Secure Ark. Written Testimony Against Fluoride 10/5/2015 (To Be Submitted)
October 11, 2015
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There were several people who had signed up to speak against Act 197 at the Public Health, Welfare and Labor meeting held on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Since the Arkansas Department of Health was allowed to deliver their pro-fluoride message (for 53 minutes, no less), it should have been fair that those opposing fluoride should have been given the same amount of time. However, the committee only allowed Dr. Sandra Young to speak against Act 197, and that was for a mere 10 minutes.
Jack Abrahamson was one of the people who had signed up to speak against Act 197. Since he was not allowed to speak, he is sending the committee the notes that he was prepared to deliver, and we’ve included them below.
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Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor
Meeting Jointly
Monday, October 05 2015
01:00 PM
Room A, MAC
Little Rock, Arkansas
Testimony Against Fluoride in Public Water Systems in Arkansas
by Jack Abrahamson State Coordinator – Secure Arkansas
There were several people who had signed up to speak against Act 197 at the Public Health, Welfare and Labor meeting held on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Since the Arkansas Department of Health was allowed to deliver their pro-fluoride message, it should have been fair that those opposing fluoride should have been given the same amount of time to give their opposing views. The committee only allowed Dr. Sandra Young to speak against Act 197.
I, Jack Abrahamson, was one of the people who had signed up to speak against ACT 197. Since I was not allowed to speak, I am sending the committee the notes that I was prepared to deliver to the committee. Please add these notes as part of the testimony against Act 197.
- Legislators rely on government officials and rarely check the facts of the testimony presented. The same is true of the Arkansas Department of Health.
- The Arkansas Department of Health misleads the public into thinking Fluoride is even good for children from 0 to 16 years of age. That is the furthest from the truth. From the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) own data: children from 0 to 6 months of age should have no fluoride. From 6 months to 3 years of age with a fluoride concentration of <0.3ppm, children should have no more than 0.25 mg/day. From 3 years to 6 years of age with a fluoride concentration of <0.3ppm, children should have no more than 0.50 mg/day. From 3 years to 6 years of age with a fluoride concentration of 0.3ppm.-0.6ppm, children should have no more than 0.25 mg/day. From 6 years to 16 years of age with a fluoride concentration of <0.3ppm, children should have no more than 1.0 mg/day. From 6 years to 16 years of age with a fluoride concentration of 0.3ppm.-0.6ppm, children should have no more than 0.50 mg/day.
- Dr. J. William Hirzy, EPA scientist said
- If Fluoride gets out into the air, it’s a pollutant
- If Fluoride gets into the river, it’s a pollutant
- If Fluoride gets into the lake it’s a pollutant
- But, If Fluoride goes straight into your drinking water system, it’s not a pollutant! Isn’t this amazing?
- 90% of Fluoride is hydrofluoric acid, which is a compound of fluorine that is a chemical byproduct of aluminum, steel, cement, phosphate and nuclear weapons manufactory. Fluoride is also used to refine high-octane gasoline.
- The National Kidney Foundation withdrew its endorsement of water fluoridation in 2008.
- Fluoride/Hexafluorosilicic Acid is a toxic industrial waste chemical that has never been tested or approved by US FDA. Arkansas State Act 197 is being forced on citizens without a public vote which violate articles 5 and 21(3) of the United Nations’ “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” (UDHR) signed into law on December 10, 1948 by 50 nations including the United States.Article 5 (of UDHR): No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Forced fluoridation in Arkansas under state Act 197 violates Article 5 of the UDHR (“Universal Declaration of Human Rights”) because it subjects Arkansas citizens to, “torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” and hundreds of studies have shown water fluoridation increases heart disease, cancer, genetic DNA damage and birth defects, arthritis, brain damage, and lowered IQ in children, and Alzheimer’s disease in adults.The actions taken by the Arkansas State Legislature to force fluoridation with a committee vote also violates “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” (UDHR) Article 21 (3): “The will of the people shall be the basis of authority of government; which also violates the spirit and principles of our Declarations of Independence, Bill of Rights, and United States Constitution. As a result, Secure Arkansas Staff will be consulting with our legal advisors to explore possible criminal charges against State Legislators and members of the Arkansas Department of Health responsible for forcing Arkansas Act 197 on Arkansas Citizens.Trial Court Decisions Confirm Fluoridation Causes Cancer“The scientific and medical status of artificial fluoridation of public water supplies has now advanced to the stage of the possibility of socially-imposed mass murder on an unexpectedly large scale involving tens of thousands of cancer deaths of Americans annually.” – Dr. Dean Burk, Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Congressional Testimony April 6, 1976Water fluoridation violates: All 10 Principles of the Nuremberg Code. The Nuremberg Code was established to set ethical guidelines for human medical experiment and resulted from the “Doctors Trial”. In 1947 at the International War Crimes Tribunals held in Nuremberg, Germany from 1945 to 1949, 23 German physicians were charged and prosecuted for human experiments at concentration camps.
- Legal implications of all fluoride-related developments are gaining the attention of law firms around the country.
- The Arkansas Department of Health is very deceitful and is lying about the fluoride facts posted on their website. You will be able to see after reviewing the four (4) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) – regarding naturally occurring fluoride and the three chemical fluorides – that ALL the fluoride products are toxic and not safe as posted. Chemists characterize fluoride as a poison. Fluoride is included in toxicology compendiums, and it has been labeled a neurotoxin. Fluoride is more toxic than lead and only slightly less toxic than arsenic. A 2013 study of chemist Dr. Richard Sauerheber examined the differences between naturally occurring Calcium Fluoride and the highly toxic Industrial Fluoride used in water supplies. Dr. Sauerheber confirmed that the calcium in CaF makes the fluoride much less absorbable by the human body and therefore less toxic when ingested in that form, whereas the industrial fluoride is not only highly absorbable but also leaches lead, another neurotoxin, out of water pipes into water supplies.Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
The three types of Chemical Fluorides used in water fluoridation of water supplies are:
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Sodium Fluoride (NaF) Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ?The Center for Disease Control and Prevention International?Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) for Sodium Fluoride (NaF)
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Fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ?The Center for Disease Control and Prevention International?Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) for Fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6)
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Sodium hexafluorosilicate (Na2SiF6) Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) ?The Center for Disease Control and Prevention International ?Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) for Hexafluorosilicate acid (Na2SiF6)
MSDS National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
http://securetherepublic.com/arkansas/2015/06/21/natural-fluoride-vs-chemical-fluoride/
- If fluoride is so safe, then why won’t the Arkansas Department of Health provide the information requested in the following two FOIA requests sent to the Arkansas Department of Health?Freedom Of Information Act Request (Please note that we have received no response from ADH of this request)Reginald A. Rogers
Deputy General Counsel
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 W. Markham St., Slot 31
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
reginald.rogers@arkansas.gov
Phone : (501) 661 – 2609
Cell : (501) 944 – 2962
Fax : (501) 661 – 2357September 29, 2015Dear Mr. Rogers,
Per the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act 93 of 1967, I am requesting the following information:
- Provide a copy of the Arkansas Department of Health regulations that calls for radioactive contaminant tests be made on all fluoridation chemical products.
- Provide a copy of the radioactive contamination report showing the tests run listing the level of radioactive contaminants found in the fluoridation chemical products.
- Provide a copy of the Arkansas Department of Health Regulations covering an environmental assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement that is required with all water and wastewater projects.
- Provide a list of the total reported cases of fluoride poisoning in Arkansas for the years of 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010. This list is from all sources where fluoride is an ingredient in the product.
Please note Arkansas Code 25-19-104 Penalty – any person who negligently violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Please return all replies to: oaklogman@gmail.com
Jack Abrahamson
State Coordinator, Secure Arkansas
http://arkansas.securetherepublic.com/
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(Second FOIA sent to Arkansas Department of Health)
Reginald A. Rogers
Deputy General Counsel
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 W. Markham St., Slot 31
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
reginald.rogers@arkansas.gov
Phone : (501) 661 – 2609
Cell : (501) 944 – 2962
Fax : (501) 661 – 2357
August 18, 2015
Dear Mr. Rogers,
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is still in violation of our FOIA request, dated August 3, 2015. Out of the 19 items requested the only item answered was item 2. Item 11 was answered with year 2002 data with no scientific data to back up the statement. The data provided for item 11 came from an Arkansas Department of Health Position Paper of which the majority of the references coming from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
CDC can NOT be trusted. See the following two articles below:
Can We Trust the CDC? British Medical Journal Reveals CDC Lies About Ties to Big Pharma –
The Lies and Deception of CDC
Again we are requesting that ADH answer item 1 and item 3 through item 19. Please see our comment after each requested item below.
- Provide: A copy of all the correspondence sent to the Water Districts instructing them to lower their fluoridation rate to .7mg/l from the old fluoridation level of .7mg/l to 1.2mg/l.
ADH has not notified the water operators in the state to lower their fluoridation rate to .7mg/l.
- Provide: A copy of the regulation that states that any product added to the public water system must be lead free.ADH answered this item ONLY by referring us to their Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Public Water Systems. See VII item G on page 11. We’ve posted that here:G Approved Chemicals, Materials, Equipment, and ProcessesAll chemicals added to the water and all materials in contact with in-process or treated water shall be certified as being in compliance with ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61, as applicable. In addition, all products required to be “lead free” as determined through Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-6) shall be certified as being in compliance with NSF/ANSI 372 or Annex G of NSF/ANSI 61. Certification shall be made by an independent agency. Self-certification by the manufacturer will not be accepted.
(We are not aware of any certification being performed by an independent agency at any location in the state of Arkansas.)
- Provide: A list of the hydrofluorosilicic acid and silicofluoride manufacturers that submitted their products to NSF for certification.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of all certificates of analysis from the vendors of the chemical products shipped to site that certify that the product provided is in compliance with ANSI/FSF standards 60 and 61.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the test results made by an independent analysis of the chemical product supplied to make sure they match the product provided in item 3 above.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the regulation that covers a fluoride chemical acid spill at a water plant site.
ADH did NOT answer this item.ADH is in violation of this item. Please read the following:The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 was created to help communities plan for emergencies involving hazardous substances. EPCRA requires hazardous chemical emergency planning by federal, state and local governments, Indian tribes, and industry. It also requires industry to report on the storage, use and releases of hazardous chemicals to federal, state, and local governments.
- Provide: A copy of the regulation that lists the landfill location where the hazardous contaminants can legally be disposed of in the event a fluoride chemical acid spill occurs.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the rules and regulations pertaining to public water systems that covers OSHA 1910.10209(d)(1)(ii) regulation.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the rules and regulations pertaining to public water systems that covers DOT Hazardous Material Description UN 1778 regulation.
ADH did NOT answer this item.ADH is in violation of this item. Please read the following:UN 1778 designation covers the Potential Hazards, Public Safety and Emergency Response for the fluoride products.The following is extracted from the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) for UN 1778 designation with guide number 154 (Substances – Toxic and/or Corrosive (Non-Combustible) which covers Fluorosilicic acid, Fluosilicic acid, and Hydrofluorosilicic acid
GUIDE 154
SUBSTANCES – TOXIC and/or CORROSIVE (Non-Combustible)
POTENTIAL HAZARDS
HEALTH
- TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or skin contact with material may cause severe injury or death.
- Contact with molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes.
- Avoid any skin contact.
- Effects of contact or inhalation may be delayed.
- Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases.
- Runoff from fire control or dilution water may be corrosive and/or toxic and cause pollution.
FIRE OR EXPLOSION
- Non-combustible, substance itself does not burn but may decompose upon heating to produce corrosive and/or toxic fumes.
- Some are oxidizers and may ignite combustibles (wood, paper, oil, clothing, etc.).
- Contact with metals may evolve flammable hydrogen gas.
- Containers may explode when heated.
PUBLIC SAFETY
- CALL Emergency Response Telephone Number on Shipping Paper first. If Shipping Paper not available or no answer, refer to appropriate telephone number listed on the inside back cover.
- As an immediate precautionary measure, isolate spill or leak area in all directions for at least 50 meters (150 feet) for liquids and at least 25 meters (75 feet) for solids.
- Keep unauthorized personnel away.
- Stay upwind.
- Keep out of low areas.
- Ventilate enclosed areas.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
- Wear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
- Wear chemical protective clothing that is specifically recommended by the manufacturer. It may provide little or no thermal protection.
- Structural firefighters’ protective clothing provides limited protection in fire situations ONLY; it is not effective in spill situations where direct contact with the substance is possible.
EVACUATION
Spill
- See Table 1 – Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for highlighted materials. For non-highlighted materials, increase, in the downwind direction, as necessary, the isolation distance shown under PUBLIC SAFETY.
Fire
- If tank, rail car or tank truck is involved in a fire, ISOLATE for 800 meters (1/2 mile) in all directions; also, consider initial evacuation for 800 meters (1/2 mile) in all directions.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FIRE
Small Fire
- Dry chemical, CO2 or water spray.
Large Fire
- Dry chemical, CO2, alcohol-resistant foam or water spray.
- Move containers from fire area if you can do it without risk.
- Dike fire-control water for later disposal; do not scatter the material.
Fire involving Tanks or Car/Trailer Loads
- Fight fire from maximum distance or use unmanned hose holders or monitor nozzles.
- Do not get water inside containers.
- Cool containers with flooding quantities of water until well after fire is out.
- Withdraw immediately in case of rising sound from venting safety devices or discoloration of tank.
- ALWAYS stay away from tanks engulfed in fire.
SPILL OR LEAK
- ELIMINATE all ignition sources (no smoking, flares, sparks or flames in immediate area).
- Do not touch damaged containers or spilled material unless wearing appropriate protective clothing.
- Stop leak if you can do it without risk.
- Prevent entry into waterways, sewers, basements or confined areas.
- Absorb or cover with dry earth, sand or other non-combustible material and transfer to containers.
- DO NOT GET WATER INSIDE CONTAINERS.
FIRST AID
- Move victim to fresh air.
- Call 911 or emergency medical service.
- Give artificial respiration if victim is not breathing.
- Do not use mouth-to-mouth method if victim ingested or inhaled the substance; give artificial respiration with the aid of a pocket mask equipped with a one-way valve or other proper respiratory medical device.
- Administer oxygen if breathing is difficult.
- Remove and isolate contaminated clothing and shoes.
- In case of contact with substance, immediately flush skin or eyes with running water for at least 20 minutes.
- For minor skin contact, avoid spreading material on unaffected skin.
- Keep victim warm and quiet.
- Effects of exposure (inhalation, ingestion or skin contact) to substance may be delayed.
- Ensure that medical personnel are aware of the material(s) involved and take precautions to protect themselves.
Please read the following: http://phmsa.dot.gov/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_7410989F4294AE44A2EBF6A80ADB640BCA8E4200/filename/ERG2012.pdf
- Provide: A copy of the rules and regulations pertaining to the public water system that covers Consumer Confidence Report Rule (40 CFR §141.151-155; Subpart 0) regulation.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
ADH is in violation of this item. Please read:
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/CCR_Required_Info_Summary.pdf
http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ccr/index.cfm
- Provide: A copy of all Arkansas Department of Health memos and correspondence showing any tests conducted in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas proving the benefits of fluoride.
The answer that ADH provided on this item is old and outdated. The data came from a 2002 report with no information on the criteria used to gather the information.
- Provide: The written order or prescription in your possession or available to your agency from a medical or other professional which grants written assurance to the Water District that the addition of fluoridation materials to the water is safe for the general population and for special populations such as babies and those with thyroid and kidney diseases.Since ADH will not provide the data on this item, it is assumed that ADH has NO written order of prescription in their possession to order the water districts to fluoridate/medicate.
- Provide: All documents relating to how the decision was made to mandate the fluoridation of Arkansas Water Supplies, including who campaigned in favor of and against fluoridation.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of all documents discussing any spills or malfunctions which have occurred in the handling of fluoridation materials since fluoridation began.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of all documents that address that fluoride is harmful to fish or repels fish, given the fact that there are scientific and scholarly reports which conclude this issue. See: http://fluoride-class-action.com/wp-content/uploads/carol-clinch-petition-to-auditor-general-chapter-6-evidence-of-environmental-harm.pdf
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the document showing the 2015 County Health Rankings for Arkansas.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
- Provide: A copy of the document showing the “Health Status Plans for Improvement of Ouachita County and Beyond” that was presented by Larry Braden at the 7/23/15 Quarterly Meeting.
ADH did NOT provide this item.
- Provide: A copy of the document showing the 2015 Annual Board of Health Workshop Survey Report that was reported on at the 7/23/15 Quarterly Meeting.
ADH did NOT provide this item.
- Provide: A copy of the document showing the ADH Strategic Plan Update that was reported on by Ann Purvis.
ADH did NOT answer this item.
Please note Arkansas Code 25-19-104 Penalty – any person who negligently violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Please return all replies to: oaklogman@gmail.com
Jack Abrahamson
State Coordinator, Secure Arkansas
http://arkansas.securetherepublic.com/
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