While ingested fluoride was thought to reduce cavities when fluoridation began in the 1940’s, modern science shows that ingested fluoride brings no benefits and delivers significant risks.
Hard to believe but the FDA has never safety-tested fluoride for ingestion.
Fluoride Grandfathered
Fluoride was grandfathered in before the 1938 law requiring drug-safety testing. Pre-1938, sodium fluoride was sold solely as a rat poison. The FDA regulates fluoridated toothpaste as a drug. Look at the warning on the back of the tube. (source)
Fluoridation is not about children’s teeth, it is about industry getting rid of its hazardous waste at a profit, instead of having to pay a fortune to dispose of it.
“Only calcium fluoride occurs naturally in water; however, that type of fluoride has never been used for fluoridation. Instead what is used over 90 percent of the time are silicofluorides, which are 85 times more toxic than calcium fluoride. They are non-biodegradable, hazardous waste products that come straight from the pollution scrubbers of big industries. If not dumped in the public water supplies, these silicofluorides would have to be neutralized at the highest rated hazardous waste facility at a cost of $1.40 per gallon (or more depending on how much cadmium, lead, uranium and arsenic are also present). Cities buy these unrefined pollutants and dump them–lead, arsenic and all–into our water systems. Silicofluorides are almost as toxic as arsenic, and more toxic than lead.” (George Glasser, Journalist, St. Petersburg, FL, “Fluoridation: A Mandate to Dump Toxic Waste in the Name of Public Health,” July 22, 1991.)
Fluoride Affects Male Fertility & an IQ Drop in Children
Fertility: The use of topical fluoride gels produced blood fluoride concentrations in boys and men that far exceeded 0.38 ppm. In tests on both children and adults, the use of topical fluoride gels at the dental office has been found to produce blood fluoride concentrations as high as 1.2 ppm, or four times higher than the concentration found to damage sperm. (Ekstrand 1980, 1981). A review of over 100 studies of sperm density from 1938 to 1996 found that human sperm count has significantly declined in North America and Europe since the 1940s. (Swan 2000) Fluoride exposure – particularly from topical fluoride gels – must be considered as one of the potential contributing factors. (source)
IQ: A recently-published Harvard University meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have “significantly lower” IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas.
Thyroid Suppression: Up through the 1950s, doctors in Europe and South America prescribed Fluoride as a thyroid suppressant in patients with hyperthyroidism. (Merck Index 1968). When used as a remedy for hyperthyroidism, daily treatments of just 2 to 5 mg/day fluoride ion were enough to reduce most patients’ thyroid activity. (Galletti & Joyet 1958).
It deposits in the pineal gland of the brain and bones: PubMed study The Untold Story of Fluoridation: Revisiting the Changing Perspectives.
These Countries Have Banned Fluoride:
- Austria (source)
- Belgium
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- India
- Israel
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Scotland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Only about 10% of England’s and Spain’s population has fluoridated tap water as well as some parts of Ireland. (Source)
The following tips from the Fluoride Action Network will allow you to significantly reduce you and your family’s daily exposure to fluoride.
1) Don’t Take Cipro or any of the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
Many pharmaceuticals are fluorinated, which means they contain a “carbon-fluorine bond.” The most notable example is Cipro. Even one course of Cipro is devastating to ligaments and tendons!!
The FDA has made Cipro and Levaquin black box drugs! Never underestimate the danger of these drugs – they are killers!
2) DON’T Get Sodium Fluoride Gel Treatments at the Dentist
Even when dentists use precautionary measures such as suction devices, children and adults still ingest significant quantities of the paste, which can cause incredibly high spikes of fluoride in the blood (for up to 15 hours). These fluoride levels place patients, particularly children, at risk for stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, and places a person at risk for short-term kidney damage, harm to the reproductive system, and impairment to glucose metabolism. The next time your dentist asks you whether you want a fluoride gel treatment, just say NO.
Harvard Public Health Dept. also says “Countries that DO NOT fluoridate their water have also seen big drops in the rate of cavities.”
3) Don’t Let Your Child Swallow Sodium Fluoride Toothpaste
Fluoride toothpaste is often the largest single source of sodium fluoride intake for young children. Just don’t buy it.
Researchers at Harvard University performed a meta-analysis of 27 different epidemiological studies on fluoride levels in water and neurobehavioral development.
Fluoride is a poison, and though the amount of fluoride in toothpaste is pretty small, we’re putting into our mouth twice a day, 365 days a year.
4) Buy Organic Grape Juice and Wine? Why…
In the United States, many vineyards use a sodium fluoride pesticide called cryolite. As a result, the levels of fluoride in U.S. grape juice and wine are consistently elevated. If you don’t want to spend the extra money on organic, consider purchasing a European brand, as Europe uses far less cryolite than the U.S. If you buy grape juice and wine, or if you are a heavy consumer of raisins, buy organic.
5) Stop Drinking Fluoridated Water
Tap water consumption is, on average, the largest daily source of fluoride exposure for people who live in areas that add fluoride to the water. Avoiding consumption of fluoridated water is especially critical for infants. Bottled water often contains fluoride. Here is a list of bottled waters that DO NOT contain fluoride.
Here is How To Effectively DETOX Fluoride:
As a consulting RN who has helped many detox some terrible toxins, this is what I recommend every time. Six to 12 months consistent detoxing can achieve some amazing gains.
Advanced TRS (a simple nano-zeolite spray) binds and removes ~80,000 known environmental toxins with a positive charge including: aluminum, mercury, arsenic, fluoride/fluorine ions from antidepressants, etc., barium, strontium, uranium, lead, etc), herbicides and pesticides, mold and yeast toxins, carcinogens from smoke and haze, plastic residues, and radioactive material in the body.
For my personal direct link go here. For the Master email and Full Spike Protein Protocol, go here.
To see what TRS can actually do, see Avalyn’s Story: How TRS – A Safe Heavy Metals Detox Can Help You and Your Child.
Also, 8 Beautiful & Illustrative TRS Detox Stories From Real People.
Summary On Effectively Filtering Your Own Water From Sodium Fluoride
If you live in area which fluoridates its water, you can avoid drinking the fluoride in one of several ways:
• Drink distilled water
• Safety-tested artesian spring water should be fine, but ask those responsible for testing that spring about the fluoride levels.
• All wells contain naturally occurring fluoride levels, some low and some quite high.
• We use the Big Berkey Filter in our home and take our own ‘on-the-go’ water. This is the BEST PRICE I know (and I have searched) for the best filtration. The Berkey removes 99.9% without fluoride filters!
• Other Water Filters: Not all water filters, however, remove fluoride unless they offer a fluoride filter. The three types of filters that can remove fluoride are reverse osmosis, deionizers (which use ion-exchange resins), and activated alumina. Each of these filters should be able to remove about 90% of the fluoride. By contrast, “activated carbon” filters (e.g., Brita & Pur) do not remove fluoride. For more information on water filters, click here.
If you don’t know if your area is fluoridated, you can find out by contacting your local water department. If you live in the U.S., you can also find out by going to FAN’s State Fluoride Database.
Fluoride: Not About Kids’ Teeth, About Ditching Hazardous Waste
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Toni
Thank you for this informative post, Jacqueline. Yes, this is very, very important.
My fluoride story in a nutshell:
When our oldest was born, many years ago, Goodman was in the military, and we were living in Germany. Germany’s water supply was considered unsafe by American military standards at the time so we/I were/was told to give our daughter fluoride drops on a daily basis “to be safe”. I complied. She had a seizure at 11 months, nearly constant diarrhea and general restlessness which led to general lack of rest for me. Doctors surmised the cause but never attributed any of this to the fluoride drops. However, all the symptoms disappeared when we returned stateside and the drops were set discontinued. *argh*
Jacqueline
Oh, dear Toni! What a story you have. I am so thankful you could stop the drops. I didn’t know about the water being a problem in Germany, but I do know they never serve it in restaurants when we visit. you have to ask, and then they scowl at you like you’ve lost your mind. They mostly drink beer or strong coffee. My dad, a Dutchman, said that water was for bathing!! lol
I thank God for your friendship, Toni. You are a gem and a wonderful Mama and Grandmother now… sending love to you in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains!
Jessie
Hi! We’ve switched over to natural toothpaste without fluoride. How do we ensure healthy teeth without brushing with chemicals?
Jacqueline
Our dentist (who disperses fluoride treatments) told us about ‘swish and swallow’ within 5 minutes of eating every meal. We remove tons of bacteria and sugars that attack gums and breed bacteria by doing that. Our grown kids still do it but not as strictly as I do. One part of it also is to eat a lower sugar diet, Jessie. It works and Tom’s of Maine toothpaste (which I linked to) or any non-fluoride toothpaste does a great job anyway! The light cleaning of the tooth’s surface is what removes most. A good immune system is key and in our culture, b/c of the incredible weight of toxins, it is becoming a thing of the past.
Blessings, J
Katrina Baker
Interested. Please send me more information. Thanks!
Denise W
I would love to receive more information on detoxing with TRS. I have autoimmune issues causing multiple chemical sensitivities and several food intolerances.
Jacqueline
Denise, I just emailed you! ~J
Jess
I would like more information about detoxing with TRS. Thanks!
Jacqueline
Jess, I will email you this evening! Sorry for the delay! ~Jacque
Melena Bigbee
I was reading the list of “bottled water without fluoride” and under the letter D found this: Dannon Fluoridated Spring Water
Just how accurate is this list? There are many other brand names on the list that I am highly suspicious of!
Jacqueline
Wow, Melena, that is obviously an error! I wish they would have checked their list better… thanks for letting me know! ~J