Fluoridation of Drinking Water - Worse Than We Thought 04-13-97

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http://www.asktom-naturally.com/naturally/fluoride.htmlThe following is excerpted in full from Dr. William Campbell Douglass'Second Opinion:Fluoridation of Drinking Water --Worse Than We ThoughtFor all the these years of attacking fluoridation of water, we haveemphasized the cancer potential and the likelihood that the ingestionof this poison leads to hardening of the arteries. There are otherimportant toxic effects, such as the increased brittleness of bonesafter long exposure to fluoride, but the effects of fluoride on thebrain were something we wondered about, but couldn't prove.Now there is strong evidence of what we suspected: The fluoridatorshave been destroying the brains of Americans for 50 years. Sure theschool system is lousy and getting worse, but when you add these newfindings to the maleducatoin our children are getting, it's a wonderwe haven't forgotten how to make a wheel or tie our shoes.The recent study will be hard for the fluoridators to laugh off:Researchers from the Department of toxicology, Forsyth ResearchInstitute, the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Eastman DentalCenter, and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa StateUniversity have combined their talents to produce a truly shocking anddevastating indictment of fluoridation. They have confirmed the publichealth malpractice and quackery that we and others have been warningabout for the past 30 years.The researchers reported on the work of Chinese scientists who hadstudied the effects of fluoride on the central nervous system inhumans. Their first finding was that a fluoride dose of only three to11 parts per million could affect the nervous system directly, longbefore the effects of skeletal fluorosis (a bone disease caused byfluoride) became apparent.This dosage is well within the range of fluoride received by millionsof Americans, especially our children. Toothpastes contain 1000 to1500 parts per million of fluoride. (Studies have shown that youngchildren swallow a great deal of the toothpaste they use because it'ssweet.) The same is true of the mouth rinses that contain 230 to 900parts per million fluoride. These massive amounts of fluoride are inaddition to that found in most municipal water supplies, cola drinks,and any other commercial beverage, topical application gels, dietarysupplements, and your everyday food. Compare those intakes with theChinese finding that a mere three to 11 parts per million can directlyaffect your nervous system and you will begin to see the enormity ofthe problem.Another study by the Chinese found that feeding 100 parts per millionfluoride to humans affected the atttention span of the subjects. TheAmerican researchers decided to go further using rats, measuring theirbehavior and then determining the blood and brain tissue levels offluoride. Their results demonstrated "a link between...fluorideexposures and behavioral disruption in the rat."Prenatal exposure resulted in "many behaviors as seen in drug-inducedhyperactivity." While weanling and adult exposures led to changessimilar to "cognitive (thinking) defects" seen in humans.This landmark study is the first in the West to demonstrate that: (1) CNS function is vulnerable to fluoride, (2) the effects of exposure depend on the age of the animal, (3) fluoride accumulates in brain tissue, which means, althoughthe authors didn't say it, that fluoride poisoning could be the rootcause, in conjunction with aluminum, of Alzheimer's disease. The authors concluded that fluoride poisoning, at the "acceptablelevels" of your benevolent health department and your dentist, "can beindicative" of motor dysfunction, IQ deficits, and learningdisabilities in humans.Action to Take(1) Avoid fluoride-containing toothpaste. You can find severaldifferent brands at your local health food store. They're evenstarting to sell it in some grocery stores.(2) Start a political action group in your city, if there isn't one,to get the fluoride out of your water.(3) Drink only bottled spring water that is certified to befluoride-free. Order bottled water in restaurants.(4) Make sure you have filters on your shower so that you will not beinhaling fluoride when you take a shower. You might even considerputting a filter on the intake water pipe of your home so all thewater in your house is free from fluoride.