist, Longueuil, Quebec

Paul G. Rubin, DDS, MIAOMT, Seattle, WA

Ralph Anthony Ryder, Director, Communities Against Toxics UK, Editor;
TOXCAT, Ellesmere Port, England

Dr. Andrew Rynne, LRCP&SI, MICGP, Medical Practitioner and columnist
for the Irish Medical News, founder of Clane General Hospital,, Co.
Kildare, Ireland

Ruth Sackman, President, Foundation fro Advancement in Cancer Therapy
(FACT), NY, NY

Penchom Saetang, Coordinator of Campaign for Alternative Industry
Network (CAIN), and Director of the Thai Right to Know project, and
Asian Public Intellectual Fellow, 2005, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Ram Charitra Sah, MSc Environment Science, Executive Director, CEPHED,
Kathmandu, Nepal

Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary magazine, Mumbai, India

Karl Sandberg, MD, Ola, AR
Mageswari Sangaralingam (Masters in Environmental Management),
Research Officer, Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia

Diego Saporta, MD, Elizabeth, NJ

Camille C. Sarmiento, MENRM, Provincial Government Environment and
Natural Resource Officer, Province of Northern Samar, Philippines

Bryony Schwan, MS, Executive Director, The Biomimicry Institute, and
affiliate faculty at the University of Montana's Environment Studies
program, Missoula, MT

Alan Schwartz, PhD, Professor Emeritus Environmental Studies, St.
Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Pete Seeger, folksinger, songwriter and co-founder of the Hudson River
Sloop Clearwater, starting the Hudson River Cleanup Campaign, Beacon,
NY

Robert J. Sexauer, DDS, Clinton MO

Karilee H. Shames, PhD, RN, Advance Practice Holistic Nurse, co-author
"Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled?" and "Thyroid Power", San Rafael, CA

Richard L. Shames, MD, 35 years GP experience, co-author "Feeling Fat,
Fuzzy or Frazzled?" and "Thyroid Power", San Rafael, CA

Nestor B. Shapka, BSc, DDS, AIOMT, Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada

Bill Sheehan, PhD, former Executive director of the Grass Roots
Recycling Network, current director of Product Policy Institute,
Athens, GA

Mary Shomon, Leading thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author
of the Thyroid Diet, http://www.thyroid-info.com

Alfred A. Siess, Jr., BCE, MBA, Environmental/Economic Consultant
(Ret. Engineering Executive), Lehigh Valley, PA

Jimmy Siles, MSc civil engineering, fluoride spokesperson and board
member for Qualite de Vie a Quebec and Front Commun pour une Eau
Saine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Alan B. Shrank, MD, FRCP(UK), Consultant physician. Medical advisor to
UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Shrewsbury, England

Paul G. Slack, BS Industrial Engineering, Grade IV Water Treatment
Operator License, Manager, Mount Desert Water District, Northeast
Harbor, ME

Brian J. Smith. DDS, Eureka, CA

Stephen F. Smith, DDS, Practicing general dentist, Grass Valley, CA

Patricia Ann Smith-Willis, MD (Research), Environmental Health Center,
Dallas, TX

Caroline Snyder, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester NY

Kristine L. Soly, MD, FACC, Holistic cardiologist, Yarmouthport, MA

Charlie Spencer: Radio broadcaster (35 years), environmental film
maker and advocate, Chairman (1993 -- 1999), National Ecology
Commission, Secular Franciscan Order (SFO), USA, and editor of the
Commission's newsletter, "The Guardian of Creation," Springfield, MA

Bruce Spittle, MB, ChB, DPM, FRANZCP, Managing Editor of Fluoride,
Quarterly Journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research,
Dunedin, New Zealand

Prof. Joerg Spitz, Managing director of the Society for Medical
Information and Prevention in Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany

W. Gary Sprules, MA, PhD, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Jean Starai, ND, Elgin, IL

Daniel G. Stockin, MPH, Senior Operations Officer, The Lillie Center,
Inc., TN

Janet S. Stopka, DDS, President, International Academy of Oral
Medicine and Toxicology, Downers Grove, IL

Philip Stowell, MB, BS (London), FACNEM, General Practice, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia

Prof. Dr. Anna Strunecka, DSc, Professor Emeritus of Physiology,
Faculty of Sciences Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Phillip P. Sukel, DDS, Past President of the International Academy of
Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Huntley, IL

A. K. Susheela, PhD, FASc, FAMS, Executive Director, Fluorosis
Research & Rural Development, Delhi, India

Kathleen Thiessen, PhD, Senior Scientist, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc.,
Center for Risk Analysis, Oak Ridge, Member of the 2006 National
Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride. Oak
Ridge, TN

Dick Thom, DDS, ND, Professor, National College of Natural Medicine,
Portland, OR

Masami Thumagari, Member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research,
Moriyama-city, Shiga-pref, Japan

Joseph W. Tinko, Esq., Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA

Fabio Tomei, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico of Milan, Italy

Jeanine Trevillyan, MD, Texarkana, AR

Liz Vaughan, Councilor, Information Officer for UK Councils Against
Fluoridation, Cumbria, England

Robert Verkerk, DIC, PhD, Executive & Scientific Director, Alliance
for Natural Health, Dorking, Surrey, England

Chris Vermeire, Journalist, Antwerp, Belgium

Gerald E. Vermette, DDS, Skowhegan, ME

Jeffrey Viglielmo, DDS, Woodstock, NY

Maureen Viglielmo, MS, DDS, Woodstock, NY

Murray J. Vimy, BA, DMD, practicing dentist and Clinical Associate
Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dr Ilona Visser, BSc, BChD, PDD, Senior Consultant, Cape Town
SmileStudios, Cape Town, South Africa

Alan R. Vinitsky, MD, Private practitioner, Board-certified Internist
and Pediatrician, Gaithersburg, MD

Prapti Wahyuningsih, BSc Environmental engineering, Program
Officer/Community Development expert (solid waste management and
domestic waste water), Bali Fokus Foundation, Sesetan-Denpasar, Bali-
Indonesia

Mati Waiya, Executive Director, Wishtoyo Foundation, Ventura
Coastkeeper, Ventura, CA

John D. Walsh, DDS, Anchorage, AK

Barbara Warren RN, MS in Environmental Health Science, Warren
Environmental & Health Consulting Services, Inc. NY

Dave Warwick, DDS, Hanna, Alberta, Canada

Robin N. Watkins, DO, MSCC, UK trained Osteopathic Practitioner,
member of the General Osteopathic Council and British Osteopathic
Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Alan Weiner, DO, Environmental Medicine, Portland, ME

William. A. Westendorf, BS, DDS, LMt, Cincinnati, OH

Maria Westerman, Medical Laboratory for diagnostic tests and research,
Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

John Whitelegg, BA, PhD, FCIT, Lancaster City Councilor and Joint
Chairman of UK Councils Against Fluoridation, Lancaster, England

Richard S. Wilkinson, MD, Yakima, WA

Craig E. Williams, Director: Kentucky Environmental Foundation,
Director: Chemical Weapons Working Group, Recipient: 2006 Goldman
Environmental Prize, KY

Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND, Novato, CA

Jeffrey A. Williamson, BS, DDS, Lake Oswego, OR

Bill Wilson, Past President New Zealand Pure Water Association,
Auckland, New Zealand

John L. Wilson, Jr., MD, CEO Great Smokies Medical Center of
Asheville, Past President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine
(AAEM), Past President, Great Lakes College of Clinical Medicine
(Currently the International College of Clinical Medicine), Director,
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Advisor,
American Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology, Asheville, NC

Bernie Windham, Biostatistician and Engineer, Research Director,
DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome) International, Tallahassee, Fl

Kenneth N. Woliner, MD, ABFP, Family Physician, Boca Raton, FL

Yuen-Mei Wong, Community and media activist for environmental justice
issues; committee member, Broga/Semenyih No Incinerator Action
Committee, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Councilor Arnold Woolley, DipIM, MCMI, Rtd. Senior Police Officer,
past JP and current environmental activist, North Wales, UK

Mae W. Woo, DDS, Billings, MT

Patti Wood, Executive Director, Grassroots Environmental Education,
Port Washington, NY

Joyce R. Young, ND, IBCLC, Private Practice Physician with a
speciality in Environmental Medicine, Portland, Oregon

Matthew Young DDS, PA, Member and director of the International
Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Hendersonville, NC
Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rudolf Ziegelbecker, Graz, Austria

Loty Zilberman, MSc, Chemical Engineer, Environmental and
Toxicological Consultant, Israel

John Zimmerman, PhD, in Biological Psychology and Neuroscience. Owner
and Director of a four-bed sleep disorders center in Reno, NV