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UK Against Fluoridation

Friday, October 05, 2018

Australia - Letters to the editor

Fluoride is not the answer

Re Star article “Fluoride back for Council debate” (Sep 25).
There is nothing like a glass of cool, clear water to quench one’s thirst.
But the next time you or your child reaches for one, you might want to question whether that water is in fact too toxic to drink.
If the water is fluoridated , the answer may well be yes.
We would not purposely add arsenic or lead to the water supply, but we add fluoride.
The fact is that fluoride is more toxic than lead and just slightly less toxic than arsenic.
According to “Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products” 5th edition, 1984, lead is given a toxicity rating of 3 to 4 and fluoride is rates 4 where 3 is moderately toxic and 4 is very toxic.
On December 7, 1992 the new EPA Maximum Contaminant Level for lead was set at 0.015ppm with a goal of 0.0ppm. 
The MCL for fluoride is currently set for 4.0ppm – that is over 250 times the permissable level of lead.
The first thing you have to understand about fluoride is that it is the problem child of industry.
Its toxicity was recognised at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution when in the 1850s iron and copper factories discharged it into the air and poisoned plants, animals and people.
Tacoma, Washington temporarily ceased water fluoridation during a 1992 drought and lead levels dropped from 33 parts per billion to 17 ppb.
The EPA’s MCL for lead is 15 ppb.
In Thurmont Maryland lead levels in town water have decreased significantly since town officials stopped adding fluoride.
In recent years it’s been shown flouridation is neither essential for good health nor protective of teeth. What it does is poisons the body.
The US Public Health Service has stated that fluoride makes bones more brittle and dental enamel more porous.
Kevin Moore,
Mount Isa

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