Fluoride - UK Authorities: Eat Sewage Sludge - It's Good For You
CategoriesEat Sewage Sludge - It's Good For You. That is what the UK's Department of Health seems to be saying when they assert that hexafluorosilicic acid used for drinking water fluoridation
schemes in the UK went through a purification process and is not toxic. Indeed, both sewage sludge and the fluoridation chemical commonly used in drinking water have a European "standard", a BS EN number.George Glasser of the National Pure Water Association has researched what that means. Official claims of purity and non toxicity of the substance that is scheduled to be widely used in the UK water supply, ostensibly to "save children's teeth", seem to be a new trick to appease everyone. "Naw, that's not a poison. It has a european standard!"
Having found that hexafluorosilicic acid is anything but pure and safe, Glasser asks: "Are we dealing with pathological liars"?
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From: "National Pure Water Association"
Subject: Pathalogical Liars - DoH?
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:39:34 +0100Over the past several months, NPWA has been contacted by numerous people regarding correspondence they have received from the DoH regarding the purity of the hexafluorosilicic acid used for drinking water fluoridation schemes in the UK.
Among the fraudulent claims made by DoH for the purity of the product were:
1. it went through a purification process,
2. a BS EN (British Standard - European Number) guaranteed the purity of the product, and3. it's not toxic.
With regard to the first claim, NPWA has attempted to verify the existence of a "purification process". After extensive investigations, we can find no such equipment, or any patents (world-wide) for such equipment, which suggests that the DoH has fabricated that information. (In other words they simply made up another lie to placate you, or cast doubt on NPWA credibility).
As for the BS EN claim, one can obtain a BS EN for anything: they simply specify the criteria for analysing a particular product and the contaminants allowed in the product - it doesn't mean that the product is safe or has been safety tested. In fact, there is even a BS EN for sewage sludge (biosolids, humanure, etc.), for which the DoH can also claim the 'highest degree of purity'.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) boasts that the quality of UK sewage sludge is the best in all of Europe! However, we don't think anyone would want to use it as a nutritional supplement.
There is even a BS EN for children's playground swings and one for Environmental Management - in fact there is a BS EN for almost anything you can imagine.A BS EN has no bearing on the safety or purity of a product: it simply states the testing criteria. It has nothing to do with the safety of the product.
There are only two major commercial sources of fluorosilicic acid: hydrogen fluoride production and phosphate fertilizer production. In both cases the fluorosilicic acid is a by-product of the main manufacturing process, captured in pollution scrubbers, and is of a technical grade (ie. not pharmaceutical or food grade, therefore containing impurities). See: this PDF file)
There are no producers of fluorosilicic acid who simply add sand (silica) to hydrofluoric acid (as stated by some fluoride promoters). If they did simply add sand to hydrofluoric acid, they would use a technical (contaminated) grade of hydrofluoric acid, and that would still be cost prohibitive for fluoridation.
BS EN 12175 for hexafluorosilicic acid allows:
As (arsenic) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 400
Cd (cadmium) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 40
Cr (chromium) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 400
Hg (mercury) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 10
Ni (nickel) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 400
Pb (lead) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 400
Sb (antimony) mg/kg H2SiF6 max. 80
Se (selenium) mg/kg H SiF max. 80They don't test for radionuclides and other contaminants which are attendant to the process. If you don't look for something, you won't find it.
Regarding the toxicity of fluoride, we are repeatedly told that fluoride from any source breaks down in the body into 'the fluoride ion', which is how it becomes effective. The toxicity of 'the fluoride ion' has been well-documented by chemists and is not in question. The argument has been that, at very low exposures, the toxic effects are slight (or take a long time to show up) and are balanced by beneficial effects on teeth, but however slow or slight, it's still toxic. It isn't possible for 'the fluoride ion' to be toxic sometimes and not toxic at others.
If you read the following, you will see that this battle over how pure the product is has been going on for years - and the NPWA has uncovered the lies. See:
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/watershed-8-1-2002-p2.doc
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/elixir.html
http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/bfs_letters.htmThe NPWA believes, from past experience, that DoH policy in dealing with questions about fluoridation is: make up a lie - any old lie will do.
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The big push for drinking water fluoridation will begin after the election - we suggest that everyone start making waves, now.
Also, we strongly suggest that everyone sign up for the UK antifluoridation forum at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antifluoridationcampaign/Read the new NPWA Watershed at http://www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk/WS3.pdf.
May 2005 - From the NPWA - National Pure Water Association in the UK:Why would the UK water industry request from the government "absolute indemnity on civil liability and indemnity on strict criminal liability as far as public policy allows" - before they would extend fluoridation schemes in Britain?
And they got it from the government in 2005.
The only logical conclusion that we at NPWA could come to was that the UK water industry was fully aware that it is already involved in a dubious, risky practice with possible ancillary criminal activities. Otherwise, why would an industry ask to be indemnified by the government for criminal and civil liabilities unless they knew they were in violation of the law?
This request can only be viewed as an admission of guilt, and further, as willingness to continue violating the law as long as they have some government protection. Consequently, one can only interpret the message from the UK water industry to the government and the general public as: It is perfectly willing to participate in dubious and/or criminal activities on behalf of the government as long as it has some assurance that its legal costs will be covered if it gets caught out.
Immunity from prosecution is not in the cards for criminal actions or they would have asked for that concession...
See also related:UK Against Fluoridation - blog
News With Views: GERMANS & RUSSIANS USED FLUORIDE TO MAKE PRISONERS 'STUPID & DOCILE
Apologize for Fluoridation; Don't Celebrate It, Say Experts
Water Fluoridation: Folly or Fraud?
By David McRae, B.Sc. (Hons)
Every day of the week, most Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, and Irish are exposed to an influence that can be a cause of serious health problems: the addition of chemical fluoride to our drinking water.
(The article starts one-third down the page - you need to scroll down to find it.)
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Friday April 22 2005
updated on Wednesday November 9 2005URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/04/22/fluoride_uk_authorities_eat_sewage_sludge_its_good_for_you.htm
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