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Fluoride and the Environment |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 09:06 |
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Fluoridation impacts negatively on the environment. In New Zealand there has been no comprehensive environmental impact study on how fluoridated water may pollute our ecosystem. We do not know how it is affecting our fisheries, soils, animals or fauna.
The fertiliser company Ravensdown was sued in the High Court of Napier 2008 because of acid and fluoride emissions into the environment affecting local orchardist Paddy Donovan. The company had paid compensation for damage to other local orchards in the area but withheld compensation to the former Olympic and Empire games boxer come orchard owner. While the 12 day trial ended on the first day with a settlement out of court, admission of cause was implicit in the fact that the company offered settlement before the trial got under way. There have been no studies researching the reasons why fluoride is safe and medicinal when collected, packaged and sold to regional councils to add to public drinking water, but dangerous and illegal when released through smoke stacks of the type of companies who supply it to councils.
In 1989 it was revealed that the Columbia River at John Day Dam was delaying migration of the Chinook salmon by as much as three times as long as other areas of Canada, as well as causing loss of adult salmon. [The North American Journal of Fisheries Management in 1989, 9:154-162]. Fluoride emissions into the river from the local aluminum plant was the cause of this problem. When there was a drop in fluoride discharges from the plant there was a corresponding decrease in interdam losses of adult salmon and time of fish passage. The true impact of fluoridation on our environment is neither fully known or appreciated, for no significant decrease in tooth decay rates. Watch the following clip titled 'An Environmental Professional Speaks Out on Fluoridation' which details the effects of fluoride on Canadian Salmon. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 July 2009 19:23 |