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Fluoride - How Bad is It?

When fluoridation of our water supply came into affect,,, there was much less fluoride exposure from other sources. Fast forward to our current situation, we now see several significant sources of fluoride exposure prevalent in our environment, many of which are daily assaults to our system…

We also need to recognise that fluoridation of the water supply is essentially giving the same dose of “medication” to every individual in a population. A far cry from patient-centred, individualised medicine that should guide best practise.

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Articles of Interest

Fluoride as a Micronutrient

Fluoride is an element that is naturally-occurring and was once considered a micronutrient for the body. However, with new facts coming to light, it has been found that fluoride may actually do more harm than good in the body.

Fluoride Exposure and Human Health Risks

Since the 1940s, an array of products containing fluoride have been introduced to the average consumer. These sources of fluoride can contribute to human health risks. Some products that may contain added fluoride and contribute to human health risks include...

Fluoride: Worse than We Thought

Fluoride is any combination of elements containing the fluoride ion. In its elemental form, fluorine is a pale yellow, highly toxic and corrosive gas. In nature, fluorine is found combined with minerals as fluorides. It is the most chemically active nonmetallic element of all the elements and also has the most reactive electro-negative ion. Because of this extreme reactivity, fluorine is never found in nature as an uncombined element.

The Fluoride in Water Story: Part 1

We are going to look at fluoride in depth, so you can make informed decisions for yourself and your family. This first story (Part 1) is about ingested fluoride (added to drinking water) with a second story about topical fluoride (added to toothpaste and used in dental treatments).

The Fluoride Story: Part 2

The first thing to note is that these are two different types of fluoride. What’s added to your toothpaste and used in dental treatments is a medical grade version of fluoride which is different than the chemical by-product of industrial waste used in water fluoridation.

Resources

Fluoride News Tracker

Tooth decay: a sad national epidemic caused by lack of dentists who care and not a fluoride need. Extensive lobbying, political maneuvering and expensive public relations campaigns by organized dentistry sway legislators to add fluoride chemicals into public water supplies, 2/3 of which already are, to benefit those whom dentists neglect. Protecting their high-salaried monopoly, dentists lobby against dental groups offering quality, cheaper fixes. Fluoride product makers benefit most.

FluorideAlert.org

Broadening public awareness about fluoride.

NoFluoride.com

Citizens for Safe Drinking Water.

WHO

Fluoride intake has both beneficial effects – in reducing the incidence of dental caries – and negative effects – in causing tooth enamel and skeletal fluorosis following prolonged high exposure. The ranges of intakes producing these opposing effects are not far apart.