Michelle
sorry in advance if this is off topic
At 04:52 PM 9/16/98 -0400, Jim Shaffer, Jr. wrote:
>>The most incredible story ever!
>>
>>
>>>Academe Today
>>>The Chronicle of Higher Education
>>>
>>>
>>>Tuesday , September 8, 1998
>>>
>>>"Chemical in Fluoridated Water May Cause Violent Behavior
>>>and Cocaine Use, Scholar Says"
>>>
>>>
>>>By Vincent Kierman
>>>
>>>BOSTON (Sept 8). A chemical used to fluoridate the drinking water of
>>>150 million Americans may foster violent behavior and cocaine use in
>>>some of those who drink the water, a scholar said Friday at the annual
>>>meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences.
>>>
>>>Communities that use a fluoridation agent known as silicofluoride have
>>>higher rates of violent crime than communities that use an alternative
>>>method or do not fluoridate their water, said Roger D. Masters, a
>>>Professor Emeritus of Government at Darmouth College.
>>>
>>>He based his conclusions on a series of statistical analyses of the
>>>characteristics of communities in Massachusetts and Georgia. Mr.
>>>Masters said that previous work by other researchers had suggested that
>>>the statistical pattern may reflect the way silicofluoride in water
>>>causes people to absorb more lead.
>>>
>>>The lead blocks the action of calcium atoms in fostering the production
>>>of neurotransmitters in the brain - such as dopamine and seratonin -
>>>that appear to suppress violent behavior, he said. Thus the
>>>silicofluoride ultimately is responsible for more aggressive behavior
>>>among people who drink the water that has been treated with
>>>silicofluoride and whose diets are lacking in calcium, he said.
>>>
>>>Calcium deficiency is more common among black people than among white
>>>people, which might help explain racial patterns of violent behavior,
>>>he said.
>>>
>>>In one of his studies, Mr. Masters found that residents of 25
>>>Massachusetts communities that used silicofluoride were more likely to
>>>have elevated levels of lead in their blood than were residents of 25
>>>other Massachusetts communities that did not. Myron J. Caplan, a
>>>retired chemical engineer who has collaborated with Mr. Masters, told
>>>The Chronicle that silicofluoride was less expensive than the only
>>>other widely useed fluoridation agent.
>>>
>>>Mr. Masters analysis of 129 rural communities in Georgia also found
>>>that communities that used silicofluoride had elevated rates of cocaine
>>>use. Lead in the brain because of silicofluoride may be the link in
>>>that case as well, he said. Cocaine addiction appears to be tied to low
>>>levels of dopamine in the brain, and lead in the brain depresses the
>>>dopamine levels.
>>>
>>>Mr. Masters said his study may challenge the common view that drug
>>>abuse and violent behavior are caused by a "moral defect" in the
>>>individual. In the case of silicofluoridated water, he said, the
>>>government may share in the responsibility for violence in society. "It
>>>is governments that determine what goes into our water supply," he said.
>>>
>>
>>
>>***********************************************************
>>Health hint
>>
>>200 IU of Vit E seemed to be "optimal" in preventing people
>>over 65 from heart disease, dementia and weak immunity.
>>Meydani at Tufts U. reported in JAMA, (sorry lost the date, ca.1997)
>>
>>drmom@geocities.com
>>http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/3995/
>>
>>
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