How much fluoride would someone be exposed to if they were in an area that had fluoridation of water and they were taking "fluoride containing medicaments"? What would their 'daily dose' be?
It must be clear that nobody of the group had any idea of the fluoride topic, I myself included. We had heard some people talking about fluoride problems and assumed it to be a conspiracy theory. Something not being worth to care about.
The group was an anesthesia research group. In a completely unconnected study results were found like shown in the image below. Those results were by chance findings. The graph shows the extracellular intra cerebral concentration of glutamate, measured by intra cerebral micro dialysis and the correlation to the depth of anesthesia measured by the Spectral Edge Frequency SEF 95. (Glutamate in the extracelluar space of the brain is one of the damage parameters of the brain tissue).
For the adjustment of the depth of anesthesia the inhaled concentration of Halothane was used.
The results show a linear increase of the brain damage with increased concentrations of inhaled Halothane. Halothane containing two fluor atoms is added to the inspiratory gas mixture in concentrations of 0.5% to 1.5% (Sevoflurane containing 7 Fluor atoms is added by 3% - 7%. In contrary to all other anesthetic gases Sevoflurane leads to formation of 3 highly toxic compounds, the so called compounds A, B and C. The concentrations of the most toxic one, Compound A in the meantime was lowered by changing some technical details of the ventilators).
For many reasons those findings were not published. One reason is the number of measuring points. Another one is Halothane not being used anymore in anesthesia in humans.
Those preliminary findings were used to justify a further study, planned to be free of any cross influences and using the state of the art anesthetic Sevoflurane.
That was how the study was planned. The topic was the influence of the depth of anesthesia or the dirct toxicity of an aesthetic agent on the brain.
In the complete protocol not one single word about fluoride toxicity was found.
Nobody cared during the time of planning for a new face in the institution's administration. That was a mistake. That "new face" used all influence and power to stop the approved and budgeted study and finally succeeded in destroying it.
In research it is not normal that a member of the administration is using his/her influence in such a destructive way. Therefore the backgrounds of the individual was "researched" and the details described in the first posting were found. The name INNOPHOS which was at the time being the true employer of the person was a surprise, phosphates playing absolutely no role in anesthesia. When it was found that phosphate mining also means "fluoride recovery" the first connection to the fluoride topic was made. That was some five months ago. I excuse myself for not having become a fluoride specialist in this very short time. If the topics above however truly are connected it is an ethical duty to give out a warning even if the scientific evidence is incomplete. That pool of evidence will not significantly grow if the actors of fluoride administration continue to work this way.
That is another reason to make our experience public. In Europe the water is not fluoridated. It is not our brain which is at risk and not our children being the losers. Those are yours and you are free to make jokes about any warning and to ignore all data. Brain damaged people also can have a happy life.
Please refrain from criticizing my grammars or wordings. That is exactly the reason why I had to become a physician and not Shakespeare. That still hurts me.
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