Are you joking??
"Why on earth would anyone that still has their teeth want to remove Fluoride from their water supply, even at my advanced age I have yet to even have a crown let alone loose any teeth and I have been drinking Fluoridated water since the 50s."
Because fluoride is a neurotoxin, and is proven to cause:
-- damage to the male reproductive system, resulting in, at best, impotence and infertility, and at worst, testicular cancer.
-- From the National Research Council (2006): "It is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain.” The EPA classifies fluoride as a chemical for which there is “substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity.” This includes autism in children, and dementia and Alzheimer's in adults.
-- There have been 24 studies from China, Iran, India and Mexico that show an association between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ.
-- Fluoride also affects the pineal gland, triggering early puberty.
-- Fluoride negatively impacts thyroid function. The Department of Health and Human Services has pegged fluoride exposure in fluoridated communities to their increased instances to hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). Not surprising, given the rampant and increasing problem of hypothyroidism in the United States and other fluoridated countries. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease. In 2010, the second-most-prescribed drug of the year was Synthroid (sodium levothyroxine) which is a hormone replacement drug used to treat an underactive thyroid.
-- Fluoride causes symptoms of arthritis.
-- Fluoride damages bone, increasing instances of hip fractures in the elderly. One Chinese study looked at hip fractures in six Chinese villages, and found an increase in hip fractures as the concentration of fluoride rose from 1 ppm (parts per million) to 8 ppm.
As is often the case, other countries have wised up before the U.S. has (mostly because, of course, public policy in the U.S. is overwhelmingly slanted in favor of industrial interests, rather than the good of the public health). Water fluoridation has been banned in many countries, including China, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Japan.
Nearly all of Europe’s water supply is now fluoride-free. And by the way, children aren't getting any more cavities in those countries than American children. Why? Because the whole premise of fluoridating the water supply -- even if fluoride had no negative health effects -- is flawed right from the start: its benefits to our teeth (marginal as they are) are only realized if the fluoride is physically on your teeth for AT LEAST three minutes at a time, not in micro-second bursts when you drink down glasses of water. Remember those old-school dental "fluoride treatments" where the dentist stuffed our mouths with molded sponges and left us sitting there for what felt like forever? THAT is how fluoride (marginally) benefits our teeth.
Not only do I filter out the fluoride from my water, I refuse to even use toothpaste containing fluoride.[this post was last edited: 1/29/2014-06:26]
