‘The Solution to Pollution is Dilution’
I am lucky to live in a country without fluoridated water, most EU countries has come to their senses about it.
But, it is in our clothes, cookware etc. My green tea probably is loaded.. Children over here are recommended or should I say commanded to take fluoride tablets AND brush with fluoridated toothpaste. My kids are the only ones I know of (except for my cases) that doesnt have their daily dosage of fluoride from the dental products.
Words from Scientistic Communities
"Many scientists and doctors have spoken out against the dangers of fluoride in recent years, including some people who used to be among the strongest advocates of fluoridation.
In 1999, a union of 1,200 scientists, doctors and lawyers who work for the Environmental Protection Agency announced their opposition to water fluoridation because of a growing body of evidence that indicates "a causal link between it and cancer, genetic damage, neurological impairment and bone pathology."
""Common sense tells us that if a poison circulating in a child’s body can damage the tooth-forming cells, then other harm also is likely," he writes. "We had always admitted that fluoride in excess can damage bones, as well as teeth."
In 1984, Colquhoun warned the Auckland Regional Authority that some of the children with dental fluorosis may also suffer damage to their bones. He was scorned and derided for challenging the dental establishment.
The ADA argues that ingesting "optimally fluoridated water does not have an adverse effect on bone health." The association notes that fluoride has been used as a bone-strengthening agent; it has been used for the past 30 years as an experimental therapy to treat osteoporosis.
In 1990, the first study suggesting a link between fluoridated water and hip fractures in the elderly was published. "Hip fracture rates have increased dramatically, independently of the increasing age of populations," Colquhoun writes. "Seven other studies have now reported this association between low water fluoride levels and hip fractures."
"But in addition to these epidemiological studies," he adds, "clinical trials have demonstrated that when fluoride is used in an attempt to treat osteoporosis (in the belief it strengthened bones), it actually caused more hip fractures. That is, when fluoride accumulates in bones, it weakens them."
We excrete about half the fluoride we swallow through our urine; the rest accumulates in our bones. "We believed the accumulation would be insignificant at the low fluoride levels of fluoridated water," Colquhoun says.
In the 1980s, a Finland study revealed that osteoporosis sufferers had extremely high levels of fluoride in their bones, according to the Irish Independent newspaper. Finland banned fluoridation because of the study. Holland banned it after medical practitioners revealed that it causes reversible neuromuscular and gastrointestinal harm to some people."
http://www.naturalchoice.net/articles/flouride.htm