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D.A.F.F. Minister Speaks on Fluoridation
Fluoridated water has massive implications for the health of Manx livestock and pets. This area seems to have been completely
overlooked by the DHSS's Dr Emerson in his efforts to reduce tooth decay on the Island.
Animals drink lots of water, the bigger the animal the more water they drink a dairy cow can consume up to 70 litres of
water per day.
As Fluoride is cumulative much of the toxins are stored away in the skeletal frame and soft tissues of animals resulting
in devestating damage (see above file).
Fluoridated water would no doubt increase vet bills and affect production output and livestock quality if it were to go
ahead.
See below for an example story of a horse breeding couple who moved to a Fluoridated are of the US (full colour download
file above).
CATHY'S HORSES - DEFORMED & DISABLED BY FLUORIDATED WATER.
By Elizabeth A McDonagh.
For Cathy and Wayne Justus, it was an important day. Six years married, they were leaving California for a new life at
Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 900 miles to the East. Pagosa Springs was an enviable location, a small community nestling at the
foot of the San Juan mountain range with spectacular views that changed with the seasons. Cathy and Wayne were thrilled with
the property they had found there. It was a small farm where they could continue to breed the quality Quarter Horses for which
they had already earned a reputation. For Wayne, the ever-changing scenery would provide inspiration for his fine paintings.
He specialises in depicting the traditional life of the Western cowboy and incidents from the Civil War. (www.waynejustus.com.)
To state it mildly, Wayne loves horses and is pretty good at painting them. Cathy, who first met him in junior high school,
shares his enthusiasm and cares devotedly for their animals.
Early days at Pagosa Springs were not easy for the couple. There was no house on the farm and priority demanded that they
first build a barn to house the livestock. Their pioneering work rewarded, they partitioned off the barn and shared it with
the horses and dogs. Only later would they build their house and for Wayne, a large log cabin studio with a traditional stove
at its heart.
By 1981 the Justuses felt the success of their horse enterprise was assured. They had bought a new mare, Lil Belle Bonanza
(Belle for short). Belle was the daughter of the world-leading Quarter Horse stallion Ricky Bonanza. When purchased, she was
in foal and her previous foal Bonanza's Q TBar, a filly affectionately known as Bird, followed her everywhere. Bird was developing
normally and showing athletic potential. In 1982, and again in 1983, Belle produced large foals, both fillies, Satin Bow Nanza
(Satin) and Perfectlydun Bonanza. The latter, nicknamed Baby Doe, soon became a great favourite with Cathy. She showed exceptional
promise, being large and athletic with perfect legs and long sloping pasterns.
Wayne was away at times, trekking in the mountains or working as a cowboy to store up inspiration and ideas. When he was
at home, he worked up to twelve hours a day on his paintings. Cathy took most of the responsibility for the house, the farm
and the welfare of the horses. Everything seemed fine until 1985 when Belle gave birth to an unusually small filly. The foal
survived only two months and at autopsy showed suppurating sores on its internal organs. No cause was found for this strange
occurrence. Worryingly, Bird, by age five, had lost some of her athleticism and had developed bony lumps on her knees as well
as a strange tendency to shake her head.
All the horses were afflicted by recurring bouts of colic. It was not unusual for Cathy to have to deal with two to three
colic cases in a month.
In 1986, Belle produced a son, Skip Classic Edition nicknamed Mister. The colt was smaller than expected but seemed otherwise
normal. Belle's next foal was also a colt, Legendary Cowboy (Cowboy) born in 1987. At about the same time, a filly was born
to Belle's daughter, Bird. Subsequent attempts to breed with Bird failed and she never had another foal.
Satin, born to Belle in 1982, was a good athlete with perfect legs but she suffered from chronic colic. She foaled a small
filly (Fancy Frills Bonanza a.k.a. Frills) in 1987 but subsequently showed no heat-cycle. (In 1991, Satin was sold to a ranch
in California after which her health problems improved and her new owners were pleased with her.) At about ten years of age,
Frills' legs started bowing and growing bony lumps.
By 1990 it was very clear that all was not well with the Justuses' horses. Problems included colic and chronic coughs,
lethargy, neurological problems, crooked legs, lameness, soft tissue hardening, hard lumps on bones, thyroid, skin, kidney
and reproductive problems including chronic abscesses. It was in 1990 that real disaster struck. Belle was once again in foal
and was taken to California for foaling and re-breeding. Cathy and Wayne received a call that the mare was in labour but could
not deliver the foal. The vet explained that a Caesarean section would be both difficult and expensive. It would also necessitate
the use of drugs which would leave Belle crippled with laminitis. Worse, the mare would never again be able to conceive. The
alternative of putting Belle down seemed kinder and this was the sad decision made. On autopsy, the foal, a colt, was found
to be grossly abnormal. His head was less than half the normal length, he had no neck, no eyes and no nostrils. He had no
muscles at all.
Meanwhile, Baby Doe had chronic colic and was lethargic, often falling asleep on her feet and dropping to her knees. For
a long time she showed no sign of coming into heat. Eventually, in 1997, she was pregnant.
Cathy looked forward to her favourite producing a foal but when it happened there was cause for disappointment. Baby Doe's
colt was extremely immature and cryptorchid (that is he had only one testicle). He did survive and was named Winning Gold
Bonanza, Win for short. Shortly after birth he developed lumps under his skin, he urinated a lot and, as he grew, his hips
appeared swollen. He was unsteady on his feet and often stumbled because his joints gave way causing his legs to go out from
under him. By the year 2000, Baby Doe was suffering from continuous infections, thyroid problems, misshapen bones and hooves,
joint problems, lameness, constant profuse urination and difficulty breathing. She exhibited the classic symptoms including
the hairiness of 'Cushings Disease', (Equine Metabolic Syndrome).
Cathy was in despair. She tried changing the horses' feed but to no avail. None of her contacts could shed any enlightenment
on the diverse health problems that were afflicting her horses. Vets had investigated Baby Doe's symptoms but none could offer
any explanation, let alone a diagnosis. A purchased filly, Impressive N. Elegant (Siena) had developed a chronic cough and,
in Cathy's words, "weird bumps all over her body" a few months after her arrival. The vets said she had "an
immune dysfunction". But when Cathy and Wayne took her away to horse-shows for a few days the bumps would disappear.
"The problem must be at home", Cathy reasoned. She suspected the water supply, especially as she and Wayne always
drank distilled water. It would have been prohibitively expensive to distil water for the horses. Cathy asked the vets whether
it was possible that the fluoride added to municipal supplies since the mid eighties could be responsible for the horses'
ills. She says "They looked at me as if I was nuts".
Baby Doe's second foal, Skips Winning Bnanza (Skipper) was born in 1999. He had very crooked front legs, urinary problems
and an attitude that was less than desirable. Cathy decided to try the homeopathic remedy Calc.Fluor because, as she told
me, "To find the correct remedy in homeopathy you look for the distinct symptoms. Since like cures like in homeopathy
and fluoride causes skeletal problems it was the most likely remedy for Skipper's skeletal problems. It worked wonderfully.
" This success seemed to confirm Cathy's suspicions but there was still no proof and no professional believed as she
did.
By the year 2000, Baby Doe was very sick. Attempts to get her in foal again were unsuccessful. Cathy and Wayne consulted
six vets, including two from Colorado State University, where Baby Doe was taken for a time. The vets completely dismissed
Cathy's fluoride-poisoning theory, one insisting that "fluoride is good for you". One vet diagnosed hormone problems
including a very low T4 (thyroxin) count. E coli and Staphylococcal infections of the uterus were confirmed. The mare continued
to eat and drink but her symptoms worsened.
Realising that the vets had no answers, Cathy turned again to alternative medicine. She used homeopathy, herbs chosen
for their cleansing properties, fresh Aloe vera every day, acupuncture, acupressure, phototonic therapy and chiropractic.
Most of the horses showed some improvement in their general well-being but the gelding who, at five, had accompanied the Justuses
from California, Sargeant Spot Cash (Sarge) died. He had developed sarcomas, Cushings Disease, abscesses, joint deformities,
and breathing problems.
THE FLUORIDE DECEPTION
Snow remained on the ground throughout the winter of 2003/2004, something that had never happened in the previous ten
years of comparative drought in Colorado. The horses' water in the outside tank lasted eighteen days. It was usually replenished
every other day. Clearly, the horses were choosing to eat snow rather than drink the city water. ( See image above left of
Baby Doe's hoof during this winter period). As the winter months went by, the horses' health began to improve. For the first
time in ten years there were no colics. All winter, Baby Doe shed the long hair that was a symptom of her 'Cushing's disease'.
Her infections had resolved and she was again in foal. Two different vets confirmed this by ultrasound and palpation. Within
two weeks of the snowmelt, colic was back. The Justuses, now certain that the city water had caused their problems, arranged
for a supply of water from the San Juan River. After this, the colics ceased and, in some of the horses, other symptoms abated.
Above: (Perfectlydun Bonanza.) Baby Doe's odd hoof growth. Image shows normal winter growth and abnormal summer growth.
During the winter of 2003/2004 the horses choose to eat the snow, rather than drink the fluoridated tap water.
In 2004, Cathy read Christopher Bryson's book "The Fluoride Deception". One passage in particular rang bells
with her. Page 354 reported birth defects linked to an agricultural pesticide named Benlate, a compound of fluorine. Benlate
had caused babies to be born without eyes, like Belle's last foal. VETS COULD NOT OFFER EXPLANATION Sadly, Baby Doe's pregnancy
was more than her sick body could handle. The mare was lame, lethargic, with thickenings on her joints, bones and spine. She
had abscesses and oozing from lymph nodes. She "popped and cracked with every movement" Cathy told me "She
got so she didn’t want to stand...she would lie down and as soon as her head touched the ground her eyes would roll
back and roll around uncontrolled. Her legs would go like she was running.....and her whole body would shake. I timed her
one day and she did this for eight minutes." At the end Baby Doe'?, breathing became very laboured and shallow, her heartbeat
went up to 120 beats per minute and she had to be euthanized.
On autopsy, Baby Doe was found to have no foal inside her. (It is probable that she had re-absorbed her foal or aborted
it.) Cathy and Wayne requested tests to determine the fluoride levels in the mare's organs and other possible causes of her
deterioration. Heart, lung, liver, kidney and blood samples were taken. Tests were done for various problems and infections
including botulism and West Nile disease. All were negative. The vet reported that she could not find a laboratory that knew
how to test for fluoride. Wayne buried Baby Doe and Cathy was distraught.
Determined that her fluoride theory should be checked out, Cathy made strenuous efforts, 'phoning from coast to coast
to find a laboratory with the necessary facilities. Little more than a week later her persistence was rewarded. Cathy was
given the name of Professor Lennart Krook, a veterinarian at Cornell State University, said to be an expert on fluoride. Cathy
rang him up and told him she thought her horses had been poisoned by fluoridated water. "Symptoms?" was his reply.
Cathy related the problems of the past fifteen years and the sad death of Baby Doe.
Dr. Krook told her he would need a bone to test for fluoride before he could give a firm diagnosis. Cathy protested "But
the mare has been buried for over a week." "Dig her up." "I don't think I can do that emotionally",
said Cathy with tears in her eyes. "You have to. Millions of people and animals are being poisoned by fluoride and the
more evidence we can get to prove this the better" The next day Wayne took out a backhoe and dug up the mare. He excised
a foreleg, which he sent to Dr. Krook. A month later, the Justuses received the veterinarian's report. Baby Doe had suffered
from Chronic Fluoride Poisoning. The owners of two other dead horses that had been drinking fluoridated city water from Pagosa
Springs also sent leg bones to Dr Krook and they received similar diagnoses. Cathy's remaining living horses were also confirmed
as suffering from 'Chronic Fluoride Poisoning'.
Cathy tells me that Dr Krook has spent fifty years of his life studying how fluoride affects animals. Their joint paper
"Fluoride Poisoning of Horses From Artificially Fluoridated Drinking Water " was peer reviewed and published in
the Jan/March 2006 issue of Fluoride, the quarterly journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research.
A second paper reviewing allergic reactions of the Justus horses and improvement since the cessation of water fluoridation
appeared in the April/June edition. (See www.fluorideresearch.com)
Dr Krook has told Cathy that her horses are the first horses to be diagnosed with fluoride poisoning from fluoridated
water. This is because vets and doctors are not taught to recognise the very varied signs of fluoride toxicity. Dr Krook has
explained to Cathy how fluoride works insidiously at the cellular level. It inhibits enzymes, the chemical catalysts which
underpin all cellular chemistry, including the energy-production mechanisms of the mitochondria. It also alters the mineralisation
of collagen, bringing about changes to the bones and teeth. It hardens the soft tissue of cartilage, tendons and ligaments
causing joint pain which is often diagnosed as arthritis.
On 25th January 2005, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) allowed a group of forty local residents,
headed by Wayne and Cathy Justus, to voice their concerns about the fluoridation of the area's water. Cathy told how she and
Wayne had successfully raised Quarter Horses before their move to Pagosa Springs. Their horses, she said, were from long lines
of champions and among the best in the world. Her voice breaking at times, she recalled all the tribulations of the previous
fifteen years and how, after many vets had been unable to account for the horses' symptoms, Dr Krook had finally diagnosed
Chronic Fluoride Poisoning caused by fluoridation of the local city water.
On March 29th 2005, the Board of PAWSD voted unanimously to cease the fluoridation programme in Pagosa Springs. Cathy
now gives talks to community groups about how fluoridation affected her horses and she addressed a fluoride conference in
New York in July 2006.
In Cathy's words, "People and animals die and the true cause and reason for that death is rarely known. Fluoridation
is now in its sixtieth year. Chronic illnesses like cancer, Alzheimer's, thyroid problems, birth defects, reproductive problems
and arthritis have grown in leaps and bounds since fluoridation started. Could there be a connection? From my experience in
the last fifteen years — without a doubt."
National Pure Water Association was founded in 1960 by the late Lord Douglas of Barloch. NPWA opposes fluoridation on
scientific grounds and also because it forces a medical intervention on whole populations, regardless of individual choice.
This contravenes generally accepted principles of medical ethics and violates the European Convention on Human Rights.
Fluoridation to 1 part per million (1ppm) provides no control on any individual's fluoride intake, which depends on the
amount of fluoridated water drunk plus the amount obtained from other sources such as beverages, toothpaste, toiletries, medications,
anaesthetics, pesticide residues and air-pollution. A cumulative poison, fluoride builds up in the body throughout life.
Some people already receive more fluoride than is good for them e.g. babies whose formula feed is mixed with fluoridated
water, children with dental fluorosis (mottled and stained teeth caused by fluoride), kidney patients, thyroid patients, allergy
sufferers and the elderly. The Government's own York Review (September 2000) could find scant support for fluoridation in
the scientific literature. We invite you to help us by becoming a member or by sending a donation. Membership is £15 p.a.,
Unwaged, £10, Families £18. Please send cheque payable to National Pure Water Association (and marked Membership or Donation)
to:-
Membership Secretary, NPWA, 8, Harebell Close, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7BA.
NPWA acknowledges with thanks the help given by Cathy Justus and Namaste Publishing in the production of this leaflet.
National Pure Water Association
February 2007
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