Posted on 11/02/2008 10:36:33 AM PST by maine-iac7
calling for the banning of flouride and the dangers of poisoning -
You can see the result of too much floride in some children’s teeth which are all blotchy. Imagine what it’s doing to the rest of their little bodies.
It's spelled fluoride. And as for it being "poison:" Any substance, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous.
Regards,
That kind of discoloration of teeth is common in west Texas and other states that get water from the Ogallala aquifer which has high fluoride levels.
They have recently started adding this industrial waste product to our city public water supply. Not taking any chances, we purchased a Berkey water system with PF2 filters added to filter that toxic waste out.
Then we moved to a city with Fluoridated water. She had a huge improvement.
My hubby's family didn't have fluoride in the water. MIL gave them tablets.
My kids get fluoride and that's fine with me.
The move to add fluoride to municipal water systems is part of the Communist constpiracy to weaken our nation so Commies and Islamists can take over America and turn our Nation into an atheistic, Communist, Islamic state.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmVY8lUcXg&feature=related
Dentist: Dr. Osmunson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ys9q1cvKGk&feature=related
Banned 3-4 years ago in Canada, fluoride in water also banned in Hawaii, Belgium and Germany - and a list of other countries:
http://www.fluoridation.com/c-country.htm
My rule of thumb: If something has this much controversy and possible danger - I'll pass.
I’m not convinced. What about some scientific studies, rather than conjecture? Salt is poison too, if you take too much.
The pea-sized amount of toothpaste they warn not to swallow? Don’t you think the lawyers stuck that in to cover them no matter what?
I’ve lived most of my life in Grand Rapids, the first city to fluoridate water. Haven’t noticed anything, except maybe better teeth.
One of my grandsons, a handsome Trooper in the 173rd AIRBORNE, has mottled teeth from flouride as a toddler
I hope you forgot the sarcasm tag
True - that's why the warning on the back of your toothpaste tube telling you that if you swallow more than a PEA-sized amount - call your poison control center immediately. And then they make bubble-gum flavor toothpaste for kids...
Regards...
wise move
check your freep-mail ;o)
I don't have too. The FDA already has. REad the warning on your toothpaste tube...most people choose to ignore it - but then, there are the claims that link it to brain damage too ;o)
Not nearly as lucrative as pushing Fluoride for the chemical/toothpaste companies.
;o)
...by poisoning our essence and natural bodily fluids, Mandrake.
USDA National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods.
Don't get too paranoid, it's been there all along.
Some interesting information concerning Fluoride -
The Fluoride Deception:
http://www.newswithviews.com/HNB/Hot_New_Books17.htm
Fluoride Action Network:
http://fluoridealert.org/
Fluoride: A Statement of Concern:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/fluoride-statement.htm
International Society for Fluoride Research:
http://www.fluorideresearch.org/
Yep - and all those little kids brushing their teeth with bubblegum, or grape, or strawberry flavored toothpaste need to read the 'dosage' and make sure they don't put more than a 'pea size' blob on their toothbrush - and if they do swallow any, run and tell mommy or daddy to follow the instructions of the FDA - "call poison control immediately, Mommy, Daddy!"
Yep. That'll keep 'em safe. (a moot point anyway, as we KNOW little kids would never swallow any...uh huh)
When I grew up we had well water with a high fluoride content. Yes, our teeth were not blazing white, they had a very slight mottled appearance. I never had a cavity until I moved away from home and used unfluorided water.
This has been tried for years, and every administration has kept the poison in the water. Tranquilizer? Probably. I wonder if McCain or Obama will take action on it. Besides, you know it’s not real from its support from the dental industry—the last people around who want less cavities in children or adults. But enough anger from me, I feel too tranquil to type any more.
When I was a kid, we traveled with my dad.
I can’t tell you the amount of times I swallowed toothpaste because we were in a hurry and I brushed my teeth in the car.
Geez oh Pete, there were no warnings in the sixties on toothpaste. Did you ever think that the reason why the warnings are there now is for the same reason that the “Coffee is HOT” warning is on the McDonald’s coffee?
Get a britta pitcher and you’ll be fine.
Maybe it really is poison. Who puts fluoride in the water? Mainly cities, right? Where are the libs? Cities. So now we know what is causing liberalism.
Fluoride is a common constituent of groundwater.
Taro, the plant out of which Hawaiian poi is made, collects and stores fluoride from the environment. If you eat a lot of taro, it affects your teeth.
Naturally occurring Fluoride and man-made Fluoride are totally different - you might want to research it.
It amazes me that, with this incredible tool - the Internet - at our fingertips and it's capacity to bring the knowledge of the world to our laps - that so few use it.
“The move to add fluoride to municipal water systems is part of the Communist constpiracy to weaken our nation so Commies and Islamists can take over America and turn our Nation into an atheistic, Communist, Islamic state.”
Uhhh - ever been to Vietnam? No flouride in the water, and lots of people has rotten black teeth, or no teeth at all.
Shall I start with my grandson who is a handsome young man now, except for his badly mottled teeth, thanks to a dentist when he was a toddler?
Or maybe the several separate town cases of school kids here in my state getting poisoned by the school's drinking water - or = ah well, to quote the English: "One man's meat is another man's poison." you can have my share of man-made Fluoride/
“And I say unto you, brothers and sisters of the Anti-Fluoride movement, we have this day struck such a blow for purity as will never call a retreat....
Out, I say, with the filthy foreign fluorides! We will sweep this fair land sweet and clean as a young boy’s tensed flank.
...I will now lead you in our theme song The Old Oaken Bucket.”
I don't buy bottled water either, unless it's source is spring water.
Darned if I'll pay such money for recycled tap water from places like LA, Denver, Jacksonville = which is what Dasani and Aquafina are
Okay so let’s say the 70’s.
There's a BIG difference between man-made Fluoride and naturally occurring Fluoride -
Feels like I am back in the Eisenhower era with the John Birch Society. Flouride has shown through extensive testing that it is not harmful and provides great benefits to children’s teeth.
I'd refer them to the studies of the uber expensive bottled waters that so many buy. Besides what is finally coming about the chemicals that leach into it from the plastic bottles, most of bottled waters are merely recycled tap water from our major cities, like LA, Denver and Jacksonville. Both Disani and Aquafina are from those city taps. Add to that, a lot of those cities drinking water is recycled from waste water - sewage - and still contains high levels of prescription drugs, birth control pills, etc.
I'll take my well water any day.
hint - if you DO use bottled water, look for the source of the water. If it doesn't say "spring water' it's city tap water. Funny part is, spring water is much cheaper.
I guess I'm one of the few who believe in limited government and personal responsibility. It should be the parents job to care for their children's teeth, not Uncle Sam's.
“I guess I’m one of the few who believe in limited government and personal responsibility. It should be the parents job to care for their children’s teeth, not Uncle Sam’s.”
I don’t disagree with that one bit. I wasn’t defending it’s addition to the water supply, I was arguing that flouride has benefits and is not harmful. In fact, adding it to the water supply is probably pointless these days anyway since so few people drink water, especially from the tap.
I remember reading that there was a deal made to get rid of the large amount of man-made by-product of some manufacturing process (?) ~ fluoride, by selling the idea of health benefits of adding it to public water supplies. There was no place for this company to dispose of their huge amount of fluoride. Don’t have the source, but I remember reading it online somewhere. I use toothpaste without fluoride now. Tom’s of Maine.
I don’t believe Brita filters fluoride anyway. It doesn’t filter chlorine either as far as I know.
I use Thom's of Maine too - and other tooth powders - they've brought powders back...I use the ones with myrrh = an ancient and efficient germ killer - there's a reason it was so highly valued 2000 years ago.
I grew up in Maine. There’s a short list of things I still like and miss about the place. The Fryburg Fair, the Balloon Festival in Auburn, LL Bean, Georgio’s Pizza, the shops in the Old Port, Italian sandwiches, and those cookies made with potato covered in chocolate that taste like they’re made with coconut! I miss Captain Newick’s too, but I hear they closed. Great seafood, and lots of it on paper plates!
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