Posted on 12/11/2009 6:55:13 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Senate’s health committee on December 7 passed a bill that would require fluoride to be added to public water supplies throughout the state, The Star-Ledger reported December 8. Environmental advocates, utility companies and some parents object to the bill (A3709/S2856), which would require public and private water utilities to start adding fluoride within a year of the law’s enactment. Some lawmakers say the bill would be too costly to the consumer, yet the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee voted 6-0 with three abstentions to approve the bill. There are more than 6 million households in the state. To read the full story, click here. For related information, click here.
The merits and demerits of flouridated water are not the issue.
The issue is the government’s CONTINUING efforts to exert power over the public by forcing down their throats things like THIS and Healthcare.
If YOU want fluoride, go out and buy some and add it to YOUR water. I pay for pure water and pure water is what I should get. I shouldn’t have to pay EXTRA money for what I should be getting through my faucet.
Its plain and simple.
And NOBODY knows what the effects of EXTENDED use of flouridated water will be on OTHER aspects of human health, impact on piping, etc.. etc.
Yeah you're right, everyone in Grand Rapids will die.
BUT AGAIN, the issue is not the merits or demerits of fluoride in drinking water. Its the principle of a bunch of political hacks in Trenton, who know less about water or chemicals than you or I, MANDATING actions on Fluoridation.
As I implied in an earlier post, this is tied to the inner cities ONCE AGAIN trying to dictate government policy for the entire state. This subject was discussed on the Jim Gearhart show. The entire legislative issue was resurrected when the water company providing water to Trenton stopped adding Fluoride to the Trenton Water supply without notifying the locals, some of whom became incensed and contacted their local Democrat War Bosses to get this legislation enacted on the state level.
That's an attribute of chloramine, not fluoride. Chloramine is used as a disinfectant. It's a compound comprised of chlorine and ammonia, typically in a 4 to 1 ratio. Very harmful to aquatic life but not harmful to humans or their pets.
You're most likely adding sodium thiosulfate to neutralize it.
Oh stop letting facts get in the way of a good rant. That’s not the way things are done on FR.
Point taken and you’re right...
Throughout most of Europe, flouride is not added to the water supply, yet Europeans have healthier teeth and fewer cavities today, too. So, flouride may not be the reason for healthier teeth today. The real reason probably is that people are taking better care of their teeth.
My great-grandmother lived into her eighties with all of her teeth, and she never had a cavity. And she lived in the days when people went to the barber shop to have their teeth fixed. She took good care of her teeth. So did some other people in those earlier generations. But, many people did not take such good care of their teeth and did not have access to the dental care people have today.
Standard filters won’t work. It requires reverse osmosis (RO). I’ve been on RO water for 10 years now. RO water imo is great for relieving bone pain and improving health.
It should be a matter of choice. Those who want fluoridated drinking water are free to buy it at the store. Why should the rest of us have to buy it for them?
Also, think of it as mass medication. We wouldn’t want the gov’t dumping other forms of medication into our water supply.
Almost anything is a poison (or rather, is toxic) in sufficient doses.
As a NJ resident I am ecstatic that the Assembly has taken this critical issue on and not wasted their valuable time on the 30 billion dollar debt and unfunded liabilities. What a relief to have this fluoride problem solved once and for all. What courage and what political capital was spent to get passage of this controversial matter. There have been demonstrations bordering on riots in the state capitol demanding action on the fluoride scandal.
I think the next critical order of business is naming a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike in honor of Bruce Springsteen. Way to go NJ Assembly, what ever we are paying you is not enough.
She was born in Italy and later moved to Pennsylvania. I don’t know what kind of water she drank. But, other relatives who lost all of their teeth lived on the same street, and they must’ve been drinking the same water.
LOL.
Point taken that there could be some fear mongering. I just don’t want it in our water supply because we should make these choices for ourselves.
Eastern Europe generally had flouride treatment through 1990, and western Europe up to the mid-1970’s. That would cover everyone but those under about 40 in the west, 25 in the east.
Assuming your theory is true, then fluoridation for only a short period of time provides lifelong benefits. So, why would it be necessary to fluoridate water forever? Also, it doesn't explain my great-grandmother. :-)
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