double blind testing showed fluoride to be harmful and cause eczema, allergic responses and other debilitating imbalances in the body.

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How Evidence based Medical Science ended Water Fluoridation in the Netherlands.

Declan Waugh BSc. CEnv. MCIWEM. MIEMA. MCIWM.



This is a summary of information complied from public record and published peer

reviewed journals on the history of fluoridation in the Netherlands. It explains how

medical based science resulted in the termination of fluoridation in this Country,

thanks largely to Dr. Hans Moolenburgh, a Medical Physician, Cancer Specialist and

Clinical Ecologist who along with a team of medical doctors and medical researchers

conclusively demonstrated that fluoridation of drinking water resulted in the

population being subjected to low grade poisoning by fluoride with wide ranging

medical side effects.

Hans C. Moolenburgh, M.D., graduated as a medical doctor from the University of

Leyden in 1952. He was a general practitioner in the city of Haarlem in the

Netherlands since April 1953. Apart from being a G.P., his main interests were

clinical ecology and complementary forms of cancer treatment.

Dr. Moolenbuurgh wrote three books on the subject of fluoridation. Two of these are

in Dutch: "Fluoridering van het leidingwater," 1973 and "Fluor Liever niet" in 1990.

The third book is in English: "Fluoride, the Freedom Fight," 1987. Dr. Moolenburgh

was actively involved in the campaign to end fluoridation in the Netherlands and

spent many years researching the science surrounding fluoridation.

In 1952, Dutch health authorities, following the lead of the United States, began

fluoridating the public water supply in the city of Tiel with Culemborg as the control

city.

In 1971, Dr. Moolenburgh documented the first fluoride victim in Holland during the

Haarlem hearings regarding fluoridation. The case involved a baby boy from nearby

fluoridated Velsen who had breathing troubles since birth. When the child was 6

months old, he was brought to Dr. Moolenburgh for treatment and was completely

cured in one week of its ailment simply by removing exposure to fluoride in the

drinking water.1

On March 20th, 1972, the city of Amsterdam began fluoridating its water supplies.

This had a widespread effect on surrounding communities who derived their drinking

water from the Amsterdam water suppliers, such as Heemstede, Bennebroek,

Hoofddorp, Haarlemmerliede and many others. Dr. Moolenburgh found himself in a

unique position to study the effects of fluoridation first hand, as half of his practice

lay in Heemstede (fluoridated) and the other half in Haarlem (non-fluoridated). As he

had already extensively studied the possible side-effects of fluoridated water from the

mainly American literature, Dr. Moolenburgh was on the lookout for changes in the

morbidity pattern in his practice. According to Dr. Moolenburgh it soon became

apparent that the extensive American data showing adverse effects were accurate.

“The adverse health effects began almost at once, with people, especially children,

developing colicky pains. The parents of these children often did not even know that

1

Moolenburgh H. Fluoride: the freedom fight. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing; 1987. p.

46-7.

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their water supplies were fluoridated. These sudden changes only took place in

fluoridated Heemstede, and the cure was easy: non-fluoridated water. This cure was

shown repeatedly to be the correct one, as parents made errors with the jerrycans of

non-fluoridated water. As soon as fluoridated water was given, be it only one cup, the

sensitive children began to yell again. This was particularly stressful in babies, who

often yelled through the whole night. Other early symptoms were the small ulcers in

the mouth called stomatitis aphtosa. I also saw how children with a known allergic

condition that had been under control, such as children with atopic eczema, suddenly

saw a return of their complaints.”2

Based upon this experience in his own practice, Dr. Moolenburgh organized a group

of practitioners and researchers to study the effects of fluoridation on health. All the

doctors came from fluoridated communities and many did not believe in the existence

of the side-effects, as the health authorities had emphatically denied their existence. In

addition to the original 12 physicians practicing in Haarlem and some of its

surrounding fluoridated areas, various individuals with training in biology, chemistry,

and neurology also participated in the above study.

After un-blinded tests on skeptical General Practitioners which showed negative

health effects (similar to low-grade poisoning), to evaluate our initial findings they

conducted a double-blind experiment:

"To obtain unassailable proof that nothing but fluoride in the water was responsible

and that the ill effects were not imaginary, Dr. Moolenburgh's group turned to a

double blind procedure. A cooperating pharmacist prepared eight numbered bottles of

drinking water, some with fluoride, some without. Only the pharmacist knew which

ones contained fluoride. The numbers, placed in a sealed envelope, were sent to the

group's attorney. Patients who had recovered from side effects after changing to non-

fluoridated water drank daily, one liter of water from one of the bottles given to them.

If symptoms occurred, the number of the bottle was sent to the attorney in a sealed

envelope. Only after all the envelopes were received were they opened in the presence

of witnesses to avoid any possibility of bias. These tests proved that fluoridated water

caused the side effects we had identified, and the results have been published.3

After several months of careful study, the group began to grasp the full importance of

the problem. The difficulty at first was that each symptom in itself could be

interpreted as a normal illness. Only a combination of symptoms (e.g. colicky pains,

small ulcers and blurred vision) pointed in the true direction. The list of the most

common complaints we could readily identify with the exposure to fluoridation

includes;

Stomach and intestinal pains

Mouth ulcers

Excessive thirst



2 Affidavit Of Hans C. Moolenburgh, M.D. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Fond Du Lac County,

Case No. 92 cv 579, March 1993

3 Grimbergen GW. (1974).A Double Blind Test for Determination of Intolerance to

Fluoridated Water (Preliminary Report). Fluoride 7:146-152.

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Skin irritation and eczema

Migraine-like headaches

Visual disturbances (blurred vision)

Worsening of known allergic complaints

Mental depression

Stomatitis

Joint pains

Muscular weakness, and extreme tiredness.



A definite relationship between the symptoms and fluoride in water was clearly

established."4

The clinical results observed by Dr Moolenburgh and his team confirmed the studies

undertaken by Dr. Waldbott and Dr. Petraborg and well as Dr. Feltman and Kosel

B.S., M.S, which also confirmed that fluoride in drinking water caused medical

ailments within the community 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18

According to Dr. Moolenburgh “in each of the many cases of adverse fluoride

reaction identified, changing to non-fluoridated water cured the complaints. When

4

Excerpt from Fluoride, Volume 21, No. 3, page 109-112

Waldbott GL. Chronic fluorine intoxication from drinking water. International Archives of

Allergy and Applied Immunology 7 70-74 1955.

6 Waldbott GL. Incipient fluorine intoxication from drinking water. Acta Medica

Scandinavica 156 157-168 I956.

7 Waldbott GL. Urinary fluoride and calcium excretion in persons suspected of fluoride

intolerance. Henry Ford Hospital Medical Bulletin 5 259-268 December 1957.

8 Waldbott GL. Symposium on the non-skeletal phase of chronic fluorosis. Fluoride 9 5-8

1976.

9 WaIdbott GL. Fluoride in Clinical Medicine. International. Archives of Allergy and Applied

Immunology 20 Suppl 1 1962.

10 Waldbott GL. Incipient chronic fluoride intoxication from drinking water. II. Distinction

between allergic reactions and drug intolerance. International Archives of Allergy and

Applied Immunology 9:241-249 1956.

11 Waldbott GL, Cecilioni VA. "Neighborhood" fluorosis. Clinical Toxicology 2 387-396

December 1969.

12 Shea JJ, Gillespie SM, Waldbott GL. Allergy to fluoride. Annals of Allergy 25 388-391

July 1967.

13 Waldbott GL. Allergic reactions to fluoride. Journal of Asthma Research 2 51-64

September I964.

14 Waldbott GL. Tetaniform convulsions precipitated by fluoridated drinking water. Confinia

Neurologica 17 339-347 1957.

15 Waldbott GL. Urticaria due to fluoride. Acta Allergologica 13 456-468 1959.

16 Petraborg HT. Chronic fluoride intoxication from drinking water (Preliminary Report).

Fluoride 7 47-52 1974.

17 Petraborg HT. Hydrofluorosis in the fluoridated Milwaukee area. Fluoride 10 165-169

1977.

18 Feltman and Kosel, Prenatal and Postnatal ingestion of fluorides, Fourteen years of

investigation, Final Report, Journal of Dental Medicine, Vol 16. No 4, 1961

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fluoridated water was returned, the complaints returned. After several months a new

and disturbing complaint was added to these: joint pains. While the other complaints

could be cured in two or three days with non-fluoridated water, the joint complaints

took several weeks to some months of non-fluoridated water to clear up.”

“Through continued study and research”, Dr. Moolenburgh observed “we now

understand that what we have been studying is not an allergy for the fluoride ion as

we had first thought, but an intoxication from the highly toxic fluorides that had been

added to the water supplies. It is well known that sensitivity to poisons can vary from

person to person, and that this variation is quite extensive. In an allergy, an increased

dose of the irritating substance will still only give symptoms, perhaps increased in

severity, in those allergic to it. In a poison, a small dose will give complaints in the

more sensitive persons. In the case of fluoride, research shows that to include about

5% of the population. With increasing doses more and more people will fall ill, and

when the dose is high enough everyone will be ill, with perhaps the most sensitive

persons already dead or dying. As a summary of our research, we are now convinced

that fluoridation of the water supplies causes a low grade intoxication of the whole

population, with only the approximately 5% most sensitive persons showing acute

symptoms. The whole population being subjected to low grade poisoning means that

their immune systems are constantly overtaxed. With all the other poisonous

influences in our environment, this can hasten health calamities. It is in the light of

this constant low grade poisoning that the substantial evidence of increased cancer

death rate due to fluoridation needs to be considered and understood.”

In conclusion, Dr. Moolenburgh stated under oath that “It is my considered scientific

opinion, and I speak in the name of my colleagues who joined in this research, that

the fluoridation of water supplies gives a significant immuno suppression of the

whole population subject to it, and is one of the important precursors of the

civilization illnesses that are rampant in modern industrialized society. It is my best

scientific judgement, made with a high degree of scientific certainty, that fluoridated

drinking water is very dangerous to the health of those who drink it.” 19

Following publication of their research results water fluoridation in Holland was

discontinued in 1976.

In a recent letter published in the journal ‘Fluoride’ Dr. Moolenburgh observed “as a

84-year-old physician with 54 years in medical practice, who also lived through the

German occupation of Holland during WW II and saw what totalitarian thinking leads

to in the end. When the fluoridating authorities finally begin to realize that

fluoridation was founded on a hill of sand, they will behave like little children when

the incoming tide demolishes their seaside sand constructions. They will shut their

eyes and protest, “No, this cannot be!” Public health authorities should only be

interested in promoting good health and preventing human suffering. Yet, from their

actions, they appear more concerned with adhering to erroneous dogmatic thinking

and maintaining their own positions and power. Discussion and debate with fluoride

19

Affidavit Of Hans C. Moolenburgh, M.D. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Fond Du Lac

County, Case No. 92 cv 579, March 1993

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promoters is useless and a waste of time. Just as happened in Holland and throughout

most of Europe, authorities who try to suppress unwelcome facts about fluoridation

will be eventually be swept away in response to compelling evidence and massive

public indignation.”20

It is lamentable that in 2013, as Ireland holds the presidency of the Council of the

European Union, that the Republic of Ireland, alone within Europe, continues to

support the mass medication of its population using untested industrial chemicals that

are known to cause harm to human health and the environment.

Given the considerable amount of information available there is no doubt but that the

public health authorities as well as the political establishment in Ireland (as well as in

the other few remaining countries that still support fluoridation) have utterly failed to

undertake a proper medical or scientific due diligence to protect their citizens from

unnecessary harm, that may result from supporting what can only be described as a

‘blunt totalitarian policy’ mandating the mass medication of entire populations with

untested chemicals being added to public drinking water.

Medical policy should be based on medical facts, and the facts clearly show that

fluoridation of drinking water is neither safe nor sustainable.

20

Published Letter by Dr Moolenburgh to the editor, Fluoride 43(1)81–84 January-March 2010.



