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Letters

while researching online. I was actu- to Protect Your Children from Fluoride” lost one of my children due to fetal hy-
ally looking for the best brand of com- highlighted new research on the adverse dantoin syndrome. This syndrome is a
mercial baby formula as my own milk effects of low-dose fl uoride exposure rare disorder that is caused by exposure
was drying up. It’s a long story but the such as we get with water fl uoridation. of a fetus to the anticonvulsant drug
main thing is that I found WAPF and my For those who missed the talk you can phenytoin (Dilantin).
daughter, once a two-pound, three-ounce get more information from a soon-to- When I was 16 weeks pregnant with
preemie, thrived on raw milk and bone be-released book she is co-writing for my son Elisha, my water broke and I
broth formula, and is now a very vibrant, Second Look, a Tides Center project found out that doctors had no hope that
healthy, unvaccinated two-year-old. (www.SLweb.org, www.tidescenter. my baby would live through the preg-
My health has improved as well org), The Fluoride Illness Handbook: A nancy. It was then that I began looking
because of the website, links, books, Guide to Identifi cation and Treatment. for an alternative way to deal with my
etc. My life has changed dramatically In the meantime there is something epilepsy during pregnancy. The only
and for the better. I now raise free-range that each concerned reader can do to help thing I found out at that time was that
pasture-fed chickens and eat as much as bring the practice of fl uoridation to an the amino acid taurine could help reduce
I can according to the dietary principles. end. Go to the Fluoride Action Network epileptic seizures and for the duration of
Everyone I meet who I feel is really website (www.fl uorideaction.com) and the pregnancy, that’s all I used, but still
open-minded I introduce to WAPF. I’m select the link to send a message to your had seizures, although at a much lesser
getting the membership in my daughter’s congressional representatives asking for degree.
name to honor her and how she led me a moratorium on fl uoridation and full Once my body got used to the
to WAPF. congressional investigation. It takes Dilantin, it wouldn’t work any more.
Roxanne Bloomer many voices to force Congress to action. I tried a few other anticonvulsants and
Cadiz, Ohio If you are a medical, dental, health, sci- the last one threw me over the edge; I
ence, or water professional you can also became anorexic, was constantly sick
ANTI-FLUORIDE ACTIVISM select the link to sign the professionals’ and wanted to commit suicide. (These
Did you know that the American statement. side effects were all listed on the drug’s
Dental Association issued a bulletin to Shirley Jacobson, RN website.) That’s when I got desperate
their members this year warning parents Bellingham, Washington and began really searching. Thankfully
to avoid using fluoridated water when I have found several natural healers!

mixing infant formula? Use of fl uori- RAW MILK STOPS SEIZURES I have been going to a chiropractor
dated water increases the baby’s risk of I am 29 years old and have suf- twice a week, and I eat almost exclu-
the toxic effects of fluorosis. Only two fered from epilepsy for 11 years now. sively all organic food. I take fi sh oil,

out of an audience of about 50 at your I had my fi rst seizure when I was 18. amino acids L-tyrosine and taurine, a
recent conference were aware of this Medical doctors immediately put me on very high quality multivitamin, coconut
fact. anticonvulsant medications. Aside from oil and raw milk! When I am out of the
I was very pleased that Dr. Phyllis a few tests (MRI and Sleep Deprivation raw milk for a few days, I begin to have
Mullenix was invited to speak at the EEG), they never investigated what was some auras and seizures. It is essential
Wise Traditions conference. For those going on in my life for possible causes for me to be able to keep my supple-
unfamiliar with her story on fl uoride or cures. ments and milk around so that I can live
research, the details can be found in In these past 11 years I have had a a normal life.
The Fluoride Deception by Christopher few miscarriages due to the medication Since eating a healthy diet that in-
Bryson. Her talk titled “Why You Need Dilantin that I was on, and I also almost cludes raw milk, I no longer need medi-

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