Flouride

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited February 2013 in A Moving Train
Do you all believe Flouride is in our drinking water? Is it really dangerous? How do those who believe it is dangerous brush their teeth? What is used in place of flouride? I assume these folks dont visit the dentist either.


Whats the reasoning behind the flouride is dangerous idea?
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    YES, it is in our drinking water. the levels vary from state to state in the US, but its found everywhere.

    i don't know much about it but found this (at ats.com)
    Kentucky is at #2 in the state ranking list on water fluoridation rates at 99.6% and is also happens to be #2 in the state ranking list of death due to cancer at 215.8 deaths per 100,000.Next up is West Virginia which happens to be #3 in the rate of cancer deaths at 209.7 deaths per 100,000 West Virginia’ water fluoridation rate is at 91.5% of the population. And its state ranking on water fluoridation is high up on the list at#11.

    Now if we go to the other end of the spectrum we go to Utah which is at only a 2.2% rate of water fluoridation and is last ranked in state rankings on levels of water fluoridation to the population. Utah also happens to be last ranked in cancer deaths at 139.1 per 100,000 people

    so the state with the lowest fluoride count also has the lowest cancer rate in the country.


    but geography or any number of factors could be involved, its hard to say. some interesting numbers.

    but these are just a few states that happened to fit the theory. some states are way up on fluoride and way down on cancer, and vice versa.


    makes you wonder though.
  • I have a link to a short video by some doctor who used to support floridation but eventually came to be against it after doing some of his own research. I will see if I can find it when I get home.
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    i love a good conspiracy

    http://ekoscommunications.com/node/125
  • I have a link to a short video by some doctor who used to support floridation but eventually came to be against it after doing some of his own research. I will see if I can find it when I get home.

    Actually, I just found it.

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... paste.aspx
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I don't agree with fluoride in drinking water, but we have it where I live.

    But using the cancer stats of states and trying to make a correlation to fluoride percentages is a joke...
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  • I don't agree with fluoride in drinking water, but we have it where I live.

    But using the cancer stats of states and trying to make a correlation to fluoride percentages is a joke...

    Yeah, correlation definitely doesn't mean causation. Still, like you, I do not like having it in drinking water either.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Commy wrote:
    YES, it is in our drinking water. the levels vary from state to state in the US, but its found everywhere.

    i don't know much about it but found this (at ats.com)
    Kentucky is at #2 in the state ranking list on water fluoridation rates at 99.6% and is also happens to be #2 in the state ranking list of death due to cancer at 215.8 deaths per 100,000.Next up is West Virginia which happens to be #3 in the rate of cancer deaths at 209.7 deaths per 100,000 West Virginia’ water fluoridation rate is at 91.5% of the population. And its state ranking on water fluoridation is high up on the list at#11.

    Now if we go to the other end of the spectrum we go to Utah which is at only a 2.2% rate of water fluoridation and is last ranked in state rankings on levels of water fluoridation to the population. Utah also happens to be last ranked in cancer deaths at 139.1 per 100,000 people

    so the state with the lowest fluoride count also has the lowest cancer rate in the country.


    but geography or any number of factors could be involved, its hard to say. some interesting numbers.

    but these are just a few states that happened to fit the theory. some states are way up on fluoride and way down on cancer, and vice versa.

    makes you wonder though.

    I can no longer allow this conspiracy to pollute our precious bodily fluids!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wZkFmSGVw
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    yeah, the cancer connection was week. like i said, i don't know anything about this.


    but.

    apparently fluoride is used in mustard gas. what a wonderful thing to put in our water.

    and IF "they" were looking for a way to put a substance into as many people as possible, the water supply would be the ideal place to start. and i wouldn't put it past them to do something like that.


    The brain cannot tell the difference between fluoride and a hydrogen ion, allowing the fluoride to deposit itself within brain tissue. It inhibits cholergic activity, which basically is the function your body uses to turn off receptors in the brain and body. The inability to turn these receptors off creates feelings of inner tension, restlessness, and the inability to stay still. Usually involving: constant pacing, purposeless movement of the feet and legs, and marked anxiety

    sounds like a add or adhd.




    The International Society for Fluoride Research(ISFR)
    has reported studies implicating fluoride as a cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep disorder, autism, down syndrome.

    more here
    http://www.fluorideresearch.org/
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    edited August 2014
    Idris wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRNVMduMy4A

    The Fluoride Deception
    ---
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y8uwtxrHo

    And Mr Ralph Nader on Water Fluoridation
    Idris wrote:

    I originally posted these in the 'water' thread, re posting them here in the dedicated 'Fluoride' thread.
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  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    How do those who believe it is dangerous brush their teeth? What is used in place of flouride? I assume these folks dont visit the dentist either.

    I use Non Fluoride Toothpaste, http://www.tomsofmaine.com/home currently using that brand.
    Personally, I don't really eat/drink many foods/liquids that are bad for my teeth, like pop, candy and whatever else.

    and of course Some foods and liquids are good for our teeth, like some tea's for example. So it's not just about the brushing, but rather what we are also consuming overall throughout the day that affects our teeth (positively or negatively) in between our daily cleanings.

    Water Fluoridation is a crime against humanity, they say "It's in the water because it's good for our teeth"...seriously, do people really think our governments care about our teeth?

    I (couple posts above) posted a link to the documentary 'The Fluoride Deception', it's a good start for anyone interested.

    It's really a serious issue, spreading accurate information on the dangers of 'Fluoride' is important. Then we take what we know to our local governments and fight the good fight. Spread the word.

    Sadly They still pump Fluoride in Our water over here in Toronto. I've recently made the full switch away from drinking the tap water etc. I'm using reverse osmosis water, but that has a negative also. Mainly you lose all the good minerals our body needs. So I've been trying to make the proper adjustments for that.
  • When I try to approach the Great Fluoride Debate with impartiality while searching for answers on the web, it usually goes something like this:

    Google Search: "Is Fluoride Good For Your Teeth?"

    Result clicked: "Fluoride And Your Teeth"
    ... looks promising ...
    http://www.colgate.com/app/CP/US/EN/OC/ ... Teeth.cvsp

    Oh. Its an article by Colgate?
    Of course. Oh well, keep reading.
    Could have some valid information, right?

    Reading article ...
    "The loss of enamel is balanced by remineralization. In this process, minerals in the saliva, such as fluoride, calcium and phosphate"

    ... oh shit,
    fluoride is naturally occurring in saliva?
    That gives weight to the pro-fluoride claims i guess ...

    google search: "fluoride in saliva"
    LOTS of results found ... ALL are studies talking about fluoride levels in saliva AFTER using fluoride rinse or toothpaste with fluoride.

    Hmm. Head scratch.
    See the term "systemic fluoride" in scientific paper.

    Google search "systemic fluoride"

    This must be the naturally occurring stuff, right?

    Result clicked:
    http://www.sharecare.com/question/what- ... c-fluoride

    "Dr. De Vizio DMD of Colgate answered:
    Systemic fluoride is a phrase used to describe fluoride that is ingested by mouth usually through a community's drinking water or supplements."

    ... ???
    So some Dr. from Colgate just answered on an unaffiliated answers site that "systemic fluoride" is really just fluoride in your saliva BECAUSE of fluoride INJESTED previously from the fluoridated water supply?

    COLGATE!
    you give us false reassurance on your website regarding the saftey of fluoride by indirectly\subliminally proposing that fluoride just happens to BE in the saliva ... but then on another webpage your own damn doctor blows a hole in that suggestion!

    So,
    what else can i find PRO-fluoride?
    TO WIKIPEDIA WE GO!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation
    "Water fluoridation prevents cavities in both children and adults,[9]"

    Oh. source 9 looks good ...

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772843 (source 9)

    reading abstract ...

    let's see here ... conclusions ? merits of study ... hmm ...

    "This was to present a summary of the evidence from systematic reviews of the effectiveness and safety of water fluoridation."

    OK. so they are going to rely on "systematic reviews" of other studies to indicate effectiveness\safety of fluoride. Should be good if they are good reviews with good studies.

    Let's keep reading.

    "3 systematic reviews and 3 guidelines were included in this review. While the reviews themselves were of good methodological quality, the studies included in the reviews were generally of moderate to low quality."

    So the wikipedia assertion that fluoride is good is based on a review of 3 reviews that themselves were comprised ENTIRELY (and oddly enough, ADMITTEDLY) of medium-to-LOW QUALITY STUDIES?

    jesus.
    this is impossible.

    I give up.

    time for breakfast.

    Yep.
    That just happened this morning.
    And now off to "brunch" w the folks & GF. lol
    :D
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    isn't tom's of maine owned by colgate now?

    i use dr. ken's toothpaste ... it doesn't have flouride ... i had my annual checkup and cleaning last week and dentist told me that my teeth are in general better shape than most of his clients and to keep what i'm doing which is basically brush my teeth and floss ...

    i know we have fluoride in our drinking water ... would prefer it wasn't there ...
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I've asked my daughter's pediatric dentist about the hype with flouride and he said that that's exactly what it is... hype. A big conspiracy. And that the only thing to watch out for is to not get too much flouride (in water, toothpaste or vitamins) and we should all be ok.
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I've asked my daughter's pediatric dentist about the hype with flouride and he said that that's exactly what it is... hype. A big conspiracy. And that the only thing to watch out for is to not get too much flouride (in water, toothpaste or vitamins) and we should all be ok.

    Why is it in our water in the first place? and where does that Fluoride come from? I personally feel that those are Important questions, and when the answers are looked at and understood. For me anyway, it makes me feel uneasy.

    Goes back to the 40's, when it started being added to water, and it was/is coming from waste. The Fluoride in our water, is a poison. It's not even pharmaceutical grade.

    Our Food is made with that water, we drink it, shower in it. Our Veggies grow with it. It's sad, and disgusting.
    -
    It's not just about avoiding it the best we can. It's about the governments/corporations/groupS etc adding it to our water, without a referendum etc. So tracing back the 'why'...to my mind Is important. It's beyond just avoidance for me.
    puremagic wrote:

    Fluoride has always been known as a chemical inhibitor and in large quantities a poison.
    http://farmwars.info/?p=3613

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  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    polaris_x wrote:
    isn't tom's of maine owned by colgate now?

    i use dr. ken's toothpaste ... it doesn't have flouride ... i had my annual checkup and cleaning last week and dentist told me that my teeth are in general better shape than most of his clients and to keep what i'm doing which is basically brush my teeth and floss ...

    It is, they own a majority stake.

    I've seen DrKen's paste, never tried it. You say it's solid? I'll give it a shot. I've been happy with the result's I've been getting with Toms brand, but like to change things around every now and then.
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    When I try to approach the Great Fluoride Debate with impartiality while searching for answers on the web, it usually goes something like this:

    Google Search: "Is Fluoride Good For Your Teeth?"

    Result clicked: "Fluoride And Your Teeth"
    ... looks promising ...
    http://www.colgate.com/app/CP/US/EN/OC/ ... Teeth.cvsp

    Oh. Its an article by Colgate?
    Of course. Oh well, keep reading.
    Could have some valid information, right?

    Reading article ...
    "The loss of enamel is balanced by remineralization. In this process, minerals in the saliva, such as fluoride, calcium and phosphate"

    ... oh shit,
    fluoride is naturally occurring in saliva?
    That gives weight to the pro-fluoride claims i guess ...

    google search: "fluoride in saliva"
    LOTS of results found ... ALL are studies talking about fluoride levels in saliva AFTER using fluoride rinse or toothpaste with fluoride.

    Hmm. Head scratch.
    See the term "systemic fluoride" in scientific paper.

    Google search "systemic fluoride"

    This must be the naturally occurring stuff, right?

    Result clicked:
    http://www.sharecare.com/question/what- ... c-fluoride

    "Dr. De Vizio DMD of Colgate answered:
    Systemic fluoride is a phrase used to describe fluoride that is ingested by mouth usually through a community's drinking water or supplements."

    ... ???
    So some Dr. from Colgate just answered on an unaffiliated answers site that "systemic fluoride" is really just fluoride in your saliva BECAUSE of fluoride INJESTED previously from the fluoridated water supply?

    COLGATE!
    you give us false reassurance on your website regarding the saftey of fluoride by indirectly\subliminally proposing that fluoride just happens to BE in the saliva ... but then on another webpage your own damn doctor blows a hole in that suggestion!

    So,
    what else can i find PRO-fluoride?
    TO WIKIPEDIA WE GO!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation
    "Water fluoridation prevents cavities in both children and adults,[9]"

    Oh. source 9 looks good ...

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772843 (source 9)

    reading abstract ...

    let's see here ... conclusions ? merits of study ... hmm ...

    "This was to present a summary of the evidence from systematic reviews of the effectiveness and safety of water fluoridation."

    OK. so they are going to rely on "systematic reviews" of other studies to indicate effectiveness\safety of fluoride. Should be good if they are good reviews with good studies.

    Let's keep reading.

    "3 systematic reviews and 3 guidelines were included in this review. While the reviews themselves were of good methodological quality, the studies included in the reviews were generally of moderate to low quality."

    So the wikipedia assertion that fluoride is good is based on a review of 3 reviews that themselves were comprised ENTIRELY (and oddly enough, ADMITTEDLY) of medium-to-LOW QUALITY STUDIES?

    jesus.
    this is impossible.

    I give up.

    time for breakfast.

    Yep.
    That just happened this morning.
    And now off to "brunch" w the folks & GF. lol
    :D

    Sounds like a good morning :D
  • Didn't we take Flouride pills in school?
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Idris wrote:
    It is, they own a majority stake.

    I've seen DrKen's paste, never tried it. You say it's solid? I'll give it a shot. I've been happy with the result's I've been getting with Toms brand, but like to change things around every now and then.

    you have to use a bit more than normal ... it's crazy actually - when i'm away or somewhere and i use a major brand - it's like you need just a tiny bit of that and your mouth is full of suds ... with the dr. kens you need to use a bit more ... i think the key to teeth is really flossing so, just brushing with baking soda would probably do it ...
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    polaris_x wrote:

    you have to use a bit more than normal ... it's crazy actually - when i'm away or somewhere and i use a major brand - it's like you need just a tiny bit of that and your mouth is full of suds ... with the dr. kens you need to use a bit more ... i think the key to teeth is really flossing so, just brushing with baking soda would probably do it ...

    yea dude and mixed with Hydrogen peroxide it's apparently even better...For thousands of years people have used different natural way's to keep teeth and gums healthy.

    I wonder if hemp works well for flossing?? :eh:
    -
    'Xylitol' is good for teeth, it's also sometimes used in natural toothpastes,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylitol

    http://www.xylitol.org/dental-benefits-of-xylitol
    -
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    TOP FLUORIDE EXPERT APOLOGIZES FOR PUSHING POISON (some more reading on Fluoride)

    "It's been building up for a couple of years," Limeback told me during a recent telephone interview. "But certainly the crowning blow was the realization that we have been dumping contaminated fluoride into water reservoirs for half a century. The vast majority of all fluoride additives come from Tampa Bay, Florida, smokestack scrubbers.

    The additives are a toxic byproduct of the super-phosphate fertilizer industry.""Tragically," he continued, "that means we're not just dumping toxic fluoride into our drinking water. We're also exposing innocent, unsuspecting people to deadly elements of lead, arsenic and radium, all of them carcinogenic. Because of the cumulative properties of toxins, the detrimental effects on human health are catastrophic."


    Dr Hardy Limeback, University Of Toronto.

    http://www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/facultyprofiles/limeback.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Limeback

    http://www.apfn.org/apfn/fluoride-expert.htm
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    Remove fluoride from water, utilities commission says

    Mar 1, 2012

    The much debated fluoride issue is now on the collective lap of Windsor's city councillors.

    After two hours spent listening to 11 delegations Wednesday night, the Windsor Utilities Commission passed a motion recommending the city stop adding fluoride to drinking water.


    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/03/01/wdr-windsor-fuloride-removed.html

    Ayesha Drouillard is a concerned parent and a member of Fluoride Free Windsor. She said the utilities commission made a good decision.

    "Finally, this issue, that's so important and affects every single person daily, is finally getting some much deserved attention. I don't think we need to be adding any kind of bio-accumulative toxin that affects us in a negative way just because it supposedly benefits our teeth," she said.

    Some dentists and Dr. Allen Heimann, the medical officer of health, spoke in fluoride's defence. Heimann remains firm in his belief that fluoride should stay in the water.
  • Commy wrote:
    YES, it is in our drinking water. the levels vary from state to state in the US, but its found everywhere.

    i don't know much about it but found this (at ats.com)
    Kentucky is at #2 in the state ranking list on water fluoridation rates at 99.6% and is also happens to be #2 in the state ranking list of death due to cancer at 215.8 deaths per 100,000.Next up is West Virginia which happens to be #3 in the rate of cancer deaths at 209.7 deaths per 100,000 West Virginia’ water fluoridation rate is at 91.5% of the population. And its state ranking on water fluoridation is high up on the list at#11.

    Now if we go to the other end of the spectrum we go to Utah which is at only a 2.2% rate of water fluoridation and is last ranked in state rankings on levels of water fluoridation to the population. Utah also happens to be last ranked in cancer deaths at 139.1 per 100,000 people

    so the state with the lowest fluoride count also has the lowest cancer rate in the country.


    but geography or any number of factors could be involved, its hard to say. some interesting numbers.

    but these are just a few states that happened to fit the theory. some states are way up on fluoride and way down on cancer, and vice versa.


    makes you wonder though.
    Utah has the lowest smoking rate and West Virginia the highest. I would bet that coal mining in WV also plays a role
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    Utah has the lowest smoking rate and West Virginia the highest. I would bet that coal mining in WV also plays a role

    These Links below have some stats and information regarding cancer/factors/trends etc, if interested.

    http://www.cancer.gov/
    http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/ http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/recenttrend/recenttrend.html

    That's right about Utah. Remember when that major anti smoking campaign in the 90's came around? That's apparently when the rates started to get lower in Utah and interestingly enough I think it went up in some other parts of the US with the same anti smoking campaign.
  • Idris wrote:
    Utah has the lowest smoking rate and West Virginia the highest. I would bet that coal mining in WV also plays a role

    These Links below have some stats and information regarding cancer/factors/trends etc, if interested.

    http://www.cancer.gov/
    http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/ http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/recenttrend/recenttrend.html

    That's right about Utah. Remember when that major anti smoking campaign in the 90's came around? That's apparently when the rates started to get lower in Utah and interestingly enough I think it went up in some other parts of the US with the same anti smoking campaign.
    Thanks for the stats.
  • Stardog3..Stardog3.. Posts: 1,527
    I used a flouride free toothpaste from Tom's and go to the dentist regularly and have healthy teeth. never a cavity.
  • I went to ASPEN DENTAL which has locations in the NE U.S.
    They said I had 4 cavities. I thought WTF that can not be right.
    I became suspicious, and went to another dentist.
    Zero cavities.
    DO NOT GO TO ASPEN DENTAL !!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,367
    food additives, preservatives, flavours, colours, enhancers, high salt, high sugar and high saturated fat foods should all be much higher on the priority list of concern, than 1ppm fluoride in the public water supply.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    food additives, preservatives, flavours, colours, enhancers, high salt, high sugar and high saturated fat foods should all be much higher on the priority list of concern, than 1ppm fluoride in the public water supply.

    Higher on the priority list? It should all be = in concern. Also the dangers of Fluoride and whats in our tap water is not as well known to the general public as the dangers of high salt/sugar/additives and/or whatever else.

    Anyway we get into Where does the fluoride come from? Whats really in the water? And why?

    They are putting toxic waste/chemicals in our water. To not have this issue on the priority list is just silly.

    So its in the tap water, which means its in our foods, many crops etc, so we are not just getting small amounts. Then we shower in it, clean ourselves...all with the same chemical water. Tainted water.
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