SafeWaterMarin.org Endorses the Candidacy of Larry Bragman for M.M.W.D. Board of Directors (District lll) Vote for Larry Bragman by mail or at the polls on Tuesday November 4; your vote counts! Please tell your friends about Larry AND contribute to his campaign! You can read Larry’s campaign statements at www.LarryBragman.org Larry will be a strong voice for safe watershed management and safe drinking water. Larry will provide direction and guidance for the health, safety and well being of our watershed and the drinking water it provides. His presence and voice on the M.M.W.D. Board of Directors will be an important contribution. At a recent meeting with SafeWaterMarin.org members: 1. Larry recognized the significant health threats posed by water fluoridation and opposes adding Hydrofluorosilicic Acid to the municipal water supply. 2. Larry opposes resuming the use of Monsanto’s Glyphosate/ ’Roundup’ in the watershed and the ongoing, costly studies supported by current board members. 3. Larry proposed following the Precautionary Principle, supported by many local Marin councils and the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Please volunteer an hour or more and encourage others to vote for Larry. You can volunteer online or call Barbara at 415.388.2018 Fluoride: Marin County water is currently being fluoridated with hydrofluorosilicic acid, an industrial grade fluoride compound-- NOT approved by the FDA for human consumption. If MMWD instead funded the Health and Safety Code program that provides free topical fluoride treatments to children, they would SAVE residents’ money. Fluoride treatments are less costly and- VOLUNTARY -NOT MANDATORY- leaving this medical procedure in the hands of licensed medical practitioners. The current water fluoridation mandate becomes invalid if this Health and Safety Code law is implemented. Glyphosate: Monsanto’s herbicide, ‘Roundup’ (glyphosate) is a proven health hazard. The patents tell the story! It is described as a wide-spectrumantibiotic, dessicant, and toxic herbicide, spreading throughout the watershed into our water, other plants, grazing animals and soil organisms. SafeWaterMarin.org opposes MMWD resuming the use of toxic Monsanto’s Round-Up/Glyphosate in our watershed and the costly, ongoing studies now supported by the current MMWD board members. We need NEW Leadership on the MMWD We need Board Members who will exercise and support the Precautionary Principle. Larry Bragman supports this principle! Please join us in supporting Larry Bragman- a wise steward for our watershed and safe drinking water. 24 other communities in the state of California have rejected toxic water fluoridation without any negative impact. Expensive, water wasting reverse osmosis filters (the only filtration system that eliminates fluoride) and fluoride-free bottled water are costly expenditures for low income community members. Marin public health clinics advise their clients to avoid giving fluoridated water to bottle fed babies as recommended by the ADA and CDC. Babies are now being over-fluoridated, leading to dental fluorosis and other health problems later in life. Fluoride is NOT a nutrient and no bodily process requires it. If we are not supposed to give HFA to our babies, why is it being put into our water? Why is there no warning label on our water bills? Why are we not following the Marin County Board of Supervisors endorsed, "Precautionary Principle?” Our petition at www.SafeWaterMarin.org signed by over 2,500 community members demands that the M.M.W.D. board members stop medicating us via our drinking water and end water fluoridation in Marin County today. SafeWaterMarin.org supports the Precautionary Priniciple If a chemical substance is not guaranteed to be 100 % safe and can do harm, it should NOT be used! ____________________________________________ The California Code of Regulation, Title 22, Section 66261.126, lists 791 chemicals as "Hazardous Waste" 39 of these are fluoride compounds." 384a. Hydrofluosilicic Acid (X,C) 384b. Fluosilicic Acid (X,C) 674. Sodium Fluoride ( X ) X = toxic, C = corrosive