JUNE 23, 2020

Fluoride Toxicity Trial Update

By Stuart Cooper, Fluoride Action Network

The landmark federal trial pitting Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and others against the US EPA over water fluoridation came to a dramatic turning point Wednesday.  FAN has argued that fluoride’s ability to impact the mental development of both the fetal and infant brain posed an unacceptable risk to millions of Americans (and others) drinking fluoridated public water supplies. The dramatic moment came when, after both sides had completed their summary statements, the federal judge surprised everyone by recognizing the key plank in the plaintiffs’ case and undermining the key argument in the EPA’s case.

The judge said:

“So much has changed since the petition was filed…two significant series of studies – respective cohort studies – which everybody agrees is the best methodology. Everybody agrees that these were rigorous studies and everybody agrees that these studies would be part of the best available scientific evidence.

The EPA appears to have applied a standard of causation, which from my read of TSCA is not accurate. It’s not a proper allocation. It’s not the proper standard.”

In short, after 20 years of work by FAN and its supporters, and 70+ years of campaigning by opponents of fluoridation since its inception, Wednesday felt like a moment in time where the validity of our objections was finally recognized on a world stage.

According to FAN director Paul Connett, PhD,

“While this is not a final victory for FAN it indicates a path forward to achieve that final victory. Needless to say, we are very excited about this outcome. We had our 7 days in court.  We had some of the best experts in the world testify on our behalf and our lawyers, especially Michael, were brilliant in presenting our case. Here now is the day in more detail. The invisible science is now visible and the voiceless have been heard. It’s official, it’s in the record, and no one can take that away.”

Closing Statements

Here are just some of the powerful points from Michael Connett’s closing statement for the plaintiffs:

• “In this case, the EPA has failed in its duties to protect the public from harm.”
• “TSCA commands that the EPA not just protect the general public…if there is one unreasonable risk, to just one susceptible subpopulation, the EPA must take action to remove such risk.”
• “We brought before your honor, world class experts of the highest order. Experts that the EPA has consistently depended on for assessments…The EPA has based their regulations on lead and mercury on our experts.”
• “It’s undisputed that fluoride will pass through the placenta into the brain of the fetus. It’s undisputed that babies who are bottle fed with fluoridated water receive the highest doses of fluoride in our population at the moment of greatest vulnerability.  It’s undisputed that fluoride damages the brain.”
• At the start of the trial I said there are three key questions that need to be answered. Is there a hazard? Is there a risk? Is the risk unreasonable? The answer [to all three questions] is a resounding yes.”
• “We have 4 high quality cohort studies. Each has found associations between early life exposures to fluoride and lowered IQ…by around 5 IQ points. The effect size rivals the neurotoxic effects of lead.”
• “There is no dispute that the developing brain is the most susceptible to neurotoxic side-effects.”
• “The most likely explanation for the observed adverse effects…is that fluoride is a neurotoxin at the levels found in fluoridated communities across the United States.”

Michael Connett also pointed out that the experts the EPA relied upon, including the two Exponent employees, were not experts on fluoride, and that the agency did not call their own employees to answer key questions in the case.  He was referring to EPA’s foremost expert on fluoride, Dr. Joyce Donahue, as well as Dr. Kris Thayer.  Additionally, he said the EPA never once attempted to determine an estimate of what the levels are that cause neurotoxic effects. Connett added that the EPA witness Joyce Donohue, PhD said the National Institutes of Health funded-studies on which the plaintiffs relied were “well conducted” and “warrant a reassessment of all existing” fluoride standards.

Then Connett concluded his statement by showing the true extent of potential damage, saying we have 2 million pregnant mothers in fluoridated areas and over 400,000 exclusively formula-fed babies in fluoridated areas, all presently being exposed to fluoride-contaminated drinking water.

June 24, 2020 Selectmen Meeting

June 24, 2020 Selectmen Meeting

There are many parcels listed for sale in item 7g 

Link to meeting packet is HERE 

Warp Speed COVID-19 Vaccine

Warp Speed COVID-19 Vaccine Makes Big Pharma Crooks Rich

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

 

 

According to the Albany Herald,¹ two prominent spokesmen for the pro-vaccine movement are now expressing concerns about the messaging used when promoting Operation Warp Speed — the name given to the White House effort to manufacture and launch a COVID-19 vaccine (as well as other potential therapeutics) at a record-setting pace.

The two long-time pro-vaccine advocates, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, fear communication about the accelerated vaccine program may fuel safety concerns that could dampen vaccine uptake. Albany Herald writes:²

"The approach itself is not unreasonable, said Dr. Peter Hotez … But the way it's being communicated is scaring people, he told CNN. 'The way the message is coming out of Operation Warp Speed creates a lot of chaos and confusion. And it is enabling the anti-vaccine movement,' Hotez said …

'The way they are messaging it is a little frightening because they make a point of saying how quickly it is being done,' said Dr. Paul Offit … 'It makes people think there are steps being skipped.'"

Well, the fact of the matter is that steps are being skipped, and there can be serious ramifications when doing so. Simply changing the narrative will not change that.

Big Pharma Executives Rake in Millions

Hotez also criticized drug company executives for being too obvious in their greed. As reported by Albany Herald:³

"… vaccine makers send out news releases trumpeting incremental successes. Last month, Moderna, the US biotech company heavily promoted by the White House and the National Institutes of Health, announced promising early results, sending its share price up 30%. At the same time, two top executives sold $30 million worth of shares.

Lorence Kim, Moderna's chief financial officer, exercised 241,000 options for $3 million, filings show. He then immediately sold them for $19.8 million, creating a profit of $16.8 million.

The next day, Tal Zaks, Moderna's chief medical officer, spent $1.5 million to exercise options. He immediately sold the shares for $9.77 million, triggering a profit of $8.2 million. It was all legal, but looked bad, Hotez said. 'They are shooting themselves in the foot,' he said."

Indeed, the message sent by Zaks' and Kim's share sales is a terrible one that is not likely to garner public confidence in their product. According to Moderna, the sales were done under automated trading plans called 10b5-1, which means neither needed to take any action for the sales to occur.

But that hardly matters. What people see is Moderna leadership getting rich quick off vaccines that are being rushed through and skipping crucial safety checks. There's no evidence whatsoever right now that the company's novel vaccine will actually work, let alone be safe.

Past attempts at developing COVID vaccines have always faltered at this stage as both humans and animals achieved robust antibody response then sickened and died when exposed to the wild virus.

Fluoride Lawsuit Update

Fluoride Lawsuit Update

The landmark federal trial pitching FAN and others against the US EPA over water fluoridation came to a dramatic turning point yesterday.  FAN has argued that fluoride's ability to impact the mental development of both the fetal and infant brain posed an unacceptable risk to millions of Americans (and others) drinking fluoridated public water supplies. The dramatic moment came when, after both sides had completed their summary statements, the federal judge surprised everyone by recognizing the key plank in the plaintiff's case and undermining the key argument in the EPA's case. 

The judge said:

So much has changed since the petition was filed…two significant series of studies – respective cohort studies – which everybody agrees is the best methodology. Everybody agrees that these were rigorous studies and everybody agrees that these studies would be part of the best available scientific evidence.

The EPA appears to have applied a standard of causation, which from my read of TSCA is not accurate. It’s not a proper allocation. It’s not the proper standard. 

In short, after 20 years of work by FAN and it’s supporters, and 70+ years of campaigning by opponents of fluoridation since it’s inception, yesterday felt like a moment in time where the validity of our objections was finally recognized on a world stage.

According to FAN director Paul Connett, PhD, "While this is not a final victory for FAN it indicates a path forward to achieve that final victory. Needless to say we are very excited about this outcome. We had our 7 days in court: we had some of the best experts in the world testify on our behalf and our lawyers, especially Michael, were brilliant in presenting our case. Here now is the day in more detail. The invisible science is now visible and the voiceless have been heard. It's official it is in the record- and no one can take that away."

Closing Statements

Here are just some of the powerful points from Michael Connett’s closing statement for the plaintiffs:     

• "In this case, the EPA has failed in its duties to protect the public from harm."
• "TSCA commands that the EPA not just protect the general public...if there is one unreasonable risk, to just one susceptible subpopulation, the EPA must take action to remove such risk."
• "We brought before your honor, world class experts in the highest order. Experts that the EPA has consistently depended on for assessments...The EPA has based their regulations on lead and mercury on our experts."
• “It's undisputed that fluoride will pass through the placenta into the brain of the fetus. It's undisputed that babies who are bottle fed with fluoridated water receive highest doses of fluoride in our population at the moment of greatest vulnerability.  It's undisputed that fluoride damages the brain.
• At the start of the trial I said there are three key questions that need to be answered. Is there a hazard? Is there a risk? Is the risk unreasonable? The answer [to all three questions] is a resounding yes."
• "We have 4 high quality cohort studies. Each has found associations between early life exposures to fluoride and lowered IQ…by around 5 IQ points. The effect size rivals the neurotoxic effects of lead.”
• "There is no dispute that the developing brain is the most susceptible to neurotoxic side-effects."
• "The most likely explanation for the observed adverse effects...is that fluoride is a neurotoxin at the levels found in fluoridated communities across the United States."

Connett also pointed out that the experts the EPA relied upon, including the two Exponent employees, were not experts on fluoride, and that the agency did not call their own employees to answer key questions in the case.  He was referring to EPA’s foremost expert on fluoride, Dr. Joyce Donahue, as well as Dr. Kris Thayer.  Additionally, he said the EPA never once attempted to determine an estimate of what the levels are that cause neurotoxic effects. Connett added that the EPA witness Joyce Donohue, PhD said the National Institutes of Health funded-studies were "well conducted" and "warrant a reassessment of all existing" fluoride studies.

Then Connett concluded his statement by showing the true extent of potential damage, saying we have 2 million pregnant mothers in fluoridated areas and over 400,000 exclusively formula-fed babies in fluoridated areas, all presently being exposed to fluoride-contaminated drinking water.

EPA’s Turn

The EPA’s attorney started by questioning whether fluoride posed a hazard.  Early on in her closing statement, the judge stopped her—which would become a very common occurrence--and said, "The way you're framing this is not helpful. I don't think anyone disputes that fluoride is a hazard…the critical question is at what level it poses a risk.” 

It was at this point, that the EPA’s closing statement turned into a 40-minute inquisition by the judge.  First he started asking about the EPA’s claims that the animal studies showed fluoride to be safe.  This resulted in him getting their attorney to admit that if the studies found a moderate effect in adult rats, then why wouldn’t there then be a prenatal and neonate effect?  This put the EPA in a corner, causing them to ditch their line of argument and admit that the human studies are in-fact more relevant.

The judge then reprimanded the EPA for challenging the reliability of Philippe Grandjean's benchmark dose, but never taking the time to calculate their own to prove their point.  EPA quickly pivoted to an argument that the Canadian and Mexican cohorts weren’t applicable to the US; probably one of the dumbest arguments we hear from proponents.  The judge intimated that he was aware of the new study out of California proving otherwise, which appeared pretty devastating to the EPA. 

The judge concluded by asking one final question, “Under TSCA, can the court find an unreasonable risk without finding causation?” EPA replied, "yes."

Test the COVID Vax for Glyphosate!

Test the COVID Vax for Glyphosate!

 

A new study has shown that maternal exposure to high levels of Monsanto/Bayer's glyphosate herbicides caused autism-like symptoms in young male rats. Animal studies are considered highly relevant to the National Institute for Health and the only basis for approval by the EPA.

The study, jointly conducted by 16 scientists from University of Chiba, Japan and University of California, Davis is groundbreaking as it clearly shows the pathway of how glyphosate causes autism through alterations of the gut microbiota and an increase of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) enzyme in the brain. When an sEH enzyme inhibitor was administered orally to the pregnant and lactating mother rats, the autism-like symptoms were prevented in the offspring.

We have an autism epidemic in America.

1 out of 34 children in some US states have autism. It is expected, if we continue at the current rate, for autism to affect half of our children within a decade. 

Glyphosate is used widely in landscaping and farming, contaminating most of our conventional food, many personal products and our environment. It has been detected in our food such as wheat, beans, soy, eggs, dairy, wine, beer and feminine sanitary products. We are being exposed so often, and so much, that even a small amount could add up to a high level in a pregnant mother or infant.

Glyphosate has even been detected in childhood vaccines including the flu shot given to pregnant women.

 

This contamination is unacceptable and the predictable future, if we continue exposing pregnant women and children to glyphosate, is unsustainable for our country. This is an urgent situation. The development of the COVID-19 vaccine is being rushed and contamination and safety testing could be overlooked. No COVID-19 or any other vaccine should be administered to anyone, especially pregnant women and vulnerable infants or children without screening for glyphosate or other toxin contamination.

Glyphosate has been detected in thousands of food samples and even vaccines, including the flu shot given to pregnant women. There are no studies that we know of to show the impact of glyphosate, even at very small amounts, injected directly into the bloodstream of a pregnant woman. The widespread contamination of glyphosate and exposure through many sources is likely accumulating to high levels of glyphosate in today’s pregnant women and is a major contributing factor to the skyrocketing numbers of children with autism.

How is glyphosate getting into vaccines? Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and, in addition to being used in landscaping in our community parks and streets, it is sprayed directly on GMO food crops and on non-organic food crops as a drying agent. It does not wash, dry or cook off and is absorbed. Animals such as pigs, chickens and cows that eat glyphosate sprayed grains have been shown to have glyphosate in their tendons and bone marrow. Pig tendons are made into gelatin, which is a stabilizing agent in vaccines. Bovine (cow) serum and chicken/egg cells are also used in vaccines. Other GMO ingredients in vaccines, such as soy or corn, and ingredients derived from glyphosate-sprayed crops such as sugar (fructose) could also be the mechanism for contamination. Scientists suspect the contamination is happening through these pathways.

Organizations Moms Across America and Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) have both asked the FDA and CDC to test for glyphosate in vaccines and to ensure safety. Our concern is that not only is glyphosate impacting the gut as shown in this study, but that it is breaking down the blood brain barrier and allowing toxins such as aluminum (also in vaccines at high levels) into the brain, contributing to autism and Alzheimer’s. These regulatory agencies responded with a refusal to take the test results seriously and have not addressed this issue.  In addition, Moms Across America and ICAN asked for evidence from the FDA of safety studies conducted showing the flu shot is safe for pregnant women. Their response was that they did not have any such studies available.

This Country is Done! Prepare for the Most Brutal War this World has Ever Seen.

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Wes Rhinier

My wife one day last week said to me, “You need to write something about all this insanity going on in the world. This just isn’t right.” My response to her was, “What good will writing do? The time for talk is over.”
I have had so many things that I have wanted to say about things that are going on but the situation in this country changes from hour to hour. By the time I finish writing this another insane situation is likely to have happened in this country.
We are under attack. This Civil War/Revolution/Communist takeover is well under way. We are getting punched in the face on a daily basis and it seems all we can do is talk.
This country held three funerals for a thug who was murdered by a police officer. Yet for the last few months, people have not been allowed to be with their dying relatives. They have not been allowed to attend funerals. But this episode fits their agenda so it’s ok?
Six city blocks and a police department have been violently taken over in the city of Seattle and the media is cool with it calling it a peaceful festival. How do you think that would fly if some good ole boys took over a city and tried restoring the Constitution?
We have Governors picking and choosing winners and losers for business and people’s livelihood. Marxist across the country are erasing our history as statues fall across the nation. The list could go on and on with the offences against us.
We know who the enemy is. Sides are being chosen. I hope you choose wisely.  We the People are the enemy of this deep state establishment and they aim to eradicate us. These attacks on us and our way of living will never end. It will never end. They will always hate us. Always. Nothing you can do will change that. Nothing. But more importantly they will never accept us. They will not accept our views of the world, our ideals, our guns and our religions. We are a very different people from these commies on the left and those who would like to see this country fall. We value the individual. We value free thought, free speech, free religion, we value freedom. They hate us for it. They aim to rule us, and we will not be ruled by them. They will never give up their quest to implement socialism/communism. They never quit and they’ll never stop. We the People are the enemy.
It’s sad that it has come to this here in the ”land of the free.” But we are no longer free. We are going to have to fight for the freedom that we each want. This great experiment called America has been pissed away and we are going to have to fight for our children and grandchildren futures. This burden should not be passed onto them.

History it seems has a way of repeating. It’s a damn shame.
I really don’t know what else to say. I apologize for not writing anything lately. I feel as though over the last ever how many years I have said all that can be said but I keep getting drawn back to give a voice to those who are afraid or unwilling to speak out.
This country is done! Pick your side. Choose wisely. Prepare for the most brutal war that this world has ever seen. It’s coming. I don’t think anything stops it now. Hopefully we can set things right if we win, or at least die trying.
Wes

Open Letter to Food Producers

JUNE 16, 2020

Open Letter to Food Producers: We Need You to Do a Better Job Than the FDA!

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By Zen Honeycutt, Children’s Health Defense Contributing Writer, Executive Director, Moms Across America

Dear Food Producers,

During the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and unequal access to healthy food, we need more integrity and safety in our food supply, not less. Whenever there are job losses and lack of insurance many families are less likely to call an ambulance or get hospital care during a food allergy reaction, increasing the risk of death.

The recent decision by the USDA to not regulate GMOs, CRISPR, gene editing, or Pharmaceutical and Industrial Chemical Producing (PMPIs) plants are of dire concern to us.

In addition, the FDA’s announcement to allow food companies to switch out food ingredients, even temporarily during the COVID-19 situation, such as sunflower and canola oil, can have immediate, life-threatening, allergenic health effects. Allowing unlabeled ingredients, no matter what they are, destroys the long-term integrity of our food supply, both nationally and internationally.

Our government has failed to regulate the food supply and protect the health of the American people and people around the world. If actions are not taken by food producers, our health, the integrity of our food supply, and international trade relations, will be threatened. We ask for your partnership in rectifying this situation.

This is the time for food producers to do better than the FDA, not only because people will find out who did the right thing, but because it is the right thing to do.

We ask for food producers to make a public statement and respond to Moms Across America by June 19 regarding the following requests and your company’s commitments:

• Maintain the accuracy of food labels during the shutdown. Do not allow substitutions of food ingredients without updating labels.
  • Health implications from GMOs, CRISPR, gene editing, and PMPIs are either known to be harmful or in some cases, untested and uncontrollable.  The human health effects, especially epigenetic effects, are simply unknown and must be considered unsafe, especially for children, until proven otherwise. Including ingredients from these technologies is therefore unwanted and unnecessary in order to provide nourishing food for our families and support a healthy, thriving America. In America, we spend 2.2 trillion on health care costs. Costs are rising around the world. We ask you not to grow or include GMOs and ingredients utilizing these technologies in your food products.
  • If you, as a grower or food manufacturer, choose to use these ingredients we ask you to have integrity and clearly label all ingredients on the package. Without clarification if a food product contains GMOs (including SynBio) or if it is Certified Organic or Non-GMO Project Verified, we consumers must assume that the product may contain GMOs and we will avoid purchasing your product. In order to prevent an unnecessary reduction of options for the consumer and a drop in sales for brands, clarity is required. We ask all food producers and manufacturers to clearly label all of your ingredients and specify if they are GMO or not.

Should Town Meeting be Held Outside?

Should Town Meeting be Held Outside?

One perspective:

massvocals	Jun 15, 2020, 3:56 PM (19 hours ago)
to me

https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter53


The law above   see section 2, gives  the town  moderator full face and
freedom  to conduct  town meeting  as long as and town heath as well
selectmen consider   public safety  ,  The Covid -19  can not be
effectly prevented by Mask , or distance  , over even washing your
hands  and their is no cure  yet town shall hold meeting  vs economic
over LIFE    considering the virus  rules the day   it can live on many
things  like floor even the mic  for days

  The  town  persona  under this law sign by governor  can terminate 
deactivate the town meeting  place all on hold    even state debt due to
the state    emergency    the whole system is junk I called the press
worcester and gardner news  NO ONe Home no reporters in  Please
consider  this as ones driving it forward are    the town meeting  can
be used as a

  strategically  indifference of lack of voters  ( 0) no has to come and
they can hold the meeting vote it   as those going  too ,  They feel its
voluntary to vote    , This is problem of their mind set   this is  why
i put quorum   upon the warrant  as question   those who fear the virus
   who do not come are choose life over town economic  its not
voluntary  decision   , when the above  law  allows  Time  It  should
come to understand  but , the people controlling it who am sure issue no
written responding to their approval  This means IT  means such parties
are out of control  allowing meeting places all at risk  for economic
reason  , This is  evidence  that  no one cares  to stop it for heath
reason  they think strategic advancement of even less people will ensure
their  voting position  .  IF anyone of town  people its citizen die due
to this meeting who shall be accountable  how shall we even know  ,
Those  who all feel its voluntary  to vote   failure in that mindset
puts us where we are today  , out of control   I want to say its well
not voluntary to have vote in unsafe place  That is unfair risk , that
restriction of our rights to vote   placing us in damage zone while
under a state pandemic This is insanity . i would love to see the public
health who have been consulted  and conform to the approval  their
signatures  i like to see who thay are ? who stand up people ?

  Massvocals   spread this all over

MassVocals