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Fluoridated Water: Harm or Benefit?
The discussion about fluoridated water remains relevant in the field of natural health. In this article, we explore the real effects of fluoridation in drinking water and its impact on health.
Fluoridated Water: Harm or Benefit
Despite being widely accepted in public health, water fluoridation has been the subject of thorough study over the last quarter-century. Time has exposed the false illusion of fluoridation.
Fluoride, once touted as the magic solution for dental cavities, has drawbacks that overshadow its dental benefits—if it provides any, which is still debatable.
Regardless of the scientific studies you examine or the population trends you observe, the only rational conclusion is that the health hazards from fluoride far outweigh the marginal dental benefits it might grant. The science is very clear on the following:
- This compound is a toxic industrial waste product, poisonous to the body, not a “nutrient” at all and provides no benefit to the human body. The fluoride added to the water supply could be contaminated with lead, arsenic, radionuclides, aluminum, and other industrial contaminants. Additionally, the fluoride added to municipal water supplies is not pharmaceutical grade.
- Exposure to fluoride occurs through tap water, most toothpastes, and many antibiotics, including those given to farm animals. There are various levels of exposure, making it impossible to accurately predict these variables in any individual, family, or community.
- For many, fluoride exposure could easily reach toxic levels. For instance, you should call a poison control center if you consume a quarter-milligram of fluoride from toothpaste. Meanwhile, just ONE glass of water could contain that amount of fluoride.
- Fluoride is a poison that accumulates and has been shown to cause severe and extensive health problems, such as damage to the skeletal, endocrine, and brain systems.
- Dental cavities can be prevented through means other than fluoridation, which would avoid its adverse effects.
Fluoride is Not Only in Your Drinking Water
This compound is found to some degree in all natural waters. There may be a high concentration in groundwater, depending on a number of factors, such as the type of rocks and minerals in the region. Drinking water is the largest source of fluoride, which adds to the exposure from dental products. But you may not know that fluoride is also present in other unexpected media:
- Different types of vegetables and fruits, cereals, taro, yam, cassava, meat, poultry, and fish (especially canned fish), milk, and tea; most natural foods have lower levels of fluoride, but there are some exceptions.
For example, tea leaves tend to concentrate fluoride from the soil; deboned meat and poultry may have a high concentration of fluoride due to contamination from bone particles during processing.
- Often, processed foods and beverages such as sodas, juices, sports drinks, baby foods, etc., are high in fluoride.
- The air could be contaminated with fluoride, especially in areas with higher industrial pollution from coal burning and phosphate fertilizer production; fluoride exposure could also be problematic following volcanic eruptions, as discovered in Southern Iceland.
- Pesticides and cryolite,this is a mineral containing fluoride and is used as a pesticide in dozens of food products.
- Non-stick pans emit a fluorinated gas when heated.
Summary of the Possible Dangers of Fluoride
It is important to realize that fluoride is an accumulative toxin, which over time can lead to more serious conditions than dental fluorosis (staining of the teeth). Bone fluorosis caused by fluoride toxicity could be paralyzing and even fatal.
Its neurological effects are also extremely concerning. Now, there are 25 studies showing that fluoride is related to lower intelligence quotients, even at levels as low as 0.3 to 3 parts per million, which overlaps the range in many communities in the United States (0.7 to 1.2 ppm).
Studies have shown that fluoride toxicity could cause widespread problems as listed below.
| Greater lead absorption | Alteration in collagen synthesis | Hyperactivity and/or lethargy | Inhibition of skeletal fluorosis and bone fractures |
| Genetic damage and cell death | Greater tumor and cancer development | Alteration of the immune system | Disruption in antibody production |
| Brain damage, and lower intelligence quotient | Dementia | Arthritis | Severe eye problems, including blindness |
| Alteration of thyroid function | Bone cancer (osteosarcoma) | Inactivac
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