Fluoride in drinking water was originally added in the 1940s to prevent tooth decay. Studies have now shown that fluoride causes dental fluorosis in 10% of the population. Even more disturbing than the cosmetic impact that fluoride can have on teeth, research is also linking fluoride to increased risk of cancer (particularly bone cancer) gene mutations reproductive problems neurotoxicity (hyper or depressed activity) bone fluorosis (decreasing density). In fact, in 1999, the EPA's Headquarters Union of Scientists took a stand opposing fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Read more here. The fluoride used for water fluoridation does not have FDA approval and is considered by the FDA as an "unapproved drug". The proper use of any drug requires an understanding of how much is too much. Since fluoride is already in many foods and beverages, an estimated total intake of existing fluoride amounts is imperative. Research shows fluoridation is unnecessary since we're already receiving 300% or more of the American Dental Association's recommended daily amount.
1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis of collagen
and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle,
skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea.
A.K. Susheela and Mohan Jha, " Effects of
Fluoride on Cortical and Cancellous Bone Composition,"
IRCS Medical Sciences: Library Compendium, Vol. 9, No.11,
pp. 1021-1022 (1981); Y. D. Sharma, " Effect of Sodium
Fluoride on Collagen Cross-Link Precursors," Toxicological
Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 97-100 (1982); A. K. Susheela and D.
Mukerjee, " Fluoride poisoningand the Effect of
Collagen Biosynthesis of Osseous and Nonosseous Tissue,"
Toxicological European Research, Vol. 3, No.2, pp. 99-104
(1981); Y.D. Sharma, " Variations in the Metabolism and
Maturation of Collagen after Fluoride Ingestion," Biochemica
et Biophysica Acta, Vol. 715, pp. 137-141 (1982); Marian Drozdz
et al., " Studies on the Influence of Fluoride Compounds
upon Connective Tissue Metabolism in Growing Rats" and "Effect
of Sodium Fluoride With and WithoutSimultaneous Exposure
to Hydrogen Fluoride on Collagen Metabolism," Journal
of Toxicological Medicine, Vol. 4, pp. 151-157 (1984).
2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation and oxygen consumption
in white blood cells, but inhibits these processes when the white
blood cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the blood.
Robert A. Clark, " Neutrophil Iodintion Reaction
Induced by Fluoride: Implications for Degranulation and Metabolic
Activation," Blood, Vol. 57, pp. 913-921 (1981).
3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the ability
of white blood cells to properly destroy foreign agents by the
process of phagocytosis. As little as 0.2 ppm fluoride stimulates
superoxide production in resting white blood cells, virtually
abolishing phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of fluoride,
below 1 ppm, may seriously depress the ability of white blood
cells to destroy pathogenic agents.
John Curnette, et al, " Fluoride-mediated
Activation of the Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils,"
Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol. 63, pp. 637-647
(1979); W. L. Gabler and P. A. Leong, ., " Fluoride Inhibition
of Polymorphonumclear Leukocytes," Journal of Dental
Research, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 1933-1939 (1979); W. L. Gabler,
et al., " Effect of Fluoride on the Kinetics of Superoxide
Generation by Fluoride," Journal of Dental Research,
Vol. 64, p. 281 (1985); A. S. Kozlyuk, et al., " Immune
Status of Children in Chemically Contaminated Environments,"
Zdravookhranenie, Issue 3, pp. 6-9 (1987)
4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and causes it to
attack the body's own tissues, and increases the tumor growth
rate in cancer prone individuals.
Alfred Taylor and Nell C. Taylor, " Effect
of Sodium Fluoride on Tumor Growth," Proceedings of
the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 119,
p. 252 (1965); Shiela Gibson, " Effects of Fluoride on
Immune System Function," Complementary Medical Research,
Vol. 6, pp. 111-113 (1992); Peter Wilkinson, " Inhibition
of the Immune System With Low Levels of Fluorides," Testimony
before the Scottish High Court in Edinburgh in the Case of McColl
vs. Strathclyde Regional Council, pp. 17723-18150, 19328-19492,
and Exhibit 636, (1982); D. W. Allman and M. Benac, " Effect
of Inorganic Fluoride Salts on Urine and Cyclic AMP Concentration
in Vivo," Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 55
(Supplement B), p. 523 (1976); S. Jaouni and D. W. Allman, " Effect
of Sodium Fluoride and Aluminum on Adenylate Cyclase and Phosphodiesterase
Activity," Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 64,
p. 201 (1985)
5. Fluoride inhibits antibody formation in the blood.
S. K. Jain and A. K. Susheela, " Effect of
Sodium Fluoride on Antibody Formation in Rabbits," Environmental
Research, Vol. 44, pp. 117-125 (1987)
6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity.
Viktor Gorlitzer Von Mundy, " Influence of
Fluorine and Iodine on the Metabolism, Particularly on the Thyroid
Gland," Muenchener Medicische Wochenschrift, Vol.
105, pp. 182-186 (1963); A. Benagiano, "The Effect of
Sodium Fluoride on Thyroid Enzymes and Basal Metabolism in the
Rat," Annali Di Stomatologia, Vol. 14, pp. 601-619 (1965);
Donald Hillman, et al., " Hypothyroidism and Anemia Related
to Fluoride in Dairy Cattle," Journal of Dairy Science,
Vol. 62, No.3, pp. .416-423 (1979); V. Stole and J. Podoba, " Effect
of Fluoride on the Biogenesis of Thyroid Hormones," Nature,
Vol. 188, No. 4753, pp. 855-856 (1960); Pierre Galleti and Gustave
Joyet, " Effect of Fluorine on Thyroid Iodine Metabolism
and Hyperthyroidism," Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
and Metabolism, Vol. 18, pp. 1102-1110 (1958)
7. Fluorides have a disruptive effect on various tissues
in the body.
T. Takamorim " The Heart Changes in Growing
Albino Rats Fed on Varied Contents of Fluorine," The
Toxicology of Fluorine Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, Oct 1962,
pp. 125-129; Vilber A. O. Bello and Hillel J. Gitelman, " High
Fluoride Exposure in Hemodialysis Patients," American
Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 15, pp. 320-324 (1990); Y.
Yoshisa, " Experimental Studies on Chronic Fluorine Poisoning,"
Japanese Journal of Industrial Health, Vol. 1, pp. 683-690
(1959)
8. Fluoride promotes development of bone cancer.
J.K. Mauer, et al., " Two-Year Cacinogenicity
Study Of Sodium Fluoride In Rats," Journal of the
National Cancer Institute, Vol. 82, pp. 1118-1126 (1990);
Proctor and Gamble " Carcinogenicity Studies with Sodium
Fluoride in Rats" National Institute of Environmenrtal
Health Sciences Presentation, July 27, 1985; S. E. Hrudley
et al., " Drinking Water Fluoridation and Osteosarcoma,"
Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp. 415-416
(1990); P. D. Cohn, " A Brief Report on the Association
of Drinking Water Fluoridation and Incidence of Osteosarcoma in
Young Males," New Jersey Department of Health,
Trenton, New Jersey, Nov. 1992; M. C. Mahoney et al., " Bone
Cancer Incidence Rates in New York," American Journal
of Public Health, Vol. 81, pp. 81, 475 (1991); Irwin Herskowitz
and Isabel Norton, " Increased Incidence of Melanotic Tumors
Following Treatment with Sodium Fluoride," Genetics
Vol. 48, pp. 307-310 (1963); J. A. Disney, et al., " A
Case Study in Testing the Conventional Wisdom: School Based Fluoride
Mouth Rinse Programs in the USA," Community Dentistry
and Oral Epidemiology, Vol. 18, pp. 46-56 (1990); D. J. Newell,
" Fluoridation of Water Supplies and Cancer - An Association?,"
Applied Statistics, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 125-135 (1977)
9. Fluorides cause premature aging of the human body.
Nicholas Leone, et al., " Medical Aspects
of Excessive Fluoride in a Water Supply," Public Health
Reports, Vol. 69, pp. 925-936 (1954); J. David Erikson, " Mortality
of Selected Cities with Fluoridated and Non-Fluoridated Water
Supplies," New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.
298, pp. 1112-1116 (1978); " The Village Where People Are
Old Before Their Time," Stern Magazine, Vol. 30,
pp. 107-108, 111-112 (1978)
10. Fluoride ingestion from mouth rinses and dentifrices
in children is extremely hazardous to biological development,
life span and general health.
Yngve Ericsson and Britta Forsman, " Fluoride
Retained From Mouth Rinses and Dentifrices In Preschool Children,"
Caries Research, Vol. 3, pp. 290-299 (1969); W. L. Augenstein,
et al., " Fluoride Ingestion In Children: A Review Of 87
Cases," Pediatrics, Vol. 88, pp. 907-912, (1991);
Charles Wax, " Field Investigation Report," State
of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, March
19, 1980, 67 pages; George Waldbott, " Mass Intoxication
from Over-Fluoridation in Drinking Water," Clinical
Toxicology, Vol. 18, No.5, pp. 531-541 (1981)
Other Facts
The contents of a family size tube of fluoridated toothpaste
is enough to kill a 25 pound child.
In 1991, the Akron (Ohio) Regional Poison Center
reported that "death has been reported following ingestion
of 16mg/kg of fluoride. Only 1/10 of an ounce of fluoride could
kill a 100 pound adult. According to the Center, "fluoride
toothpaste contains up to 1mg/gram of fluoride." Even Proctor
and Gamble, the makers of Crest, acknowledge that a family-sized
tube "theoretically contains enough fluoride to kill a small
child."
Fluorides have been used to modify behavior and mood of
human beings.
It is a little known fact that fluoride compounds
were added to the drinking water of prisoners to keep them docile
and inhibit questioning of authority, both in Nazi prison camps
in World War II and in the Soviet gulags in Siberia.
Fluorides are medically categorized as protoplasmic poisons,
which is why they are used to kill rodents.
The September 18, 1943 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association, states, "fluorides
are general protoplasmic poisons, changing the permeability of
the cell membrane by inhibiting certain enzymes. The exact mechanisms
of such actions are obscure."
Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general
cancer death rate.
In 1975 Dr. John Yiamouyiannis published a preliminary
survey which showed that people in fluoridated areas have a higher
cancer death rate than those in non-fluoridated areas. The National
Cancer Institute attempted to refute the studies. Later in
1975 Yiamouyiannis joined with Dr. Dean Burk, chief chemist of
the National Cancer Institute (1939-1974) in performing
other studies which were then included in the Congressional
Record by Congressman Delaney, who was the original author
of the Delaney Amendment, which prohibited the addition
of cancer-causing substances to food used for human consumption.
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Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluorides
by Allen Buresz, D.C.
Fluoride in drinking water was originally added in the 1940s to prevent tooth decay. Studies have now shown that fluoride causes dental fluorosis in 10% of the population. Even more disturbing than the cosmetic impact that fluoride can have on teeth, research is also linking fluoride to increased risk of cancer (particularly bone cancer) gene mutations reproductive problems neurotoxicity (hyper or depressed activity) bone fluorosis (decreasing density). In fact, in 1999, the EPA's Headquarters Union of Scientists took a stand opposing fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Read more here. The fluoride used for water fluoridation does not have FDA approval and is considered by the FDA as an "unapproved drug". The proper use of any drug requires an understanding of how much is too much. Since fluoride is already in many foods and beverages, an estimated total intake of existing fluoride amounts is imperative. Research shows fluoridation is unnecessary since we're already receiving 300% or more of the American Dental Association's recommended daily amount.
1. Fluoride exposure disrupts the synthesis of collagen and leads to the breakdown of collagen in bone, tendon, muscle, skin, cartilage, lungs, kidney and trachea.
2. Fluoride stimulates granule formation and oxygen consumption in white blood cells, but inhibits these processes when the white blood cell is challenged by a foreign agent in the blood.
3. Fluoride depletes the energy reserves and the ability of white blood cells to properly destroy foreign agents by the process of phagocytosis. As little as 0.2 ppm fluoride stimulates superoxide production in resting white blood cells, virtually abolishing phagocytosis. Even micro-molar amounts of fluoride, below 1 ppm, may seriously depress the ability of white blood cells to destroy pathogenic agents.
4. Fluoride confuses the immune system and causes it to attack the body's own tissues, and increases the tumor growth rate in cancer prone individuals.
5. Fluoride inhibits antibody formation in the blood.
6. Fluoride depresses thyroid activity.
7. Fluorides have a disruptive effect on various tissues in the body.
8. Fluoride promotes development of bone cancer.
9. Fluorides cause premature aging of the human body.
10. Fluoride ingestion from mouth rinses and dentifrices in children is extremely hazardous to biological development, life span and general health.
Other Facts
The contents of a family size tube of fluoridated toothpaste is enough to kill a 25 pound child.
Fluorides have been used to modify behavior and mood of human beings.
Fluorides are medically categorized as protoplasmic poisons, which is why they are used to kill rodents.
Fluoride consumption by human beings increases the general cancer death rate.