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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, May 14,1994 13 A recent article in Health Naturally Naturally (June/July) entitled "Fluoridation, Fraud of the Century" by Richard G. Foulkes M.D. contains important information. information. Dr. Richard Foulkes M.D. served as a special consultant to the Minister of Health for British Columbia from 1972 to 1975. He says that the claims of significant "benefits" of fluoridation fluoridation are more propaganda than science. science. The substance added to our drinking drinking water is HYDROFLUOSILICIC ACID, an industrial toxic waste obtained obtained from scrubbing the air emissions emissions from smelters and phosphate fertilizer plants. Fluoridation is a convenient convenient way for industry to dispose of waste and give a benign image to a toxic substance. Today, most people ingest fluoride fluoride from multiple sources - drinking water, fruit juices, beverages, tooth paste, dental treatments and supplements. supplements. It is important to be aware of your total fluoride ingestion especially especially in children. Fluoridation was supported by the hypothesis that the concentration of fluoride in drinking water is inversely related to tooth decay. By 1972, the hypothesis had been discredited. Tooth decay had already been declining. declining. Researchers in various countries have shown that people living in fluoridated fluoridated areas do not have significantly significantly lower rates of tooth decay. I 1977, a study by Silverstone, had shown that topical fluoride was only slightly more effective than saliva for "remineralization". In 1993, Dr. Christopher Clark, spokesperson for the Canadian Dental Dental Association wrote in the C.D.A. journal, "The traditional thinking about the way fluorides prevent dental dental cavities has changed...the primary effect of fluoride is post-eruptive, and more therapeutic than preventive." preventive." Harmful effects of fluoride: birth defects - higher incidence of Down's Syndrome in fluoridated areas. - skeletal fibrosis - naturally high fluoride levels are found in soft water. water. An early symptom is back stiffness stiffness and later abnormal calcium deposits deposits in bone and ligaments. - Cancer. After a comparative study on 18 million people in 20 large U.S. cities, Burk and Yiamouyi- annis showed that there are 10,000 to 20,000 excess cancer deaths annually in residents of fluoridated areas. Yia- mouyiannis confirmed in 1993 that the bone cancer rate is 50% higher for young men living in fluoridated areas. Other adverse effects, the literature literature has also reported goitre, anemia; and inhibitions of the immune system! system! Consumers, health professionals and government agencies have been misled. What can we do? Practise common common sense, remove fluoride from water water by reverse osmosis, distillation and special filtration methods. Use non fluoridated toothpaste available at Health food stores. Start lobbying local M.P.P. and educate them. Form networks to ban fluoridation. Presently, fluoride is added to water water in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa areas. areas. If you would like a list of resources resources and references contact our office at 623-8388. The information in this column is of a general nature. Consult your health care professional for specific health concerns. Dr. Hoch, of the Bowmanville Family Chiropractic. Centre, is now in her tenth year of private practice. She has " personally attended more than 30,000 patients. She supports and educates her patients to create conditions for Optimum Health, with a focus on lifestyle modification and stress management so each individual individual can work towards achieving Optimum Optimum Health and in turn educate others. others. Grants Awarded for Sexual Assault Prevention Month Imagine you suddenly lost your ability to communicate your most basic basic desires. Something as simple as asking for your pizza without anchovies became an impossibility. How could you let your preferences be known? What information information would you want to leave on paper to ensure that you could be understood? Everything from the most important ("If I get ill beyond a certain level, I want no medial intervention") intervention") to the more frivolous ("I hate watching hockey on TV, but can't live without baseball or my daily daily hit of 'The Young and thé Restless'). Restless'). When we see someone with a debilitating debilitating disease we tend to forget the person still inside. For Heather Westendorp, ah Ottawa Ottawa author and mother of two, these issues are a concern because there is a 50:50 chance that she will get Huntington's Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is a hereditary hereditary brain disease which touches the lives of 1 in 1,000 Canadians. Its symptoms, which include involuntary jerking movements, unsteady gait, slurred speech, and mental deterioration, deterioration, usually begin between the ages of 30 and 45 and worsen over 10-25 years until death occurs. There is no cure.. The March 1993 discovery of the gene for Huntington's disease led to an improved predictive test. Those at risk of developing Huntington's dis ease can learn, before symptoms appear, appear, whether or not they will get the disease. Heather has chosen to begin the process of predictive testing. "While I know that others may not want to take the test, I find that I'm seriously beginning to question natural natural aging processes as signs of the disease. Every time I spill something in the kitchen, I think, 'uh-oh, this is it'. I just want to know for sure," says Heather. In the event that she does develop the disease, Heather has drafted a highly detailed Living Will that focuses focuses on medical and personal issues that will serve her best interests. Heather has entrusted her care to an Advocacy Group made up of family members and health care professionals professionals to ensure the most compassionate and medically-informed care and also to remove the pressure-filled role of the sole caregiver. "I have carefully detailed what my personal needs will be for my future quality of life. It may seem silly to include include things like my favourite foods and styles of clothes in a legal document, document, but that piece of paper will be my voice if I can no longer express myself," asserts Heather. With the legal legal recognition of Living Wills, people people who can .no longer communicate verbally can still have a voice. In 1992 Ontario passed a new legislation, legislation, designed to protect the rights and interests of people who become mentally incapable of making their own life decisions. The government anticipates that the legislation will be proclaimed into law early in 1995. The Substitute Decisions Act is designed designed to promote the rights and autonomy autonomy of the individual, to recognize recognize and support the important role of families, to increase the accountability accountability of those who deal with adults who are vulnerable or mentally incapable and to safeguard against abuse and exploitation. Other provinces are also considering this type of legislation. Predictive testing will eventually be available for other diseases. Then one day Living Wills may become a rite of passage in more people's lives. Women's Issues Minister Marion Boyd has launched Sexual Assault Prevention Month by announcing that $415,000 in grants from the Ministry Ministry of Health will be awarded to train health professionals on how to recognize and respond to women who have been physically and sexually sexually assaulted. Ms. Boyd pointed to a Statistics Canada Survey released late last year showing that over fifty per cent of the women surveyed had éxperienced some form of violence since the age the sixteen. Thirty-nine per cent of the women reported that they had been sexually assaulted. "When more than half the population population lives with violence and the threat of violence, as part of their everyday reality, we're not talking about a 'woman's issue' but a community problem," said Ms, Boyd. "A community community problem requires a coordinated coordinated community response." "Our government recognizes sexual sexual assault as a serious problem. My ministry is committed to providing services to victims. The funding will go a long way to ensuring that medical medical professionals are sensitized to the special concerns and issues faced by the victims of this crime," said Ruth Grier, Minister of Health. Awarded to forty-seven organizations, organizations, the grants will fund programs to help health professionals become more sensitive to the needs of bat- 1 tercd and sexually assaulted women, including information on where to send their patients for further help. The Violence Against Women Prevention Initiatives are a coordinated coordinated interministerial network of programs programs and services focusing on three areas: services to victims; justice; and prevention through public education. The Minister believes that prevention prevention through public education is critical critical to ending violence against women. women. "Changing attitudes through public public education is the only way we can ever hope to break the cycle," said Ms. Boyd. "We want people to know that any sexual act without consent is sexual assault, and that women are never to blame for an assault committed committed against them. There is no ex-. cuse for this crime." The Sexual Assault Prevention Campaign mns throughout May. The mass media campaign includes radio ads geared to teens, and awardwinning awardwinning television ads in English and French. Information brochures in twelve languages, print ads in ethnocultural ethnocultural newspapers, posters and buttons buttons will also be distributed throughout throughout the province as a part of die May Campaign. 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