Dan Stockin Charges CDC with Ethics Violations re: Fluoride
The Lillie center takes on The CDC!!!! (on Fluoride)
August 13, 2007
The Tainted Protector of America's Health that is the CDC is finally coming under fire for it's biased promotion of the industrial toxic waste dumping that is fluoridation. Look back to my blog post that searched for {and found} information on the CDC site which was hidden away, but which showed that fluoridation was A) not effective against caries and B) probably a major carcinogenic effector.
If you want the spreadsheet where I compare the caries and cancer rates across the U.S. against the fluoridation rates (according to the CDC's own figures) then send me an email to euesireland@eircom.net.
Dear All,
Last Thursday, the same day as the Fluoride Action Network released theProfessionals' Statement calling for end to fluoridation worldwide, theLillie Center was making a thrust into the belly of the beast: the CDC -that continues to promote fluoridation despite the growing evidence of harm and little evidence of benefit. In a press release issued this morning, the Lillie Center announced that it had filed ethics charges against the CDC's Oral Health Division and CDC's director Julie Gerberding for their failure to follow the ethical code produced by the CDC and promoted by them around the country. The charge specifically focuses on their failure to warn the public, especially vulnerable sub-groups, of the dangers posed by fluoridated water -dangers which were clearly articulated in the NRC (2006) review of fluoride's toxicity as well as concerns raised by the US Department of Agriculture about the total dose of fluoride people are getting today from a variety of sources, including the food supply. According to the complaint, "the unethical actions of Oral Health Division manager William Maas and CDC Director Julie Gerberding are --serious and egregious in not disseminating findings of the National Research Council that kidney patients, diabetics, infants, and seniors are especially susceptible to harm from fluoride." The spokesperson for the Lillie Center, Dan Stockin stated that, "We have provided very specific examples of statements and actions by Doctors Maas and Gerberding that show blatant disregard for the most fundamental principles of ethics in public health. CDC is striving mightily to defend its policy supporting water fluoridation to prevent cavities, but the facts about harm from fluoride are now coming from highly respected organizations like theNational Research Council." The Lillie Center used the Professionals' Statement as supporting material in its arguments. Below is their press release and the full statement with attachments can be reviewed at http://www.fluoridealert.org/cdc.ethics.complaint.aug.13.2007.pdf
I urge readers to forward a copy of this press release to local news outlets.
Paul Connett
The Lillie Center, Inc.P.O. Box 839 Ellijay GA 30540Ph: 706.669.0786 // Fax: 706.635.8170 Email: stockin2@yahoo.com or dan@thelilliecenter.com
NEWS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 706-669-0786
Formal Complaint Charges CDC Oral Health Division with Ethics Violations
August 13, 2007
A joint meeting of two ethics committees for the Centers for Disease Control has received a detailed formal complaint alleging a series of unethical activities by the CDC Oral Health Division and the CDC Director. The complaint points to a quote by a highly placed CDC official that the public health ethics code CDC espouses is not being internally applied within CDC itself. The complaint specifically questions why CDC's own data on disproportionate harm from ingested fluoride in minority groups is not being communicated to these communities, and points to new, state of the art National Research Council information showing certain groups to be especially susceptible to harm from fluoride.The charges were presented to CDC's joint ethics panel on August 9th by Daniel Stockin, a public health professional of The Lillie Center, Inc., a private sector firm. In a separate development, news surfaced on the same day that 600 doctors, dentists, and other professionals have signed a petition calling for a halt to water fluoridation and for congressional hearings on fluoridation (see: www.FluorideAction.net).According to the complaint, the unethical actions of Oral Health Division manager William Maas and CDC Director Julie Gerberding are "serious and egregious" in not disseminating findings of the National Research Council that kidney patients, diabetics, infants, and seniors are especiallysusceptible to harm from fluoride. The complaint contains photos of a condition called dental fluorosis, a staining and pitting of teeth indicative of overexposure to fluoride that is disproportionately present in African Americans and perhaps Mexican Americans, compared to Caucasians."This is an explosive and deeply disturbing issue," states Stockin. "We have provided very specific examples of statements and actions by Dr.'s Maas and Gerberding that show blatant disregard for the most fundamental principles of ethics in public health. CDC is striving mightily to defend its policy supporting water fluoridation to prevent cavities, but the facts about harm from fluoride are now coming from highly respected organizations like theNational Research Council.""People with kidney disease or on dialysis should see this complaint and the report by the National Research Council on fluoride," Stockin says, "And if you happen to be a member of the population with diabetes or HIV, you will be amazed how the NRC report contains important information you should know about -- but that CDC has elected not to openly share with the public because it runs at odds with putting fluoride in drinking water." The ethics complaint and the 600 professionals' statement are the latest in a string of blows to the conventional wisdom that fluoride and water fluoridation are safe. In 2005, frustrated by EPA administrators' lack of response to mounting evidence of harm from fluoride, eleven unions within the EPA representing 7,000 lab workers, scientists, and others publicly called for the immediate halt to fluoridation based on concerns about fluoride-caused bone cancer. In 2006, the American Dental Association quietly stated on its web site that mothers of newborns might wish to consider using unfluoridated water when mixing powdered infant milk formula. CDC this year similarly changed its policy about use of fluoridated water for mixing formula, but did so only on its web site, not issuing even a press release to alert millions of parents to the news. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has recently developed software to begin to assess the quantity of fluoride Americans are ingesting, citing concern that cumulative fluoride intake could lead to a painful bone and joint condition called "skeletal fluorosis." The new, detailed list of alleged unethical actions by CDC in protecting its long-held policy is likely to spur groups and legislators across the country to join in the call for an official ethics inquiry into CDC's actions. Were CDC officials willing to sacrifice the health of Americans in order to prevent embarrassment to the agency and themselves? Stockin points to supporting materials in the ethics complaint that offer little wiggle room for discomfited CDC officials. "At-risk groups have a moral right to be told the whole story about fluoride," Stockin says. "Get ready for their lawsuits. The world is not flat, and fluoride is not safe," he says.The full text of the ethics complaint with its attachments can be accessed at:http://www.fluoridealert.org/cdc.ethics.complaint.aug.13.2007.pdf .Daniel Stockin of The Lillie Center may be contacted at (706)-669-0786
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Into the Phosphate Valley Rode the 600....
Slowly but surely the world MAY be coming to its senses regarding fluoride in drinking water...but no doubt the vested interests of the dentists' brigade and the fluoride manufacturers will try to find a way to refute the irrefutable!
End Fluoridation, Say 600 Physicians, Dentists, Scientists, and Environmentalists
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a statement released
today, over 600 professionals are urging Congress to stop water
fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted. They cite new
scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay,
is ineffective and has serious health risks.
(http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html)
Signers include a Nobel Prize winner, three members of the prestigious
2006 National Research Council (NRC) panel that reported on fluoride's
toxicology, two officers in the Union representing professionals at EPA
headquarters, the President of the International Society of Doctors for the
Environment, and hundreds of medical, dental, academic, scientific and
environmental professionals, worldwide.
Signer Dr. Arvid Carlsson, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Medicine,
says, "Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It's
really obsolete."
Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network
(FAN), announced that an Online Action Petition to Congress in support of
the Professionals' Statement will soon be available at FAN's web site,
http://www.fluorideaction.org/.
"The NRC report dramatically changed scientific understanding of
fluoride's health risks," says Connett. "Government officials who continue
to promote fluoridation must testify under oath as to why they are ignoring
the powerful evidence of harm in the NRC report," he added.
An Assistant NY State Attorney General calls the report "the most
up-to- date expert authority on the health effects of fluoride exposure."
The Professionals' Statement also references:
-- The new American Dental Association policy recommending infant formula
NOT be prepared with fluoridated water.
-- The CDC's concession that the predominant benefit of fluoride is
topical not systemic.
-- CDC data showing that dental fluorosis, caused by fluoride
over-exposure, now impacts one third of American children.
-- Major research indicating little difference in decay rates between
fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities.
-- A Harvard study indicating a possible link between fluoridation and
bone cancer.
-- The silicofluoride chemicals used for fluoridation are contaminated
industrial waste and have never been FDA-approved for human ingestion.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a DC watchdog, revealed that a
Harvard professor concealed the fluoridation/bone cancer connection for
three years. EWG President Ken Cook states, "It is time for the US to
recognize that fluoridation has serious risks that far outweigh any minor
benefits, and unlike many other environmental issues, it's as easy to end
as turning off a valve at the water plant."
CONTACTS:
Dr. Paul Connett
+1-802-338-5577
paul@fluoridealert.org
End Fluoridation, Say 600 Physicians, Dentists, Scientists, and Environmentalists
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a statement released
today, over 600 professionals are urging Congress to stop water
fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted. They cite new
scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay,
is ineffective and has serious health risks.
(http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html)
Signers include a Nobel Prize winner, three members of the prestigious
2006 National Research Council (NRC) panel that reported on fluoride's
toxicology, two officers in the Union representing professionals at EPA
headquarters, the President of the International Society of Doctors for the
Environment, and hundreds of medical, dental, academic, scientific and
environmental professionals, worldwide.
Signer Dr. Arvid Carlsson, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Medicine,
says, "Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It's
really obsolete."
Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network
(FAN), announced that an Online Action Petition to Congress in support of
the Professionals' Statement will soon be available at FAN's web site,
http://www.fluorideaction.org/.
"The NRC report dramatically changed scientific understanding of
fluoride's health risks," says Connett. "Government officials who continue
to promote fluoridation must testify under oath as to why they are ignoring
the powerful evidence of harm in the NRC report," he added.
An Assistant NY State Attorney General calls the report "the most
up-to- date expert authority on the health effects of fluoride exposure."
The Professionals' Statement also references:
-- The new American Dental Association policy recommending infant formula
NOT be prepared with fluoridated water.
-- The CDC's concession that the predominant benefit of fluoride is
topical not systemic.
-- CDC data showing that dental fluorosis, caused by fluoride
over-exposure, now impacts one third of American children.
-- Major research indicating little difference in decay rates between
fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities.
-- A Harvard study indicating a possible link between fluoridation and
bone cancer.
-- The silicofluoride chemicals used for fluoridation are contaminated
industrial waste and have never been FDA-approved for human ingestion.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a DC watchdog, revealed that a
Harvard professor concealed the fluoridation/bone cancer connection for
three years. EWG President Ken Cook states, "It is time for the US to
recognize that fluoridation has serious risks that far outweigh any minor
benefits, and unlike many other environmental issues, it's as easy to end
as turning off a valve at the water plant."
CONTACTS:
Dr. Paul Connett
+1-802-338-5577
paul@fluoridealert.org
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