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