Fluoride's Impact on Brain, A Focus of Two Conferences

NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- New science indicating
fluoride's dangers to the brain and other organs will be presented by
prominent fluoride research scientists during back-to-back conferences of the
International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and the Fluoride Action
Network (FAN) in TorontoAugust 7-11.

According to ISFR conference organizer, Dr. Hardy Limeback, "Our conference
features experts who researched the dangers that fluoride poses to human
health. Our keynote speaker, Dr. A.K. Susheela, probably knows more about this
subject than any other living scientist. It is important that officials who
promote water fluoridation hear what she and others have to say."

The latest issue of ISFR's journal, Fluoride, published 12 newly-translated
Chinese studies, which report fluoride's effects on the brain, including the
lowering of IQ in children. These and other brain studies will be reviewed at
both conferences.

According to FAN Executive Director Dr. Paul Connett, "We had the Chinese
studies translated because we believe they are critically important to the
fluoridation debate. It is hard to believe that any parent would allow their
children to drink fluoridated water when it could damage their brains."

Coupled with these conferences, the Toronto-based Citizens for a Safe
Environment (CSE) will host two public meetings with FAN in downtown Toronto
on Monday, August 11.

According to CSE director Karen Buck, "These meetings will give the public
information they don't get from our government or dental organizations. In the
afternoon, a panel will address the question of whether Toronto should stop
fluoridating its water. In the evening experts will explain fluoride's dangers
to health."

At all three events, Dr. Vyvyan Howard, an infant and fetal pathologist, and
president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, will be
presenting a major review of studies on fluoride's brain effects, including
the translated Chinese studies.

Recently, Health Canada recommended that fluoride levels be lowered in water
supplies, children's toothpaste and infant formula.

"The best way to lower children's fluoride intake is to stop fluoridation,"
says Connett. "It makes no sense to prescribe fluoride drugs to children via
the water supply at levels which are between 150 and 250 times higher than the
level in mothers' milk."

For details on both conferences go to http://www.FluorideAlert.org

For the CSE/FAN public events go to http://fluoridealert.org/august.11.html

SOURCE Fluoride Action Network

Paul Connett of FAN, +1-315-379-9200, paul@fluoridealert.org; or Karen Buck,
CSE, +1-416-690-7593, karenbuck@rogers.com