A Pinch of Fluoride in Salt?

A Pinch of Fluoride in Salt?



February 2, 2013 by To add fluoride to the public water supply or salt is mass
drugging, an invasion of our most intimate space. Yet, it’s now commonly
added to salt. In some countries it’s required—even in what can then
not possibly be defined as natural or organic salt.

by Heidi Stevenson

Are you adding fluoride to your toxic intake when you use salt? In
several major European countries, India, and Japan, salt fluoridation is
routine. Of course, the usual excuse is that it’s good for teeth, but
that claim is highly questionable. While topical treatment may be
beneficial, ingestion offers no benefit, and fluoride is highly toxic.

In spite of its known toxicity, many countries are now requiring that
salt be fluoridated, and most of the others are not far behind.

If you think that fluoride in water is a problem, then you’d best
start looking at your salt. In many places in Europe and South America,
salt is fluoridated. The reasons given are exactly the same as for water
fluoridation. It’s supposed to be good for your teeth. Whether you
agree with that statement or not, you’re subjected to it without your
consent. It’s in most popular toothpastes. It’s in more and more water
supplies. It’s a primary ingredient in a host of pharmaceutical drugs.
It’s the toxic element of many pesticides. And it’s in your salt, or
likely will be soon.

Fluoride is a poison that is more potent than lead.

Fluoride Toxicity



Teeth with Mild Fluorosis


The most common indication that too much fluoride has been ingested
is fluorosis of the teeth, which initially appears as a discoloration.
More advanced cases will have brown and black stains, and the teeth
become pitted. This damage is the result of demineralization of teeth
during early childhood.

The claim that ingested fluoride makes tooth enamel stronger is
clearly suspect. If it’s known that it demineralizes teeth, thus
resulting in fluorosis, how can it possibly make them stronger?

Deformities Caused by Fluorosis

• 
  
  Damage Caused by Fluoridosis
  
  
  Fluorosis involving bones causes horrific deformities, as the image to the right shows.
  
• The pineal gland is a major accumulator of fluoride.
  This fact was not discovered until the 1990s, and it’s implications
  have not received much study.
  
• Fluoride poisons kidneys.
  
• Fluoride is a primary ingredient in many pesticides, a significant part of why they’re poisonous.
  
• In 1987 and 1990, the Journal of Dental Research documented that a single tube of children’s fluoridated toothpaste is enough to kill a 9-year-old child.
  

This is merely a smattering of fluoride facts. If you still have any
doubts about its toxicity, then consider the fact that every tube of
fluoridated toothpaste sold in America carries this notice:

<blockquote class="article">WARNING: Keep out of reach of children
under 6 years of age. If you accidentally swallow more than used for
brushing, seek professional help or contact a poison control center
immediately.
</blockquote>
Yes, fluoride is that toxic. And now there’s pressure
building—mostly kept out of the public’s awareness—to put it in salt.
Toothpaste and water apparently aren’t enough fluoride poisoning.

Fluoride’s Toxicity Compared to Lead and Arsenic



Relative Toxicity of Lead, Fluoride, and Arsenic
From Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products by Robert E. Gosselin et al, 1984


The chart on the right is an easy-to-see representation of the
relative toxicity of lead, fluoride, and arsenic. In light of this, it’s
incomprehensible that the EPA justifies these allowances in public
water supplies:

Arsenic: 10 ppb
Lead: 15 ppb
Fluoride: 4000 ppb

Fluoride is a chemical that is known to be more toxic than lead. The
maximum amount of lead allowed in drinking water in the US is 15 parts
per billion, and there are concerns that even that amount may be too
high. Yet, the US actually adds fluoride to drinking water.

Where Salt Is Currently Fluoridated


Several countries are already adding fluoride to salt. If you live in
parts of Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, France, and Scotland,
your salt is most likely fluoridated, unless you use natural sea salt.
Other countries currently adding fluoride to salt include Columbia,
Costa Rica, Grenada, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mexico, Japan,
Okinawa, and Uruguay.

Salt Fluoridating Countries:


Daily Intake of Fluoride that Causes Skeletal Fluorosis
from the Institute of Medicine (1987), Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride, National Academy Press


Austria
Columbia*
Costa Rica*
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Grenada
Hungary
India
Jamaica*
Lebanon
Japan
Mexico
Okinawa
Peru
Scotland
Spain
Switzerland
Uruguay

*The law in these countries requires that all salt be fluoridated.

You aren’t safe if your country isn’t listed. A world-wide movement
exists to push salt fluoridation, and many salt manufacturers add
fluoride, even when not required required.

Wherever you are, be sure to read the label when you purchase salt!

Unless the public campaigns against it, you can assume it will become
a requirement within the next few months or years. PAHO, a subsidiary
of WHO, actively supports the application. In this day of so-called
harmonization of rules regarding foods and supplements, what is pushed
by WHO is rapidly becoming law in all countries. The United States,
through the FDA, is an active participant.

By the way, salt and water are not the only foods that are fluoridated. In Jamaica, milk is fluoridated!

Fluoride Is Not A Nutrient


The bottom line is that fluoride has no place in any metabolic
process in the human body. Any benefits it may provide must be balanced
against the extensive and severe risks.

As with so much else involving modern medicine, the problem is that
it tries to find a fix, a stop-gap, rather than searching for the root
cause. Dental decay is a serious issue. It is not, though, caused by a
lack of fluoride. Even if taking it at a certain dose is beneficial to
teeth—and that is not an established fact—it is a substance that doesn’t
belong in the human body. It must, therefore, be considered a drug. To
add fluoride to the public water supply or salt is mass drugging, an
invasion of our most intimate space.


Source:-
http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2013-02-02/a-pinch-of-fluoride-in-salt/