Since 1945, fluoride has been added to tap water,
supposedly to prevent dental cavities and promote strong, healthy teeth - Currently ~ 70% of U.S. water supplies contain fluoride for >170 million
Americans to drink.
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Ehses, Flavio Soldera, Jörg Schmauch, Matthias Hannig, Stefan Hüfner, Karin Jacobs.Elemental
Depth Profiling of Fluoridated Hydroxyapatite: Saving Your Dentition by the Skin
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Water fluoridation has been banned in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, West Germany (now
unified), Italy, Belgium, Austria, France, and The Netherlands
According to information from from the National Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH)and its Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).
Sodium fluoride targets your:
For a long list of the Study-supported biological effects of fluorides:
Biological Effects
of Fluorides
Some horrifying fluoride facts
Eating the contents of a family size tube of fluoridated toothpaste
is enough to kill a 25 pound child.
In 1991, the Akron (Ohio) Regional Poison Center reported
that "death has been reported following ingestion of 16mg/kg of fluoride. Only
1/10 of an ounce of fluoride could kill a 100 pound adult. According to the
Center, "fluoride toothpaste contains up to 1mg/gram of fluoride." Even Proctor
and Gamble, the makers of Crest, acknowledge that a family-sized tube "theoretically
contains enough fluoride to kill a small child."
Fluorides have been used to modify behavior and mood of human beings.
It is a little
known fact that fluoride compounds were added to the drinking water of prisoners
to keep them docile and inhibit questioning of authority, both in Nazi prison
camps in World War II and in the Soviet gulags in Siberia.
Fluorides are medically categorized as protoplasmic poisons, which
is why they are used to kill rodents.
The September 18, 1943 issue of the Journal of the American Medical
Association, states, "fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, changing the
permeability of the cell membrane by inhibiting certain enzymes. The exact mechanisms
of such actions are obscure."
Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general cancer
death rate.
In 1975 Dr. John Yiamouyiannis published a preliminary survey which
showed that people in fluoridated areas have a higher cancer death rate than
those in non-fluoridated areas. The National Cancer Institute attempted to refute
the studies. Later in 1975 Yiamouyiannis joined with Dr. Dean Burk, chief chemist
of the National Cancer Institute (1939-1974) in performing other studies which
were then included in the Congressional Record by Congressman Delaney, who was
the original author of the Delaney Amendment, which prohibited the addition
of cancer-causing substances to food used for human consumption. Both
reports confirmed the existence of a link between fluoridation and cancer.(Note:
Obviously Dr. Burk felt free to agree with scientific truth only after his tenure
at National Cancer Institute ended, since his job depended on towing the party
line).
Fluorides have little or no effect on decay prevention in humans!
In 1990 Dr. John Colquhoun
was forced into early retirement in New Zealand after he conducted a study on
60,000 school children and found no difference in tooth decay between fluoridated
and unfluoridated areas. He additionally found that a substantial number of
children in fluoridated areas suffered from dental fluorosis. He made the study
public.
There is no scientific data that shows that fluoride mouth rinses
and tablets are safe for human use.
In 1989 a study by Hildebolt, et al. on 6,000 school children
contradicted any alleged benefit from the use of sodium fluorides. A 1990 study
by Dr. John Yiamouyiannis on 39,000 school children contradicted any alleged
benefits from the use of sodium fluorides. In 1992 Michael Perrone, a legislative
assistant in New Jersey, contacted the FDA requesting all information regarding
the safety and effectiveness of fluoride tablets and drops. After 6 months of
stalling, the FDA admitted they had no data
to show that fluoride tablets or drops were either safe or effective.
They informed Perrone that they will "probably have to pull the tablets and
drops off the market."
The fact that fluoride toothpastes and school based mouth rinses
are packaged in aluminum, accentuates the effect on the body.
In 1976,
Dr. D. Allman and coworkers from Indiana University School of Medicine fed animals
1 part-per-million (ppm) fluoride and found that
in the presence of aluminum, in a concentration
as small as 20 parts per billion, fluoride is able to cause an even larger increase
in cyclic AMP levels. Cyclic AMP inhibits the migration rate of white blood
cells, as well as the ability of the white blood cell to destroy pathogenic
(disease-causing) organisms.
Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 55, Sup B, p. 523, 1976,
" Effect of Inorganic Fluoride Salts on Urine and Tissue Cyclic AMP Concentration
in Vivo".
(Note: It is no small accident that toothpaste tubes containing fluoride
are often made of aluminum)
"Fluoridation is the greatest case of scientific fraud
of this century"
- Robert Carlton, Ph.D., former U. S. EPA scientist
on " Marketplace" Canadian Broadcast Company, Nov. 24, 1992
Regarding fluoridation, the EPA should act immediately
to protect the public, not just on the cancer data, but on the evidence of bone
fractures, arthritis, mutagenicity and other effects"
- William Marcus, Ph. D., senior EPA toxicologist, Covert
Action, Fall 1992, p. 66
Dentists, public health officials and the public have been
purposefully deceived
"Oh, What a Tangled web . . ."
In his book The Fluoride Deception, award
winning journalist and former producer at the BBC, Christopher Bryson exposes
the intertwined interests that existed in the 1940's and 50's between the aluminum
industry, the U.S. nuclear weapons program, and the dental industry, which resulted
in fluoride being declared not only safe, but "beneficial to human health."
The fluoride in your teeth is NOT what is added to the
water and toothpaste
Your teeth and bones contain a natural form of mineral fluoride.
Apatite (calcium fluoro-chloro-hydroxyl phosphate). The
substances in your diet and saliva maintain an equilibrium between hydroxyl-apatite
(calcium phosphate) dissolving and forming in your tooth enamel.
Caries and cavities occur in your teeth when you have more calcium phosphate
dissolving than being adhered.
However, it is NOT the natural "Fluoride" mineral
that is added to your drinking water. it is another chemical fluoride compound . . .
There are three compounds that CAN be used for fluoridating water supplies:
1. Sodium fluoride - this form is not usually used for
fluoridation, but is the form used for studies evaluating health risk
2. Sodium silicofluoride -
3. Hydrofluorosilicic acid (most
commonly used additive, according to the CDC).
The last two are the forms that are actually
used to fluoridate water, and they are chemical by-products of aluminum, steel,
cement, phosphate, and nuclear weapons manufacturing. Such
manmade fluoride has no nutrient value and no health benefits whatsoever.
These hazardous industrial wastes have NEVER been fully tested to
determine their full potential health hazard.
Instead, it is the pharmaceutical grade "sodium fluoride"(the
first one on the list) that is used in most studies evaluating the risk to human
health.
How much fluoride are you getting? - it's easy to overdose!
When fluoridation began, the "optimal" level of fluoride for dental
benefit was determined to be 1 mg/day for an adult male.
Based on an average water intake of 1 liter/day. At that level,
10% of the population (those in the high-risk group) were expected to experience
fluorosis.
In addition to toothpaste and mouth wash, there are numerous other
sources of fluoride:
• Food and beverages processed with fluoridated water
• Mechanically de-boned meat
• Pesticide residue on food
• Pharmaceutical drugs - esp. SSRI antidepressants and fluoroquinolone
antibiotics E.g. Cipro
• Soy baby formulas
• Instant tea - scientists analyzed 10 different
brands of tea at regular-strength levels in fluoride-free water. Each
contained fluoride levels ranging from 1.0 to 6.5 parts per million (ppm):
Product |
Preparation |
Fluoride (ppm or mg/L) |
|
|
Lab. 1 |
Lab. 2 |
Mean |
Lipton |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant (1999) |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
|
Instant (2003) |
7.7 |
5.4 |
6.5 |
|
Instant decaffeinated |
3.1 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
|
Instant diet iced tea mix (decaffeinated lemon) |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
Naturally decaffeinated flow-through bags |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Nestea |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant |
2.4 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
|
Instant decaffeinated |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
Schnucks |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant |
1.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
|
Lemon iced tea mix |
2.5 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
Luzianne |
|
|
|
|
|
Specially blended for iced tea (bags) |
3.9 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
Fluoride exposure levels for a 110-pound adult from food, beverages,
toothpaste, and mouthwash -
a 1991 review by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
shows how drastic your overexposure might be when taking multiple sources into
account.
Fluoride Concentration in drinking water |
Total fluoride intake |
Percentage Over 1 mg "Optimal" dosage |
Unfluoridated Communities
< 0.3 mg/L |
0.88 - 2.20 mg/day |
as much as 120 % |
"Optimally" Fluoridated
0.7-1.2 mg/L |
1.58 - 6.60 mg/day |
as much as 560 % |
Fluoridated communities
> 2.0 mg/L |
2.10 - 7.05 mg/day |
possible >605 % |
How to build healthy teeth
• Limit /Eliminate sugar
• Avoid processed foods
• Eat plenty of green vegetables and vitamin K2
• Regular dental visits or alternative plaque removal methods
Political Happenings
The Fluoride Action Networkhave issued a Statement
asking Congress to end water fluoridation in the United States that has now
been signed by over 4,000 medical, dental, scientific, and environmental
professionals (as of 2012)
Statement
Biological Effects of Fluorides
This information is posted at the Leading Edge Research
Group Internet Website
1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis
of collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle,
skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea.
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and Cancellous Bone Composition," IRCS Medical Sciences: Library Compendium,
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pp. 137-141 (1982);
Marian Drozdz et al., " Studies on the Influence of Fluoride
Compounds upon Connective Tissue Metabolism in Growing Rats" and "Effect of
Sodium Fluoride With and Without Simultaneous Exposure to Hydrogen Fluoride
on Collagen Metabolism," Journal of Toxicological Medicine, Vol. 4, pp. 151-157
(1984).
2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation
and oxygen consumption in white blood cells, but inhibits these processes when
the white blood cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the blood.
Robert A. Clark, " Neutrophil Iodintion Reaction Induced
by Fluoride: Implications for Degranulation and Metabolic Activation," Blood,
Vol. 57, pp. 913-921 (1981).
3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the ability of white
blood cells to properly destroy foreign agents by the process of phagocytosis.
As little as 0.2 ppm fluoride inhibits superoxide production in resting white
blood cells, virtually abolishing phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of
fluoride, below 1 ppm, may seriously depress the ability of white blood cells
to destroy pathogenic agents.
John Curnette, et al, " Fluoride-mediated Activation
of the Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils," Journal of Clinical Investigation,
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(1987)
4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and causes it to attack the
body's own tissues, and increases the tumor growth rate in cancer prone individuals.
Alfred Taylor and Nell C. Taylor, " Effect of Sodium
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and Aluminum on Adenylate Cyclase and Phosphodiesterase Activity," Journal
of Dental Research, Vol. 64, p. 201 (1985)
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6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity by replacing body's iodine.
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children is extremely hazardous to biological development, life span and general
health
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