Fluoride - What You Should Know
For years I’ve heard both sides of the argument when it comes to fluoride use, both in toothpaste and in our city water. Like many of you, I didn’t pay too much attention. Recently, however, with my two little girls having their first dental visits, I’ve begun to take more interest. Since learning more about fluoride, we’ve replaced all of our fluoride toothpastes with natural alternatives, and have also limited our intake of our fluoridated city water. First my husband and little girls switched toothpaste and I figured I would just use up the Colgate and Arm & Hammer brands that we had in the house. At our dental visits in September 2008, when no one had cavities but me, I switched immediately!!
Fluoride is poison!
If you are interested in learning more, please read on . . . you’ll be shocked and horrified.
Have you ever read the label on most brands of toothpaste? They typically have a warning on it that says something similar to, “If you ingest more than the recommended amount for brushing (pea sized) contact your poison control center immediately.” -- And we are giving this to our kids on a daily basis? Did you know that if a child ate 1/3 of a tube of toothpaste, they’d likely be dead in 24 hours?
Some scary facts about fluoride include:
· The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry has no proof of fluoride safety or effectiveness.
· Fluoride is cancer causing in rats, mice, and humans.
· The type of fluoride added to water is a hazardous waste by-product of aluminum, uranium, and phosphate from the fertilizer industry.
· Recent large-scale studies in the US, Australia, and Canada show no difference in decay rates of permanent teeth in fluoridated and non-fluoridated water.
· Fluoride is more toxic than lead, even in minute doses.
· Fluoride accumulates in and damages the brain/mind in developing children.
· Fluoride has been shown to reduce IQ and in fact, is directly linked to lower IQ in children.
· Dental fluorosis (a.k.a. brown teeth and brittle teeth prone to fracture) is directly linked to fluoride exposure and is affecting over 22% of American kids.
· Fluoride is the only chemical added to US municipal water that is used to mass medicate, rather than render water safe to drink.
· Research published by the former Chief Chemist of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Dan Burk, confirmed a strong link between fluoridation and cancer death rates.
· Many dental professionals concede that fluoride is ineffective at preventing the most common type of dental decay, pit & fissures, which accounts for more than 85% of all dental decay in the US.
· Although the US has mandated widespread fluoridation for years, tooth decay has actually increased during the last 20 years.
· Fluoride has never received “FDA approval as safe or effective. It is listed as an unapproved drug.
· Fluoride produces abnormal behavior in animals.
· Fluoride is poisonous to plants.
· Fluoride is in our water, toothpastes, mouthwash, supplements, and fruit juices. A 1991 Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry study found fluoride in every sample of fruit beverage tested. A Gerbers grape juice sample contained 70% higher than the EPA’s maximum contaminant level for drinking water.
· Sodium laurel/laureth sulfate is an ingredient in toothpastes and in many personal care products that we use everyday. If you anything in or around your mouth that contains this ingredient, you are at a 60% higher risk of getting cold and canker sores, fever blisters, etc.
· Fluoride exposure has been linked to birth defects.
· Fluoride has been documented to deregulate the immune system.
· Fluoride damages thyroid function, which in turn affects the operation of all body organs and processes. It also affects the speed with which the body uses food.
· Studies have shown that fluoride increases the risk of bone cancer.
· According to Dr. Charles Heyd, former President of the American Medical Association, “Fluoride is a corrosive poison which will produce harm on a long-term basis.”
· According to Dr. George Fleming, a founder of the American Academy of Endodontics, “You have been lead to believe that fluoride makes teeth harder. The fact is, it actually makes teeth softer.”
· Fluoride has never been approved as safe and effective by the FDA.
· Fluoride has previously been sold as rat poison.
· Fluoride decreases collagen production in the body which weakens bones.
· Akron Regional Poison Center in Ohio reported that only 1/20 of an ounce of fluoride can kill a 200 pound adult.
· It is the active ingredient in Prozac and many other tranquilizers and deadly nerve gasses.
· The first places ever fluoridated were Nazi concentration camps in WWII to control prisoner behavior.
· After earlier experiments and studies, 98% of Europe in now UN-fluoridated.
· Interestingly, while only 9% of England is fluoridated, they force all of Northern Ireland to be fluoridated.
· Most commercial water filters cannot remove fluoride from water. Reverse osmosis works but is quickly ruined by the corrosive nature of fluoride.
· Hip fracture rates are much higher in fluoridated communities.
· At least one child every minute is dying due to fluoride exposure, dressed up otherwise.
· According to Dr. Gerard Judd, fluoride can inactivate 62 enzyme systems in the human body.
· “The risk of fluoride overdose is real and it can result in serious acute toxicity, even death.” – From the Indiana University School of Dentistry.
· According to William Marcus, PhD, senior EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) toxicologist, “Regarding fluoridation, the EPA should act immediately to protect the public, not just on cancer data, but on the evidence of bone fractures, arthritis, mutagenicity etc.”
· According to a statement published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, changing the permeability of the cell membrane by inhibiting certain enzymes.”
NO OTHER SUBSTANCE DELIBERATELY ADDED TO FOOD AND WATER CARRIES THIS DEGREE OF RISK!
* A SAFE ALTERNATIVE DOES EXIST! *
Young Living makes toothpaste and other mouth care products that contain no fluoride and are 100% natural, toxic chemical free, and safe for you and your family! Their toothpastes and mouthwash have been tested at Weber State University and were found to have potent antimicrobial properties against a wide range of oral microbes, including streptococcus oralis, streptococcus pneumonia, candida albicans, toxic black mold and fungus, MRSA and its mutations, thrush and so much more. They have a 99.96% kill factor against every bacteria that causes cavities and periodontal disease.
Young Living’s Thieves Mouthcare line has been designed to be safe for internal use, and in fact, actually strengthens immune function for up to 12 hours when swallowed! How awesome!
These facts on fluoride were reprinted with permission from Cherie Ross, Young Living Diamond Club Member.
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