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# Letter: Urging Congress to halt water fluoridation until hearings are held
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jack-neworth-send-comments-to-editor-smdp-com-laughing-matters-put-a-cork-in-the-flow-of-fluoride-editor/
- Published: 2007-08-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:45:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Linda Milo Santa Monica*

In a statement released recently, over 600 professionals are urging Congress to stop water fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted (“Fluoride becomes standard,” Aug. 23). They cite new scientific evidence that fluoridation — long promoted to fight tooth decay — is ineffective and has serious health risks. Signers include a Nobel Prize winner, three members of the prestigious 2006 National Research Council (NRC) panel that reported on fluoride’s toxicology, two officers in a union representing professionals at EPA headquarters, the president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, and hundreds of medical, dental, academic, scientific and environmental professionals, worldwide.

It’s time to stop the flow of fluoride into our water.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 31, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/083107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)