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It is a violation of your civil rights to have an unapproved drug added to your water without your consent. Soon we will see whether a court rules it is unconstitutional as well A lawsuit has been filed against the largest wholesaler of water in Southern California -- the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California -- for adding hydrofluosilicic acid (fluoride) to water supplies The suit alleges deceptive business practices and infringements on consumers' Constitutional rights because fluoride has never been approved for topical applications through oral exposure, systemic effects through ingestion, or trans-dermal exposures through your skin while bathing and showering Action items included for you to get involved and help end water fluoridation

We have been actively involved with the Fluoride Action Network's initiatives to eliminate fluoride from Canadian and U.S. drinking water supplies, one community at a time. We are making some great strides in this area! Earlier this year, New York City councilor Peter Vallone, Jr. introduced legislation "prohibiting the addition of fluoride to the water supply." A victory there could signal the beginning of the end of water fluoridation in the United States.

On its heels, a new lawsuit has been filed against the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California -- the largest wholesaler of water in Southern California, which services some 18 million consumers -- alleging that the water supplier engaged in deceptive business practices and infringements on consumers' Constitutional rights by adding a fluoridation chemical to their water.

Does Water Fluoridation Violate Your Constitutional Rights?

It is without question a violation of your civil rights to have an unapproved drug added to your water without your consent. Soon we will see whether a court rules it is unconstitutional as well.

For those of you who are new to the fluoride issue, hydrofluosilicic acid, the chemical MWD added to water supplies, is (along with sodium silicofluoride) used to fluoridate the majority of water in the United States. Hydrofluosilicic acid is a highly toxic waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry. Although its main use is for water fluoridation, it is also used for:

Why is this chemical added to your drinking water? Public health agencies say it is for the purpose of treating or preventing dental disease, but, as the Citizens for Safe Drinking Water point out, this begs an important question:

Has the hydrofluosilicic acid product used to treat or prevent dental disease been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for such intent or claims?

The simple answer is, NO!

The FDA is quick to rear its regulatory head when it comes to foods like tart cherry juice making claims about preventing disease, but when it comes to fluoride in drinking water, they turn a blind eye. The truth is, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is the government agency that regulates contaminants in your drinking water, has nothing directly to do with regulating additives such as fluoridation chemicals. The regulation of additives has been shunted off to a quasi-independent body called the National Sanitation Foundation, which has strong ties to the water and chemical industries.

However, the EPA does have an indirect role, which could hugely impact fluoridation. If it did an honest job of determining the safe level of fluoride as a contaminant (i.e. the maximum contaminant level goal or MCLG) based on the 2006 report issued by the U.S. National Research Council, this level would be so much lower than the current levels used in water fluoridation (0.7 to 1.2 ppm) that it would force an end to this outdated practice.

However, on Jan 7, 2011 the EPA Office of Water made it clear that its priority was to protect the water fluoridation program, so honest science is unlikely to prevail here.

The FDA should be making the call as to whether or not fluoridation chemicals are "approved" to treat and prevent disease!

As the Citizens for Safe Drinking Water state:

"The lawsuit's filing clarifies that Congress has established that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the only government entity with the authority to approve claims of safety and effectiveness for products intended to treat and prevent disease, and that not only has the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency never had that authority, but in 1988 abandoned authority for safety standards for all direct water additives, including fluoridation chemicals.

While the Plaintiffs do not seek an award for any physical harm, they do point to evidence concerning safety/harm and effectiveness that by law and for consumers' protection requires that the product be thoroughly evaluated, and approval given, for any claims and MWD's intended health impact, before exposing consumers without their consent."

In fact, you may be interested to know that hydrofluosilicic acid has not been tested for safety nor effectiveness, yet water suppliers are allowed to add it to your drinking water to "prevent dental caries" -- without FDA approval! This is the equivalent of mass drugging, without regard for dosage, safety or individual vulnerabilities.

As Dr. Paul Connett, director of The Fluoride Action Network, said:

"… water fluoridation is very bad medicine because once you put it in the water, you can't control the dose. You can't control who gets it. There is no oversight. You're allowing a community to do to everyone what a doctor can do to no one, i.e. force a patient to take a particular medication."

Today, even promoters of fluoridation concede that the major benefits are topical; fluoride works from the outside of the tooth, not from inside of your body, so why swallow it? There is practically no difference in tooth decay between fluoridated and non-fluoridated countries, and no difference between states that have a high- or low percentage of their water fluoridated. So, why are we still fluoridating water? When is enough, enough?

What are the Risks of Consuming Fluoridated Water?

Fluoride is a toxic agent that is biologically active in the human body where it accumulates in sensitive tissues over time, wreaks havoc with enzymes and produces a number of dysfunctions—including neurological dysfunction.

Further, as Dr. Connett states:

"According to the CDC, 41 percent of American adolescents aged 12-15 have been overexposed to fluoride because you have this telltale sign of dental fluorosis, which in its mildest form is little white specs. But when it gets more serious, it affects more of the surface of your teeth and it becomes colored; yellow, brown and orange mottling of the teeth."

For an extensive listing of scientific studies on fluoride, see this link. Research into the health effects of fluoride have identified a multitude of other health hazards, including:

Despite this known toxicity, the United States is only one of seven countries in the entire developed world that fluoridates more than 50 percent of its water supply. (The other six are: Australia, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore.)

In Europe, Ireland is the only country that fluoridates more than 50 percent of its drinking water, and England fluoridates 10 percent. Most of mainland Europe is not fluoridated, and yet, according to World Health Organization data, their teeth are just as good as, if not better than, Americans'.

Minorities are at Even Greater Risk

As the Citizens for Safe Drinking Water stated regarding the recent MWD lawsuit:

"Plaintiffs point to MWD's misrepresentations and omission of any notice of contraindications, government recognition of susceptible populations, and scientific evidence of disproportionate harm to children, Latinos, and African Americans, from the particular harmful side effects from the hydrofluosilicic acid drug selected by MWD, above other forms of fluoride."

The reason why certain ethnic minorities may be disproportionately harmed is because fluoride's toxicity appears to be exacerbated by:

• Inadequate nutrition, including lower intakes of iodine and calcium. Certain racial groups are more likely to be lactose intolerant than others and may therefore consume less dairy (a primary source of calcium) and more water.
  
  Included among these are Central and East Asians, Native Americans, African Americans, Southern Indians. Thus these groups may be more heavily exposed to fluoride in water and other beverages than are Caucasian Americans, and their calcium intakes may be compromised, which may further exacerbate toxicity.
• Kidney dysfunction and diabetes, which are more prevalent among minorities than whites.
• Inadequate supplies of vitamin C, vitamin D, magnesium, and selenium

According to CDC statistics, African American mothers are also the least likely to breastfeed their infants, compared to other ethnic groups. And while breast milk is very low in fluoride, infants fed formula mixed with fluoridated water may receive harmful amounts of fluoride—as much as 200 times more fluoride than a breastfed baby.

Two Atlanta Civil Rights leaders, Andrew Young and Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, recently called for the state of Georgia's mandatory water fluoridation law to be repealed, based on the fact that it disproportionately harms minorities and the poor. But as it stands, vulnerable populations like these can do little to opt-out of the widespread water fluoridation in the United States.

Remember, fluoride is a drug. You can't get fluoride without a prescription! Yet it's being added to your water supply on a mandatory basis at various levels that may or may not be safe for various individuals, especially children, the sick, certain minorities, and the elderly. Water fluoridation is a major assault on your freedom of choice -- to be drugged or not.

What Will Happen if the Court Rules Water Fluoridation is Unconstitutional?

According to the Citizens for Safe Drinking Water:

"This case does not seek to halt fluoridation, nor challenge the public policy of water fluoridation … This case addresses the bait and switch activities of MWD to conceal pertinent information and use a drug not approved for any of the manners of administration that consumers are exposed to."

The hope is that, if water fluoridation is found to violate your Constitutional rights, the other fluoridated communities around the United States that use the same "unapproved drug" and "deceptive practices" will take note, and hopefully trigger a cascading effect around the nation. As for claims that water fluoridation is safe, Citizens for Safe Drinking Water states:

"Don't tell us, or the media, or even the courts. Tell the FDA through the approval process and don't deliver hydrofluosilicic acid to us without our consent until you do."

According to a 2006 report from the National Research Council, extensive amounts of research is inconclusive, or still missing and needs to be conducted to evaluate whole-body impact of fluoride … Not only that, but their scientific review also identified research suggesting a variety of harmful effects, from skeletal fluorosis, bone fractures, and, potentially, even cancer.

With that in mind, the FDA will have a hard, if not impossible, time approving water fluoridation chemicals as safe for ALL community residents, including infants and adults, the sick and the healthy.

You Can Get Involved to Help End Water Fluoridation

I'm fond of sharing the 200-year-old observation by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer on the shifting of human views on truth:

1. First, it is ridiculed.
2. Second, it is violently opposed.
3. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident

When it comes to water fluoridation, I believe we're finally entering the final stage of this shift, and it's just a matter of time before the dangers of this practice—the forceful drugging of citizens with a neurotoxic agent—will become "self-evident."

Along these lines, the Fluoride Action Network has a game plan to END water fluoridation in both Canada and the United States. Our fluoride initiative will primarily focus on Canada since 60 percent of Canada is already non-fluoridated. Now that the city of Calgary has stopped fluoridating over 1.1 million people, and several other communities have stopped fluoridation in both Alberta and Ontario, we believe the United States will be forced to follow.

If you want to get involved and become a positive catalyst toward this change, join the anti-fluoride movement in Canada and the United States by contacting the representative for your area below.

Contact Information for Canadian Communities:

• If you live in Ontario, Canada, please join the ongoing effort by contacting Diane Sprules at diane.sprules@cogeco.ca.
• The point-of-contact for Toronto, Canada is Aliss Terpstra. You may email her at aliss@nutrimom.ca.

Contact Information for American Communities:

We're also going to address three US communities: New York City, Austin, and San Diego:

• New York City, NY: The anti-fluoridation movement has a great champion in New York City councilor Peter Vallone, Jr. who introduced legislation on January 18 "prohibiting the addition of fluoride to the water supply." A victory there could signal the beginning of the end of fluoridation in the U.S. If you live in the New York area I beg you to participate in this effort as your contribution could have a MAJOR difference. Remember that one person can make a difference.
  
  The point person for this area is Carol Kopf, at the New York Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Email her at NYSCOF@aol.com . Please contact her if you're interested in helping with this effort.
• Austin, Texas: Join the effort by contacting Rae Nadler-Olenick at either: info@fluoridefreeaustin.com or fluoride.info@yahoo.com, or by regular mail or telephone:
  
  

  POB 7486
  Austin, Texas 78713
  Phone: (512) 371-3786

• San Diego, California: Contact Patty Ducey-Brooks, publisher of the Presidio Sentinel at pbrooks936@aol.com.

In addition, you can:

• Make a tax-deductible donation to the Fluoride Action Network, to help them fight for your rights to fluoride-free food and water.
• Check out FAN's Action Page, as they are working on multiple fronts to rid our food and water supplies of fluoride.
• For timely updates, join the Fluoride Action Network Facebook page.

For more information you can view the video "Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation," in which 15 scientists explain why water fluoridation should be ended. After watching this preview, I urge you to order a hard copy for yourself. I have ordered several hundred copies of this important DVD and am making them available at a 50 percent discount ($10 plus shipping and handling).

The Fluoride Action Network has given its permission for you to then make unlimited copies of this DVD, so you can share it freely with colleagues and decision makers. So please, order a copy and share it widely so you can support this important work.

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Statins are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that is, they act by blocking the enzyme in your liver that is responsible for making cholesterol. The fact that statin drugs cause side effects is well established -- there are 900 studies proving their adverse effects -- but if you or a family member takes one, you may have only been informed of their potential to cause muscle problems, as this is the best known statin side effect.

But given that millions of Americans take statin drugs, often unnecessarily, it's important that you're aware of the full gamut of risks involved, which include the potential to seriously damage your liver.

Statin Drugs Linked to Severe Liver Injury

Of all the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) suspected to be due to statins received by the Swedish Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee from 1988-2010, the most common was drug-induced liver injury. Such cases accounted for 57 percent of all the statin-related ADRs and included potentially severe, and in some cases deadly, consequences, including:

• Deaths from acute liver failure
• Liver transplantation
• Jaundice

The link to liver damage was quite strong, and in several cases after patients recovered from the initial liver damage and then started taking statins again, a similar pattern of liver injury occurred. If someone you love is currently taking a statin, please do alert them to this potential danger, as it can occur quickly. Most patients experienced liver injury just three to four months after the start of therapy.

This is not the first time liver damage has been linked to these drugs; last year data from more than 2 million 30-84 year-old statin users from England and Wales identified increased risks of moderate or serious liver dysfunction as well, among other serious effects.

Do Statins Actually Increase Your Risk of Heart Failure Too?

So we've got an increased risk of liver damage, and potential liver failure, linked with statin drugs, but what about their effect on your heart? The majority of people who use statin cholesterol-lowering drugs are doing so because they believe lowering their cholesterol will prevent heart attacks and strokes. How many of these people do you think would continue to take them if they knew these very same drugs have been linked to decreased heart muscle function and increased risk of stroke?

Not very many, right? Well, you may need to reconsider your use of statins, as this study in Clinical Cardiology found that heart muscle function was "significantly better" in the control group than in those taking statin drugs! The researchers concluded:

"Statin therapy is associated with decreased myocardial [heart muscle] function."

What's often the end result when your heart muscle function is weakened or decreased? Heart failure! It's also widely known that statins lower your CoQ10 levels by blocking the pathway involved in cholesterol production -- the same pathway by which Q10 is produced. Statins also reduce the blood cholesterol that transports CoQ10 and other fat-soluble antioxidants.

The loss of CoQ10 leads to loss of cell energy and increased free radicals which, in turn, can further damage your mitochondrial DNA, effectively setting into motion an evil circle of increasing free radicals and mitochondrial damage.

There are no official warnings in the U.S. regarding CoQ10 depletion from taking statin drugs, and many physicians fail to inform their patients about this problem as well.

Labeling in Canada, however, clearly warns of CoQ10 depletion and even notes that this nutrient deficiency "could lead to impaired cardiac function in patients with borderline congestive heart failure." As your body gets more and more depleted of CoQ10, you may suffer from fatigue, muscle weakness and soreness, and eventually heart failure, so it is imperative if you take statin drugs that you take CoQ10 or, if you are over the age of 40, the reduced version called ubiquinol.

Statins May Also Contribute to Heart Failure Through Cholesterol Deficiency

Conventional medicine is seriously confused about cholesterol, which is closely interrelated with sulfur. Sulfur deficiency is pervasive and may be a contributing factor in heart disease that is also related to your levels of cholesterol, but not in the way you might think. Considering the fact that conventional medicine has been telling us that heart disease is due to elevated cholesterol and recommends lowering cholesterol levels as much as possible, the stance of Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a senior scientist at MIT, may come as a complete shock. As you can hear in my recent interview with her, she explains:

"Heart disease, I think, is a cholesterol deficiency problem, and in particular a cholesterol sulfate deficiency problem..."

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Through her research, she believes that the mechanism we call "cardiovascular disease," of which arterial plaque is a hallmark, is actually your body's way of compensating for not having enough cholesterol sulfate.

She explains:

"The macrophages in the plaque take up LDL, the small dense LDL particles that have been damaged by sugar... The liver cannot take them back because the receptor can't receive them, because they are gummed with sugar basically. So they're stuck floating in your body... Those macrophages in the plaque do a heroic job in taking that gummed up LDL out of the blood circulation, carefully extracting the cholesterol from it to save it – the cholesterol is important – and then exporting the cholesterol into HDL – HDL A1 in particular... That's the good guy, HDL.

The platelets in the plaque take in HDL A1 cholesterol and they won't take anything else... They take in sulfate, and they produce cholesterol sulfate in the plaque.

The sulfate actually comes from homocysteine. Elevated homocysteine is another risk factor for heart disease. Homocysteine is a source of sulfate. It also involves hemoglobin. You have to consume energy to produce a sulfate from homocysteine, and the red blood cells actually supply the ATP to the plaque.

So everything is there and the intent is to produce cholesterol sulfate and it's done in the arteries feeding the heart, because it's the heart that needs the cholesterol sulfate. If [cholesterol sulfate is not produced]... you end up with heart failure."

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So, in a nutshell, high LDL appears to be a sign of cholesterol sulfate deficiency—it's your body's way of trying to maintain the correct balance by taking damaged LDL and turning it into plaque, within which the blood platelets produce the cholesterol sulfate your heart and brain need for optimal function ... What this also means is that when you artificially lower your cholesterol with a statin drug, which effectively reduces that plaque but doesn't address the root problem, your body is not able to compensate any longer, and as a result of lack of cholesterol sulfate you may end up with heart failure.

Interestingly, Dr. Seneff believes that high serum cholesterol and low serum cholesterol sulfate go hand-in-hand, and that the ideal way to bring down your LDL (so-called "bad" cholesterol, which is associated with cardiovascular disease) is to get appropriate amounts of sunlight exposure on your skin. You can learn more about this important connection by listening to our interview.

Can Higher Cholesterol Dramatically Lower Your Risk of Dying From Cancer?

The truth is, every single one of your cells needs cholesterol to thrive, and when your levels get too low, it can wreak havoc on your health, even increasing your risk of cancer. In 2007 a meta-analysis of over 41,000 patient records found that people who take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol as much as possible may have a higher risk of cancer, and just this year new research confirmed the significant association between low cholesterol and cancer mortality.

All kinds of other problems can occur as well when your cholesterol levels get too low, including episodes of violent behavior, depressive symptoms, hormonal imbalances, memory loss, stroke and even Parkinson's disease, which is why keeping your cholesterol levels higher may actually help you to prevent disease. This is also why you need to think very carefully before opting to take a cholesterol-lowering drug.

Most People do Not Need Statins

Interestingly, Dr. Seneff disagrees with this and believe statins should never be given to anyone, but being generous one might justify the only two subgroups of people that  might benefit from statins as::

• Those at very high risk of heart attack (based NOT on your cholesterol levels but on your heart attack risk factors)
• Those born with a genetic defect called familial hypercholesterolemia, as this makes you resistant to traditional measures of normalizing cholesterol

If you are not in one of those two categories, statin drugs are an unnecessary health risk you're better off avoiding -- and you definitely want to avoid the trap of taking them to lower your cholesterol when your cholesterol is actually well within a healthy range.

I have seen a number of people with total cholesterol levels over 250 who were actually at low risk for heart disease due to their elevated HDL levels. Conversely, I have seen many people with cholesterol levels under 200 who had a very high risk of heart disease, based on their low HDL. If you need help making sense of your cholesterol numbers, be sure to read my past article where I discuss total cholesterol and cholesterol ratios and how to use them to determine your heart disease risk.

In a nutshell, the following ratios are FAR more potent indicators for heart disease than total cholesterol, and are the ones you want to keep an eye on:

1. HDL/Total Cholesterol Ratio: Should ideally be above 24 percent. If below 10 percent, you have a significantly elevated risk for heart disease.
2. Triglyceride/HDL Ratio: Should be below 2.

Optimizing Your Cholesterol Without Statins is Easy

The most effective way to optimize your cholesterol profile and prevent heart disease is via diet and exercise. It's actually quite simple too, as 75 percent of your cholesterol is produced by your liver, which is influenced by your insulin levels. Therefore, if you optimize your insulin level, you will automatically optimize your cholesterol and lower your risk of heart disease at the same time.

My primary recommendations for safely regulating your cholesterol, without the need for statin drugs that may damage your liver and your heart, include:

• Reduce, with the plan of eliminating grains and fructose from your diet. This is the number one way to optimize your insulin levels, which will have a positive effect on not just your cholesterol, but also reduces your risk of diabetes and heart disease, and most other chronic diseases. Use my nutrition plan to help you determine the ideal diet for you, and consume a good portion of your food raw.
• Get plenty of high quality, animal-based omega 3 fats, such as krill oil, and reduce your consumption of damaged omega-6 fats (trans fats, vegetable oils) to balance out your omega-3 to omega-6 ratio.
• Include heart-healthy foods in your diet, such as olive oil, coconut and coconut oil, organic raw dairy products and eggs, avocados, raw nuts and seeds, and organic grass-fed meats.
• Exercise daily. Make sure you incorporate peak fitness exercises, which also optimizes your human growth hormone (HGH) production.
• Avoid smoking or drinking alcohol excessively.
• Be sure to get plenty of good, restorative sleep.

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Health Liberty is a nonprofit coalition formed by Mercola.com, National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), Fluoride Action Network (FAN), Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), Organic Consumers Association (OCA), and Consumers for Dental Choice, to help protect every American's freedom to make voluntary health choices. Each partner-organization has a rich history of advocacy and active campaigning for change and better access to truly empowering health information.

Consumers for Dental Choice

The Consumers for Dental Choice (toxicteeth.org) is a nonprofit corporation established in 1996 by consumer advocates, mercury poisoning victims, scientists, and mercury-free dentists. It aims to educate the public about the health and environmental dangers of mercury fillings and to ensure better government oversight on amalgam. Part of its education work is demanding the full flow of non-deceptive information between dentists and their patients, including helping put an end to the American Dental Association's notorious "gag rule" that attempts to silence mercury-free dentists, and to the promotion of mercury amalgam under the misleading term "silver."

Charles G. Brown is National Counsel, Consumers for Dental Choice. Formerly Attorney General of West Virginia. His legal expertise covers antitrust, consumer protection, administrative, and government relations. Brown is a Yale Law graduate, author of First Get Mad, then Get Justice: The Handbook for Crime Victims, and editor of The Sherman Brigade Marches South: The Civil War Memoirs of Colonel Robert Carson Brown, which was penned by his great-grandfather.

Mercury amalgams, so-called "silver fillings," are one of the primary sources of toxic mercury exposure in consumers. To learn more about the dangers of this archaic practice, and support our ongoing efforts to eliminate this neurotoxin from dentistry around the world, please join us on Facebook!

Organization Website: www.toxicteeth.org

Organic Consumers Association

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots 501(c)3 public interest organization promoting health, justice, and sustainability. It prides itself as the only organization in the United States focused on promoting the views and interests of the country's estimated 76 million organic and socially responsible consumers. The OCA participates in the important issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability, and other key topics.

Ronnie Cummins is the founder and Director of the Organic Consumers Association. He has been a writer and activist since the 1960s, with massive expertise in human rights, anti-war, anti-nuclear, consumer, labor, environmental, and sustainable agricultural areas. He is the author of several published articles, a children's book series called Children of the World, and Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers.

Organic food is 'real food,' and as such, the Organic Alternative is a matter of survival. To learn how you can help further the real food movement, please join us for timely updates on Facebook.

Organization Website: www.organicconsumers.org

Fluoride Action Network

The Fluoride Action Network (FAN), founded in May 2000, aims to broaden public awareness on the toxicity of fluoride compounds and the health impacts of current fluoride exposures. It brings comprehensive, up-to-date information on fluoride issues to scientists, policymakers, and citizens, along with vigilantly monitoring government action that may affect the public's fluoride exposure. Its work has been cited by Scientific American, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, National Public Radio, and Prevention Magazine, and other national media outlets.

Dr. Paul Connett is the Executive Director of the Fluoride Action Network. He is a Professor of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University in New York and is a co-author of The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There.

Communities that fluoridate their municipal water supplies purposely disseminate a toxic drug to entire populations, without regard for differences in age or health status, and most importantly, without individual consent. For the latest news and timely updates, please join us on Facebook.

Organization Website: www.fluoridealert.org

National Vaccine Information Center

Founded in 1982, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a national charitable, non-profit educational organization. NVIC launched the vaccine safety and informed consent movement in America in the early 1980s and its three decade mission has been to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and protect the informed consent ethic in medicine. NVIC monitors vaccine reactions, research, development, regulation, policy-making and legislation and works to protect vaccine exemptions in state health laws.

Barbara Loe Fisher is President of the National Vaccine Information Center, which she co-founded with parents of DPT vaccine injured children. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she worked as a writer and community relations professional at a teaching hospital before becoming a mother to three children. She is co-author of the seminal 1985 book DPT: A Shot in the Dark and author of The Consumer's Guide to Childhood Vaccines and Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic. A video blog commentator for the NVIC Vaccine E-Newsletter and on Mercola.com, during the past 20 years she has served as a consumer member of vaccine advisory and stakeholder committees at the Food and Drug Administration, Institute of Medicine and Centers for Disease Control.

The right to voluntary informed consent to any medical intervention, including use of a pharmaceutical product such as a vaccine that can injure or kill you or your child, is a human right that must be protected at all cost. Show you support voluntary informed consent and freedom of vaccine choice by joining us on Facebook.

Organization Website: www.nvic.org

Institute for Responsible Technology

The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) was founded in 2003 and has become a world leader in educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM) foods and crops. It focuses on investigating and reporting GMO risks and impact on health, environment, economy, and agriculture, along with digging deep into the problems associated with current research, regulation, corporate practices, and reporting. It is led by a team of subject experts, consultants, media experts, writers, fundraisers, outreach workers, and other professionals in and out of its Iowa headquarters.

Jeffrey Smith is the founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology and a leading GMO expert and consumer advocate. An international bestselling author, he wrote Seeds of Deception, the #1 rated book on the health dangers of GMOs. He has lectured in 30 countries and appeared on BBC, NPR, Fox News, Democracy Nowand the Dr. Oz Show. He has campaigned to end the use of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH or rbST), influenced the first GMO-regulating state laws in the United States, and counseled leaders from different continents.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply are perhaps one of the greatest threats to humanity. Take a stand to protect your health and the future of your children and grandchildren! For timely updates and action items to put an end to this health disaster, please join us on Facebook.

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SSRIs and antiplatelet agents such as aspirin have both been individually associated with increased bleeding risk, but a new study found that the combination of the two has even greater effects.

According to Pulse:

“[Researchers] found patients taking both aspirin and an SSRI had a 42 percent increased risk of a bleeding episode -- gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic stroke or other bleeding that required hospital admission -- compared with those taking aspirin alone.”

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In the U.S., trivalent influenza vaccination is universally recommended for all pregnant women. But a new study calls this practice into question.

Women were assessed before and after being given the vaccinations.  The analysis showed significant increases in C-reactive protein (CRP) and other markers of inflammtation following the vaccinations.

According to the study, as reprinted on the website Green Med Info:

“Trivalent influenza virus vaccination elicits a measurable inflammatory response among pregnant women ... [A]dverse perinatal health outcomes including preeclampsia and preterm birth have an inflammatory component”.

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