Introduction:

Water fluoridation involves adding various fluoride chemicals to the public water supply at a concentration of 1 ppm (1 part per million or 1 milligram per liter), ostensibly to fight tooth decay. 1 ppm may seem small, but it is actually 250 times greater than the level of fluoride in mother’s milk, 0.004 ppm.

Once fluoride is put into the public water supply, the dose cannot be controlled and it goes to “patients” without their consent, thus violating both medical ethics and the individual’s human rights. It also goes to subsets of the population that we now know are particularly vulnerable to fluoride‘s toxic effects - including the very young, the very old, the infirm, people with poor kidney function and others with poor nutrition.

While strongly supported by the US public health establishment, most countries have rejected this practice, including the vast majority of European nations. They are not willing to force medication on those who do not want it, and they feel that many health concerns have not been resolved (see a list of official statements from various countries on this at http://fluoridealert.org/govt-statements.htm). According to World Health Organization (WHO) data available online, dental health for 12 year olds in non-fluoridated countries is as good, if not better, than those countries which fluoridate.

These observations in countries are duplicated in studies comparing communities within a country. Since the 1980s there has been an ever growing number of research articles and reviews which indicate that there is little difference in tooth decay between communities which are fluoridated and those which are not (Leverett, 1982; Colquhoun, 1984; 1985 and 1987; Diesendorf, 1986; Gray, 1987; Brunelle and Carlos, 1990; Spencer et al. 1996; deLiefde, 1998; Locker, 1999; Armfield and Spencer, 2004 and Pizzo et al., 2007. An alphabetical listing of the full citations can be found at http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/biblio.html). Any minor difference due to fluoride status is usually dwarfed by the difference in income levels. Poverty is the major factor related to tooth decay, not lack of fluoride.

Government officials endlessly promote fluoridation while steadfastly refusing to publicly debate the issue, or provide the scientific evidence to support their claims.

Professionals’ statement: We the undersigned call for an end to water fluoridation.

SEVEN recent events make action to end this practice urgent.

1. The publication in 2006 of a 500-page review of all relevant health effects and exposure information on fluoride by a distinguished panel appointed by the National Research Council (the research arm of the 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 current EPA standard of 4 ppm (i.e. the maximum contaminant level goal) is unsafe and should be lowered. The panel identified many important research studies in which animals or humans drinking water close to, at, or even lower than 1 ppm, showed numerous systemic adverse health effects. These included: bone fractures, decreased thyroid function, impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes), brain cell damage, lowered IQ in children, 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 publication in 2004 of the book “The Fluoride Deception” by award-winning investigative reporter Christopher Bryson. This meticulously researched book documents that industrial interests, concerned about liabilities from fluoride pollution and fluoride’s heath effects on workers, played a significant role in the early promotion of fluoridation in the 1950’s. Bryson also details the brutal suppression of scientists who have challenged the establishment on the safety of this practice. A videotaped interview with Bryson can be accessed on Google video at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988&q=the+fluoride+deception&hl=en

3. The evidence provided by the 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 – caused by fluoride exposure. Clearly, our children are now being overdosed with fluoride – from water, swallowed toothpaste, foods and beverages processed with fluoridated water, and other sources. Fluoridated water is the easiest source to eliminate.

4. 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 due to the elevated risk of dental fluorosis. This admission by the ADA that fluoridated water is not appropriate for infants is reason alone for fluoridation to be immediately halted.

5. The concession by the CDC in 1999, and again in 2001, that the predominant benefit of fluoride in reducing tooth decay is TOPICAL and not SYSTEMIC. To the extent fluoride works to reduce or prevent 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 so readily available.

6. The publication in May 2006 of a peer-reviewed, case-controlled 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 Elise Bassin’s PhD thesis adviser, Professor Chester Douglass, was accused by the watchdog Environmental Working Group of attempting to suppress these 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: http://keepersofthewell.org/

To bring an end to fluoridation:

We call upon Members of Congress to sponsor and/or support a new Congressional Hearing on Water Fluoridation so that those in government agencies who continue to support the procedure, particularly the Oral Health Division of the CDC, will be compelled to provide the scientific basis for their ongoing, aggressive promotion of fluoridation with millions of taxpayer dollars. They must be cross-examined under oath if the public is ever to fully learn the truth about this unnecessary and harmful practice.

We call upon local elected officials in fluoridated communities to exercise due diligence in this matter and read the basic scientific literature themselves. It is not enough to blindly accept assurances from biased agencies whose reputations depend on maintaining the status quo and whose employees are required to promote fluoridation. If you are not confident about claims that fluoridation is safe and effective, you should not be forcing this practice on those who don’t want it and may be harmed by it.

We call upon members of the media to do a professional job investigating this issue. Do not assume that the opposition’s arguments are invalid because of the reams of endorsements that promoters use to put your intelligence on hold. It is irresponsible to just quote the Dr. Strangelove film and a few sentences from each side. If author Christopher Bryson can spend 10 years researching this issue, surely other investigative journalists can spend more than 10 minutes sorting out fact from fiction in this matter.

We call upon State health agencies, at the very least, to use their health networks to thoroughly publicize, at all levels, the ADA recommendation that fluoridated water not be used in the preparation of infant formula.

We call upon medical and dental professionals to get up-to-date on this issue. Professionals should use their own high level education to look beyond the outdated blanket endorsements from promoting agencies. Specifically, we call upon them to review the NRC (2006) report and the other literature cited in the introduction above.

We call upon members of environmental and other activist groups to get involved. In addition to health concerns, fluoridation is "pollution by dilution" of the ecosystems with tons of industrial waste products each year. This problem is one that's easy to end -- once we have the political will -- by just turning off the taps. Getting that political will can be greatly accelerated by your organization educating its membership as to the newer developments identified above and by joining in the movement to end fluoridation.

Despite 60 years of fluoridation, tooth decay remains rampant in many long-fluoridated areas of the US. The untold millions of dollars that are now spent on equipment, chemicals, monitoring, and promotion of fluoridation could be much better invested on nutrition education and targeted dental care for children from low income families who are known to suffer the greatest amount of tooth decay. The vast majority of other countries have done this. It is time for the US to recognize that the fluoridation program has failed to deliver its promise, poses unnecessary risks, and violates freedom of choice and medical ethics. Fluoridation must be ended now.

Signed:

Alan S. Abrams, DDS, AIOMT, Norwalk, CT
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
Robert Anderson, PhD, Tauranga, New Zealand
Richard V Anthony, MS Public Administration, Principal, Richard Anthony Associates, Member of the Board of Directors CRRA, GRRN and ZWIA, San Diego, CA
Sergio Apollonio, President, Malagrotta Committee, Rome, Italy
Stephen S. Baer, DDS, Past President, The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Douglas A. Balog, BS, MS, JD, Author of Law Review article on the illegality of artificial fluoridation, Palm Bay, Florida.
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
James Beck, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medical Biophysics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Paul Beeber, Esq, President and General Counsel, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc., NY
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
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, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ernesto Burgio, 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
Noel Campbell, BDSc, LDS, FACNEM, FASID, Visiting Professor, Hope Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Rosie Cargin, MA, Visiting Professor, Hope Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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
Griffin Cole, DDS, AIAOMT, Austin, TX
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
Pat Costner, Science Advisor, GAIA, Science Advisor, IPEN, retired Senior Scientist, Greenpeace International
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
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, Member of IAOMT, and HAD, 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
Daniel A. Durst, Esq., MHSA, Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA
John C. J. Eaton, MA (Cantab), MSI, F Inst D, England
David Egilman, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Brown University, Attleboro, MA
Robert Harold (Tad) Hodgert, DMD, Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Fellow, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, OR
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, Illinois
Doug N. Everingham, MB, BS, Australian Health Minister 1972-75 , Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mike Ewall, Director, ActionPA, Philadelphia, PA
Paula Fabbie, RDH, Practicing dental hygienist, Kingston, NY
Richard D. Fischer, DDS, FAGD, MIAOMT, past president, International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology
Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, Oregon
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, Practicing general dentist focusing on biological dentistry, Princeton, NJ
Paul Gilbert, DDS, MAGD, AIAOMT, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1955 (retired), Palo Alto CA
George Gioumousis, PhD, Member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Houston, TX
Bill Glaros, DDS, Tauranga, New Zealand
Mike Godfrey, MBBS, Toronto, Canada
Dorothy Goldin-Rosenberg, MES, PhD, Family Physician and Classical Homeopath, Ashland, OR
Deborah Gordon, MD, Member of the Minnesota Bar, counsel for the plaintiffs in trials in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas, resulting in judicial findings that artificial fluoridation of public water supplies induces large-scale cancer and other ailments in man.
John Remington Graham, BA, LLB, Past president South Dade District Dental Society, past president Holistic Dental Association, Miami, FL
Steven N. Green, DDS, Independent researcher, Author of “Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?”, England
Barry Groves, PhD (nutritional science), Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Boyd Haley, PhD, Executive Director, Oregon Center for Environmental Health, Portland, Oregon
Jane Harris, Retired Emergency Physician, Honolulu, HI William Harris, MD, Retired dentist, Lake Worth, FL
James A. Harrison, DDS, FAGD, FIAOMT, Vakgroep Menselijke Ecologie (Human Ecology Department), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Neurologist, President, Public and Environmental Health Committee, Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons, San Juan, PR
Tomas Hernandez, MD, MPH, Research Coordinator, Fluoride Team of Kansas, Wichita, KS
W. Robert Hetrick, 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
J. William Hirzy, PhD, Tacoma, WA
Debra Hopkins, DDS, Bioimaging Research Group, Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Professor C. Vyvyan Howard, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCPath, Thérapeute, Quebec
Galina Husaruk, Thérapeute, Quebec
Stephen Hwang, DDS, FRAH (Royal Academy of Health-London), London, England
Robert L. Isaacson, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. Member of the 2006 National Research Council panel which reviewed the toxicology of fluoride.
Antone G. Jacobson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Frank Jerome, DDS, Columbus, IN
Frank Jerome, DDS, Houston, Texas
Marilyn K. Jones, DDS, Miyachiyo Kato Clinic, Director of the Japanese Temperance Union, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Japan
Junji Kato, MD, PhD, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, author of “Malignant Medical Myths,” Infinity Publ., West Conshohocken, PA
Joel M. Kauffman, PhD, a member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Beppu city, Japan
Taichi Kazuno, DDS, (Anthropology), musician and author of Urban Blues; Bright Balkan Morning; and Born to Groove, Lakeville, CT
Charles M. H. Keil, PhD Past President of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, San Diego, CA
David Kennedy, DDS, co-author of the NY Times bestselling book, The Great Bird Flu Hoax.
Pam Killeen, (Sociology) CEO of Urban Ore, Incorporated, a reuse and recycling business in Berkeley, CA
Dan Knapp, PhD, Vice President International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Boulder, CO
Stephen M. Koral, DMD, Retired school nurse in the public school system in Somerville, NJ
Ruth Greenwood Koss, RN, BS, MS, Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Lennart Krook, PhD, Lawrence, NY
Mitchell Kurk, MD, Public Health Nurse, Charlestown, NH
Katie Lajoie, RN, Retired A/Major, Canadian Forces Dental Services, Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry, Founding member of the Quebec Holistic Dental Ass'n and currently, Vice-President International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Montreal, Canada
Pierre Larose, DDS, FAGD, FIAOMT, Private dental practice, Louisville, KY
Robert W. Lavely, DMD, MBA, PSC, Aesthetic Dentistry of Bellevue, WA
Todd Lawson, DMD, President, Layton Dental, President, Environmental Dental Association, Encinitas, CA
Grant H. Layton, DDS, Transformational Orthodontics (A holistic approach to Dentistry), Mt. Laurel, NJ
Ljuba Lemke, DMD, PhD, ND, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, ME
Leonardo Leonidas, MD, FAAP, Director of the Department of the Environment of the Mohawks’ Council of Akwesasne, Akwesasne
Henry Lickers, BSc, 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.
Hardy Limeback, PhD, DDS, (Law) Senior Advisor, National Toxics Network Inc., East Ballina, NSW Australia
Mariann Lloyd-Smith, PhD, Faculty, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
Robert Luby, MD, Dentist, England
Jennifer Luke, PhD, BDS, Dental Surgeon and Chairman of Irish Dentists Opposing Fluoridation http://www.idof.net/ , Ireland
Don Mac Auley, BDS, General practitioner and Faculty, Oragnathic Bioesthetics International (OBI)
Cameron I. MacLean, BSc, DDS, (rtd) Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
L. R. B. Mann, PhD, 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
Peter John Mansfield, MA, MB, B Chir FRSA, 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
Lynn Margulis, PhD, Doctor of Integrative Medicine, PC, President of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry, Founding Member of the Institute for Nutritional Dentistry, Member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and the Holistic Dental Association
Michael Margolis, DDS, Program Associate, Citizens' Environmental Coalition, Albany, NY
Laura McCarthy, Dentist, President The Dental Wellness Institute, Founder International Association of Mercury Free Dentists (IAMFD), Member International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) Sebastopol, CA
Tom McGuire, DDS, Health Promotion Officer, Geelong, Australia
David McRae, BSc(Hons), Grad Dip (Human Services), Emeritus Professor of Immunobiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Henry Micklem, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Immunobiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Marelyn Medina, MD, Urologist, The Family Urology Center, McAllen, TX
William B. Megill, DDS, Dr. of Integrative Medicine, Rocky Hill, NJ
Rosemary Grace Minervini, RDH, MS, Retired Dental Hygienist, Master's Degree in Dental Hygiene Administration, Education and Research, Lehi, UT
Peter Montague, PhD, Environmental Research Foundation, New Brunswick, N.J.
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 (Éditions Berger, Eastman, QC, 2005) Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey Morris, PhD (Economics), Sound Resource Management, Olympia, WA
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
Shimizu Nakao, DDS, Kanome Dental Clinic, member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, director of Japanese Society for Tobacco Control, Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Hans H. Nehrlich, PhD, Private Practice Orthomolecular Medicine, ret. university lecturer, Australia and Germany
J. B. Neilands, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Randall Neustaedter, OMD, Classical Medicine Center, Author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, 2005, Redwood City CA
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, California
Richard Olree, DC, 26 years of practice, Co - Author of “Minerals for the Genetic Code", Hillman, MI
E.M.T. O'Nan, Director, Protect All Children's Environment, Marion, NC
Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH, Aesthetic Dentistry of Bellevue, WA and Lake Oswego, OR; Director of the Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, Host for the TV Series, "The Doctor's Corner", Lake Oswego, OR
Ian E. Packington, MA Cert Tox, Independent Science Adviser to National Pure Water Association [NPWA], York, England
Alireza Panahpour,DDS, Practicing dentist, Irvine, CA
Gurdev Parmar, BSc, ND, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada
Robert Pocock, fluoride spokesperson for VOICE for the Irish Environment, Dublin, Ireland
Myles A. Preble, DMD, Dental Studio, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Andrew Rynne, LRCP&SI, MICGP, Medical Practitioner and columnist for the Irish Medical News, founder of Clane General Hospital,, Co. Kildare, IRELAND
Perry O. Roehl, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Geology, emeritus, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Michael B. Rogers, DDS, Arlington, VA
Robert D. Rousseau, DDS, an accredited member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, 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, UK
Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary magazine, Mumbai, India
Mageswari Sangaralingam (Masters in Environmental Management), Research Officer, Consumers Association of Penang, Malaysia.
Bryony Schwan, MS, Executive Director, The Biomimicry Institute, and affiliate faculty at the University of Montana’s Environment Studies program, Missoula, MT
Robert J. Sexauer, DDS, Clinton MO
Alfred A. Siess, Jr., BCE, MBA, Environmental/Economic Consultant (Ret. Engineering Executive), Lehigh Valley, PA
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
Mary Shomon, Leading thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author of the Thyroid Diet, http://www.thyroid-info.com
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
Daniel G. Stockin, MPH, Senior Operations Officer, The Lillie Center, Inc.
Janet S. Stopka, DDS, President, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, Downers Grove, IL
Prof. Dr. Anna Strunecka, DSc, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Faculty of Sciences Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
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
Masami Thumagari, Member of Japanese Society for Fluoride Research, Moriyama-city, Shiga-pref, Japan
Joseph W. Tinko, Esq., Tinko Law Group, Meadville, PA
Jeanine Trevillyan, MD, Texarkana, Arkansas
Chris Vermeire, Journalist, Antwerp, Belgium
Murray J. Vimy, BA, DMD, practicing dentist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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
William. A. Westendorf, BS, DDS, LMt, Cincinnati, OH
Craig E. Williams, Director: Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Director: Chemical Weapons Working Group, Recipient: 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize, KY
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
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.from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Owner and Director of a four-bed sleep disorders center in Reno, Nevada.