Please read. Letter sent to the Chief Medical Officer in the HSE in November 2012, exactly one year ago, to which I am still waiting for a reply. Dear Dr. Tony Holohan ([email protected]) I just came across this peer reviewed article which supports the observations in my report regarding the association between water fluoridation and cancer incidence, it also highlights that this may be a cause of the increased prevalence of cancer in fluoridated Republic of Ireland compared to non fluoridated Northern Ireland. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11512573 A peer reviewed paper in the Journal of Epidemiology found that 23 of 36 cancer sites (63.9%) were associated positively with fluoridation status, using World Health Organization data and the U.S. Fluoridation Census. The study examined registered cancers at thirty six sites on the body among 21,8million inhabitants, mainly white, in fluoridated and non fluoridated communities. About two-thirds of prevalence of diseases and other health problems according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) were associated positively with Fluoridated water. Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, colon and rectum, hepato-biliary and urinary organs were positively associated with fluoridated water. This was also the case for bone cancers in males. In digestive organs the stomach showed limited association while Brain tumors and T-cell system Hodgkins disease, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, melanoma of the skin and monocytic leukaemia were also correlated with fluoridated water. The authors noted that this may indicate a complexity of mechanisms of action of fluoride in the body and raises concerns of the likelihood of fluoride acting as a genetic cause of cancer. Recent data published in The All Ireland Cancer Atlas (2011) documents that the risk for bladder cancer was up to 14% higher in the fluoridated Republic of Ireland compared to non fluoridated Northern Ireland. Similarly it found that overall leukaemia prevalence was up to 23% higher. Of the various forms of leukaemia Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia was an astonishing 53% higher in the RoI compaRed to NI, increasing at a rate of 2.8% per annum for males ever year in the RoI since 1991 while rates remained static in Northern Ireland. In addition pancreatic cancer was up to 22% higher in the RoI, skin cancer up to 18%, prostate cancer 29%, oesophageal cancer up to 8%, brain cancer up to 20% and cancer of the cervix and uterotis up to 11% higher compared to non fluoridated Northern Ireland. Coincidentally this also follows the variation in Osteosarcoma, an often fatal childhood cancer for which the incidence is also known to higher in the ROI compared to Northern Ireland. Declan Waugh
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:25:38 +0000
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