Edgartown Massachusetts says no to being Poisoned by Their Local Board of Health!
from FAN
The first local victory came in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
On April 12, a referendum vote of 700-253 (a whopping 73%-23%), ended
all hope of fluoridation in Edgartown. According to a report on the in The Martha’s Vineyard Times,
“The town’s board of health voted to add fluoride, prompting a controversy over the decision and the process used to issue that order. The town’s water commission opposed the move. Ultimately, a petition was circulated to bring the fluoride issue to a townwide vote culminating in Thursday’s no vote.”
Local residents had only 90 days to collect enough petition signatures to take the issue out of the hands of the pro-fluoridation Board of Health, and they ultimately met and exceeded the petition signature requirements to force a ballot vote, giving authority over fluoridation to water consumers. This effort was followed up with an extensive education campaign within the community and in the local newspaper’s editorial section, led by concerned citizens. (Click here to see all related articles)
The issue electrified the community and prompted proponents days before the vote to round-up a statement from over 35 professionals, along with a former US Secretary of Health and Human Service, which urged the community to vote for fluoridation.
The second came in Walden, NY on Tuesday April 16 (just two days ago), when the council voted unanimously to end fluoridation in this village, which is located about 10 miles from Newburgh, NY, which was the second town fluoridated in the USA in 1945. Grand Rapids was the first.
Hats off to one of the councilors Lynn Thomson, who helped the village jump through all the hurdles that the state of NY Department of Health (DOH) puts in the way of any community that wants to stop fluoridating. The mayor and the village councilors wanted to end this outdated practice months ago but the DOH did everything they could to stop them, which included a last-minute offer to pay for the fluoridation chemicals. Ellen and I had traveled the 3 hours from our home in Binghamton, NY (through rain and snow) to witness the vote. After I and another citizen had spoken for 3 minutes each - the vote was held and it was all over. Ellen and I joined the others in the crowd and cheered …and then we drove on air back to Binghamton. A very sweet victory indeed.
So what can you say in 3 minutes at such a hearing? Here is the gist of what I said:
What Fluoridation is:
Unusual (most countries don't do it),
Unnatural (the level of fluoride in mother's milk is extremely low),
Unethical (the government is voilating the individuals right to informed consent to medical treatment),
Unsafe (e.g. potential to lower IQ)
Unnecessary (there are better alternatives)
No risk is acceptable if it is avoidable!
Lynn Thomson is willing to help other communities in NY state negotiate the DOH’s obstacles and liberate themselves from this wretched practice.
A third victory occurred in Uintah County, Utah, where a group of dentists attempted to collect the required 1,600 signatures necessary to force a countywide ballot vote to initiate fluoridation. Shortly after starting this effort, local residents and water consumers organized a group called Uintah County Citizens Against Public Water Fluoridation and mounted and impressive opposition campaign. Ultimately, the dentists gave up on their unsuccessful efforts in response to the public's outcry in opposition.
A Note from FAN’s Campaign Director, Stuart Cooper:
"These three examples just confirm what our internal statistics show in regard to the outcome of local fluoridation decisions in the US in recent years. While we--opponents of fluoridation--win about 50% of the time we initiate a campaign to end fluoridation, the pro-fluoridation dental-lobby wins less than 20% of the time when they try to initiate the practice. It's vital that citizens stand up to the fluoride-lobby. They're a paper tiger, but this only becomes apparent to decision makers when citizens fight back."
On behalf of the FAN team, thank you.
Fluoride is a poison. Fluoride was poison yesterday. Fluoride is poison today. Fluoride will be poison tomorrow. MGL 111 scction 8C allows the BOH to come back in two years and try to poison Edgartown Ma. residents once again. The fluoride laws were made by big corporations to get rid of a hazardous waste that was costing them big money on the bottom line. Instead of paying millions of dollars to treat this poison our fascist system simply fed it to the people. Congratulations Edgartown Ma. for standing up to those who would poison your family and friends for profit and greed. It appears the 5G Internet of things will be sold to us similarly to how fluoride and vaccines have been sold so you may want to do some research before adding a smart meter to your house.
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