For those of you that aren't familiar with us, WRCC is an activist collective, operating out of Denver, Colorado, that has been active for well over a decade. In that time, we have taken on many focuses, in an attempt to inform the masses, limit government control, and do everything we can to make the world a more peaceful, healthy, loving place. Some of the banners we've taken up include GMO labeling, the TPP, mandatory vaccinations, and of course water fluoridation.
Water Fluoridation, what is it? Why don't we want it?
There is already SO much available online about this topic, so we're just going to touch on the basic points really quick, offer you some further reading links (bottom of the article), and then go on to our specific struggle to remove this poison from Denver's public water. The arguments we have focused on are:
- The argument the government is using to fluoridate is that it "improves oral health", meaning that this is mass medication, without consent or knowledge of those being medicated.
- There is no way to measure how much fluoride any given person is taking in through water fluoridation, with infants and 30-year-olds drinking the same medicated water.
- Municipalities don't use elemental fluoride/fluorine, they use fluorosilicic acid, sodium fluorosilicate, and sodium fluoride, most of which are industrial waste products, which businesses would be penalized for letting into the air, water, or soil.
- The improvements in oral health quoted by advocates are THE SAME in nations that do use water fluoridation and those that don't.
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The beginning of the debate
Our battle with the Denver Water Board began in earnest March 2011, when WRCC teamed up with the Fluoride Action Network, and rallied 20 folks to attend the Board's meeting and give a brief presentation on the potential harms of fluoridated water, including lots of research.
About a month later, we had another chance to address the Board, with a 10 minute time-limit, and far more of our crew in attendance. This time around, we had a chance to make a full presentation, explaining why fluoride is not a nutrient, why it is a neurotoxin, various medical effects, global statistics, and MUCH more. The board cut our presenter off at the 7.5 minute mark, and promptly disregarded everything that was said.
While these actions didn't change the Water Board's minds, they did start the conversation, got WRCC better versed on the talking points, and even got us mentioned on Info Wars. For the next few years, we directed our primary focus elsewhere, while continuing to spread knowledge to our wider community.
2015: Round Two... Fight!
Fast forward 4 years; WeAreChangeColorado has grown in numbers many times over, more and more experts have spoken out against water fluoridation, and Denver just keeps on adding it. In early 2015, we once again attended a Water Board meeting, with many WRCC members took the podium to give their thoughts and read off statistical & historical facts.<c/enter>
Penfield Tate III, vice president of the water board said:
"a couple of you mentioned information that seemed more current than when the last time we were together. If you could leave us copies of that, with our staff so they can look at it and brief us on it, I'd just appreciate it. Things change a lot quickly, so if there's more research or information, I'd appreciate having access to that."
We got pretty fired up from this event, and the Water Board's apparent unwillingness to actually listen to us, so we stepped our game in a big way...
Round 3: The most recent showdown
For the next round of this debate, WRCC pulled out all the stops. This time, we handed out thousands of pre-addressed postcards saying "STOP FLUORIDATING OUR PUBLIC WATER NOW" (pictured above), managed to get a full 3-hour "Public Water Fluoridation Forum", brought the Board to a vote on the issue, and managed to get TONS of mainstream publicity: Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio, ABC Denver, CBS Denver, Westword, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, The Colorado Independent, Denver Business Journal, and more!
In addition to local residents & activists, there were also experts speaking about the topic, including Dr. Paul Connett, author of "The Case Against Flouride". Here is his entire presentation:
After 6 months of non-stop work from our members, medical experts, and other activists around Colorado, we finally got the Water Board to take a vote on the issue. Not surprisingly, they completely disregarded everything that they had "learned", and decided to continue medicating a million people without their knowledge or consent. Of the 5 board members, only 3 attended, one was on the phone, and all 4 voted in favor of continuing the program. Here's our video of the vote itself, as well as their reasons for the decision.
What can you do?
Get yourself a reverse-osmosis filter, drink well/spring water, live somewhere that doesn't fluoridate their water, support organizations like WRCC (donate via BTC: 18Mi2J8Xm1dwfM1X9B6UR2GekkKa5eGV9T), and help educate your friends & family.
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