Fluoride a poison in our water
BY MARY BYRNE
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OPINION: The practice of adding a chemical - sodiumsilicofluoride or hydrofluorosilicic acid - to everybody's drinking water is nothing short of fanatical.
What rational person takes a substance captured in a factory smoke-stack because it's too toxic to be discharged into the air, and then cannot be got rid of in the sea or a river because it's not allowed by international marine law, and decides to put into every man, woman and child's drinking water?
And that's regardless of whether the person is sick or how they react to it and even though they may have said they don't want it.
In Wellington, sodiumsilicofluoride is added to the drinking water. We import this substance from Belgium where not only do they not have water fluoridation, they have banned the tablets. In fact, no country in continental Europe has water fluoridation any longer. Some did have it but stopped many years ago. When fluoridation was being promoted in these European countries they too were told that their water was deficient in fluoride. Just like the Americans, the Australians, the Irish, we in New Zealand are being spun the same line.
Some countries, such as India and China, do have some water that naturally contains higher amounts of fluoride. But there is usually more calcium in the water that makes it not as toxic as the chemicals that are added to our water.
However, the fluoride is still toxic and India and China lead the world in removing fluoride from water supplies as people develop all sorts of illnesses from drinking water high in fluoride - the most notable being the disease skeletal fluorosis, from which sufferers become bent over and crippled.
The first stage of this disease is identical to osteoarthritis and, considering fluoride accumulates in our bones, it is likely that many people in New Zealand are being misdiagnosed with osteoarthritis when in fact they have the first stages of skeletal fluorosis.
The last two studies in New Zealand on dental health (Auckland 2009 and Southland 2005) show that there is no difference in decay rates between children in fluoridated areas and children in non- fluoridated areas. The only difference is that 30 per cent of the children in the fluoridated areas have some form of dental fluorosis whereas only 15 per cent of children in the non-fluoridated areas do.
Dental fluorosis is the first outward sign that a child has had too much fluoride (i.e. has been poisoned). In Wellington, the Health Ministry dental statistics show that there is no difference between the non-fluoridated areas of Wellington (Petone, Korokoro and Paekakariki) compared with the rest of fluoridated Wellington.
Wanting to add a toxic chemical to the drinking water of an entire population just because you happen to think it is good for teeth reflects an attitude of complete disrespect for the rights of others. Fluoridation can only be described as fanatical.
Mary Byrne is spokeswoman for Fluoride Action Network New Zealand.
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pvowel#7: "the fact is.." you say. What "fact" are you referring to? There is no good evidence at all, anywhere, that fluoride reduces tooth decay.
Every non-fluoridating country has the same level of dental problems as fluoridating countries. The only fact in regards fluoride's effect on teeth is that it can cause fluorosis.
Even if it was a preventer of tooth decay, that still does not justify mass medication with it, especially given its extreme potential for harmful effects on the body.
Even the american dental association - longtime stalwarts of fluoridation - now recommend that infant formula NOT be prepared with fluoridated water, so serious are the risks to young people. Why we don't have such warnings here is unfathomable.
Having come from a part of the world where natural fluoride is high and then being educated in the UK where fluoride was added to the water along with fluoride treatments in school, I suffer from fluorosis.
Personally I can see no good reason to medicate an entire population on any grounds. I find it immoral.
Fluoride is a toxin (as stated on toothpaste packaging) the swallowing of which needs emergency medical help. According to research its toxicity lies in between that of lead and arsenic.
However, as an aside to the inclusion of fluoride in drinking water, currently there is a plan to add lithium to the water supplies too, after tests done in Japan found the population more docile - they should be, lithium is used in the treatment of manic depression and bi-polar disorders.
This amounts to the medicating, drugging and poisoning of entire populations without their consent.
People who don't have fluoride in their drinking water, don't want it. Similarly 87% of submitters don't want folic acid in their bread. Both are mass medication which breaches civil liberties, contravenes the Bill of Rights Act of 1993, and the Medicines Act of 1981. Nearly all of Europe have rejected water fluoridation, and their teeth are fine. The side effects of fluoride have not been tested by the Ministry of Health, and they refuse to sign an affidavit stating that fluoridated water is safe.
I was almost not going to write. Just so "John"s comment could dangle there. But I have come to care more about questioning water fluoridation than to remain silent. In my investigations I have discovered this recent, amazing work...
Please take the 12 minutes duration to watch and think and maybe even learn. If your internet connection isn't that fast the video may take awhile to run. Please persevere. Water fluoridation is not simply a dental health issue. The larger issue here is the long term effect of fluoride on the entire human body.
thanks for reading and I hope you get to see the video.
Well written actually John. Fluoridation is not necessary and completely attacks the problem from the wrong end. Education is needed in relation to sugar intake and fruit acids here in NZ AND lessons on how to FLOSS properly. Not more corporate poison waste added to our nations water. You want fluoride? take a pill
I'm surprised this writer didn't dig up the old "Communist mind control" theory behind flouridation popular in the 1950's. The fact is, floridation does reduce tootth decay, and at the rates added to drinking water, usually 1 to 2 mg/L, or parts per million, does not cause the adverse affects mentioned.
John #1, that's what they said about asbestos too and well we all know what happened there
i agree, fluoride was first pioneered in the nazi death camps. why we still use it is basically because it's an easy and profitable way to despose of toxic waste. i'm interested which part of this article you think is rubbish John^
Great article!
Interestingly enough, if one rings the Ministry of Health to get information on the fluoride issue, one will probably receive some bad attitude will be told that the studies quoted above are wrong or falsified.
@John - Folks used to believe that the earth was flat yes. Folks also thought that Asbestos was a good building material and Thalidomide was good to give to pregnant mothers. It turns out that niether was true.
Oh and in case you hadn't heard the earth is in fact mostly round.
;D
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Fluoride in its purest form is a highly toxic compound. There is such an abundance of it that it needs to be recycled.
Fluoride, in small amounts is not harmful so they say. There really isn't any proof that fluoride in toothpaste prevents cavities. Maintaining regular dental health with regular dental checkups is the only way to keep your teeth and gums in a healthy condition.