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Sandi’s Smiles:
7
Dentistry Diff erent!
Today is Your Day
24
Best Version of You!
13
Give Your Baby
6
a Great Start

Powerhouse
26
Healing Therapies

NEW! Planetary
35
Astrological Forecast
AN INSIGHTFUL INTERVIEW WITH
NATALIA LEVEY
Cravings Boss
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2 Classes and Workshops 17 10 Best Benefits of Pilates Exercise
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2 Community Events --------------------------------------------------------------
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5 From the Publisher An Insightful Interview with Natalia
--------------------------------------------------------------- Levey on her new book Cravings Boss
6 HU–The Sound of Soul by Karen Larré, Carla Garcia & Dave Weaver
presented by ECKANKAR in New Mexico ---------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Work with What You Have
6 Give Your Baby a Great Start! by Carmen Montano, MD
by Ellen Santistevan, LMT #6535, ---------------------------------------------------------------
RMTI I-0513, NCBTMB 1348 22 I’ve Decided to Live 120 Years
--------------------------------------------------------------- by Body & Brain Yoga
7 Sandi’s Smiles: Dentistry Different ---------------------------------------------------------------
What would your life look like if by Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, MS 24 Today is Your Day!
--------------------------------------------------------------- by Bill Haggard, All About Health
food cravings didn’t control you?
8 Unprecedented Lawsuit Could ---------------------------------------------------------------
Before caving in to yet another End Water Fluoridation in US 25 Having Skin Issues? Let’s clear
food splurge, bloated and full of Based on Neurotoxicity Studies them up for the New Year!
by Stuart Cooper, Fluoride Action Network by Janet L. Hall, MA, Naturopathy, CKP, CBT
regret, remember one thing: Your
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cravings are trying to tell you 9 Your Best Brain Health in 2018 26 Powerhouse Healing Therapies
something (and it’s not what you by Pamela J. Costello, MD PhD by Dr. Angelique Hart, MD
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think!). While it may seem that
10 Got Food Cravings? Need an 27 Healthcare Headaches?
your cravings are the ultimate Immune Boost? Myers Cocktails by Dr. Juliette Sweet (formerly Dr. Mulgrew)
enemy, once you understand their to the Rescue ---------------------------------------------------------------
underlying messages, you can gain by Dr. Jan Jay, DOM and Joe Jaros, MD 27 Happy New Year!
--------------------------------------------------------------- by Rev. Heidi Peck
the upper hand and become the 11 Good Health is Cheaper Than ---------------------------------------------------------------
boss of your cravings. Expensive Medicine 28 Immune Boosters, ‘Tis the Season!
by William K. Summers, MD by Christopher Hall, President
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12 Roll Back the Years with 29 The Benefits of Remote Computer
In a humorous manner, Natalia Micro-Needling Support
shares her knowledge, tools and by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM by Peter Trinh
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personal experiences that have
13 Be the Best Version of YOU with 30 How Healing Across Dimensions
helped her clients manage their Intravenous Therapy Helps Addictions
appetites and lose weight. Her by Philomena Marcus, CNP by Maggie Mathisen
unique five-step plan to take --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
14 Beautiful New You in 2018! 32 Resource Directory
control will ---------------------------------------------------------------
by Louise Swartswalter
leave you --------------------------------------------------------------- 34 NEW! Feel Good News Around
empowered 15 Can Parasites Cause Food Cravings the Planet
and Weight Gain? a Good News Story that’s inspiring and uplifting
and ready ---------------------------------------------------------------
by Dr. Glenn Wilcox, DOM
to fire those --------------------------------------------------------------- 35 NEW! Planetary Forecast for
health- 16 How’s Your Sleep? January/February
by Edalyn Johnson, FNP by John Clinton
sabotaging
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cravings. 17 Is Breast Pain a Sign of Cancer? 36 Advertising Rates
by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM
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2nd Wednesday of each month
Natural Solutions for Healthcare Jan 10 & Feb 14, 5-8pm
Sound of Soul
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huge diff erence! Learn how to use Detox Foot Bath: $15
HU can uplift people of any religion,
simple essential oils at home for your Experience Reiki Healing fi rsthand. You
culture, or walk of life. You’re invited to
healthcare. Replace harmful chemicals will be glad you did!
experience chanting HU, contemplative
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alternatives for your body and home.
Saturdays 9-10am others of like heart.
Naturopath-facilitated class. All health
Everyone Welcome. Held at: N. Domingo Baca Center
questions welcome. Enjoy a life of
Held at: Th e Park at Lomas and 7521 Carmel Ave. NE
wellbeing!
Carlisle: NW corner Albuquerque 87109
Essential Emotions Look for sign “Sitting for Peace” ECK Light & Sound Service
Feb 10 & 24, 11am (ABQ) (cid:127) FREE
Chair Yoga at Peace and Ongoing, 2nd Sundays
Feb 4, 11am (Ruidoso) (cid:127) FREE
Justice Center 10:30am (cid:127) By donation
Would you like to be more connected,
Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30pm You are warmly invited. Each service
happy and empowered? Learn how
Donations accepted focuses on an aspect of Eckankar and
your emotions and life experiences are
Join Lisbeth Carlisle for Chair Yoga at features a reading from the ECK works,
processed throughout the body and
the Peace and Justice Center. Call 459- a HU song, and a group discussion of
how to ground and anchor emotions
7358 for details. spiritual principles at work in daily life.
for healthy biochemistry. Naturopath-
Held at: 202 Harvard SE Th e service lasts about an hour.
facilitated class. All health questions
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welcome. Experience a life of balance!
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Basic Yoga Trial Classes
Chanting this once-secret name for
Jan 6, 20 & 27, Feb 3 & 17, 10am
RSVP Required by the Friday God, HU, has helped people throughout
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time to fi nd inner peace and divine love.
We look forward to seeing you! (Regular price $20, $15 off )
All faith/beliefs welcome.
Your body holds all answers. Trust your
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required: call 2-24 hours before—leave
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High Desert Center for Spiritual Living
5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114 Heartfelt Peace Meditation Heartfelt Peace Meditation
505-922-1200 with Rev. Heidi Peck with Rev. Maggie Barker
HighDesertCSL.org
January 31, 6-7pm February 28, 6-7pm
Our theme for January is Beginnings. Our theme for February is Love Wherever you are on your spiritual
Th is month we share an introduction path, we look forward to sharing
Sunday Celebration
to the principles of the Science of Mind the journey with you!
with Rev. Jac Blackman
Teaching. All events are by donation
unless otherwise indicated. February 4, 10-11am
Topic: What is Real Love
EVENTS AT:
Heartfelt Peace Meditation Really Like?
Shambhala Meditation Center
with Rev. Jac Blackman Path to Wealth groups meets
Held at: 1102 Mountain Rd NW, ABQ
January 3, 6-7pm aft er service.
87102 (cid:127) Info: 505-717-2486
Sunday Celebration Heartfelt Peace Meditation www.albuquerque.shambhala.org
with Rev. Jac Blackman with Rev. Jac Blackman
Topic: The Thing Itself February 7, 6-7pm Open Public Sitting Hours
January 7, 10-11am Wednesdays, 6-7pm
Installation Ceremony for Sundays, 10am-noon
Path to Wealth groups meets aft er
Rev. Heidi M. Peck with FREE
service.
Special Guest Join us for public sitting Wednesday
Heartfelt Peace Meditation Mayor Gregg Hull evenings & Sunday mornings Med-
with Lin Nowicki, RSCP February 9, 7-9pm itation instruction is available upon
January 10, 6-7pm
request every Sunday at 10:00 AM. On
Sunday Celebration with
Sunday Celebration with Rev. Heidi M. Peck the last Sunday of the month, please join
Rev. Heidi M. Peck Topic: Be My Valentine us as we go out for a community lunch
Topic: The Way It Works February 11, 10-11am following public sitting.
January 14, 10-11am Friendship Sunday; Heart of Recovery Meditation
Friendship Sunday; Community Community Conversation Mondays, 6-7:30pm
Conversation & Pot Luck aft er service. & Pot Luck FREE
aft er service. Meditation and sharing support
Heartfelt Peace Meditation
group to bring together the practice of
with Rev. Heidi Peck Heartfelt Peace Meditation
meditation, the Shambhala & Buddhist
January 17, 6-7pm with Lin Nowicki, RSCP
teachings, and the Twelve Steps of
February 14, 6-7pm
Ascension Circle I with Recovery. Th ere are no requirements to
Quartz Crystal Bowls: Body Ascension Circle II with attend. Th e format of this meeting is a
January 20, 2-4pm Quartz Crystal Bowls: 20-minute sitting meditation, a reading
Emotions and group discussion.
Sunday Celebration with
February 17, 2-4pm
Rev. Heidi M. Peck
Topic: What It Does Sunday Celebration with Calling All Sponsors!
January 21, 10-11am Rev. Heidi M. Peck Your Donations Are Needed
Path to Wealth group meets aft er Topic: Rising in Love Th e resident animals at Kindred Spirits
service. February 18, 10-11am seek special friends to be their sponsors.
All donations, large or small, help support
Heartfelt Peace Meditation Heartfelt Peace Meditation
the loving care of our senior animals, and
with Rev. Maggie Barker with Rev. Heidi Peck
are tax deductable. Every penny goes to the
January 24, 6-7pm February 21, 6-7pm
animals!
Sunday Celebration with
Sunday Celebration Kindred Spirits (cid:127) 505-471-5366
Rev. Heidi M. Peck
with Rev. Heidi Peck www.kindredspiritsnm.org
Topic: How to Use It
Topic: Love is My Decision [email protected]
January 28, 10-11am
February 25, 10-11am facebook.com/KindredSpiritsAnimal
Th e Outreach Group meets aft er
Sanctuary
service.
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Healing Lifestyles since 1990
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PUBLISHER/OWNER from the publisher
Karen Larré
505.828.3430
[email protected] E
ach year for the January/February issue of Truly Alive, I
do my best to feature a book on healthy eating, fi tness or
ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER some other topic related to starting off the New Year in
Diana Massengale a healthy way. Th is year, the featured book Cravings Boss is
505.299.0274 written to help us understand and manage our food cravings.
I chose it because I feel that most us have food cravings which
[email protected]
are succumbed to rather than managed (which is perhaps evidenced by the high
percentage of Americans who are overweight). When I talk to most people about
food, the majority agree that we, as a culture, use food to soothe us emotionally
Copyright © 2018 TRULY ALIVE Magazine and this has led to too many of us being unhealthy. Th is coping mechanism is not,
All rights reserved. in my opinion serving us and if this book can help even a few people transform
their unhealthy responses to food cravings to healthy ones, I will be very happy to
Truly Alive (formerly Living Naturally Magazine)
is New Mexico’s premier holistic magazine & have contributed to the change.
resource guide—created for those interested
From hurricanes to fl ooding, earthquakes to landslides, cyclones, wildfi res
in natural, healthy, and spiritual ways of living.
and severe storms, this year has seen some of the deadliest (and costly) natural
Serving the progressive, alternative health
disasters in history. And our political climate hasn’t fared much better.
and spiritual communities since 1990, Truly
Alive endeavors to help readers discover It is my greatest, most heartfelt wish that 2018 will be extremely gentle and
a healthy, natural approach and creative loving, with miracle stories of help and kindness fl ooding our news and our lives.
solutions to their individual life needs. Each
In support of positive news, Truly Alive is introducing its new “Feel Good News
issue is fi lled with articles by leading holistic
Around the Planet” page, highlighting a positive, uplift ing news story each issue
doctors and practitioners, and spiritual
(see page 34).
ambassadors, providing the most up-to-date
and comprehensive guide to achieving a Also starting with this January/February 2018 issue, you will fi nd a change in
healing lifestyle for body, mind, spirit and the astrology section. Instead of personal 2-month forecasts covering 2 pages, the
the planet.
new focus will be on how astrology is predicted to aff ect us on planet-wide and
Truly Alive has been published in New Mexico cultural basis over the same two-month period and will cover one page.
since 1990 and currently prints up to 18,000
In the November/December issue, I wrote about saying goodbye to having Truly
copies every two months. The Truly Alive
online magazine contains all print materials Alive Magazines available for pickup at Albertson’s and Smith’s stores and asked
each issue as well as online-only content and readers to suggest new places we could expand our company-owned and company
has all print issues in the archives back to fi lled racks. I off ered a $250 prize for the reader providing the most suggestions
January, 2012: www.trulyalive.net. for new locations (which worked out). Your responses were wonderful, and we are
grateful for numerous new locations. (See page 29 for more info.) Visit our website
Truly Alive’s material is intended for infor-
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be substituted for medical advice. Consult
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HU–The Give Your Baby

Sound of Soul a Great Start!
By Ellen Santistevan, LMT #6535,
Presented by ECKANKAR in New Mexico
RMTI I-0513, NCBTMB 1348
It
HU is an ancient name for God. It is also a love is no secret that birthing is a diffi cult process. Babies
song to God. All that we do with the word can get twisted, wrenched around and stuck in odd
HU is to sing it with reverence. It represents positions all while under the intense pressure of the labor
the enormous love the Creator has for Its creation. contractions. Sometimes they really can’t get out, and must be
suddenly yanked out by vacuum, forceps, or C-section. Many
HU can be sung by anyone whether Christian, Muslim, or of
babies end up in the NICU, without the cuddling and touch that
any other religion. It isn’t meant to change your religion. HU
all babies need to feel safe and cared-for.
will enhance it.
Even the most natural and easy childbirth molds the child’s
With eyes open or closed, take a few deep breaths to relax. head, and the cranial bones may get overlapped. Misalignment
Th en begin to sing HU (pronounced like the word hue) in a of the spine and cranial bones can lead to poor nursing,
long drawn out sound: HU-U-U-U. respiratory and digestive upsets, colic, and other common
woes of infancy. Older children may manifest with behavioral
Take another breath, and sing HU again. Continue for up to
problems, poor coordination, asthma, nervous stomach, and
twenty minutes. Sing HU with a feeling of love, and it will
other issues.
gradually open your heart to God.
Th e birthing parent also experiences physical forces way
Benefi ts of singing HU: comfort, peace, calm; inner light and
beyond the normal range. Pelvic alignment changes, the
sound; expanded awareness; a release of fears;
lumbar spine becomes compressed, and many aches and pains
answers to your questions; a subtle sense of divine love;
are nearly ubiquitous. Many times, childbirth is experienced
spiritual protection.”
as a traumatic process for both parent and child. A diffi cult
– from Spiritual Experiences Guidebook,
pregnancy and birth, particularly in a very medicalized setting,
by Sri Harold Klemp,
or with surgical intervention, can be hard to recover from.
Spiritual Leader of ECKANKAR
Craniosacral therapy is the gentlest way to correct the
stresses of the birth process. It allows your baby to experience
See the Community Events section of this issue of Truly Alive
their life with greater ease and contentment, and can easily
for FREE upcoming Sound of Soul events
relieve some of those common problems as well as opening
both child and parent to a greater loving presence.
As a craniosacral therapist, I
can work with you and your child to
facilitate ease in your body and your
spirit. I can also teach new parents
about infant massage, which is a
wonderful bonding experience for
all of you, particularly when you
are having trouble feeling close
Discover more about HU at www.TheSoundofSoul.org
with your baby. I love to help people
fi nd their own path to ease in their
existence, and I strongly believe
that healthy parent-child bonding is one of the best gift s we can
give to our children. It helps us all to be more resilient, kind,
and generous throughout our lives.
And if you want to create a special ceremony to welcome
your new baby or adopted child, I will work with you to until it is
just the way you would like it.
Ellen Santistevan is a licensed massage therapist and
massage instructor, as well as a ULC minister and Life-Cycle
Celebrant. By appointment only: 505-250-4483,
www.thirdgoddess.com
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Sandi’s Smiles: Dentistry Different
By Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, MS
If
the thought of holistic dentistry if new to you, you’re not Amy says, “I would love to chat with you as I clean your
alone. But holistic services (including dentistry have been teeth, gently and thoroughly, about easy ways to clean your
increasing in popularity for years). It used to be when body inside and out. From healthy alternatives in your
someone had a doctor’s appointment, it usually meant one kitchen, I can suggest recipes from toothpaste to deodorant
thing…an appointment with a doctor trained in convention- to an easy, yummy meal to help you detox naturally. How
al medicine. While other professionals worked with various about naturally whitened teeth (no burning chemicals
problems of the body, (alternative practitioners, chiropractors, or sensitive teeth aft erward)? Wouldn’t you love making
acupuncturists, osteopaths, naturopaths and even convention- your own personal care products in just moments, void of
ally trained doctors who practice integrative care), many chemicals, and work just as well or better than those you pay
people had not heard of them. Many were skeptical and most so much for at the store?
oft en the insurance companies wouldn’t cover their services.
How about herbals for mouth rinses, facial toners, facial
But things have been changing, mostly because of patient masks and lotions, (the ones your body craves and are edible!)?
demand. More and more people want the best treatment for Or homeopathics for acute diseases, including the ones that
their whole body. At Sandi’s Smiles, we carefully adhere to should be in every heath chest. For relaxation, pain reduction
conventional dental protocol, while using more patient-friendly or increased clarity, activating acupressure points can off er
materials. Our patients are concerned with the type of x-rays
amazing results.
we use, (ours are digital, and emit 80-90% less radiation than
I can suggest diet additions and exclusions may help you
regular x-rays). Patients ask about the materials we use (no
mercury amalgam here!), instead we use composite material regain that youthful ‘get up and go’ you had earlier in life. It
(tooth colored) and sealant material with no BPA. No fl uoride really feels good to feel good, right?
or chemicals in our sterilization either. Our steam autoclave
Experience the medical device called the BEMER, during
reaches 250 degrees F to kill microorganisms. No artifi cial
your prophylaxis. We can place it on any body part that is
colors/fl avors in our polishing paste (which is also gluten-free).
not in tip-top health. It will increase microcirculation, and
Our cozy offi ce has soft music playing, and we use essential discomfort is oft en relieved substantially (if not entirely).
oils for the scalp massage (most patients’ favorite part of
It excites me to motivate people to heal holistically.
treatment!).
Daily, I rise an hour early, so I can study medical and
Jennifer Jungman, RDH has more than holistic newsletters online. Th is way, I keep abreast of new
28 years of experience. She brings with her developments in treating various health affl ictions.”
professionalism and heartfelt compassion
for patients from all walks of life. She has
worked in private practice, public health
pprraaccttiicceess,, wwiitthh ssppeecciiaall nneeeeddss ppaattiieennttss aanndd tthhoossee sshhee ccaallllss hheerr Sandi’s Smiles accepts most insurances and Medicaid. Call
“special” geriatric patients. She is a photographer (calls it her us to schedule your appointment with one of our wonderful
hobby) but takes very professional looking photos. She is truly practitioners! 505-243-1546
an asset to the practice. We would be honored for you to trust www.dentalcareinalbuquerque.com
Sandi’s Smiles for any of your dental needs.
Stephanie Martins, DDS is a graduate of
Creighton University School of Dentistry.
She continues the tradition of providing
excellent holistic dental services to the
people we are privileged to serve.
Amy Immel, RDH, brings with her 25
years of hygiene experience; is a classical
homeopath, certifi ed herbalist, a certifi ed
acupressure practitioner as well as a food
healing facilitator. Amy is well versed in
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maintain healthy smiles for a lifetime. She also off ers BEMER
treatments for various oral issues.
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Unprecedented Lawsuit Could End Water

Fluoridation in US Based on Neurotoxicity Studies
By Stuart Cooper, Fluoride Action Network
Bill Wolfe DDS
T
he Fluoride Action Network (FAN), along with a coalition of fl uoride chemicals in water are unnecessary.
environmental and public health groups has fi led a complaint
Th e EPA responded: “Th e petition has not set forth a
in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
scientifi cally defensible basis to conclude that any persons have
California against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
suff ered neurotoxic harm as a result of exposure to fl uoride
(EPA) in response to their denial of our petition seeking a ban on
in the U.S. through the purposeful addition of fl uoridation
water fl uoridation. We believe this lawsuit is an unprecedented
chemicals to drinking water or otherwise from fl uoride
opportunity to end the practice once and for all in the U.S., and
exposure in the U.S.”
potentially throughout the world, based on the well-documented
neurotoxicity of fl uoride, according to FAN’s attorney and As many independent scientists now recognize, fl uoride
adviser, Michael Connett: “Th is case will present the fi rst time a is a neurotoxin. Th e question, therefore, is not if fl uoride
court will consider the neurotoxicity of fl uoride and the question damages the brain, but at what dose. While EPA quibbles with
of whether fl uoridation presents an unreasonable risk under the the methodology of these studies, to dismiss and ignore these
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).” studies in their entirety for methodological imperfections is
exceptionally cavalier.
Lawsuit Background: EPA Served with Citizen’s Petition
New Study Quantifies Fluoride’s Potential to Lower IQ in Children
On November 22, 2016, FAN fi led a petition calling on
the EPA to ban the addition of fl uoridating chemicals to the Some children in the U.S. may be consuming enough
drinking water. fl uoridated water to reach doses of fl uoride that have the potential
to lower their IQ, according to William Hirzy, Ph.D., a former
FAN presented the FDA with more than 2,500 pages of
senior scientist at the EPA.
scientifi c documentation that fl uoride is a neurotoxin, with
evidence demonstrating that fl uoride has little benefi t when Current federal guidelines encourage the addition of fl uoride
swallowed, and therefore any risks from exposing people to chemicals into water supplies to reach 0.7 milligrams per liter
(mg/L). Hirzy followed EPA risk assessment guidelines to report:
“Th e eff ect of fl uoride on IQ is quite large, with a predicted mean
5 IQ point loss when going from a dose of 0.5 mg/F/day to 2.0
mg F/day.”
Many children in the U.S. commonly consume these levels
of fl uoride from all sources (water, food, dental products,
medicines, air pollution, etc.). Hirzy explains the signifi cance of
this study: “Th e signifi cance of this peer reviewed risk analysis
is that it indicates there may be no actual safe level of exposure
to fl uoride. Groups of children with lower exposures to fl uoride
were compared with groups having higher exposures. Th ose
with higher exposures performed more poorly on IQ tests than
those with lower exposures.
One well-conducted Chinese study indicated that children
exposed to 1.4 mg/day had their IQ lowered by 5 IQ points.
Current average mean daily intakes among children in the
United States are estimated by EPA to range from about 0.80
mg/day to 1.65 mg/day. Fluoride may be similar to lead and
mercury in having no threshold below which exposures may be
considered safe.”
Typically, such information would be a cause for major
concern, but unfortunately the EPA has consistently not applied
the normal rules of risk assessment to fl uoride, as it has also with
its dismissal of our petition. For too long, EPA has let politics
trump science on the fl uoride issue. FAN welcomes having these
issues considered by a federal court, where scientifi c evidence
has a better chance of being weighed objectively.
Dr. Bill Wolfe DDS, 505-299-6950, www.drwolfe.com.
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