There is an enormous amount of scientific studies and statistical evidence that have been carried out for more than twenty years around the world, which demonstrate the toxic and harmful effects of fluoride consumption, as well as the dangers of indiscriminate fluoridation of drinking water and Salt, which are not sufficiently known by public opinion, but not for that reason, are less worrisome, less scientific or less important.
With all this controversy, it is important that consumers inform us of the proven hazards.
These studies review a long list of literature in which fluoride has had a significant association with a wide range of adverse effects including an increased risk of bone fractures, decreased thyroid function, decreased Intellectual Coefficient. IQ, arthritic diseases, dental fluorosis and possibly bone sarcoma.
Fluorine is capable of damaging teeth, bones, the brain and even the cells of the male reproductive system. The effects on these organs are greater the more fluoride is consumed. But even at low concentrations, fluoride could generate non-obvious effects that predispose the individual to further damage.
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One of the biggest problems with fluoride is that it is a persistent bioaccumulator, and it is entering large quantities in food and beverage chains for humans. Not only do we receive large quantities in water and toothpaste, but all bottled beverages, as well as processed and dehydrated foods made with fluoridated water, contain concentrated amounts of fluoride, from baby formulas, soft drinks, juices, cereals, salt, tea, wines, beers. One of the biggest problems is that of fluoridated dentifrices for children which swallow it instead of spitting it out, so it is currently suggested to parents not to have a fluoridated dentifrice before three years of age and if they do that the amount of pasta is equal to a lentil.
The non-organic sodium fluoride used to fluoridate water and salt is totally soluble in it. When we have excess of it, we cannot eliminate it and poison ourselves.
For example, sodium fluoride, in addition to being the main ingredient in rat and cockroach poisons, is also one of the main ingredients of anesthetic, hypnotic and psychiatric drugs, as well as neurotoxic gas for military use.
As drinking water has fluoridated in more communities, especially in large population and industrial centers, there are more opportunities for packaged food and beverages to be processed with fluoridated water. Subsequently, these processed foods are distributed to other communities, both with fluoridated water and fluoride deficiency, in which they are consumed. For example, "one study found that the content of 280 drinkable products ranged from virtually no fluoride (less than 0.1 ppm) to 7.5 ppm." This phenomenon is called the halo effect. In fact, many manufacturers of mineral water and cola drinks add fluoride to their formulas and do not mention it on their labels.
The presence of fluoride
“Many developed countries in Europe have banned or rejected the addition of fluoride to their water supplies, such as Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Northern Ireland, Austria and the Czech Republic. And there are many more who are fighting against the large pressure groups that recommend and sell water medication systems. ”
With regard to Spanish-speaking countries, most of these currently fluoridate drinking water supplies or salt and many do not even know when this plan came into effect in our countries.
Salt fluoridation is a method used for its low cost and because it is possible to reach the entire population, even in remote areas. This method is promoted by PAHO for its application where water fluoridation is not possible or where there is a large rural population.
Apart from drinking water and fluoridated salt, the most common sources of fluoride exposure are toothpastes, mouthwashes and dietary supplements.
For example, the Belgian Ministry of Health decided to withdraw products such as tablets, dental rinses, chewing gums, tablets and fluoride drops from the market, which dentists advise to prevent cavities and that are over-the-counter in Belgium, considering their intake It can have "a negative influence on health."
The ban was based on a study that found that excess fluoride can cause poisoning, damage the nervous system and increase bone fragility caused by osteoporosis.
It is also worth remembering that over a thousand medical professionals worldwide have signed a document requesting the end of water fluoridation http://www.fluoridealert.org/statement.august.2007.intl.signers.html
At the end of the 1960s, PAHO and the Kellogg Foundation provided the necessary assistance to bring most of the Latin American countries to the fluoridation of water and salt, considering it as “an elegant solution for caries prevention that showed progress ”, Without taking into account deeper studies and analyzes on the short and long term negative effects. Instead, they continue to promote and expand this fluoridation plan more and more in Latin America.
One of the main objectives of PAHO was and continues to be fluoridation.
In Mexico, for example, there is now a standard produced by the Federal Ministry of Health, with which it will be allowed to sell bottled water with a fluorine content at twice what was allowed. This standard was produced in Mexico City by a group composed of the Ministry of Health, the IPN and 19 private companies that pack water or produce ice.
A recent approval by the US government (CDC 1999, 2001) states that the benefits of fluoride are mainly topical (that is, by direct application to the teeth) and that the benefits of ingestion are few. This approval contradicts a claim that the dental community has made for 50 years that it is necessary to ingest fluoride to be effective.
It should be remembered that in 2000, a publication funded by the Government of Great Britain “York Review, ” the first systematic review of the positive effects of fluoridation concluded that NONE of the studies aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness of fluoridation to reduce the dental fall possessed grade A, that is, the grade granted to a study of high scientific value.
The risks associated with water fluoridation "do not justify its use". According to Dr. Hardy Limeback, former president of the Canadian Dental Research Association and current head of Dental Prevention at the University of Toronto "there is a broad consensus that the benefits of fluoridation are very small."
What do the experts say?
- Dr. Albert W. Burgstahler, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Kansas notes among other harmful effects of fluoride that:
“Dental fluorosis, however, is only one of the many toxic effects of fluoridation. Laboratory studies reveal, among other things, significant damage of an amount of 1 ppm of fluoridated water in: Breast chromosomes, Kidneys, Metabolism, Fat digestion, Blood cells and in sensitive plants such as gladioli. ”
- The United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) contacted a recognized expert in neurotoxicity, Dr. Mullenix, and requested his opinion regarding fluoridation, who states that:
“Fluoride exposures are out of control, ” and that “fluoridated water has no advantages. The risks currently far exceed the expected benefits. ”
Dr. Mullenix cites data from 18 clinical studies in his analysis.
- The University of Dartmouth in September 1999 released a study conducted with 280, 000 children, in which fluoridation was associated with high levels of lead in children. Professor Roger Masters, head of the Dartmouth Foundation for Neuroscience and Society, said the problem is especially serious because lead poisoning is associated with high rates of learning difficulties, hyperactivity, drug addiction and crimes.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency In summary, we maintain that water fluoridation is an irrational risk.
Environmental Working Group, July 2005. The past ten years a significant number of medical professionals have expressed concern about the fact that the fl Or represents an unreasonable irrigation, particularly for children, at the concentrations at which it is normally added to tap water in the United States.
Dr. Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2000). I am convinced that the fluoridation of water in the near future will be consigned to the history of medicine
Professor Paul Connett, PhD Professor of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 points out 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation and appears among a group of 300 scientists from all over the world. world asking that the current practice of adding fluoride to drinking water be reviewed. The petition was signed by 300 researchers and specialists from 38 countries, including Dr. Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2000; Professor Samuel Epstein, author of the book La cancer policy ; Doug Everingham, former Australian Minister of Health and Dr. Lynn Margulis, awarded in the United States with the National Science Medal.
-Charles Eliot Perkins, one of the most famous industrial chemists in America was hired by the US government. after the Second World War to help in the absorption of the German IGFarben, a giant within the industry. In a letter that Perkins sent on 2.10.1954 to the Lee Foundation for Nutrition Research, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he says among other things:
ide fanologists, who support the fluoridation of water reserves, tell us that they aim to reduce infant dental caries. The credulity of the public is responsible for the current distribution of artificially fluoridated water. (In Germany the water is protected, and that is why we recommend the fluoride in dentifrices and table salt.) But, follows Perkins in his letter, - and I say this clearly and decidedly - the real reason behind the fluoridation of water is not the health of children's teeth. If that were really the reason, there would be other possibilities that were easier, cheaper and much more effective to carry out. The real reason for water treatment is to reduce the resistance of the masses against domination and control and loss of freedom. On the back of the left brain hemisphere there is a small area responsible for the individual's strength to resist domination. Repeated minimum doses of fluorides will reduce after a certain time and gradually the strength of the individual to resist against domination by gradually poisoning and drugging of said part of the brain . The consequence is the inability to make decisions for himself. This makes it manipulable! I say this with all the seriousness and sincerity of a scientist who has been researching in the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorides for almost 20 years. Any person who drinks artificially fluoridated water for a year or more will never be the same again, neither psychically nor physically. ”
In the economic
According to estimates made by the Technical Department of Essbío SA, between dosing equipment, control tools, basic works, facilities and personnel training, the initial investment that this government measure would have amounts to 673 thousand dollars.
The operating costs, constituted mainly by chemical products, maintenance and repair of equipment would add another 540 thousand dollars.
These investments would be reflected in an increase in the rates of drinking water, and this for a good assumption whose benefits compared to the damages are quite doubtful.
Alternatives
One of the best alternatives is to become aware, for example, ensure that your young children do not eat toothpaste, or opt for fluoride-free toothpaste. Many dentists agree that the important thing for good oral hygiene is in the brushing technique, not in toothpastes or rinses that increasingly add more and more substances to supposedly improve oral hygiene, which are pure advertising hoaxes. For caries it has been proven that xylitol or sorbitol work very well. In the matter of salt, ensure that the one you use in your home is free of fluoride, two alternatives to salt are crystalline salt, which contains the 84 essential trace elements for life or refined sea salt. Tea fluoridation seems widespread, so it would be better to find other infusion alternatives.
There are also methods to remove fluoride from water, although some are somewhat complex, they could provide us with alternatives if we wanted to:
Flocculation: The technique of Nalgonda, name of the people in India where the method was performed. The method is to add alum to the water to be treated, causing the precipitation of fluoride. Since the process is carried out it is more effective under alkaline conditions, adding lime and which also serves as a disinfectant. After stirring the tank, the chemical elements coagulate and precipitate at the bottom of the container, because it is heavier than water. The treated water is removed superficially without removing the bottom.
Absorption: The other system is to filter the water through a condensed column with an absorbent, such as activated alumina (Al2O3), activated charcoal, or ion exchange resins. This method, too, is suitable for small communities and home use. When the absorbent is saturated with fluoride ions, the filter material has to be washed with a weak acid and removed with alkaline solution. The wash effluent is rich in fluoride and must be carefully removed to prevent contamination of groundwater. Home units are more convenient for filtering small amounts of water intended only for drinking; But an extensive and efficient service system requires ensuring that filters are replaced or regenerated at the right time. Technology is only part of the problem: the community will have to train the personnel who carry out the task plus the necessary chemical inputs, so its operation is more difficult.
Evaporation: It is the simple use of the distillation system, the system itself must have a caloric source. It can be electric, gas or liquid fuel. The result is optimal for fluorine removal. The Arab Emirates use it to obtain fresh water from seawater, during the power generation process. But it also eliminates salts useful for the body, such as sodium and potassium, which must be artificially replenished. It has a high cost for the use of fuel and facilities. At present there is a less expensive process, which uses the sun as a heat source. The device was developed by the United States Navy to obtain fresh water from seawater, during a shipwreck. For this purpose a transparent plastic nylon container is used; bubble-shaped when inflated. A membrane separates seawater from an air cavity. This membrane has the property of letting the water vapor pass and then it condenses on the internal walls of the bubble that by gravity descends to a receptacle to be used as fresh water. This device usually yields just a few liters of distilled water due to its small size, only one meter in diameter and its distillation value depends on the solar supply. This principle can be used on a large scale where solar radiation is intense.
Condensation of ambient humidity: the process consists of the condensation of the mist coming from the sea during the night, metal meshes arranged in the passage of the mist manage to condense the ambient humidity on its surface. Water thus collected in tanks is used as fresh water.
Detoxification
One of the best detoxifiers, which could help eliminate fluoride concentrations in the body is Goldenseal or Golden Seal Root (Hidrastis Canadensis) currently sold in compressed tablets alone or sometimes accompanied by other extracts such as sarsaparilla ( Smilaz aspera L.) dandelion (taraxacum officinale weber) or Burdock (Articum lappa L.) traditional and very popular remedies to purify the blood, excellent diuretics and cleansers.
A joint work to inform more and more people could really make a change, in us there is the possibility of stopping the globalization of these plans that threaten our health.
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http://www.nofluoride.com/mullenix_bsa.htm
http://www.slweb.org/Masters.html
http://www.nofluoride.com/scientific_studies.htm
About water fluoridation part I
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