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

Check out:

http://www.meetup.com/Bergen-County-NJ-for-Liberty