Very graphic evidence given.

Scoop NZ Health

Fluoridation contributes to Iodine deficiency and illness
Monday, 29 April 2019, 9:07 am
Press Release: Fluoride Free New Zealand

A recent review identifies the molecular mechanisms by which fluoride inhibits sodium iodide symporter expression and functionality, which in turn contributes to impaired iodide absorption, diminished iodide-concentrating ability, and iodine deficiency disorders[1]. Overall, studies suggest that fluoride exposure directly affects the bio-availability of iodine in humans.

This is particularly important for New Zealanders, as NZ soil is deficient in iodine, and over 50% of the population is supplied with fluoridated water. It is well known that New Zealanders are commonly deficient in iodine, and iodine is now routinely given to pregnant women. Considering the importance of iodine on health, compulsorily medicating the population (as the Supreme Court has ruled it is) with a toxic substance that reduces this vital nutrient is not just unbelievably irresponsible, it is verging on criminal.

Evidence from epidemiological studies also suggest that the combination of iodine deficiency and fluoride exposure result in higher risk of developmental disorders, including impaired cognitive function in children. One particular study concluded that excessive fluoride exposure and iodine deficiency interact synergistically to induce brain damage.

Hypothyroidism resulting from insufficient iodine intake and/or absorption, can occur at any stage of life, but the most devastating consequences of iodine deficiency take place during foetal development and childhood, with stillbirth, miscarriages, poor growth, and cognitive impairment. Iodine deficiency remains a major public health problem worldwide and the world’s greatest single cause of preventable brain damage

In 2002, the Scientific Committee on Food, the main committee providing the European Commission with scientific advice on food safety, reported that dietary iodine absorption and incorporation is reduced by fluoride in food and water.

These findings support the findings of epidemiological studies.

A recent cross-sectional study conducted in Canada found that urinary iodine concentrations were lower in fluoridated than non-fluoridated communities. Moreover, iodine deficient individuals were found to have higher urinary fluoride concentrations compared with the non-iodine deficient group.

Similarly, a recent all Ireland study that measured iodine status in adolescent girls throughout the island of Ireland, found that the percentage of adolescent girls with moderate to severe iodine deficiency was 2–4-fold higher in the Republic of Ireland (84% fluoridated) compared to nonfluoridated Northern Ireland.

A 2014 study by Peckham et al [2] found “that higher levels of fluoride in drinking water provide a useful contribution for predicting prevalence of hypothyroidism. We found that practices located in the West Midlands (a wholly fluoridated area) are nearly twice as likely to report high hypothyroidism prevalence in comparison to Greater Manchester (non-fluoridated area).”

The researchers concluded “In many areas of the world, hypothyroidism is a major health concern and in addition to other factors—such as iodine deficiency—fluoride exposure should be considered as a contributing factor. The findings of the study raise particular concerns about the validity of community fluoridation as a safe public health measure.”



References:

1. D T Waugh “Fluoride Exposure Induces Inhibition of Sodium/Iodide Symporter (NIS) Contributing to Impaired Iodine Absorption and Iodine Deficiency: Molecular Mechanisms of Inhibition and Implications for Public Health” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(6), 1086; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16

2. Peckham UK study: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204971

Peckham, Lowery & Spencer “Are fluoride levels in drinking water associated with hypothyroidism prevalence in England? A large observational study of GP practice data and fluoride levels in drinking water” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Mary Byrne

National Coordinator

Fluoride Free New Zealand

Irish Examiner - Reader's Blog: Fluoridation of water leads to immune deficiency

It is difficult not to notice growing attention regarding measles outbreaks and the recent call by Health Minister Simon Harris to introduce mandatory vaccinations. While vaccinations have clearly benefitted public health, the attention has focused solely on one factor; that is rates of immunisation. However, there has been no comment regarding other factors.

It is widely accepted that vitamin A deficiency impairs immunity thereby increasing the risk of measles. Evidence also suggests that vitamin A deficiency lowers the antibody response to some vaccines, including measles, tetanus, rotavirus and diphtheria toxoid vaccinations. Thus, measles outbreaks can occur among vaccinated individuals as reported in the American Journal of Public Health, when a measles outbreak occurred in a school in Boston with a documented vaccination level of 98%. Vaccinated individuals were sources of infection for approximately 50% of cases.

In the journal Vaccine, it was reported in 2017 that in South Korea, a country where measles had been eliminated due to 95% vaccine coverage, outbreaks affected more individuals who were vaccinated than non-vaccinated individuals. Interestingly, the authors suggested this occurrence may have been due to waning vaccine-induced immunity in the absence of natural boosting by circulating measles viruses.

Evidence from human and animal studies show that ingesting fluoride contributes to vitamin A deficiency. Moreover, ingesting fluoride significantly reduces the bioavailability of other vitamins including vitamins E, C and D and lowers the concentrations of natural antioxidants required to fight disease.

Iodine is a vital micronutrient required at all stages of life; foetal life and early childhood the most critical. In addition to regulating thyroid hormones, iodine has many additional functions, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-microbial defence. Thus, iodine deficiency contributes to impaired immunity and increased risk of disease. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health recently published a study which I wrote demonstrating that fluoride inhibits iodine uptake and transportation and contributes to iodine deficiency disorders. Emerging evidence also reported in the same journal in another study which I authored, recently found that fluoride inhibits another crucial protein called sodium potassium activated adenosine 50-triphosphatase.

Inhibition of this essential protein has been shown to be implicated in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory autoimmune diseases, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, obesity, degenerative eye diseases, autism, ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression and mood disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, neonatal seizures and epilepsy as well as cognitive deficits, impaired male fertility and increased risk of cancer.

Taken together, evidence suggests that mandatory fluoridation of drinking water as practised here — one of only two countries where this is mandated by legislation — may be contributing to diverse pathophysiological conditions. Therefore, evidence suggests that one of the safest, simplest and most cost-effective means of reducing the burden of disease may also boost population immune function and resistance to fight infectious disease would be to end fluoridation.

But the health minister will no doubt ignore this evidence, as he has ignored the recent evidence which found that water fluoridation was associated with increased prevalence of hypothyroidism and ADHD and prenatal exposure to fluoride in pregnancy was associated with lower IQ in offspring and increased risk of ADHD.

Declan Waugh

Riverview

Bandon

Is it true that Russia and China have no Autism?

Report shows 239 people sickened in Utah fluoride overfeed; investigation continuing

By Amy Joi O'Donoghue

Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
FILE - Sandy city employees Taylor Vick and Mike Fox distribute water to residents at a staging area on 700 East in Sandy on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A new summary of the health impacts caused by the accidental release of fluoride in Sandy says there were 239 cases of people reporting symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, headaches or other symptoms. The February incident is under investigation.

The Truth About Fluoride with Melissa Gallico

The Truth About Fluoride with Melissa Gallico
The Dr. Hedberg Show
Alternative Health

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In this episode of The Dr. Hedberg Show, I interview Melissa Gallico about fluoride.  We talked about where fluoride comes from, why it was added to our water supply, how to know if your water is fluoridated, how to filter fluoride, other sources of fluoride, the fluoride-acne connection, the fluoride-thyroid connection, how to detoxify fluoride with iodine, and how to petition your local legislators to remove fluoride from your water supply.  I was not aware of the fluoride-acne connection so this was an enlightening podcast that everyone should listen to who has acne or a thyroid issue.

Dr. Hedberg: Well, welcome everyone to the "Dr. Hedberg Show." This is Dr. Hedberg, and really looking forward to the interview today. I'm talking to Melissa Gallico. And Melissa is the author of the book "The Hidden Cause of Acne: How Toxic Water Is Affecting Your Health and What You Can Do About It," and also a book called "F is For Fluoride: A Feasible Fairy Tale for Free Thinkers 15 and Up." She's a former military intelligence officer, Fulbright Scholar and intelligence specialist at the Federal Bureau of Investigation where she instructed classes for FBI analysts at Quantico, and provided analytics support for National Security Investigations. She graduated with honors from Georgetown University, and she has a master's degree from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. So, Melissa, welcome to the show.Melissa: Thank you so much for having me.

Dr. Hedberg: Yeah. So I heard you on the...first I heard you on the "15-minute Matrix" podcast, and was really interested in what you were talking about. I've studied fluoride a little bit over the years, but just mainly related to how it affects the thyroid. But why don't we just start out with some basics regarding fluoride and fluoridated water? So can you talk about why fluoride was added to the water? Why did they do that, how did it happen, and how can people tell if they have fluoridated water?

Melissa: Sure. So in the mid-20th century, dentists started...well, originally, they noticed that fluoride caused brown stains on teeth, and it's a condition called dental fluorosis. So that's where they started studying fluoride and its effect on tooth enamel. And eventually, they started developing a theory that, you know, too much fluoride is bad for your tooth enamel, it causes this cosmetic staining, but maybe a little bit of fluoride is actually good for your tooth enamel and makes it stronger and prevents cavities.
So that's the theory behind why they add it to the water supply today. They've been doing it for over 70 years. And they just think of it as adjusting the fluoride level to, like, this optimal dose that helps prevent cavities. And that's what I always assumed it was, I always drank fluoridated water, and I used fluoride in my toothpaste, and I had the treatments at the dentist. I never really thought about it. But when I got older and I realized that fluoride was affecting my health in negative ways, I looked into it more. And I looked into the history and realized that behind that very nice story that I believed and that I, you know, told myself and just assumed was true, there's actually a very deep pollution scandal there.

And people are always surprised when I talk about pollution and fluoride, because we've forgotten that fluoride was the leading form of air pollution at the time the science was being developed in the mid-20th century. It's a common element in the earth's crust. So when we started these large-scale mining operations for things like aluminum or phosphate, these companies were emitting just toxic amounts of fluoride into the atmosphere, and it was causing a lot of lawsuits. So the fluoride would go into the atmosphere, it would end up on the grass, poisoning cattle,

Winsor Star - Reader letter: Some people are more affected by fluoride

Re: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw,’ by Anne Jarvis, March 1.

As an environmentalist, organic farmer and believer of informed consent, I have several reasons for opposing fluoridation chemicals in drinking water but after reading Anne Jarvis’ opinion piece about dental anecdotes I thought it important that the public know the reality for people like me, who suffer kidney disease.

I have polycystic kidney disease. This is an inherited disease that results in compromised kidney function. Fluoride is a toxin and drinking water with added fluoride puts a strain on my kidneys. When kidney disease patients swallow fluoride, it accumulates in our bodies more so than someone with kidneys that work properly. Ingesting fluoride means it will build up in my bones and make them more brittle as I age, increasing my risk for hip fractures and more.

Fluoride is easy to find and cheap to buy in toothpaste for those who want it. It doesn’t make sense to add something to the drinking water so that it becomes unsafe for some members of the community.

Bottled water is not affordable and not environmentally friendly. I already pay for municipal drinking water from my tap — though I and others needing to avoid fluoride should not be burdened with finding and paying for an alternative source of drinking water.

One in 10 people suffer kidney disease, according to the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Kidney disease sufferers are encouraged to drink large amounts of water.

It is ironic, this public health policy of fluoridating a water supply to target a group of people that can’t afford dental health care, while ignoring another group of people who will be harmed. This segment of society deserves the same equitable access to safe drinking water as everyone else, without the harm to their kidneys and overall health. Water is needed for life, fluoride is not.

Lesley Labbe, Ruthven

My Old Letter to the Editor on Water Fluoridation: Is Tooth Decay More Important than Brain Decay?

Melissa Dykes Apr 15, 2019

I was looking over some of the oldest content I put up back when I first started Truthstream Media as a blog in 2011, and I came across this letter to the editor I wrote to my local newspaper on the dangers of fluoridating water. This is one of the first topics I became passionate about after I began researching it; hence, one of the first videos I ever made had to do with fluoridation and I’ve made many others over the years. (The one below is my favorite.)

In the years since, I have traveled to Canada and Europe for the first time while filming our documentaries, and I realized that in many other countries around the world, many other governments do not mass “medicate” their citizens like this. Despite what the American Dental Association claims, studies have actually shown that the number of cavities do not go up in communities that end water fluoridation; in fact, in Germany as just one example, researchers found significantly less dental caries after water fluoridation was stopped.

It kind of amazes me that here we are in 2019, and cities across America are still dumping a dangerous byproduct of the fertilizer industry into our municipal water supplies, under the outdated and debunked premise that it’s somehow “good for our teeth” (while also magically managing not to harm the rest of our organs and soft tissues it comes into contact with or our bones where it accumulates over time, potentially causing skeletal fluorosis).

As the short letter below never quite made it over to the new site when Aaron and I relaunched Truthstream Media together back in April 2013 (six years ago today, I just noticed), I thought I’d go ahead and post the original here… for posterity.

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Note: The newspaper has a limit of 400 words or less, or this would have been longer. Feel free to use all or part of this letter in your own city! We need to get poisonous chemicals out of our water supply!! ~Mel

Fluoridation: Is tooth decay more important than brain decay?

Our city needs to reconsider the thousands of dollars we taxpayers spend on water fluoridation. Ever wonder why the United States consistently shows a drop in educational test scores versus the rest of the world? A recent study conducted by Harvard University researchers published in a federal government journal concluded, “Our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on Children’s neurodevelopment.” Did you know fluoride is listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) database of developmental neurotoxicants as a “chemical with substantial evidence for developmental neurotoxicity”? This may be why New Hampshire recently passed a statewide fluoride warning law.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “grandfathered” fluoride in before the 1938 drug testing requirement, so fluoride has never even been officially FDA-approved for ingestion in all these years, nor is it on the FDA’s “approved drug” list. Fluoride is a chemical byproduct. Three types are used for fluoridation, one of which is a liquid by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing. Because fluoride medication of our water is done outright, everyone ingests differing amounts depending on size and how much water they drink. The skin, being the body’s largest organ, also takes in fluoride every time we bathe or shower. Fluoride accumulates in our systems, and studies have shown adverse effects on nearly every organ in the body, from reducing thyroid activity to impairing kidney function. According to the National Toxicology Program, a “preponderance of evidence” from lab studies also indicates that fluoride is a “mutagenic compound”. Many mutagenic substances have been known to cause cancer. It makes sense Harvard researchers found fluoride negatively impacted the smaller, developing brains of children even worse than adults.

When we take a drink of water, how much surface time does that mouthful have with our teeth before we swallow it anyway? We ingest fluoride and it travels to every other system in our body, accumulating there. While cavities can certainly be an issue, impaired organs and bodily system function that lowers our overall life expectancy seems a tad direr in the grand scheme of things. Is dental health more important than organ health? While people have cheap, easy access to fluoridated toothpaste and toothbrushes, there is no quick drugstore remedy that can fix potentially permanent organ damage and a forever lowered IQ that studies have shown water fluoridation can cause.

NHS Pilot planned to help Devon's most deprived kids learn how to brush their teeth

The scheme would be targeted at children in the 50 per cent most deprived areas in Devon and would be for children who attend nursery and reception class.

Children in nursery and reception classes across Devon’s most deprived areas may soon be taught how to brush their teeth.

NHS England South are currently looking seeking interest from providers who want to run a supervised tooth brushing service in the county.

The scheme would be targeted at children in the 50 per cent most deprived areas in Devon and would be for children who attend nursery and reception class.

Previous pilots ran across the UK have revealed that children who took part are less reluctant to brush their teeth at home and the number of parents either attending or planning to attend a dentist with their child has increased, with 72 per cent saying it was easy to incorporate brushing into a daily routine.........................

Canada - Windsor Star

Fluoride in water is unsafe for some

• Windsor Star
• 13 Apr 2019

Re: The fluoride debate: ‘I know what I saw,’ by Anne Jarvis, March 1.

As an environmentalist, organic farmer and believer of informed consent, I have several reasons for opposing fluoridation chemicals in drinking water, but after reading Anne Jarvis’s opinion piece about dental anecdotes I thought it important that the public know the reality for people like me who suffer kidney disease.

I have polycystic kidney disease. This is an inherited disease that results in compromised kidney function. Fluoride is a toxin, and drinking water with added fluoride puts a strain on my kidneys. When kidney disease patients swallow fluoride, it accumulates in our bodies more so than someone with kidneys that work properly. Ingesting fluoride means it will build up in my bones and make them more brittle as I age, increasing my risk for hip fractures and more. Fluoride is easy to find and cheap to buy in toothpaste for those who want it. It doesn’t make sense to add something to the drinking water so that it becomes unsafe for some members of the community. Bottled water is not affordable and not environmentally friendly. I already pay for municipal drinking water from my tap. I and others needing to avoid fluoride should not be burdened with finding and paying for an alternative source of drinking water.

One in 10 people suffer kidney disease, according to the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Kidney disease sufferers are encouraged to drink large amounts of water. It is ironic, this public health policy of fluoridating a water supply to target a group of people that can’t afford dental health care, while ignoring another group of people who will be harmed. This segment of society deserves the same equitable access to safe drinking water as everyone else, without the harm to their kidneys and overall health. Water is needed for life, fluoride is not.

Lesley Labbe, Ruthven

The Ask Dr. D'Adamo internet advice column ran from 1996 to 2009

Flouride In Toothpaste

QUESTION: Is it true that fluoride in the toothpaste should be avoided for all types of blood type?

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ANSWER: We live in an increasingly 'fluoridated' world. The fluoride in water and toothpaste is potentially harmful; the hydrogen fluoride in contaminated air far more so. Each year, tens of thousands of tons of hydrogen fluoride create an environmental hazard which can be 1,000 times more harmful than sulphur dioxide, a key, but rarely mentioned component of 'acid rain'.

Fluoride in toothpaste can be absorbed through the tissues of the mouth, as well as swallowed accidentally. Many prescription drugs also contain fluoride. None of these items are labeled to indicate the quantity of fluoride added to the daily dietary total. In essence, flouride can become a 'straw that breaks the camel's back.'

In the early days of water flouridation, the total intake for most adults was 0.02 mg/kg/day: About one to one and a half milligrams of fluoride daily. Today, the figure is 0.095 mg/kg/day, and from food and drinking water alone, more than 6 milligrams daily.

Thus, the amount of flouride we are getting simply through the environment, has long ago passed the amount necessary to protect bones and teeth.

Rising demand of fluorosilicic acid in fluoridation of drinking water is expected to drive the market 2019

 ajinkya@tmrresearch.com April 10, 2019

Fluorosilicic acid is an organic liquid produced as by product of hydrogen fluoride and phosphoric acid production. It is generally used for fluoridation of water to maintain fluoride level in water by municipal corporations and in toothpastes. Maintaining fluoride levels helps in preventing tooth decay. Being a liquid, fluorosilicic acid is easy to handle and plant operators does not have to handle the fine powder which may create occupational hazards. Fluorosilicic acid is used in various applications that include sterilization, electroplating, commercial laundry, oil well acidizing, wood preservative, stain and rust removing, neutralizing agent and for tanning of glass, ceramic and animal hides.

Rising demand of fluorosilicic acid in fluoridation of drinking water is expected to drive the market. Governmental regulations in the U.S. and Europe are compelling the municipal corporations to use fluorosilicic acid as fluoridating agent for public drinking water. Fluorosilicic acid is used in manufacturing of commercial detergents such as cryolite, silicon tetrafluoride and other fluorosilicicates. Rising demand from textile industry is further expected to boost the market growth as it is being used for removal of stain and rust from the fabrics. Concentrated fluorosilicic acid found applications in tanning of animal hides & skin, glass and ceramics. Rising demand for tanned glass and ceramic from various end user applications such as house interiors, electrical and electronics is expected to fuel the flurosilicic acid market.

Read Report Overview @

https://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/fluorosilicic-acid-market.html

However, corrosive nature and fuming property of concentrated fluorosilicic acid especially above 20% concentration may hamper the market growth. The acidic nature of this compound leaches the lead and arsenic from water delivery plumbing. Additionally, it is a byproduct of phosphate fertilizer industry and claimed to be contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive elements which may inhibit the fluorosilicic acid market growth. Increasing application in sterilization and fumigation technologies is expected to provide immense opportunities for the players in fluorosilicic acid market. Further, rising demand from dental applications such as mouth rinse solutions, chewing gums and toothpastes is expected to contribute to the opportunities in developed countries.

North America is the largest consumer of fluorosilicic acid in terms of consumption followed by Europe. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from the U.S. has certified the chemical to be used as fluoridating agent in drinking water and have compelled municipal corporations to use for fluoridation to prevent tooth decay of population. Commercial laundry and textile industries are expected to boost the fluorosilicic acid market in this region. European countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom uses fluorosilicic acid for fluoridation of drinking water and for tanning animal hides and skin. Rising demand from these end user industries is expected to fuel the market growth in this region. Growing application in mouth wash, gel and other dental products is expected to drive the market in North America and Europe. China was the largest producer of fluorosilicic acid due to presence of large number of players and abundant raw materials. Changing lifestyle and disposable income in Asia Pacific is driving dental care and commercial laundry market which in turn expected to boost the fluorosilicic acid market.

Tooth decay common for kids in Northland and Auckland - study

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A study has found two-fifths of pre-schoolers in Northland and Auckland have dental cavities.

Dental exams of five-year-olds from 2014 and 2015 show about 40 percent had one or more decayed, missing or filled teeth.

The prevalence was higher in Maori and Pacific children - around three-fifths - and those from the most-deprived neighbourhoods or communities where the water isn't fluoridated.

Children who had been hospitalised for injury also had a higher rate of tooth decay.

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"More effort is necessary to reduce the burden of early childhood caries in Auckland and Northland," the researchers said.

"Healthy public policies, such as community water fluoridation, and strategies to reduce sugary drink consumption, such as the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax, regulating the promotion of sugary foods and drinks, and health warnings on product labels similar to tobacco products, are necessary to address oral health problems in New Zealand children.

"Innovative health promotion, such as health messaging through culturally relevant and interactive platforms of videos, songs, television and tooth brushing demonstration, may also be considered.'

Children are eligible for free dental care up until the age of 17.

The latest study was carried out by the University of Auckland and Waitemata District Health Board, and published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday.

Newshub.

How many parents know they should only put a smear of toothpaste on the toothbrush? The companies won't like that advice either as sales will go down.

UK - Letters: 'Plan to add fluoride to Darlington water defies common sense'

THE plan to fluoridate Darlington’s water supply defies common sense.

If the goal is, as stated by the council, to improve the dental health of our children, why is there a need to force all age groups to consume fluoride?

Far from specifically targeting children at risk of tooth decay, water fluoridation is highly inefficient as it compulsorily medicates the entire population.

There is also no control over the doses consumed. People who live active lifestyles, such as those who take exercise or play sports, inevitably drink more water than those who don’t.

Those who prepare meals at home, rather than relying on convenience foods bought from the supermarket, also consume more.

Fluoridation means every time we turn on our taps, be it to drink water, heat it for tea or coffee, cook with it or wash our food with it, we would be exposing ourselves to the chemical.

Beer drinkers who enjoy real ales produced by the area’s fine local breweries would also be affected.

Locally brewed beer would no longer be as real as it once was, but would instead contain synthetic chemical fluoride.

Fluoridation could well result in the town’s discerning real ale drinkers eschewing beers produced by local brewers in favour of those from outside the area produced with natural non-fluoridated water.

The real cause of tooth decay in children isn’t a lack of fluoride in our water, but poor diet.

Fluoridation avoids focusing on the chief causes of poor diets in children, such as low wages and poverty.

Instead, it naively pretends that compulsory mass medication of the entire population can solve the problem.

The people of Darlington, and our children, deserve better than this.

Paul Anthony Taylor, Darlington

1 Comment

pensioner25 hrs ago

 0Who is trying to sneak this through?? Northumbria water or Darlington Council?? and why have they not let people know their plans? this is the first I have heard of it- it needs to be known before people re-elect these people so we can stop them getting back into power and poisoning us all!!! Try giving the kids less sweets and sugary drinks rather than poison people with a dangerous chemical in the life giving water- COMPULSORY ADMINISTRATION OF A CHEMICAL WITHOUT PEOOPLE HAVING THE OPTION NOT TO BE POISONED BY THE COUNCIL! OR NW! NO THANKS I DO NOT WISH TO HAVE MY DRINKING WATER TREATED IN THIS WAY, IF YOU GO AHEAD THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO BUY AND FIT A WATER PURIFIER TO MY PIPES AT THEIR COST, OR FACE MY SOLICITOR!

USA - Tim Ryan’s Long, Weird History of Palling Around With Fluoride and Vaccine Skeptics

Tim Ryan’s Long, Weird History of Palling Around With Fluoride and Vaccine Skeptics

Why the 2020 candidate’s quest to win the “yoga vote” might come back to haunt him.

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At a 2018 question-and-answer session at a summit for wellness influencers in San Diego, an attendee wanted to talk to Tim Ryan about fluoride.

Ryan, a Democratic congressman from Northeast Ohio, had co-sponsored a resolution in 2015 hailing water fluoridation as a public health triumph. But the woman told Ryan that water fluoridation had given her severe acne. And as she recounted her subsequent investigation into its effects, Ryan’s position appeared to soften.

“Well you’ve already got me to reconsider,” Ryan told her. “I want to get you with my staff.”

“That’s government in action right there, folks,” he continued after the audience applauded. “We’ll get on it. And the stories—that’s how you move people, with stories.”

At that point, the moderator of the town hall, Mark Hyman—an Ohio physician who wrote the preface to Ryan’s second book—chimed in. “And it’s not just acne,” he said. “There’s many, many issues with fluoride.”

“Yeah,” Ryan said.

What does palling around mean?

Associate as friends or chums, as in Bill and Jim have been palling around for years . This expression makes a verb of the noun pal , which comes from the Gypsy word for “brother.” 

Never heard of the word before

Don't remember seeing this video before, shame it never changed anything in Ireland.

Flavor augmentations affect fluoride bioavailability from brewed dark tea

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The bioavailability of fluoride in dark tea and NaF aqueous solution was evaluated.

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Milk significantly reduced the bioavailability of fluoride in dark tea.

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In rats, butter prolonged the absorption period of fluoride from dark tea.

Abstract

Fluorosis caused by consumption of dark tea is a major public health problem in the western part of China. In this study, the effects of milk powder, butter, and table salt on the bioavailability of the fluoride in an infusion of dark tea were investigated in a rat model. These substances were examined for their potential as dietary interventions to reduce the risk of tea-induced fluorosis. Fluoride was less bioavailable from the dark tea infusion than from a NaF solution. The addition of milk powder significantly decreased the amount of fluoride absorbed from the dark tea infusion and increased the amount of fluoride in fecal excretion. While butter had a limited effect on fluoride bioavailability, it prolonged the fluoride absorption period. The addition of 4 mg/mL table salt significantly increased the bioavailability of fluoride in the dark tea infusion. The addition of different flavor augmentations to a dark tea infusion had different effects on fluoride bioavailability. Therefore, dietary intervention may be a novel strategy for reducing fluorosis risk.

Why You Simply MUST Filter Your Water

By Frank Lipman, M.D.Pioneer in Functional Medicine

Water is a life-sustaining fluid that’s essential to health, but if you're drinking straight out of the tap, it can undermine your health. When you drink tap (or even spring) water, you’ll likely be getting more than you bargained for — chlorine, fluorine compounds, Trihalomethanes (THMs), assorted hormones, pesticides and even trace amounts of prescription drugs. It can be a witches’ brew of health-killing effluvia, but you can improve the odds.

Here’s the low-down on water, and how to turn it back into the health drink nature intended:

Tap water is dirtier than it looks.

Even “clean” drinking water that flows from the tap isn’t what most of us would think of as clean. It’s traveled through miles of pipeline, picking up contaminants, pesticides and industrial run-off along the way. It’s been disinfected with potential carcinogens like chlorine, ammonia and or chloramines, then “fortified” with fluoride. While disinfection is a necessary evil — without it, water-borne illnesses would be a constant problem — drinking, showering and bathing every day with this chemical brew is a lousy idea.

No. Seriously. Your water is funky.

Problem is, most of us don’t have a clue about the chemicals and contaminants in our water, nor do we know their long-term effects. We trust that everything is OK, but it’s not. In fact, the Environmental Working Group spent three years investigating the country’s drinking water and the results were jaw-dropping. They found that roughly 85% of the population was using tap water laced with over 300 contaminants, many with unknown long-term effects and more than half of which aren’t even regulated by the EPA. Add to the mix an ever-growing list of new chemical compounds that come online just about every day and well, the waters only get murkier.

Bottled water isn't better, cleaner, or good for the earth.

Let me be blunt: there’s just no good reason to drink bottled water — and if you’re one of those folks who buys it by the case, I beg you to stop. Bottled water is virtually unregulated, expensive, and even the EPA says it’s not necessarily safer than tap. It’s also insanely wasteful — an estimated three liters of water is needed to produce just one liter, and roughly 17 million barrels of oil is required to produce all those bottles, according to The Pacific Institute. What’s worse, roughly 2/3rds of those bottles wind up in the ocean and in landfills, polluting and poisoning waters and wildlife.

Brew your own – with the help of water filtration systems.

So, how to tamp down the bad stuff in your brew? The best way to go is a water filtration system. For starters, look for one that’s certified by the NSF, an independent, non-profit group that tests and verifies the contaminant reducing abilities of water filters. Next, you’ll need to determine how far you’re willing to go, based on your needs and budget. Ideally, whole-house filtration systems are an excellent option, but they’re not always feasible. If whole-house filtration isn’t appropriate for your home, then I recommend investing in individual drinking water and shower filter units.

Tap into your tap.

For drinking water, there are different ways to go, with the three simplest options being under-the-counter filters, countertop filters and pitcher systems:

Under-the-counters are great because they’re tucked away out of sight and receive very high marks for filtration. However, the initial purchase price plus cost per gallon can be a bit higher than the other options, and there is some installation involved.·
Countertop filters use water pressure to force water through the filtration process, which helps make water healthier and tastier, removing more contaminants than standard pitcher systems. Countertop systems require minimal installation (a small hose, but no permanent fixtures), and take up only few inches of counter space.·
Water pitchers work well for the space-challenged because they’re portable, need no installation, fit easily in the fridge and are available on just about every street corner. They do a decent job of filtering out some of the major contaminants, but generally not as many as under-the-counter and countertop versions. And while the initial investment is small, filters need frequent replacement which boosts the cost per gallon over other methods. My favorite pitcher (and the one we use in my office) is the Aquasana Powered Water Filtration System.
Don’t bathe in chemicals.

Your morning shower should not include daily exposure to chlorine, carcinogens and vaporized chemical contaminants being absorbed into your skin and breathed into your lungs. Without a shower filter, it does.

A few simple tips to cut exposure:

Shorten your showers
Turn down the temperature a bit so pores are less open to absorbing contaminants
Install a shower filter (most importantly)
Clean up your act, but kick the tires first.

Water filtration is a simple, no-brainer way to support your health by preventing toxic chemicals and carcinogens from entering your body – and everyone should do it. Before you invest though, check out The Environmental Working Group’s helpful Water Filter Buying Guide to learn more about the options that will work best for your specific needs.

My secret water weapon.

My favorite filters, which I recommend to my patients (and the ones I personally use) are from Aquasana. They remove much of the bad stuff without stripping the water of beneficial minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium and they are NSF-certified.

I’ll drink to that!