Since 1985, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters’ union has expressed concerns about fluoride. In 2005,
eleven environmental protection agency EPA employee unions,
representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals
of the Civil Service, called for a halt on drinking water fluoridation
programs across the USA and asked EPA management to recognize fluoride
as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. Among the
union’s concerns are what they contend is a cover-up of evidence from
Harvard School of Dental Medicine linking fluoridation with an
elevated risk of osteosarcoma in boys, a rare but fatal bone
cancer.  

In addition, over 1,730 health industry professionals, including one
Nobel prize winner in medicine (Arvid Carlsson), doctors, dentists,
scientists and researchers from a variety of disciplines are calling
for an end to water fluoridation in an online petition to
Congress. The petition signers express concern for vulnerable
groups like “small children, above average water drinkers, diabetics,
and people with poor kidney function,” who they believe may already be
overdosing on fluoride. Another concern that the petition signers
share is, “The admission by federal agencies, in response to questions
from a Congressional subcommittee in 1999-2000, that the industrial
grade waste products used to fluoridate over 90% of America’s drinking
water supplies (fluorosilicate compounds) have never been subjected to
toxicological testing nor received FDA approval for human
ingestion.” The petition was sponsored by the Fluoride Action
Network of Canton, New York, the most active anti-fluoridation
organization in North America.

An epidemiological connection between silicofluorides, an industrial
byproduct which is used to fluoridate much of the U.S. water, and lead
was observed in a 2000 study. A 2006 U.S. CDC-funded study was
unable to replicate the results, which the original researchers
responded to in a 2007 rebuttal. Aside from the lead connection,
concerns are raised as to whether silicofluorides might have different
effects on the body than sodium fluorides, and silicofluorides have
not been rigorously tested for safety.  Many studies did not attempt to reduce observer bias, control for confounding factors, report variance measures, or use appropriate analysis.

What we need to understand is that silicofluorides are a byproduct of the aluminum manufacturing process.  How profitable this waste product is now to companies like Alcoa and how convenient that the industrial companies don’t have to dispose of this hazardous waste – so let us all just drink it away!  Any positive effect is largely due to the topical effect of fluoride ions in the mouth rather than the systemic effect of ingestion.  Thus flouride does not need to be swallowed to be effective.  And even so, in 1986 fluoridation opponent Mark Diesendorf pointed out the substantial declines in tooth decay in nonfluoridated European countries.

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What is Bodywork?

Bodywork is a therapeutic type of massage therapy that helps with relieving pain, reducing anxiety and stress, along with bringing a sense of spiritual balance back to the body. It involves the use of several forms of therapy which include breathing techniques through Yoga and respiratory therapy. For the centering and spiritual balance there are the Structural Integration (Rolfing), Trager therapy, Continuum, and Feldenkrais methods. The last two types involve usage of voice, dance therapy and movement.  The most popular massage type, deep tissue massage therapy, and it focuses on relieving pain, relaxing the muscles, and improving fluid flow in various parts of the body.

What is Structural Integration/Rolfing?

Rolfing is a type of therapy that focuses on the soft tissues of the body (fascia and connective tissue) to release the posture from its imbalances. This therapy is also known all over the world as Rolfing Structural Integration or Rolfing therapy.

Rolfing helps with improving posture, realigning and balancing the entire body. It also helps with rebuilding the mobility and overall movement in the body. Structural Integration/Rolfing assists in relieving pain from a variety of health issues such as repetition motion injuries, back pain, musculoskeletal pain and trauma. This type of therapy can be used with other physical therapies such as yoga, pilates, physical therapy, and other wellness programs.

What is Trager Therapy?

Trager therapy is a type of method that focuses on the movement between the body and the mind. The focus is on table work which normally lasts from 60-90 minutes. The movements of the body are natural and not forced, so it is important for the massage to go with the natural flow.

The Trager therapy approach is focused on relieving deep physical and mental health routine patterns. It is good to help with healing sciatica nerve pain, back pain, multiple sclerosis, chronic spinal pain, physiological health conditions, relieves stress, tension, and anxiety disorders. The focus is to ultimately bring the body to complete relaxation and a state of stability.

The goal of Trager therapy is to release the body and mind of the traumatic experiences that the person has gone through. When this is completely released, it helps the body reach a point of healing and gain back its strength.

What is Deep tissue massage therapy?

Deep tissue massage therapy that is focuses on relieving chronic pain disorders, stress, anxiety, and injuries. It is known for providing tension release that will untangle the knots in the muscles, bringing relaxing and oneness with the body and spiritual well-being.  The massage therapist will apply deep pressure against the muscles to help rid the body of toxins that have taken up hostage in the body which causes massive destructive behavior. There may be some residual pain after the deep tissue massage session however it will take several days for this to subside. It takes a little bit of time for the muscles to recover from what was done during the massage therapy session.

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These following excerpts are from Dr. Mercola:

A three-month-long investigation by CBS News, released earlier this week that  included state-by-state test results, revealed some very different facts. The CBS study found that H1N1 flu cases are NOT as prevalent as feared. A CBS article even states:

“If you’ve been diagnosed “probable” or “presumed” 2009 H1N1 or “swine flu” in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu. In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all.“

CBS reports that in late July 2009 the CDC advised states to STOP testing for H1N1 flu, and they also stopped counting individual cases.  Their rationale for this, according to CBS News, was that it was a waste of resources to test for H1N1 flu because it was already confirmed as an epidemic.

So just like that virtually every person who visited their physician with flu-like symptoms since late July was assumed to have H1N1, with no testing necessary because, after all, there’s an epidemic.

It’s interesting to note that at the same time as the CDC decided the H1N1 epidemic warranted no further testing for cases due to its epidemic status, Finnish health authorities actually downgraded the threat of swine flu.

In late July the health ministry and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland actually removed swine flu from a list of diseases considered dangerous to the public because the majority of cases recovered without medication or hospital care!

And, as the CDC continues to use fear to motivate and control Americans with their worst-case swine flu scenarios, they say nothing of the experience of those in the southern hemisphere, which just finished their flu season and found it was not as bad as expected.

CBS News Finds H1N1 Tests “Overwhelmingly Negative”

Before beginning their investigation, CBS News asked the CDC for state-by-state test results prior to their halting of testing and tracking. The CDC did not initially respond so CBS went to all 50 states directly, asking for their statistics on state lab-confirmed H1N1 prior to the halt of individual testing and counting in July.
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