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For 55 years, fluoride has been added to the water supply in many communities to help prevent tooth decay. But after all this time, surprising new research is raising such serious doubts about its safety that entire communities are abandoning the practice and many of the world's best scientists are urgently calling for change. As one doctor aptly stated: “No physician in his right mind would prescribe for a person he has never met, whose medical history he does not know, a substance known to be extremely toxic in low doses, with the intention of creating bodily change, with the advice: 'Take as much as you like for the rest of your life because some children suffer from tooth decay.’ It is a preposterous notion.”
The latest research reveals fluoride to be a neurotoxin. Consuming fluoride in drinking water contributes to learning disabilities in children including hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder. It also contributes to lower IQ, because the compounds used to fluoridate water cause the body to increase its uptake of lead through the gut.
The amount of fluoride consumed by the average person in their drinking water has also been shown to be capable of causing Alzheimer’s disease when consumed over an extended period of time.
Add these newest revelations to previous research that shows that fluoride ingestion can cause bone cancer, and hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid and its symptoms including weight gain, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, depression, high cholesterol and heart disease), along with a host of other serious health related issues, and any reasonable person has cause for concern.
Because we care so much about this troubling issue, we have prepared a special 24 page report outlining the very real dangers posed by this misguided practice. To get a free copy of this in-depth report, click here.
If you care about your health, you may want to read this article carefully before you take another drink of fluoridated water. If you care about your friends, you might want to see that they get a copy as well.
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How To Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water |
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Fluoride is one of those contaminants that is fairly difficult to remove from drinking water. It is completely unaffected by most drinking water filtration technologies that rely on some form of carbon or ionization. Drinking Water Systems like the LivingWaters® cartridge-based systems that use enough of the right grade of activated alumina can effectively deal with it. Other effective methods include reverse-osmosis and distillation.
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In the 1990s, it w as discovered that the pineal gland is a major site of fluoride accumulation within the body - with higher concentrations of fluoride than either teeth or bone.
Subsequent animal studies indicate that the accumulation of fluoride in the pineal gland can reduce the gland's synthesis of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the onset of puberty. Fluoride-treated animals were found to have reduced levels of circulating melatonin and an earlier onset of puberty than untreated animals.
The fact that fluoride's impact on the pineal gland was never studied, or even considered, before the 1990s, highlights a major gap in knowledge underpinning current policies on fluoride and health.
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