The intent of the Arkansas water fluoridation mandate law (Act 197) was “TO PREVENT TOOTH DECAY”. Current research reviews are now revealing that water fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay in children or adults!
Due to the fact that water fluoridation does not prevent tooth decay and our many concerns about this toxic chemical have not been addressed, we need to call for a suspension on any further activity of fluoridation for all water facilities in Arkansas.
Call the governor and legislators and ask them for a moratorium on Act 197: Governor Asa Hutchinson (501) 682-2345. Contact information for the Arkansas Legislators is at the bottom of this email.
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No Valid Evidence Exists to Prove Fluoridation Works, say Researchers
New York – July 21, 2015 — After reviewing all available fluoridation studies, the independent and trusted UK-based Cochrane group of researchers could not find any quality evidence to prove fluoridation changes the “existing differences in tooth decay across socioeconomic groups.” Neither could they find valid evidence that fluoride reduces adults’ cavity rates nor that fluoridation cessation increases tooth decay, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF).
Fluoridation may reduce cavities in children (2 primary teeth or 1 permanent tooth). But Cochrane cautions these studies have “high risk of bias” and were mostly done before preventive measures were widespread, e.g. fluoridated toothpaste and sealants.
Diverting attention away from Cochrane, the Centers for Disease Control, which indirectly funded the Cochrane Review, and the American Dental Association defended fluoridation recommending instead the 2013 U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force’s Fluoridation Recommendation.
But the Task Force also admitted it couldn’t evaluate how race, ethnicity and total fluoride intake influenced fluoridation effectiveness because of limited data. “Few studies provided data on socioeconomic status, and most studies had measurement issues; many didn’t blind examiners and there was a lack of consistency among indices used to measure caries.”
Unlike the ADA and CDC Foundation, the Cochrane Group is “unconstrained by commercial and financial interests.” Cochrane answered its critics here.
“We wonder if the ADA and CDC are protecting its funders and political viability instead of the American public,” says attorney Paul Beeber, NYSCOF President.
Newsweek reports that scientists, who were assigned to review fluoridation research, are shocked at the lack of valid fluoridation-supporting evidence. Government agencies have a long history of minimizing reviews critical of fluoridation science.
Dentist Bill Osmunson weighs in on how fluoridation research can and should be done here.
Fluoride supplements, first recommended based on the theory that fluoridation prevents tooth decay, unsurprisingly, also are mostly ineffective. In 2011, Cochrane “rated 10 trials as being at unclear risk of bias and one at high risk of bias, and therefore the trials provide weak evidence about the efficacy of fluoride supplements.”
“Americans need to get special interest groups out of decisions made by public water suppliers and demand that fluoridation stop in their cities,” says Beeber.
On PRNewswire here: http://www.prnewswire.com/
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Please print this off and take this information to your own dentist!
AGAIN: do to the fact that water fluoridation does not prevent tooth decay and our many concerns about this toxic chemical have not been addressed, we need to call for a suspension on any further activity of fluoridation for all water facilities in Arkansas.
Please contact the Arkansas State Representatives and Senators listed below and ask them for a suspension/moratorium on Act 197 (the state water fluoridation mandate). Be sure to CALL as many as you can as well as emailing them.
**At the very bottom of the list are ALL of the legislators’ email addresses in a format that you can easily copy & paste into your “TO” box in your email service – if you’d like to email them all at one time.
Title |
Name |
Phone |
|
District |
Representative |
Charles L. Armstrong |
30 |
||
Representative |
Eddie L. Armstrong |
37 |
||
Representative |
John Baine |
7 |
||
Representative |
Bob Ballinger |
97 |
||
Representative |
Scott Baltz |
61 |
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Representative |
Rick Beck |
65 |
||
Representative |
Nate Bell |
20 |
||
Representative |
Camille Bennett |
14 |
||
Representative |
Mary Bentley |
73 |
||
Representative |
Charles Blake |
36 |
||
Representative |
Justin Boyd |
77 |
||
Representative |
Ken Bragg |
15 |
||
Representative |
David L. Branscum |
83 |
||
Representative |
Mary Broadaway |
57 |
||
Representative |
Karilyn Brown |
41 |
||
Representative |
Charlie Collins |
84 |
||
Representative |
Donnie Copeland |
38 |
||
Representative |
Bruce Cozart |
24 |
||
Representative |
Andy Davis |
31 |
||
Representative |
Gary Deffenbaugh |
79 |
||
Representative |
Jana Della Rosa |
90 |
||
Representative |
Jim Dotson |
93 |
||
Representative |
Charlotte V. Douglas |
75 |
||
Representative |
Dan M. Douglas |
91 |
||
Representative |
R. Trevor Drown |
68 |
||
Representative |
Lance Eads |
not available |
88 |
|
Representative |
Les Eaves |
46 |
||
Representative |
Jon S. Eubanks |
74 |
||
Representative |
Joe Farrer |
44 |
||
Representative |
Deborah Ferguson |
51 |
||
Representative |
Kenneth B. Ferguson |
16 |
||
Representative |
David Fielding |
5 |
||
Representative |
Charlene Fite |
80 |
||
Representative |
Lanny Fite |
23 |
||
Representative |
Vivian Flowers |
17 |
||
Representative |
Mickey Gates |
22 |
||
Representative |
Jeremy Gillam |
45 |
||
Representative |
Justin Gonzales |
19 |
||
Representative |
Bill Gossage |
82 |
||
Representative |
Michael John Gray |
47 |
||
Representative |
Michelle Gray |
62 |
||
Representative |
Kim Hammer |
28 |
||
Representative |
Justin T. Harris |
81 |
||
Representative |
Ken Henderson |
71 |
||
Representative |
Kim Hendren |
92 |
||
Representative |
Mary P. “Prissy” Hickerson |
1 |
||
Representative |
David Hillman |
13 |
||
Representative |
Monte Hodges |
55 |
||
Representative |
Grant Hodges |
96 |
||
Representative |
Mike Holcomb |
10 |
||
Representative |
Douglas House |
40 |
||
Representative |
Lane Jean |
2 |
||
Representative |
Joe Jett |
56 |
||
Representative |
Bob Johnson |
42 |
||
Representative |
Jack Ladyman |
59 |
||
Representative |
Sheilla E. Lampkin |
9 |
||
Representative |
Greg Leding |
86 |
||
Representative |
Tim Lemons |
43 |
||
Representative |
Kelley Linck |
99 |
||
Representative |
Fredrick J. Love |
29 |
||
Representative |
Mark Lowery |
39 |
||
Representative |
Robin Lundstrum |
87 |
||
Representative |
Stephen Magie |
72 |
||
Representative |
Julie Mayberry |
27 |
||
Representative |
Mark D. McElroy |
11 |
||
Representative |
George B. McGill |
78 |
||
Representative |
Ron McNair |
98 |
||
Representative |
David Meeks |
70 |
||
Representative |
Stephen Meeks |
67 |
||
Representative |
Josh Miller |
66 |
||
Representative |
Reginald Murdock |
48 |
||
Representative |
Micah S. Neal |
89 |
||
Representative |
Milton Nicks, Jr. |
50 |
||
Representative |
Betty Overbey |
69 |
||
Representative |
John Payton |
64 |
||
Representative |
Rebecca Petty |
94 |
||
Representative |
Mathew W. Pitsch |
76 |
||
Representative |
James Ratliff |
60 |
||
Representative |
Chris Richey |
12 |
||
Representative |
Marcus E. Richmond |
21 |
||
Representative |
Laurie Rushing |
26 |
||
Representative |
Warwick Sabin |
33 |
||
Representative |
Sue Scott |
95 |
||
Representative |
Matthew J. Shepherd |
6 |
||
Representative |
Brandt Smith |
58 |
||
Representative |
James J. Sorvillo |
not available |
32 |
|
Representative |
Nelda Speaks |
100 |
||
Representative |
James Sturch |
63 |
||
Representative |
Dan Sullivan |
53 |
||
Representative |
Brent Talley |
3 |
||
Representative |
Dwight Tosh |
52 |
||
Representative |
Clarke Tucker |
35 |
||
Representative |
DeAnn Vaught |
4 |
||
Representative |
John T. Vines |
25 |
||
Representative |
John W. Walker |
34 |
||
Representative |
Dave Wallace |
54 |
||
Representative |
Jeff Wardlaw |
8 |
||
Representative |
David Whitaker |
not available |
85 |
|
Representative |
Richard Womack |
18 |
||
Representative |
Marshall Wright |
49 |
||
Senator |
Cecile Bledsoe |
3 |
||
Senator |
David Burnett |
22 |
||
Senator |
Ronald Caldwell |
23 |
||
Senator |
Eddie Cheatham |
26 |
||
Senator |
Linda Chesterfield |
30 |
||
Senator |
Alan Clark |
13 |
||
Senator |
Linda Collins-Smith |
19 |
||
Senator |
John Cooper |
21 |
||
Senator |
Jonathan Dismang |
28 |
||
Senator |
Joyce Elliott |
31 |
||
Senator |
Jane English |
34 |
||
Senator |
Jake Files |
8 |
||
Senator |
Scott Flippo |
17 |
||
Senator |
Stephanie Flowers |
25 |
||
Senator |
Jim Hendren |
2 |
||
Senator |
Bart Hester |
1 |
||
Senator |
Jimmy Hickey |
11 |
||
Senator |
Jeremy Hutchinson |
33 |
||
Senator |
Keith Ingram |
24 |
||
Senator |
Missy Irvin |
18 |
||
Senator |
David Johnson |
32 |
||
Senator |
Blake Johnson |
20 |
||
Senator |
Bryan King |
5 |
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Senator |
Uvalde Lindsey |
4 |
||
Senator |
Bruce Maloch |
12 |
||
Senator |
Bobby J. Pierce |
27 |
||
Senator |
Jason Rapert |
35 |
||
Senator |
Terry Rice |
9 |
||
Senator |
Bill Sample |
14 |
||
Senator |
David J. Sanders |
15 |
||
Senator |
Gary Stubblefield |
6 |
||
Senator |
Larry Teague |
10 |
||
Senator |
Eddie Joe Williams |
29 |
||
Senator |
Jon Woods |
7 |
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