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Bergen County NJ for Liberty
APRIL 2016 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2
BCNJL: Informing ourselves and our communities about local and State policies and regulations that have the potential to impact our personal liberty; and suggesting local solutions and leadership that will support and defend our Constitution and Bill of Rights
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intel-ligence of the citizens.
They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profli-gate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.”
Joseph Story
Commentaries on the Consti-tution, 1833
Water Fluoridation Danger
On January 30, 2014 New Jer-
sey Senate Bill 1180, “New
Jersey Public Water Supply
Fluoridation Act” was intro-
duced by its primary sponsors,
Joseph F.Vitale and Loretta
Weinberg. The Bill calls for
specific rules and regulations
to be adopted and put in place
relating to the anticipated
statewide fluoridation of pub-
lic community water systems.
These rules shall include
(minimally) the means by
which fluoride is controlled,
methods of testing the fluo-
ride content of the water, and
records relating to fluorida-
tion. It also states that the
Commissioner of Environmen-
tal Protection, in conjunction
with the Commissioner of
Health and Senior Services,
would enforce the fluoridation
rules and regulations. In so
doing, the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection
would require the fluorida-
tion of water in all public
community water systems
within 12 months of the bill’s
effective date.
Thankfully, the bill has not
been ratified….yet. The State
of New Jersey currently does
not mandate fluoridation.
Local governments control
fluoridation policy in New Jer-
sey. City councils can begin or
discontinue fluoridation at
their discretion, or by a refer-
endum vote. Let’s help keep it
that way. County Committee
persons and Freeholders
should understand that man-
datory fluoridation of public
drinking water is a breach of
public trust. Individuals have
the right to clean, pure drink-
ing water without toxic indus-
trial waste added to it. Most
people are surprised to learn
that the fluoride added to
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New Jersey History
…and More Recently
April 15, 1783 — the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies the preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain that was signed in November 1782. The con-gressional move brings the nascent nation one step closer to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.
1790 -New Jersey is the first state to sign the Bill of Rights and Trenton became the capital
1791 - Alexander Hamilton built the country's first planned industrial city in present-day Paterson, by the Passaic River's 77-foot Great Falls. By the late 1880s, Paterson became so well known for silk manufacturing that it was called "Silk City."
1804 - Weehawken, New Jersey was the scene of the fatal duel between two promi-nent American politicians: Aaron Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury
What Can Be Done?
Ira Zapin
The Once majestic Binghamton Ferry/Restaurant, is one of the last Ferry Boat Steamers that worked the coast of New Jersey taking passenger to New York City and back. It lays in its berth, half sunk and rotting. It has been like that for years and it doesn’t get better with age. In 2013 the Borough of Edgewater reached an announced deal with the Owner to remove it. http://www.northjersey.com/news/edgewater-officials-reach-deal-to-remove-ferryboat-1.572893 . It is still there.
It’s presence is a festering sore on our otherwise beautiful coast of Edgewater.
I wonder, almost everyday, why is is still there. Did the deal not work out? Are funds lacking? Do our representatives care? They seem to have money for the grander projects; The renovation of the park damaged by Sandy. That project had cost overruns in the millions: the new Borough offices that replaced the old one which still stands almost unused, except as a polling place. It waits (for what, Funds?) to be renovated into a “Historic Landmark” Do we even need a “historic landmark”? Wouldn’t we be better off to have the Binghamton removed? With the value of property in
Edgewater, we could sell off the old Borough office building, and create a source of funds to remove the Binghamton. The selling off of the building would also create another source of tax revenue and maybe, just maybe, have the first year, in my recollection, without a tax increase.
I doubt that it will happen.
I hope you enjoyed my fantasy.
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.”
Benjamin Rush, letter to His Fellow Countrymen: On Patri-otism, October 20, 1773
Edward Durfee brought about an action to get our Liberty message heard at a fundraiser that was recently held in Englewood. The attendees were Democratic state and local leaders.
Although the turnout included only Mr. Durfee and one other person, “we believe that we made our presence felt”, said Mr Durfee. “The signs referred to our disfavor with the current ‘politically correct’ policies towards Refugee resettlement, gas tax increases, Common Core, and the continuing assault on our 2nd Amendment.”
Recent Activism
drinking water is hydrofluoro-
silicic acid , a hazardous waste-
by-product of the production
of commercial fertilizer. In
addition, in recent years It is
becoming increasingly com-
mon for U.S. water depart-
ments to purchase their fluo-
ride chemicals from China,
where little appears to be
known about the source of
their chemicals.
At the very least, mandated
water fluoridation represents
an untargeted supplementa-
tion which disregards the actu-
al individual intake of a widely
diverse population. For exam-
ple, Doctors don’t prescribe
the same dose of medicine for
adults and children, yet aug-
mented drinking water would
be consumed in varying
amounts by all.
It used to be believed that flu-
oride was a “nutrient”, like
calcium, that if ingested during
childhood would result in
strong, healthy teeth. This
idea still persists even though
according to the CDC: “The
prevalence of dental caries in a
population is not inversely re-
lated to the concentration of
fluoride in enamel, and a high-
er concentration of enamel
fluoride is not necessarily more
efficacious in preventing dental
caries.”
(CDC(2001) Recommendations
for using fluoride to prevent
and control dental caries in the
United States. Mortality and
Morbidity Weekly Review 50
(RR14):1-42)
In fact much of the information
about how fluoride works in
the body is contradictory.
Fluorine is a member of the
halogen family of elements
(chlorine, fluorine, bromine,
iodine and astatine). Although
fluorine is a gas, it is always
found in nature as a part of a
compound. This is because it
is highly chemically reactive
and bonds readily to other
elements. Because of this
property, we are exposed to
small amounts of fluorides that
naturally find their way into
our air, drinking water and
food.
When we purposely add fluo-
ride to our drinking water,
however, we increase our in-
take of this chemical element
by an unknown amount be-
cause water is used in so many
things we eat and drink…
concentrated juices, mixes,
instant cereals, formulas etc.
After ingesting fluoride, half of
it leaves the body because it is
quickly processed through the
kidneys. The other half
remains in the body and is
stored in the bones and teeth
and pineal gland (which mod-
erates some of your body’s
endocrine functions like regu-
lating sleep).
The fluoride accumulation in
the teeth and bone results in
alterations in the structure of
the bones. In fact although
fluoride has been given to peo-
ple with osteoporosis and their
bones appeared to become
more dense, they also became
more brittle because of the
way in which fluoride incorpo-
rates itself into bone, it chang-
es the chemical structure of
bone . The same thing hap-
pens to the teeth…dental fluo-
rosis…in which the teeth be-
come brittle in extreme cases.
In addition, there are at least
forty-nine studies that provide
suggestive evidence that ex-
posure to elevated levels of
fluoride in drinking water may
decrease IQ in children.
Let’s exercise our right to
choose what we will or will not
take into our bodies.
Start a discussion, look up the
studies, see what other coun-
tries think about fluoridation,
and let our representatives
know that we don’t want
fluoride in our water!
~Rina Goldhagen
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Be alert
Stay informed
Speak up
Newsletter Contributors:
Edward Durfee, Group
Coordinator
Rina Goldhagen, Assistant Organizer, Newsletter layout, Editor in Chief
Ira Zapin, “What Can Be Done?”
Marisa Buonomo, Assistant Editor
Calendar BCNJ Liberty Meetings 10 am
River Edge Diner
516 Kinderkamack Rd
Riveredge
April 16 and 30
May 14 and 28
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