USA - Many ways to get fluoride

August 7, 2010 in Opinion
Many ways to get fluoride
I used to be a water fluoridation advocate. I saw fluoridation as a social justice issue and wanted those children who could benefit to get the treatment. Recently, an in-depth look at new information caused me to change my view.

The type of fluoridation chemical put into public drinking water, including Sandpoint’s until recently, is a toxic waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry. According to NSF International, the entity that certifies the products, fluoridation chemicals contain contaminants including arsenic, lead, mercury and other heavy metals. They do not test each batch to determine if the contaminant levels are considered safe...............
Jennifer Ekstrom is executive director of Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper in Sandpoint.
Comment
nyscof on August 07 at 3:57 a.m.

Congratulations for a job well-done Jennifer. We now know why the newspaper industry is faltering. People cannot trust journalists to do a proper investigation of an issue. When we see how poorly reported fluoridation is, an issue we know very well, we know we can no longer trust what is written on other subjects.

The Fluoride Action Network is working with Dr. Mercola to stop fluoridation country-wide. Join us. While many journalists are now the PR arm of special interest groups, it's now more important than ever to take back our water supplies from those special interest groups.

Even if fluoride is not in your tap water, it's in the food supply made with fluoridated tap water. People need to tell their legislators to stop kowtowing to special interest groups such as organized dentistry and do what's in the best interest of their constituents and stop putting harmful, ineffective, fluoride chemicals into their body via fluoridation.

No human is or ever was fluoride deficient. Many are dentist deficient. Dentists need to be mandated to treat more low-income people rather than their water supply.