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Children that have teeth discolored by fluoride have a higher risk of bone damage, according to a study published in the journal Fluoride.
132 Tibetan children, aged 8 to 13-years-old and living in a low fluoride water environment, developed dental fluorosis (tooth discoloration) from fluoride in their diets in foods like brick tea, a popular Asian drink, fed to children as young as two years old.
Wrist x-rays reveal that 96% of those children with dental fluorosis had
“developmental skeletal abnormalities” including carpal bone hardening or thickening.”
Consequently, discolored teeth in children should be viewed as more than a matter of cosmetic concern. It can also be a indication of preliminary skeletal fluorosis that might lead to full-scale debilitating skeletal fluorosis in adulthood.Skeletal fluorosis symptoms include pain, stiffness and/or deforming bone defects.
The EPA has determined that 4 parts per million is the maximum fluoride allowed in water in order to avoid skeletal fluorosis. Yet, some people exceed 4 milligrams daily from their diet, alone. In fact as many as 63% of children living in optimally fluoridated areas (0.7 – 1.2 ppm) have dental fluorosis.
There are other studies linking fluoride to skeletal probems. A British Medical Journal study reports that older white women from fluoridated communities have a 32% higher rate of wrist fracture. A Mexican study links dental fluorosis to bone fractures. Polish pediatricians found abnormal bone changes in 11 to 15 year-olds exhibiting dental fluorosis. And there are many other studies linking fluoride to other diseases like arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome.
The problem is that you have little control over your local government’s fluoridation policies. If your water tests for high fluoride levels or if your local municipality fluoridates drinking water, then your only solution is to purchase a water filtration system that will effectively remove fluoride from your water. You must take personal responsibility.
On December 7 2009, The New Jersey Senate passed a bill that requires fluoride to be added to all public water supplies. The bill was passed despite the objections of utility companies, environmental advocates, and a group of parents.
This bill, if made law, would affect some 6 million households. If it does not become law, it is likely that would be because of cost issues as opposed to health issues. Senator Joseph Vitale (D) sponsored the bill because of what he calls the overwhelming public health care benefit and health care cost savings.
Basically, Senator Vitale, like so many other people, has fallen for the line of the American Dental Association which promotes the research that shows fluoride is an effective tooth decay preventative. Unfortunately, neither the American Dental Association nor the Senator have paid any attention to the research that demonstrates the negative impact of fluoride on general health including, but not limited to, the accumulation of fluoride in the pineal gland.
The thing that is amazing is that these are presumably not stupid people (or are they?). One must wonder why the government is taking the position of requiring that the same chemical that the Russians, and maybe the Nazis, used to pacify people in detention camps be put in our water.
If you live in New Jersey contact your legislators to oppose this legislation.
1. CALL your NJ Senator today! (listings by town: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp.)
2. CALL Assemblywoman Nellie Pou, Chair of the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, (973) 247-1555.
3. CALL Chris Christie, our newly elected governor, (609) 341-3000.
Getting a water filter or filtration system that results in your having safe water to drink, cook with, and bathe in is not a matter of going to the local hardware store or Home Depot and picking up something off the shelf. It’s also not a matter of buying an off-the-shelf whole house water system, no matter how expensive. The fact is that to get safe water you must get a water filtering technology that is custom fit to your specific water conditions.
This is not such an easy task because there are many factors that need to be considered about water quality… and the first step is to find out what the condition of your water actually is. For that you can use municipal treatment plant reports and water test kits.
Next it’s important to know what “safe water” really means and what to look for in water treatment systems.
more information about Factors to Consider in Water Treatment>>>
Fluoride has been added to municipal water for 55 years because some children might benefit if they had problems with tooth decay. Now we know that fluoride is a major neurotoxin and many municipal water treatment plants are removing it.
Research shows that the pineal gland is a major point of accumulation of fluoride in the body. The pineal is known to have a major role in the onset of puberty and reproduction and in the production of the hormone melatonin. And recent research indicates that the pineal plays a role in calcium metabolism, parathyroid function and susceptibility to postmenopausal osteoporosis, cancer, psychiatric diseases and to the process of aging.
Major source of fluoride include:
- Drinking water
- Bones in ground meats
- Skins of fish
- Processed foods
- Bottled drinks
Restrict your intake of these foods and purchase the right kind of water filter to reduce fluoride to safe levels
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