The Observation Deck

Caution!!!! For those of you who are squeamish, I am about to use the "F" word! Yes, that's right! FLUORIDE.

As many of you are probably unaware, Aug. 8th-15th is National Fluoride Awareness Week. Why do we need to be aware of fluoride you may be asking yourself? We all know how good it is, preventing cavities, promoting strong teeth and all that. Well....I hope you're sitting down, cuz the truth may floor you. http://www.fluoridealert.org/
Not only is fluoride not effective in preventing tooth decay, there is no benefit to swallowing fluoride, (as in drinking tap water). Why then is there fluoride in the municipal water supply? Good question, but don't look for answers from the friendly folks at Lakewood City Hall. A friend of mine who is an anti-fluoridation advocate contacted via email the Lakewood water department, several members of council, even the mayor's office with questions and concerns about fluoride in Lakewood's drinking water; seems they all hit the "ignore" button. I'm not sure if it's ignorance, apathy or negligence on the part of city officials but it certainly is inexcusable. Seems like council members are more concerned about banning smoking in Lakewood's parks than allowing residents to be mass medicated without their consent. Yes!! FLOURIDE is classified as an unapproved drug by the FDA. http://www.fluoridealert.org/

Here is just a few great things about fluoride that you were never told: Excessive exposure to fluoride causes an arthritic bone disease called skeletal fluorosis. Studies have also documented considerable evidence of direct toxic effects of fluoride on brain tissue, even at levels as low as 1 ppm fluoride in water (Varner 1998). These effects include:
-- reduction in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors;
-- reduction in lipid content;
-- impaired anti-oxidant defense systems;
-- damage to the hippocampus;
-- damage to the purkinje cells;
-- increased uptake of aluminum;
-- formation of beta-amyloid plaques (the classic brain abnormality in Alzheimer's disease);
-- exacerbation of lesions induced by iodine deficiency; and
-- accumulation of fluoride in the pineal gland.
Excessive ingestion of fluoride during the early childhood years may damage the tooth-forming cells, leading to a defect in the enamel known as dental fluorosis.
Teeth impacted by fluorosis have visible discoloration, ranging from white spots to brown and black stains.
Teeth with fluorosis also have an increased porosity of the enamel. In the milder forms, the porosity is mostly limited to the sub-surface enamel, whereas in the more advanced forms, the porosity impacts the surface enamel as well, resulting in extensive pitting, chipping, fracturing, and decay of the teeth.

This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface. Log on to http://www.fluoridealert.org/ for the complete horror story, or read The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson and The Case Against Fluoride by Paul Connett, James Beck, Spedding Micklem.

Next time you pour yourself a cool clear refreshing glass of water, remember it’s what you can’t see, smell or taste that can hurt you.

I think Bigfoot puts it in there to help the Loch Ness Monster.

http://www.skepdic.com/fluoridation

Jeff Dreger wrote:I think Bigfoot puts it in there to help the Loch Ness Monster.

http://www.skepdic.com/fluoridation

Brilliant observation! I would have to surmise that you are either 6 years old or have the mental prowess of a 6 year old.

As for skepdic.com? Hardly a credible source for useful information from someone who attempts to de-bunk theories ranging from acupuncture to zombies. The authors narative on Fluoride conveniently omits several established facts concerning the toxicity of fluoride.

Fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) is commonly used for water fluoridation. This form of fluoride is a toxic liquid by-product, acquired by scrubbing the chimney stacks of phosphate fertilizer manufacture. Other names for it are hexafluorosilicic, hexafluosilicic, hydrofluosilicic, and silicofluoric acid. The CDC approximates that 95% of our water is fluoridated with fluorosilicic acid. (http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/fact_sh ... ives.htm#1)

Sodium Fluorosilicate (Na2SiF6) is primarily added to public drinking water as a fluoridation agent. This same compound is also used as an insecticide and a wood preservative. It is a classified hazardous waste by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacture which, if not put into our drinking water, must be disposed of at hazardous waste facilities. Other names for it are Sodium Fluosilicate and Sodium Silica Fluoride.

Sodium Fluoride is used in most toothpastes, mouthwashes, dental varnish, dental preparations and nutritional supplements. This same form of fluoride is used as an insecticide and pesticide, as a preservative in glues, as a growth inhibitor for bacteria, fungi and mold. Sodium fluoride is also used in making steel and aluminum products. Added to molten metal, sodium fluoride creates a more uniform metal. Other industrial uses for sodium fluoride include glass frosting and wood preservatives. Sodium Fluoride is also used in the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons.

Now......Go to your bathroom and look at that tube of fluoridated toothpaste. If you can read the really really small print you might think twice about putting it in your mouth. If you can't read the really really small print, and don't have a magnifyer handy, it goes like this; "WARNING: If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or call a POISON CONTROL CENTER immediately. The toothpase manufacturer reccomends a "pea size" amount be used. That's interesting because when I'm at the drugstore in the toothpaste aisle, the image of a toothbush on the box depicts a rather significant amount of toothpaste on the brush. Certainly equivalent to 5 or 6 pea's.
Now, after you've swallowed a pea and half amount of toothpase, call the POISON CONTROL CENTER and see what they tell you, and while you're at it call the manufacturer of the toothpase and ask them what ingredient(s) are in their product that would warn you to call a poison center after ingesting such a small amount. Of course most people don't swallow toothpaste because they were taught at a young age to spit it out. Problem is....what ever poison (could it be fluoride?) is in the toohpaste doesn't have to be swallowed to enter your blood stream. The poison is absorbed through your gums and soft tissue. Remember! brush twice a day or after every meal for maximum intoxification.

Classic misinformation piece.

Bill

I am always fascinated by the entire water "thing." From how scarce it is actually getting, to
T. Boone Pickens buying up aquifers, Nestle buying lakes, etc. to the fact that one of the top
carcinogens most people will touch today is the clear plastic bottle they drink water from.

So, what is the end game in Fluoridation? Is it simply a lessor evil with a warning to make
our teeth stronger? Is it just an odd by by product of life, like the fact that one of the top
pollutants in earth worms in the city is Prosac? Well according to the University of Michigan?

Someone getting rich?

The six year old thing?

Really?

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Jim beat me to the Dr. Strangelove reference...darn.

I thought this was worth adding to the discussion:
http://www.dhmo.org/

Dihydrogen Monoxide is a deadly menace!!

Dihydrogen Monoxide plus Fluoride. All it needs is a little brushing to set it off.

KABOOM !!

Jim O'Bryan wrote:
Classic misinformation piece.

Bill

I am always fascinated by the entire water "thing." From how scarce it is actually getting, to
T. Boone Pickens buying up aquifers, Nestle buying lakes, etc. to the fact that one of the top
carcinogens most people will touch today is the clear plastic bottle they drink water from.

So, what is the end game in Fluoridation? Is it simply a lessor evil with a warning to make
our teeth stronger? Is it just an odd by by product of life, like the fact that one of the top
pollutants in earth worms in the city is Prosac? Well according to the University of Michigan?

Someone getting rich?

The six year old thing?

Really?

.

Water Fluoridation Blamed on Communist Conspiracy
A widely used propaganda piece is the video from Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove. In the film, General Jack D. Ripper tries to stop a Communist conspiracy to harm Americans with fluoridated water, and at one point states:

"Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?"

Of course, water fluoridation was not a communist plot -- it was started by the U.S. Public Health Service. But the film pokes fun at the John Birch Society, an extreme right wing group that happened to be anti-fluoridation. So, of course, anyone at the time who dared speak out against fluoridation was also deemed a fanatic, a radical or just plain lunatic – even when they could point to legitimate science to back up their claims. This stigma has, unfortunately, stuck through the decades, although now the walls are beginning to crumble.

Fluoride Harms Go "Mainstream"
Earlier this year, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 253-23 in favor of mandating infant fluoride warnings on all water bills in fluoridated communities (the bill will now go to the Senate). According to the text of the bill, the warning would read, in part:

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance of dental fluorosis."

But dental fluorosis is not "just cosmetic." It can also be an indication that other tissues, such as your bones and internal organs, including your brain, have been overexposed to fluoride as well. There are more than 100 published studies illustrating fluoride's harm to the brain, plus 25 published studies directly linking fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children! Fluoride is a toxic agent that is biologically active in the human body where it accumulates in sensitive tissues over time, wreaks havoc with enzymes and produces a number of serious adverse health effects—including neurological and endocrine dysfunctions.

Adding insult to injury, even promoters of fluoridation now admit that fluoride's predominant action is on the surface of the tooth (although even this is now questionable) and not from inside the body – so why are so many Americans still being forced to swallow it? Swallowing fluoride provides little or no benefit to your teeth!

Even China does NOT allow water fluoridation because it's too toxic and causes damage, according to their studies. Instead, the waste product from their phosphate fertilizer industry is shipped to the United States, where we add it to our water supply! This is a very important point: the fluoride added to your water is NOT even pharmaceutical grade.

It's a toxic industrial waste product, which is also contaminated with lead, arsenic, radionucleotides, aluminum and other industrial contaminants. The story gets even more convoluted, as now declassified files of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission show that the original motivation for promoting fluoride and water fluoridation in the United States was to protect the bomb-, aluminum-, and other fluoride-polluting industries from liability. In the early days some of the sodium fluoride used to fluoridate water supplies in the U.S. came from Alcoa.

A couple of years later, they switched to the even more hazardous waste product hydrofluorosilicic acid from the phosphate fertilizer industry. But none of the studies on fluoride actually used the far more toxic and contaminated hydrofluorosilicic acid that is presently added to the water supply. Rather, they use pharmaceutical-grade fluoride, which while harmful, is not quite as bad as what's being used for water fluoridation. So, the health hazards are likely FAR worse than any study has so far discerned.