SWIG: Safe Water Is Great! -- Our Special Interest Group is Named!

Our homework after the meeting, above, was for Jeff to work up a draft 'statement' letter, which would be used as a 'boilerplate' in all our interactions with educating and learning from the public, the press, and the "powers that be", which will include at some point, the three entities in our area which are currently adding/'feeding' fluoride into the water supply at the treatment plants.  Again, one at the far east side of the Grand Valley, the little, progressive town of Palisade, has already stopped; the story was picked up by one of the two local newspapers and for a while it turned into a little 'feeding frenzy' (pun intended ) with the media, created by the local paper that is not 'free'.  That article's impact lead to my being contacted to be aware and 'hop in and help' as I have, and asked doctors Jim and Jeff to help; Jeff knew of Kevin King who was not at this meeting due to his work taking him out of town (wastewater systems stuff of some sort, very interesting and innovative). 

This most recent meeting I am focusing on in this comment was much shorter meeting this time, with Kevin King being able to join us (photo to come of him, I promise), but he was wolfing food and having to watch the time due to an offspring needing to be picked up.  Jim Kennedy was able to come by at the start for the discussion but had dinner plans with his wife, so we were much more 'efficient' this time.  It was a "Turbo meeting" and so we didn't have time to do photos.

Most important to mention:   Candace was, once again, our service professional at Dolce Vita, and it's getting to feel very 'comfortable' for us to meet up at at Dolce Vita, like a home away from home. Thanks to owners Rick and Susan and the staff for creating the space and place! 

This is what we came away with from this step of the process for those who want to know what we did and perhaps follow suit in some ways or all in their community: 

We think it best to have a very simple statement of our intentions/mission and the most key issues which we feel would be enough for most people to look at and form their opinion about fluoride being added to water.

We will literally say that the debate is going to go on in the U.S. for a while about the efficacy of adding fluoride to water and we don't want to get our time/energy resources tied up in that.  We just want to say that it's an option many do not want to have, and for those who do want it, it's better to get a proper dose based on a tablet a person takes .. a measured dose... rather than this willy nilly "it depends on how much tap water you drink".  

Our next step will be to gather some people we know through the LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley's Facebook page together -- which naturally includes the other professionals whose work has warranted them an invitation to be included at Lumigrate.com.  We're thinking of holding it as a 'dinner discussion' at Dolce Vita, naturally, when their private Atrium Room is available, and invite some lively discussion from people we know and respect for their interest about wellness.  On 'their dime', we are doing this out of our own funds so far. 

Invitations should be extended, in my mind, to select medical providers who are at least open minded to this information if not already educated and with an opinion about fluoride's toxic effects on the body, along with providers we don't typically think of as 'providers of health care services'... estheticians and hair stylists and massage therapists -- the 'feel good providers'!.

Also veterinarians ultimately, so I'm asking around to find the most 'green' and 'holistic' veterinarians in town, but ultimately to reach out through their organizations and networks of people they know to reach people who provider services to people and animals who consume water in the area.  

I plan to invite

Felicia Draughton, the owner of Roots Salon, the organic concept hair/body products salon which started in Grand Junction in 2011 and who has so beautifully done my hair for the past several months.  

Lani Wallace, an esthetician who I have worked with for eight years now, since moving to Grand Junction, one of the most gifted people I know with keeping information in her mind and utilizing it when it's appropriate and connecting people to information, physicians, providers of alternative/complementary medical services.  

Jerry and Eleni Sica, owners of Crossroads Fine Foods, Wine, Spirits as they have a particular interest in the well-being of our planet and the beings living on it, which shows in the way they 'sell'/advertise/educate about the amazing seafood and meats and cheeses in their relatively new 'food shop' on the other side of the 'bottle shop'.

Analii Cunningham whose work you can find at Lumigrate.com on 'movement therapies' and 'female pelvic wisdom'; she also provided a REALLY good response to our 2011 question in the forums for fibromyalgia awareness to the question: What is it and is it reversible and/or curable, in your opinion? 

So please stay tuned! It's shaping up to be a GRATE 'dress rehearsal' I am calling the upcoming dinnerer meeting, which will be for the purpose of the SWIG group and those who are at the beginning of our 'support group' to get to know each other and then be able to communicate our message to others -- the public or other providers, the media if / when they might get involved (you never know!), and most of all, eventually the decision makers in the entities who we hope to reach out to meet and talk with and see what might come from that; ultimately it will rely a great deal upon the feedback from the folks that consume the water.  

It seems so simple to us that long ago someone decided to dump stuff in the water for the reasons people can read more about here in the topics the providers have presented, and today it just seems really 'ludicrous' that a decision about a supplement is made for us at the water treatment plants related to what we take nutritionally!  And if that isn't convincing enough, then think about that it's not pharmaceutical grade.  Third, 99.5% of the water doesn't even go into people or animals' mouths for consumption .. "kinda" wasteful, eh? And then 'dosing' -- the amoung of fluoride you get into you depends upon how much water you drink that has the fluoride added which makes no sense related to how to dose something.  

For those who want to take fluoride supplementally, if they become educated and have the opinion they wish to supplement this chemical/element, pharmaceutical grade supplements are available and can be prescribed by their medical provider just like anything else.  

So that's what we're up to next, and I hope you stay tuned to the story and where it goes from here and help us educate others about this topic, even if it's just one person you say 'I learned something today ......'.  If you want to be included in some way, let me know -- the 'contact us' at Lumigrate comes to my email.  

Live and Learn.  Learn and Live Better!! ~~ Mardy