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UK Against Fluoridation

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Think twice about safety of fluoride

Think twice about safety of fluoride
Published: 11/26/2008 12:03 When I read the headline "Fluoride in Our Water" in the Health & Fitness section, I was hoping somebody had finally gone public with the truth. But, alas, it was just another article defending this poisonous industrial by-product. The naturally-occurring fluoride in water is calcium fluoride, which is not toxic. But that is not what is put into our drinking water. Sodium fluoride and fluorosilicic acid are the compounds that are added to our water and they are toxic, so much so that they are used in rat poison and insecticides.

The chronic use of these compounds has been linked to osteoporosis, osteomalacia, mottled teeth, Down syndrome, depression of the immune system, and even cancer.

A government body charged with monitoring additives and other substances in our food supply (Delaney Congressional Investigation Committee) had stated "... fluoridation is mass medication without parallel in the history of medicine." Unfortunately, due to industrial lobbyists who saw a way to make more money on a by-product that had otherwise limited use, the committee wasn't able to stop it.

Now, you may think you don't drink enough water for the poison to affect you, but you're wrong. Almost every state, city, and village has fluoridated its water, so any food product you buy that contains water, like canned goods, juices, water-added meats and poultry, carbonated beverages, beer, bread, baby foods, baby formula, etc., contains fluoridated water. There are alternatives: buy distilled water or use reverse osmosis filter to attach to your water supply.

There is something else you could do, however, but it's not so simple. Do your own research, find out the truth, then write every public official you can think of asking them to stop poisoning us.

Judith A. Carlson

Des Plaines

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