Doc Meek

Friday, December 31, 2010. Wow! Where has the year gone? Today I am grateful for those who are campaigning to have a fluoride-free America, Canada, and the world.

FAN BULLETIN                                                  December 30, 2010

Dear Dr. J. Collins Meek,

The Fundraiser
Before we get to how FAN’s messages are getting around the world we have to report on another exciting day in our fundraiser yesterday. Unbelievably, we have nearly reached our goal of $50,000. Yesterday, we received another $2,173 from 37 donors. This brings our grand total to $48,516 from 295 donors.

With 5 more donors we will have reached a total of 300 donors that will mean that we will get another $1000 kicking in from one of our generous challenge donors. At that point we will be a stone’s throw from $50,000 – but some distance from our goal of 500 donors.

But the key challenge for us right now is whether or not we can get another 105 NEW donors – of any amount – to kick in the second donation of $1000 if we can hit 400 donors by midnight Dec 31. This may be a little too ambitious but we have to hope.

For those of you who value the work of FAN but haven’t yet contributed, would you consider chipping in $5? A donation of $10 will get you the DVD “Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation” ($12 for Canada and $15 for all other countries).

You can make a tax-deductible online donation – see also more details on other premiums.

QUOTES ON FLUORIDATION
Tomorrow we would like to distribute some of the best quotes on fluoridation. These can make such a difference in letter-to-the-editor or in presentations. Do you have a favorite quote that you like to use? If soplease send it in (with complete citation) to me.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS ARTICLES
Several news articles and two recent emails have brought home FAN’s ability to reach around the world.  Many of the articles stem from themedia release that FAN put out on the latest IQ study. Here are a few examples of those articles:

1) Eco Walk the Talk, Asia’s Global Green Community (Dec 24): Do We Really Need Fluoride In Water? by Sahana Singh.

2) International Business Times (Dec 28), Fluoride in water lowers IQ levels: report

3) Sierra Club Canada, Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children

4) Pravda, Russia (Dec 26): Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children ..that explains a lot

5) India Times, Lower IQ in Children could be caused by Fluoride in Water

THE TWO EMAILS
The first came from Mageswari Sangaralingam (a signer of the Professionals’ Statement) from Malaysia who wrote to us that her group, Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) had sent a letter to the newspaper Bernama that had published an article indicating that fluoridation would be re-introduced into the city of Sabah.  Their letter,Stop fluoridation of M’sian, Sabah water supply, signed by S.M. Mohamed Idris, President of CAP, was published today.

The second came from Sweden giving us some interesting historical information on the Swedish campaign to keep fluoridation out of that country and also expressing how puzzling America’s support for this outdated practice is to Swedish eyes. ……………………………………………………………………

Thank you, Dr. Paul Connett, and others, who are tirelessly trying to eliminate toxic fluoride from our drinking water supplies!

Doc Meek, Friday, December 31, 2010, South Jordan, Utah, USA