Fluoride occurs in nature, in our food, soil, and water. It has not been defined as an essential nutrient.
So it's gotta be ok for us to consume, right?
Big pharma sells fluoride in the form of a drug. It has been defined as such by the FDA. If you want to take pharmaceutical-grade fluoride in a pill, you have to have a doctor's prescription. You would be instructed to take a certain amount based upon your age and weight in order not to exceed "safe limits of consumption."
Would it surprise you to learn that the FDA has never actually approved fluoride for safety and efficacy? And yet, this unapproved "drug" is dumped into 70% of the tap water in this country. Without our consent. Without a prescription from our doctor. Without taking into account "dosage intake" based upon age or weight. Without any warnings to the public of the harm it can cause.
Would it surprise you to learn that the fluoride that is dumped into our water is NOT pharmaceutical grade (sodium fluoride), such as is found in toothpaste and mouth wash? It is derived largely from the toxic chemical waste of the phosphate fertilizer industry, and is defined as fluorosilicic acid.
Fluorosilicic acid = the waste accumulated after the fertilizer industry scrubs down its smoke stacks. They cannot dump this toxic waste into a stream or river; there are environmental laws against this. And it would cost too much money to clean up the toxic mess. Ah, what better way to solve this problem than to SELL it (yes, for $$$$!) to municipal water companies across the country. Let them add it to the public drinking water .... for what purpose?.... to prevent cavities, right?
But fluoridation DOES prevent cavities, doesn't it?
That's what we have been told ever since we saw those propaganda films back in the 50's. But even the proponents of water fluoridation admit that, if there is a benefit (and that is most assuredly debatable!), it is through topical application of the fluoride onto the teeth, NOT by taking it systemically. And certainly NOT by ingesting it in the form of toxic waste from the fertilizer industry.
Fluoride is a carcinogen (osteocarcoma and cancer of the liver). It stresses kidney function. It contributes to arthritis. It causes dental fluorosis of the teeth. It works with lead to block cognitive functioning of the brain. It contributes to hypothyroidism. The list of damages that can be attributed to fluoride goes on and on.
David Kennedy, DDS, has produced a very comprehensive video about the evils of fluoridation, called "Fluoride Gate." I highly recommend that you watch it. See how a top-level scientist from the EPA was fired when he tried to expose this problem way back in the 90's!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpw5fGt4UvI#t=10
On a personal level, I have tried to alert my local water company about this problem. But without huge numbers of people crying out for a change to this policy, nothing will happen. So the best I can do at this point is educate. I am a member of Fluoride Action Network. Here is a link to that organization's website. It's loaded with well-documented info:
http://fluoridealert.org/articles/50-reasons/
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