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25/9/24 the United States District Court of the Northern District
of California has just ruled on behalf of the Fluoride Action
Network and the plaintiffs in our precedent-setting court case.
A U.S. federal court has now deemed fluoridation an "unreasonable
risk" to the health of children, and the EPA will be forced
to regulate it as such. The decision is written very strongly
in our favour, and we will share it in its entirety tomorrow.
Below is an excerpt from the introduction of the ruling:
"The issue before this Court is whether the Plaintiffs have
established by a preponderance of the evidence that the fluoridation
of drinking water at levels typical in the United States poses
an unreasonable risk of injury to health of the public within
the meaning of Amended TSCA. For the reasons set forth below,
the Court so finds. Specifically, the Court finds that fluoridation
of water at 0.7 milligrams per liter (“mg/L”) –
the level presently considered “optimal” in the United
States – poses an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children..the
Court finds there is an unreasonable risk of such injury, a risk
sufficient to require the EPA to engage with a regulatory response...One
thing the EPA cannot do, however, in the face of this Court’s
finding, is to ignore that risk."
March 14 2024: Fluoride Free Cumbria had to apologise to Cumbrian
residents who were unable to access this meeting as capacity for
the venue, around 70, was achieved by the start at 7pm.
It was arranged by the group to provide information to local residents
following the Secretary of States instruction to reintroduce fluoride
chemicals into West Cumbrian water following completion of the
new United Utilities water treatment works at Williamsgate near
Cockermouth.
Paul Carr, chairman of the group observed “ it demonstrates
local people have very real concerns about the use of fluoride
chemicals in their drinking water supply and a range of questions
were put to an experienced panel throughout the evening."
January 2024: Manchester University study shows mass fluoridation
has minimal benefits. Read
the full report here.
The fluoridation of all water supplies in West Cumbria, Allerdale
and Copeland, will restart from Willamsgate in this Autumn 2023.
The Government has decided that there is no need to consult the
approximately 130,000 members of the public affected by the addition
of Hexafluorosilicic Acid under the guise of fluoride. This is
a policy to be rolled out in England (10% is fluoridated at the
moment) and the rest of Cumbria could be next.
People living in West Cumbria, who are largely unaware this is
happening by the way, have no choice in the matter and are being
denied their democratic right to choose whether they want this
industrial by-product added to their drinking water. It is not
the pharmaceutical grade found in toothpaste and contains many
contaminants such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and other carcinogens.
The CATFISH report was published on 14th November 2022. This
was a five year, Cumbrian fluoridation project, which began in
2013, comparing children’s teeth between fluoridated and
non fluoridated areas. Its chief researcher, Michaela Goodwin
said, in an interview, prior to its publication,
“The results are surprising in that the researchers concluded
that WF is not as ‘essential as it was in the 1950s when
decay was so much higher. In fact, the reduction in dental decay
in the fluoridated area of Cumbria was minimal. Consequently,
other interventions to prevent dental decay should be initiated.”
The LOTUS study was published on the 1st of January 2024, in
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. It was a 10 year study
that started on 1st February 2010 and ended finally in August
2022. It is the first study that looked at the dental status of
teenagers and adults, comparing fluoridated and un-fluoridated
areas. The study found ‘exceedingly small’ reductions
in caries in fluoridated areas which most people would not consider
meaningful.
Some exciting news !!
We have been lobbying , for what seems like an eternity , Cumbria
CC to scrutinise the fluoridation of West Cumbria. On Friday 25th.
June the Scrutiny Management Board elected a Chairman for a task
and finish group to do exactly that !! Considering all the evidence,
International,national and local.
The Chairman is: Stephen
Haraldsen.The group will be established immediately and will
be made up of Councillors who are not cabinet members.
Evidence collection will start as soon as the group is established
and a report will be produced for the SMB meeting in November
with a recommendation to cabinet in December 2021.
So it's all systems go to put our case and as a starting point
I have attached Joy's Case Against Fluoridation for you all to
read. This will be circulated to CCC as soon as the T&F group
members are known to us.
Our time has come ladies and gentlemen to stand up and be counted.This
is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us to stop the fluoridation
of West Cumbria by preventing the process from starting at the
new water treatment works at Williamsgate and I hope and expect
that you will all be up for the fight.Public awareness events
,press involvement and demonstrations are all being prepared.
I will keep you posted on developments and let you know what actions
we are proposing to highlight our campaign and inform the public.
Let's get ready for thefray!! OUR
EVIDENCE REPORT
West Cumbria has intermittently had artificial fluoride in the
form of hexafluorosilic acid added to its water since 1968.
IMPORTANT SURVEY
Take part in this
important survey as fluoridation decisions are to be handed
away from local authorities and moved to central government. REMEMBER
to sign the back of the form, along with your house number and
postcode, for verification purposes. Then send your completed
survey to cumbrianhealthconcerns@gmail.com
