Study: Too Much Fluoride Can Be Bad

This information comes as no surprise to many who have been agitating for years not to put fluoride in drinking water. There is simply no reason to put fluoride in drinking water, especially since it is readily available for those who do wish to consume or utilize it. The fluoride placed in the drinking water is, in my understanding, a chemical byproduct that companies are trying to get rid of - and to be paid handsomely for. Putting fluoride in our drinking water - against many of our wills - constitutes drugging us without our permission. It seems like this issue directed at "naturally occurring" fluoride may be a backdoor for the authorities to finally admit that it's not a good idea. Some individuals have been rabblerousing against fluoridated water for decades, making exactly the same claims that are now finally being admitted by mainstream scientists. The difference is, of course, that in order not to admit culpability and, therefore, liability, they will have to claim that this "naturally occurring" fluoride is the problem and that we shouldn't add to it by putting more of the "good" fluoride into the water! That's the gracious way out.

Study: Too Much Fluoride Can Be Bad

Wed Mar 22, 11:06 AM ET

WASHINGTON - The high levels of fluoride that occur naturally in some drinking water can cause tooth and bone damage and should be reduced, the National Research Council said Wednesday.

The study did not analyze the benefits or risks of adding fluoride to drinking water. Instead it looked at the current maximum limit of 4 milligrams per liter. Approximately 200,000 people live in communities where that level occurs naturally in water.

The Council suggested further studies to establish a new maximum level, but noted that the problems associated with exposure to fluoride are very small at 2 milligrams per liter and less. Approximately 1.4 million people have drinking water with natural fluoride levels of 2.0 to 3.9 milligrams per liter, said the Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences.

More than 160 million Americans live in communities with artificially fluoridated water, which contains between 0.7 and 1.2 milligrams of fluoride per liter.

Fluoride is added to water to help strengthen the teeth.

Drinking water with levels above the maximum can cause tooth discoloration and weaken the enamel, and long-term accumulation in the bones can result in an increase in fractures, the Council reported."