New York April 29, 2009 – Blood fluoride levels were significantly
higher in patients with osteosarcoma than in control groups, according
to research published in Biological Trace Element Research (April
2009). Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, occurs mostly in children
and young adults
Randhu and colleagues measured serum fluoride levels in three equal
groups of age-matched and sex-matched patients. Group one had
osteosarcoma; group two had non-osteosarcoma bone tumors; and group
three had musculo-skeletal pain.(1)
“Mean serum fluoride concentration was found to be significantly
higher in patients with osteosarcoma as compared to the other two
groups,” write Randhu’s team. “(T)his report proves a link between
raised fluoride levels in serum and osteosarcoma,” they write.
This reinforces a 2006 published Harvard study by Bassin showing a
link between water fluoridation and osteosarcoma in young boys.(2)
A 1992 New Jersey Department of Health study shows osteosarcoma rates
higher among young males in fluoridated vs unfluoridated regions of
New Jersey.(3)
More studies link fluoride to bone and other cancers but are
downplayed or ignored by government officials.(4)(5)
Bone defects similar to bone cancer were detected in fluoridated
Newburgh NY children as early as 1955. Newburgh is home of the first
human health fluoridation experiment begun in 1945.
According to Christopher Bryson in The Fluoride Deception. “A
radiologist, Dr. John Caffey of Columbia University, called the
defects ‘striking’ in their ‘similarity’ to bone cancer… and seen more
than twice as frequently among boys in Newburgh as among boys in
nonfluoridated Kingston [the control city].”(6)
In 2006, the prestigious National Research Council review of fluoride/
fluoridation toxicology found a fluoride/bone cancer link plausible.
“If governments truly want to save money, stopping fluoridation is a
no-brainer. It would save money, preserve health and teeth,” says
attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to
Fluoridation.
In 2005, 11 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee unions,
representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals
called for a moratorium on fluoridation programs across the country
and asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious
risk of causing cancer in people.(7)
In addition, over 2,430 professionals urge the US Congress to stop
fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted, citing
scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth
decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.html
NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof
http://www.FluorideAction.Net
References:
1) Biological Trace Element Research, “Serum Fluoride and Sialic Acid
Levels in Osteosarcoma,” by Sandhu R, Lal H, Kundu ZS, Kharb S, Apr
24, 2009 [Epub ahead of print]
2) Cancer Causes Control "Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking
water and
osteosarcoma (United States), by Bassin et al., May 2006
3) New Jersey Department of Health, “A Brief Report On The Association
Of Drinking Water Fluoridation And The Incidence of Osteosarcoma Among
Young Males,”. Cohn PD. (1992).
4) Fluoride and Osteosarcoma
http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/cancer/osteosarcoma-timeline.html
5) Fluoride and Cancer
http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/cancer/
6) The Fluoride Deception, by Christopher Bryson
with a foreword by Dr. Theo Colborn, Seven Stories Press,
May 2004
http://www.fluoridealert.org/fluoride-deception.htm
7) Press Release August 19, 2005, “EPA Unions Call for Nationwide
Moratorium on Fluoridation, Congressional Hearing on Adverse Effects,
Youth Cancer Cover Up,” Contact: Dr. William Hirzy, Vice-President
NTEU Chapter 280
http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/Press%20Release.%20Fluoride.htm
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