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Letter: Get fluoride out of our city water supply
FROM JIM EARLES 2811 BUENA VISTA ST.
I notice that the issue of getting the fluoride out of our city water supply was recently discussed at a Dubuque City Council meeting. Water fluoridation is an expensive and dangerous practice that ought to be ended.
The only naturally occurring form of fluoride is calcium fluoride. What is added to municipal water supplies are silicofluorides, which are hazardous industrial waste products. While this form of fluoride is toxic in and of itself, it is frequently also contaminated with cadmium, lead, uranium and arsenic, all of which then end up in the water. Fluoridation is not truly driven by notions of dental health -- it is about industry getting rid of its hazardous waste at a profit, instead of having to pay a fortune to dispose of it.
FROM JIM EARLES 2811 BUENA VISTA ST.
I notice that the issue of getting the fluoride out of our city water supply was recently discussed at a Dubuque City Council meeting. Water fluoridation is an expensive and dangerous practice that ought to be ended.
The only naturally occurring form of fluoride is calcium fluoride. What is added to municipal water supplies are silicofluorides, which are hazardous industrial waste products. While this form of fluoride is toxic in and of itself, it is frequently also contaminated with cadmium, lead, uranium and arsenic, all of which then end up in the water. Fluoridation is not truly driven by notions of dental health -- it is about industry getting rid of its hazardous waste at a profit, instead of having to pay a fortune to dispose of it.
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