| Fluoride And Your Drinking Water | | | | excrete fluoride from the body. |
| If fluoride was beneficial to your health it would be in | | | | 3. Bone cancer - Harvard scientists have linked |
| your daily multivitamin. The american public has been | | | | fluoride to osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer |
| overly exposed to fluoride for many years. | | | | mainly effecting young males. |
| Fluoride is a natural substance. The fluoride used to | | | | 4. Weakened bone strength increasing the risk of |
| fluoridate water is actually an industrial waste derived | | | | fracture. |
| from the fertilizer industry. As far as drinking it, there | | | | 5. Thyroid function - People drinking water containing |
| is no benefit at all. Fact is, fluoride is detrimental to | | | | fluoride who have a low iodine intake can experience |
| human health. If you look at your favorite toothpaste | | | | reduction of thyroid activity possibly resulting in |
| you may find a warning - Do Not Swallow - now look | | | | weight gain, depression or mental acuity. |
| at the active ingredients, you will find it contains | | | | One thing you can do to reduce your family's |
| fluoride. Warning - Small children are at risk of | | | | consumption of fluoride is to use a reverse osmosis |
| swallowing toothpaste. | | | | drinking water filtration system. There are many high |
| Fluoride may not have any benefit to children's teeth | | | | quality systems on the market today. A high quality |
| at all. In fact, excessive exposure to fluoride can | | | | reverse osmosis system will reduce fluoride to an |
| cause fluoridation in young children's developing teeth. | | | | acceptable level. Compare the NSF certification |
| There are numerous other risks involved in the | | | | before you buy. Only buy an RO system that has a |
| consumption of excessive fluoride. | | | | post filter. Look for a filtration system that uses high |
| 1. Children can suffer from brain damage and/or | | | | quality carbon block filters as this type of filtration will |
| lower IQ's. | | | | also reduce other drinking water contaminants of |
| 2. People with kidney disease are more susceptible to | | | | health concern. |
| fluoride toxicity due to their impaired ability to | | | | |