Is Fluoride
Really That Bad?
First, let's start
off with clearing up what fluoride really is. There is actually a
vast number of fluorides. Fluorides are made by bonding the element
fluorine with some other substance. Now
the fluoride in our tap water has a big fancy name: Fluorosilicic
acid (or
hydrofluorosilicic acid once the fluorosilicic acid has been
diluted).
Fluorosilicic acid is a toxic byproduct of the phosphate fertilizer industry. While manufacturing
the commercial fertilizer there are toxic gases emitted. Currently
this gas is, for the most part, kept from getting into the atmosphere
and is collected in special apparatuses. And these collected emissions
are bottled up and sent all over the country to be added to the
different municipalities' tap water. Keep in mind that fluorosilicic
acid is considered a hazardous waste and is handled accordingly.
Before being added to our drinking water, it undergoes NO refinement
or purification and has elevated levels of arsenic in it. It is, in
fact, so toxic that in the 1950s and '60s livestock and crops were
disastrously damaged by the toxic emissions of these phosphate
fertilizer plants. The livestock's bones were destroyed to the point
where the cattle couldn't stand to graze. They were made infertile
and couldn't produce offspring, and if they did miraculously become
impregnated the calf was either born with horrendous deformities or
was stillborn. Orchards were destroyed as well as crops. Here's what
the CBC reported from a town in Ontario:
“Farmers
noticed it first… Something mysterious burned the peppers, burned
the fruit, dwarfed and shriveled the grains, damaged everything that
grew. Something in the air destroyed the crops. Anyone could see it…
They noticed it first in 1961. Again in ’62. Worse each year.
Plants that didn’t burn, were dwarfed. Grain yields cut in
half…Finally, a greater disaster revealed the source of the
trouble. A plume from a silver stack, once the symbol of Dunville’s
progress, spreading for miles around poison – fluorine. It was
identified by veterinarians. There was no doubt. What happened to the
cattle was unmistakable, and it broke the farmer’s hearts.
Fluorosis – swollen joints, falling teeth, pain until cattle lie
down and die. Hundreds of them. The cause – fluorine poisoning from
the air.”
Fast
Forward to Our Present Day
Fluoride
is added to 70% of this country's tap water. It is promoted as
helping prevent tooth decay in the population. However, world-wide
studies have shown that the rate of tooth decay is no worse in
countries that do not fluoridate their drinking water. And dentists
have concluded that ingesting fluoride does very little in the way of
preventing caries (cavities) and that it needs to be applied
topically to the surface of the teeth to be even remotely effective.
Fluoride
is a toxic substance and prolonged exposure to high levels of this
substance can cause a very painful bone disease called skeletal
fluorosis, dental fluorosis (discoloration of the teeth) and has been
linked to arthritis, bone fragility, glucose intolerance, learning disabilities, Alzheimer's disease and thyroid disease.
Studies
have shown that fluoridation has been linked to an increase in
hypothyroidism, or an under-active thyroid. This in turn causes
fatigue, depression and obesity. All of which are pretty common
ailments among us Americans.
Even
the CDC admits that 41% of teenagers have some degree of dental
fluorosis, meaning they are over fluoridated. Yet they are continuing
their promotion of fluoride and are wanting to increase the intake of
fluoride.
What
Can You Do About All of This?
Here is more data on fluoride and why it is so hard to filter from our drinking water.
https://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/water-ionizer-handle-fluoride-whats-wrong-fluoride/
https://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/fluoride-chloramine-whyhow-get-water/
In
order to truly eliminate the fluoride from your water I highly
recommend getting a fluoride filter and a water ionizer. Both of these will help to remove fluoride from your drinking water. See more articles and filters related to fluoride.
Please
let me know if you have any questions. I am more than happy to help
you and your family achieve an even more healthy and happy lifestyle!
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