[All] Kangaroos poisoned by fluoride in Australia

[Carole Clinch]

March 5, 2010

GRENers

It has been argued for decades that the Solution to Pollution is Dilution.
In the case of fluoridation chemicals, we remove fluoride from the air and
dilute it in our drinking water.

 An engineering report for the city of Boulder, Colorado did an evaluation
of fluoridation chemicals and sources and found that much of the fluoride
chemicals used for water fluoridation are now coming out of China with
non-existent regulatory monitoring of these imports. As most people are
aware, China has a poor track record when it comes to consumer safety.

 According to the US Department of Agriculture “airborne fluorides have
caused more worldwide damage to domestic animals than any other pollutant.”

 The effects of fluorides on plants and animals is significant as reported
by Shupe; “There has been more litigation on alleged damage to agriculture
by fluoride than all other pollutants combined…of the major airborne
pollutants, inorganic fluoride [is] clearly the most toxic”

 A member of the National Academy of Sciences reports; “From 1957 to 1968
fluoride was responsible for more damage claims than all 20 other major air
pollutants combined.”

 The above three citations can be found at:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Clinch_2009_Fluoride_Air_Pollution.pdf

 A recent story from Australia describes how Kangaroos have been poisoned by
fluoride air emissions from Alcoa and Austral Bricks factories.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/roos-victims-of-factory-fluoride-20100220-oms2.html

 Autopsies performed at Melbourne University on 49 kangaroos culled at Alcoa
on a single day last year found all but one were suffering from flurosis,
which leads to excessive bone growths, or lesions, on joints in the paws,
ankles and calves. It can also cause tooth and jaw deformities that hinder
eating and foraging. Jenny Charles, associate professor in veterinary
pathology at Melbourne University, said research had found that up to 90 per
cent of the kangaroos living at the Portland site had some form of flurosis
on their teeth and a quarter had visible limb lumps. The author wrote that,
"the affected kangaroos are living near the Alcoa aluminium smelter in
Portland, in the state's south-west, and the Austral Bricks factory at
Craigieburn."

 As stated by the Canadian National Research Council 1977 Review
“Environmental Fluorides”; “Many systems utilized for airborne
emission-control contribute extensively to the amount of fluoride discharged
in wastewaters.”

  How much money would you save if you stopped buying fluorosilicates from
these corporations?


<http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Clinch_2010_Costs_Artificial_Water_Fluoridation.pdf>

Taxpayer Money is
Wasted<http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Taxpayer_Money_Wasted.pdf>

 How much are we increasing pollution in the Grand River Basin with the
addition of fluorosilicates in drinking water?

Is the use of unregulated, unapproved, uncontrolled drugs in our drinking
water ethical or legal?

Sincerely,




-- 
Carole Clinch BA BPHE
307 Normandy Ave
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2K 1X6
519-884-8184

Spokesperson & Research Coordinator
People for Safe Drinking Water
Website:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2009/10/26/people_for_safe_drinking_water.htm

Auditor General of Canada Petition #221E: Misrepresentation and Omissions of
Material Fact by Government Agencies
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/Clinch_2009_AuditorGeneralCanada_Petition_False_Misleading.pdf

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

Long H, Jin Y, Lin M, Sun Y, Zhang L, Clinch C. Fluoride Toxicity in the
Male Reproductive System. Fluoride Oct-Dec 2009;42(4):275-291.
http://www.fluorideresearch.org/424/files/FJ2009_v42_n4_p260-276.pdf
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