The anti - fluoridation group "Fluoride Action Network" has been translating scientific studies done abroad to find out if there is a pattern of neurotoxicity caused by fluoride. There have been only two studies done in the USA on the effect of fluoride on I.Q. scores, not enough to establish a pattern. FAN has now found thirty six non-USA studies in humans that demonstrate that moderately high fluoride exposures reduce I.Q. scores; further, the studies show the effect to be dose related - the greater/longer the exposure to fluoride, the more I.Q. points lost. There is increasing evidence that exposure to fluoride causes thyroid disease, and since it damages the thyroid and pituitary at the same time, the damage does not show up on the standard thyroid test for TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). Fluoride has also been linked to being the cause of autoimmune disease, as it forcibly displaces iodine in the body and takes the place of that iodine, causing structural changes that confuse the immune system and render that molecule subject to attack by antibodies, which then also attack healthy unaltered molecules, resulting in many autoimmune diseases. Pro-fluoride forces are also suppressing information showing a link between fluoride and cancer. Cancer incidence was much lower in the fifties, under 1%, than the greater than 50% rates we suffer today. Water fluoridation was introduced in the meantime, and iodine in baked goods was replaced with bromine. The amount of iodine added to iodized salt has been precipitously reduced over the years, and remains poorly bio-available. Since fluoride leaches iodine from the body, and iodine is essential for the process of cell "suicide" or apoptosis that is thought to be the main way the body eliminates cancerous cells before a tumor is manifested, it makes sense that fluoride has a role in promotion of cancer, and many studies show evidence that supports and suggests this. The damaging effects of fluoride on the human body are well known and too many to enumerate here. Please remove fluoride from Indiana public water supplies by law/statute.

Daylight savings is ruining two months out of every year of my life. The sun is in the wrong place during march and october. I used to look forward to "springing ahead". Now, I have to wake up in darkness again after three weeks of rising with the sun.

About 40 students including myself, Madyson Pine, attend the Animal science and Horticulture programs at the HCCTC. We have been notified that our shops are going to be cut. The school board did not give us a reason to why our shops are being cut. Please help us get our shops back. Everything is hands on in our shops. We can not get hands on or the learning abilities at our regular schools. Education is important and they are cutting it.

More businesses, neighborhoods and municipalities are using solar energy. Yet, New Hampshire is lagging behind other Northeastern states in solar energy. It energy doesn't pollute our air, it helps create good green jobs and has no fuel costs. Governor Maggie Hassan has an opportunity to commit to getting 10,000 solar roofs by the end of the decade. We need 500 Granite Staters to send a message to the Governor by April 4th.

2013-GOV'T WANT TO BUY 400,000 TONS OF SUGAR, TO BAILOUT COMPANIES THAT OWE LOANS TO THE GOV'T. SUGAR COMPANIES HAVE BORROWED $862MILLION FROM THE USDA!! 1. HEALTHCARE CRISIS ALREADY IN AMERICA, OBESITY ON THE RISE. MEDICAL CARE CAUSES ARE #1 CAUSE OF THE DEFICIT. 2. LET THE FREE MARKET BE THE FREE MARKET, IF SUGAR PRICES ARE MEANT TO FALL, LET THEM FALL. IF PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR CANDY, MAYBE THEY'LL EAT FRUIT INSTEAD!!

fix our bridges, sewer, and water systems

The Atlanta Veterans Hospital is the busiest in the country. It serves 40,000 veterans. My request is that an additional VA be created to service more veterans because there are veterans that need to get in for appointments sooner than they are able to for serious medical care. This affects me because I too attend that facility as a veteran.

My name is Ramón S. In 2005, my wife Rosana and I purchased our home to raise our three beautiful children. We love our home, and our neighborhood and we want to stay here. Sadly, we’re being forced out of our home and onto the streets because of one man--Ed DeMarco. Ed DeMarco is the acting director of Federal Housing Finance Agency. With his position at FHFA, DeMarco oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which control more than half the mortgages in the country. DeMarco’s opposition to principal reduction--resetting mortgages to fair market value--is forcing millions of families into foreclosure and blocking our country’s economic progress. Ed DeMarco was appointed by President Bush, but four years later, still works for President Obama. On Tuesday March 19th, Acting Federal Housing Finance Agency Ed DeMarco is testifying before Congress. Will you help me send him a message on Tuesday that he can’t take my family’s home? For years, we faithfully made our monthly payments until we ran into some bad luck. I lost my job and Rosana had to take a leave of absence to care for her mom who was very ill. By the time we both were able to get back to work, we were behind on our monthly mortgage payments. In his position, DeMarco is the boss of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And no matter how much we tried to negotiate, Freddie Mac refused to any modification of our loan because of Ed DeMarco’s irrational and destructive opposition to principal reduction. Since then, we’ve saved the money to buy back our home with the support of a local non-profit, but Freddie Mac still won’t take our offer. Ed DeMarco is hurting my family and millions of other families and dragging down our country's economic progress. We worked hard to buy this home, and we love our community. Our children deserve better than what Ed DeMarco is doing to them. On Tuesday, we can send the message to Ed DeMarco that he needs to do what's right. Can you join me and tell Ed DeMarco that he can't take my home? We want to be able to pay our mortgage every month and remain in the home and community we love.

The question shouldn't be who is going to pay for it, the question should be WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH ? As one of the uninsured who pays their medical bills directly, I want fair prices, regardless of who is paying the bill.

Verizon refuses to bring FiOS to Brookhaven Town! There is no competition to Cablevision for telephone,television and internet/data services. Brookhaven residents pay higher rates to Cablevision than residents that live in towns that have FiOS. The digital divide grows! No FiOS means loss of jobs for the members of CWA 1108 in Suffolk! We ALL need FiOS in Brookhaven for good jobs and fair prices!

Lowering the salaries and benefits of elected officials.

Nebraska is wasting millions of dollars and untold human resources annually arresting and incarcerating people for simple possession of marijuana. In 2 states, one right next door, possession is completely legal, and in about 20 others possession is allowed with a prescription. With the astouding cost per prisoner and always needing more prison space and, more money, Nebraska's position on marijuana is costing us more than we, as taxpayers, can afford to pay.