A Pinch of Fluoride in Salt?

A Pinch of Fluoride in Salt?








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 Affected by 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?










Fluorosis, though, is only the most obvious effect. As disheartening
as damaged teeth are, the bigger concern is what it does deeper inside
the body. Here are some facts that should give an idea of how serious
this issue is:

• Fluoride reduces thyroid function. Could this be the
  reason underactive thyroids are so common in women now? One of the top
  five prescription drugs in the US is Synthroid, used for treating
  hypothyroidism.
  
• Fluoride may increase bone volume, but it does so at the cost of weakening the bones.
  
  
  Deformities Caused by Fluorosis
  
  
• 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:



Austria
Columbia*
Costa Rica*
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Grenada
Hungary
India
Jamaica*
Lebanon
Japan
Mexico
Okinawa
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, whether required by the country of sale or not. Be sure to
read the label before purchasing any 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.


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://www.gaia-health.com/articles51/000081-Fluoridated-Salt.shtml#.UBo_9qBnyWh