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Monday, October 09, 2006

USA - Bobbi Fleming: Join debate on fluoride

Bobbi Fleming: Join debate on fluoride
With great interest, I read the recent articles in the Grand Ledge Independent and LSJ - "Campaign for fluoride in drinking water takes shape" and "In the water", respectively. I encourage both publications to write more on the fluoride debate in Grand Ledge. Many people are not aware there is a debate. Yet, last month, Prevention Magazine ran "The danger in your water", which revealed a panel of dentists, toxicologists and epidemiologists assembled by the National Research Council determined the level of fluoride allowed in the community drinking water in this country is too high.
What does that mean? I did some digging. While it appears fluoride may keep you from getting a cavity or two, the risk side of the ledger is much longer.
What is fluoride and where does it come from? According to the American Dental Association, fluoride is a naturally occurring element that prevents tooth decay systemically when ingested during tooth development and topically when applied to erupted teeth. Natural? I like natural. But I kept digging. The chemicals used to fluoridate 90 percent of public drinking water are industrial grade hazardous waste captured in the air pollution scrubber systems of the phosphate fertilizer industry - silicofluorides. It is a corrosive liquid more toxic than lead; and like lead accumulates in and can be damaging to the brain. Other health risks linked to fluoride include, but are not limited to, kidney damage, nervous system, heart disease and dental fluorosis (overfluoridation causing white spots, staining, chalky and brittle enamel). The "natural"-occurring fluoride that the ADA talks about is not the fluoride added to the drinking supply.
Now, instead of breathing this pollutant (which by the way is the third most dangerous air pollutant in the country), we can now drink it!
According to my research, dental scientists now concede that fluoride's main benefit comes from applying it to the surface of teeth, as in brushing or mouthwash, not ingesting it. In 1985, the EPA's own scientists internally opposed fluoridation but were overruled.
Fluoride has been sold to us for years as a healthy and necessary mineral. I am not convinced. Check it out for yourself. Google "the fluoride debate." Grand Ledge votes Nov. 7 on whether to add fluorosilicic acid to their drinking water. I urge citizens to join the many countries around the world and many cities across this nation to reject adding toxins to our drinking water.
According to the Grand Ledge 2005 Water Quality Report, the drinking water had .44-.48 milligrams per liter of naturally occurring fluoride. We don't need the other stuff! Oh, and if you think your water filter will remove the fluoride - it won't. The fluoride molecule is smaller than the water molecule and won't be filtered out. Will one glass of fluoridated water kill you? No. Will one cigarette kill you? No. Jump ahead 20-30 years. How's your health?

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