A Vermont town’s water superintendent secretly lowered fluoride levels in the water supply for years over concerns of the chemicals medical effects and the fact it was sourced from Communist China.
Kendall Chamberlin, water superintendent of Richmond, Vermont, said he didn’t think the state’s recommended level of fluoride was warranted.
“My duty is to take reasonable care and judgment for the protection of public health, safety and the environment of my customers,” he said, adding that “to err on the side of caution is not a bad position to be in.”
Some Richmond residents were outraged over Chamberlin’s move to reduce fluoride levels.
“For a single person to unilaterally make the decision that this public health benefit might not be warranted is inappropriate. I think it’s outrageous,” retired Dr. Allen Knowles said at a meeting last month.
“Fluoride, again, is one of the most successful and important public health measures that has ever been undertaken in this country,” he continued.
“The reduction in dental disease is just inarguable. You don’t establish safety based on one person’s opinion or one study or this or that,” Knowles added.
Chamberlin issued an apology after outcry by some Richmond residents.
“Words cannot express how sorry I am for causing this controversy,” he said.
“Believe me when I say I have always only had good intentions based on a misunderstanding. I promise I will make sure nothing like this ever happens again.”
Daily Mail reported:
The addition of fluoride to public drinking water systems has been routine in communities across the United States since the 1940s and 1950s.
But some people don’t support the change and many countries don’t fluoridate water for various reasons, including feasibility.
Critics argue that the health effects of fluoride aren’t fully known and that its addition to municipal water can amount to an unwanted medication.
Some communities in recent years have ended the practice – In 2015, the U.S. government lowered its recommended amount in drinking water after some children got too much of it, causing white splotches on their teeth.
While such splotches are primarily a cosmetic problem, the American Dental Association notes on its website that fluoride – along with life-giving substances including salt, iron and oxygen – can be toxic in large doses.
But in the recommended amounts, fluoride in water decreases cavities or tooth decay by about 25%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They also reported in 2018 that 73% of the U.S. population was served by water systems with adequate fluoride to protect teeth.
“Two of the three fluoride additives U.S. water systems can use do, in fact, come from China because they have no domestic manufacturers,” the Daily Mail noted.
So, that justifies Chamberlin’s concern over fluoridated water being sourced from China.
Richmond has since voted to reinstate fluoride levels in its water supply back to usual levels.
It’s unclear whether Chamberlin will face professional repercussions.
Infowars added:
However, 97% of European countries don’t fluoridate drinking water, citing health, legal, and ethics concerns.
Interestingly, even China itself does not fluoridate its water for its over one billion citizens despite outsourcing the chemical to America, according to Fluoridation.com
In fact, only about 5% of countries fluoridate their water.
That may be because fluoride is an industrial byproduct which studies show lowers the IQ levels of individuals who consume it.
In the decades since it was first introduced in the U.S. water supply as part of public health policy in 1950, little effort has been made by the medical establishment to research its harmful effects.
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