Re: Boron is the natural inactivator of fluoride?

Hope this helps.

Yes, boron will combine/bind with fluoride rendering it impotent and allowing for harmless excretion. A casual search will find much supporting documentation for the following. Note though there is also such a thing as too much boron...


http://www.regenerativenutrition.com/content.asp?id=52


Boron and Fluoride

Fluoride in the form added to tap water and toothpaste is, I believe, a threat to health as evidenced by much research1 that has been totally ignored by those that want to make money out of finding a way to dispose of the toxic waste, that is too toxic to dump elsewhere, and the Government cronies that back them. Fluoride in sea water is in a form and combination with all the other minerals and trace elements that renders it non-toxic. There is good evidence that in Andra Pradesh India people can develop quadriplegia (when all four limbs are not working well as the result of skeletal fluorosis where 1.35 ppm fluoride was present in the water. Boron will inactivate fluoride in the body forming a harmless compound, according to Dr. Rex e. Newman.

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/211000.htm

Fluoride poisoning from MERCK Veterinary manual- I know it may be a controversial source for some...

Treatment and Control:
Acutely exposed animals require calcium gluconate (IV) and oral magnesium hydroxide or milk to bind fluoride before absorption. In chronic exposure, control is difficult unless animals are removed from affected areas. It has been suggested that affected areas may be used for animals with a relatively short production life, eg, pigs, poultry, or finishing cattle and sheep. Feeding calcium carbonate, aluminum oxide, aluminum sulfate, magnesium metasilicate, or boron has either decreased absorption or increased excretion of fluoride, and thus could offer some control of chronic fluorosis under some conditions. However, no treatment has been shown to cure the chronic effects of fluorine toxicity.

http://www.finishing.com/350/51.shtml

April 16, 2005

Boron and Fluoride do indeed form complexes. My experience on this subject comes from the treatment of fluoborate

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3...

Elsar J, Merad B, Denine R, Reggabi M, Benali M, Alamir B, Rachidi MA. (1979). Effect of fluoride intoxication of several months on homeostasis in rabbit in the presence and absence of an antidote (Boron). Fluoride, 12: 136-143. Tweet