Did the SEER data reveal increased rates of bone cancer?
[synopsis to come yet] Note by Webmaster: The SEER data by Hoover et al., showed a significant association between osteosarcoma rates and fluoridation. This finding was discounted by the USPHS on the basis that there was an absence of a linear trend. In other words, higher cancer rates would be expected the longer the water was fluoridated. However, given the fact that rapidly growing bones in young males are most susceptible to the development of osteosarcoma, and that fluoride is a known toxin to bones, a potent enzyme inhibitor, and may act as a cancer promoter rather than an initiator, the SEER data is much more significant than first thought. If fluoride acts as a promoter (NJ study — Cohn PD), the duration/latency assumption is not warranted. The low-level, long term characteristics of fluoride exposure are consistent with the conditions for tumour promotion seen in other chemicals (see also Chinese study, and Jones CA et al.
