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Think back to the dosing of service personnel who are trained to hunt, maim and kill their fellow man while under the influence of this or other forms of chemical behaviour-control, and consider the possible reaction of such ‘trainees' when discharged into the mainstream of society. Are any of the terrorist activities around the globe, including the otherwise inexplicable recent happenings in Australia, the grim result of such biochemical paradox? Think back to the dosing of service personnel who are trained to when washed from the atmosphere by rain, forms a solution of hunt, maim and kill their fellow man while under the influence of hydrofluoric acid (0.7 p.p.m. in Mojave Desert rainfall and 0.3 this or other forms of chemical behaviour-control, and consider _p.p.m. in Siberian snows), so these anti-cholinergic discharges the possible reaction of such 'trainees' when discharged into the _ offer an additional threat by contributing to the fluoridated hole in mainstream of society. the ozone layer. “ Are any of the terrorist activities around the globe, including the One must assume it is owing to the enormous economic impact otherwise inexplicable recent happenings in Australia, the grim _ of this decaying ozone on the causal industries that sources of cul- result of such biochemical paradox? prit industrial discharges have not featured in the current spate of international! scientific concern nor in the records of the world’s FLUORIDATED PROPELLANTS AND REFRIGERANTS atmospheric/climatic monitors. Fluoridated Hole in the Ozone Layer As an example of administratively approved industrial output, Halogenated hydrocarbons (some- the first stage of the Portland (Victoria, times called fluorocarbons or, when the s E ; Australia) smelter was issued with a name of the weapon must be changed o» Overy Australian city with or pollution licence to discharge to the to protect the guilty, just CFCs) are too without fluoridated water supplies environment 70 tonnes per year of numerous to list, being over 150 in : fluoride in gaseous and particulate number. In ‘asthma’ sprays, the warn- has as much as doubled the forms. It is possible that this amount ing exists in all product literature | number of registered dentists since @ bas been greatly exceeded because no (available only to the doctor, not to the monitoring of the discharges has thus patient): "Excessive use of such the advent of fluorinated far been executed. inhalers or abuse of any aerosol propel- toothpaste, fluorinated gels and Within a short 12 months after start lant may result in toxic effects on the fluorinated rinses of smelting operations, an unknown heart, and deaths have been reported." but allegedly high number of pot- (Remember the term “anti-choliner- room workers at the smelter acquired gic".) “pot-room asthma"—a convenient Another stark warning from ‘restricted distribution’ literature: | euphem-ism for anti-cholinergic respiratory damage. "Abuse. Of 110 deaths associated with the ‘sniffing of solvents’ between 1962 and 1969, fifty-nine were related to the use of fluo- FLUORINATED PHARMACEUTICALS rinated aerosol propellants.” Fluoridated Income Generation The most frequently used fluorides under this heading (with In an effort to increase the bio-availability of the remedial ingre- their identifying numbers in parentheses) are: dient or ingredients, many pharmaceutical products are halogenat- 1—Trichlorofluoromethane (11) ed. There are still many chlorinated and a few brominated prod- 2—Dichlorodifluoromethane (12) ucts designed as nostrums for human disease states. Of recent 3—Chlorotrifluoromethane (13) years, the catalogue of fluoridated pharmaceuticals has doubled 4—Tetrafluoromethane (14) and redoubled until any representative listing would be beyond the 5—Dichlorofluoromethane (21) scope of this paper. 6—Chlorodifluoromethane (22) The proclaimed intention of the pharmacist in fluorinating a 7—Tetrachlorodifluoromethane (112) product is to enhance still further its metabolic activity and there- 8—Trichlorofluoroethane (113) fore its alleged remedial qualities. For example, fludrocortisone 9—Dichlorofluorotetraethane (114) acetate has glucocorticoid actions about 15 times as potent as 10—Chloropentafluoroethane (115) : hydrocortisone (unfluorinated), and mineralocorticoid effects 11—Difluoroethane (152a). more than 100 times as potent. The side-effects of exposure to these fluorides, ranging from the But, in potentiating the remedial effect, the undesirable side- ‘more common' to the ‘rarely reported’ are as follows: cardiac tox- effects are also worsened and the ‘therapeutic’ industry gets an icity (or heart injury), respiratory depression (or breathing difficul- income from two sources: from treating the original disease con- ty), bradycardia (or slowed pulse rate), convulsions (or central _ dition and, subsequently, from repairing the iatrogenic effects of nervous system effects), psychomotor aberrations (or brain dys- __ the initial drug treatment. function), transient sedation (or heart and lung effects), ataxia (or Literature quote: "Muscular weakness is an occasional side- brain problems), irritation of the upper respiratory tract, rise/fall in effect of most corticosteroids [hormones]...most evident with (1) blood pressure, apnoea (or impaired lung function damage), tachy- _fludrocortisone and (2) triamcinilone [both fluorinated hormones]. cardia (or increased pulse rate), broncho-constriction (or asthma), It has been suggested that this effect is more pronounced when a palpitations (or irregular heartbeat), narcosis (or brain ‘drugging’ _ fluorine atom is present in the 9th position." again), and death. A useful example here is fluorinated toothpaste which has the All of the above ‘side-effects’ are associated with either the long-term effect not of improving dental health but, by chronic acute or the chronic symptoms of "anti-cholinergic” toxicity. And anti-metabolic processes, of severely destroying it. Thus every there is that word “anti-cholinergic” again. Australian city with or without fluoridated water supplies has as With a sufficient amount of these fluorocarbons (CFCs) being much as doubled the number of registered dentists since the used (in the ‘aerosol’ form alone) to threaten the world's atmos- advent of fluorinated toothpaste, fluorinated gels and fluorinated pheric and climate conditions through deterioration of the ozone _rinses. layer, it is not remarkable that this volume represents an environ- Or take the more extreme example of little Jason Burton who mentally hazardous anti-cholinergic (or anti-metabolic, ganglion- had non-prescription fluorinated dental decay-prevention tablets blocking) agent for all humanity. (sodium fluoride) provided for him by loving parents who were in Discharges from certain industrial processes carry substantial total ignorance of their fluoride toxic hazard. Jason ingested a amounts of gaseous fluoride. In particular, hydrogen fluoride, _lethal dose of these tablets and died. We only know about Jason FLUORINATED PHARMACEUTICALS Fluoridated Income Generation In an effort to increase the bio-availability of the remedial ingre- dient or ingredients, many pharmaceutical products are halogenat- ed. There are still many chlorinated and a few brominated prod- ucts designed as nostrums for human disease states. Of recent years, the catalogue of fluoridated pharmaceuticals has doubled and redoubled until any representative listing would be beyond the scope of this paper. The proclaimed intention of the pharmacist in fluorinating a product is to enhance still further its metabolic activity and there- fore its alleged remedial qualities. For example, fludrocortisone acetate has glucocorticoid actions about 15 times as potent as hydrocortisone (unfluorinated), and mineralocorticoid effects more than 100 times as potent. But, in potentiating the remedial effect, the undesirable side- effects are also worsened and the ‘therapeutic’ industry gets an income from two sources: from treating the original disease con- dition and, subsequently, from repairing the iatrogenic effects of the initial drug treatment. Literature quote: "Muscular weakness is an occasional side- effect of most corticosteroids [hormones]...most evident with (1) fludrocortisone and (2) triamcinilone [both fluorinated hormones]. It has been suggested that this effect is more pronounced when a fluorine atom is present in the 9th position.” A useful example here is fluorinated toothpaste which has the long-term effect not of improving dental health but, by chronic anti-metabolic processes, of severely destroying it. Thus every Australian city with or without fluoridated water supplies has as much as doubled the number of registered dentists since the advent of fluorinated toothpaste, fluorinated gels and fluorinated rinses. Or take the more extreme example of little Jason Burton who had non-prescription fluorinated dental decay-prevention tablets (sodium fluoride) provided for him by loving parents who were in total ignorance of their fluoride toxic hazard. Jason ingested a lethal dose of these tablets and died. We only know about Jason NEXUS © 19 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1995