Air and Water News Report

A mix of mechanical and human error combined to overdose hundreds of southeast Queensland households with fluoride, a government report says.

The Queensland government will apologize to about 400 households in the Brisbane suburb of Joyner after it piped drinking water containing around 13 times the maximum recommended dosage of fluoride in April.

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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.

WASHINGTON – Millions of people living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The levels of 80 cancer-causing substances released by automobiles, factories and other sources in these areas exceed a 100 in 1 million cancer risk. That means that if 1 million people breathed air with similar concentrations over their lifetime, about 100 additional people would be expected to develop cancer because of their exposure to the pollution.

Radio Host Alex Jones talks with Dr. Neil Carman, a chemist with the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, who argues against water fluoridation.

Earlier this week Sen. Kay Hagan asked for a Congressional investigation into contaminated water at Camp Lejeun. Now Sen. Richard Burr is concerned about the issue of toxic water at Camp Lejeune, as well.

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Burr released a statement Wednesday, saying the latest report on the water contamination from the 1950’s to the 1980’s just isn’t good enough.

“I am deeply concerned about the conclusions in the report from the National Academy of Sciences. This latest report still raises more questions than it answers,” Burr says in the statement.

“Former Marines, their families, and former employees at Camp Lejeune have waited far too long for answers, and we need to start working toward a resolution.”

Related Articles:

• Senator Questions Contaminated Drinking Water at Marine Base – Camp Lejeune, North Carolina – June 16th, 2009
• Feds Disavow Toxic Water Study on Marine Base – April 28th, 2009
• For 30 years, Camp Lejeune exposed troops to chemicals – March 18th , 2009

Press Release: openUReyes.org.nz in association with Health Freedom NZ & Fluoride Action Network NZ – Free movie screening for “The Fluoride Deception” in New Zealand.

Modern scientific evidence is now overwhelming that fluoridation of drinking water is harmful and there is no significant reduction in tooth decay, as has been alleged in the past 40 years. Over 2400 Professionals’ (including Doctors, Dentists and Scientists) have now moved to call for a worldwide ban on Fluoridation. Five percent of the world population is fluoridated of which over 50% live in North America; 99% of western continental Europe is not fluoridated for a variety of reasons. Many countries cite health, civil liberties or environmental concerns for rejecting, banning, or discontinuing artificial fluoridation.

We are demanding an end to the pollution of our public water supplies.

Watch the Fluoride Deception HERE

FLINT, Michigan (WJRT) (06/18/09) — Residents in the city of Flint are being warned to boil tap water before using it because of a drop in water pressure while workers repair a water main.

Released by Rhonda Briggs with Craft-Turney Water Supply Corporation:

JACKSONVILLE, TX – Due to conditions which have occurred recently in the water system, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the system, (Craft-Turney Water Supply) to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption in the area on

County Road 3108 – Southshore Drive. Including all of the County Roads around Lake Jacksonville that extend off of Southshore Drive.

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making should be boiled and cooled prior to consumption. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source. When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, water system officials will notify you.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WSPA.com) – A North Carolina senator is calling for a congressional hearing about contaminated drinking water at a North Carolina Marine Corps base.

Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday that a new study of water at Camp Lejeune downplays effects on health and doesn’t take into account previous studies. The report released last week by the National Research Council said there is evidence people at the base were exposed to chemicals. But the report said there was no definite link to birth defects, cancer and other ailments suffered by people who lived and worked on base.
Hagan says former Lejeune personnel and residents “need closure on this issue.“ She is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and says she wants the committee to hold a hearing.

Andy Burnham, new Health Secretary, has called for universal water fluoridation despite protests over ‘mass medication’ and concern over links to cancer and bone disease.

Mr Burnham was accused of a ‘conflict of interest’ as he has been a supporter and vice-president of the British Fluoridation Society for a number of years.

In his first speech as Health Secretary Mr Burnham said: “Let’s press ahead with fluoridation of water supplies, given the clear evidence that it can improve children’s dental health.”

In February the South Central Strategic Health Authority became the first region in almost 20 years to moves to add fluoride to the drinking water supply.

Water in Southampton and parts of Hampshire will be fluoridated from next year despite around 70 per cent of the respondents to the consultation arguing against the move.

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