Eight reasons why water fluoridation has failed modern civilization
(NaturalNews) If you went up to the average person on the street today
and tried to explain that most Americans drink, bathe in, and wash their
dishes and clothes in an industrial waste product that is linked to
causing endocrine disruption and cancer, you might be labeled a loon.
But this is exactly what millions of city-dwellers do every day without
realizing it, thanks to an outdated and completely unscientific public
health intervention known as artificial water fluoridation.
Contrary
to popular opinion, fluoridated water is not the dental health miracle
that some government bureaucrats and conventional dentists still claim
it is, and regular exposure to this noxious snake oil could slowly be
poisoning you and your family. Here are eight solid and
scientifically-backed reasons why water fluoridation is nothing to
celebrate:
1) Water fluoridation has failed to reduce dental expenditures.
Fluoride apologists have long claimed that forced water fluoridation
would greatly reduce dental costs for everyone. But according to the
data, dental expenditures have actually increased dramatically since the
advent of water fluoridation back in the 1940s, as have the number of
dental professionals, dental schools, and overall industry profits.
2) Water fluoridation has actually increased rates of tooth decay.
Likewise, there has also been a steady increase in tooth decay rates
across the country, despite the fact that nearly three-quarters of the
U.S. population is now receiving fluoridated
water.
Most of Europe and many other countries around the world do not
fluoridate their water at all, and tooth decay rates in these areas are
similar or even lower than they are in North America.
3) Water fluoridation has created an epidemic of dental fluorosis. Even the most devoted
fluoride apologist will admit that chronic exposure to fluoride can lead to a
form of tooth decay known as dental fluorosis, which is marked by brown
or white staining and corresponding mottling on teeth. It would be
scientifically foolish to insist otherwise when acknowledging the fact
that as many as 60 percent of all adolescents, and particularly those
who live in fluoridated areas, now suffer from the permanent condition.
4) Water fluoridation is responsible for damaging bones, triggering arthritis. Back in 2006, the
National Research Council (NRC) published a report showing that the federal government's maximum
contaminant level for fluoride in water is a complete fraud. As it turns
out, so-called "optimal" fluoride levels in water do not protect the
health of children or adults, and regular exposure to fluoride in water
can lead to brittle bones, pre-clinical skeletal fluorosis, and
arthritis.
5) Children who drink fluoridated water develop lower IQs. According to information compiled by the fluoride awareness group
Fluoride Action Network (FAN), at least 34 published studies have identified a link between
fluoride exposure and reduced IQ levels. A recent review put together by
researchers from
Harvard University found that children living
in fluoridated areas have 350 percent lower IQ levels on average
compared to children living in non-fluoridated areas.
6) Fluoride calcifies the thyroid and pineal glands, two important hormone producers in the body.
Another inconvenient fact about fluoride is that it binds to receptors
throughout the endocrine system that are specifically reserved for
actual nutrients. Fluoride has been shown to accumulate in both the
thyroid and pineal glands, where it inhibits the normal production of
hormones that regulate living systems throughout the body.
7) Fluoridated water is toxic to formula-fed babies. Did you know the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes fluoride as an "unapproved drug," which means those
who receive it are being forcibly medicated against their will and
without informed consent? Fluoridated water is particularly harmful for
the development of formula-fed babies, who admittedly receive toxic
doses of fluoride whenever their parents mix baby formula with
fluoridated tap water.
The fluoride added to most water supplies is an industrial waste product that causes cancer.
Unbeknownst to many is the fact that the fluoride chemicals added to
most municipal water supplies are not naturally occurring elements in
the earth, but rather waste byproducts of industrial production systems.
Such chemicals have never been properly safety tested, and they most
definitely do not benefit oral health in any way.
"The chemical
used in over 90 percent of cities in North America are fluorosilicates,"
explains Dr. Hardy Limeback, a dentist and former head of preventive
dentistry at the
University of Toronto. Dr. Limeback used to support
water fluoridation,
that is until he learned the truth about where it comes from and what
it does to the human body. "[Fluorosilicates] are contaminated with
cancer-causing arsenic and radioactive particles and have never been
tested for safety in humans."
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