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UK Against Fluoridation

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Letter: Consuming too much toxic

Consuming too much toxic
I did some research on this and have a few points to share with any one interested.
A professor Eric Reynolds of Melbourne notes that use of fluoridated toothpaste by children should be closely monitored.
The toxic dose of fluoride is 5 mg per kilograms of body weight. That's about half a tube for a toddler. Kids have been known to eat toothpaste, so it should be kept out of reach.
Also, don't let them use more than an amount about the size of a pea at each brushing because they will swallow some.
Fluoride is also added to your food supply. Bet you didn't know that either. My question is: How much toxic stuff are we being forced to consume?
There is no way to know of course. It's in the food, the toothpaste and many water supplies, which may also include bottled water, which can come from municipal water works, or even lake and ground water contaminated by treated water run-off. A recent study showed increased amounts of cavities in kids using it, compared with fewer cavities in a similar group, not using fluoridated water. Makes me wonder how many of these fluoride-supporting dentists know this. The final analysis comes down to: is it worth the cost we'd have to pay and the side effects we may suffer to have this controversial and still (to me at least) unproven science, forced upon us?

Spending $3 million to add fluoride to the water, then $600,000 per year to keep it going, all to benefit the elderly, homeless and underprivileged kids seems a wasteful way to go about things.

I'm sure a treatment program could be set up which would directly benefit those in need. I wouldn't mind my tax dollars being used in this way. I do object to being forced into compliance with unproven and potentially harmful practices as these surely are.

John Grieve
St. Catharines

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