We have tap water catching on fire now due to natural gas drilling. Does that count?
Do not forget about these which come to mind: rocket fuel, fluoride (that one is deliberate) , and chlorine (deliberate too).
We have tap water catching on fire now due to natural gas drilling. Does that count?
we're poisoning the youth! conspiracy everywhere!
What's the connection between Hitler and fluoride?
Is our water fluoridation some takeover plan 70 years in the making?
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp11.pdf
Try this one instead of the conspiracy theorist sites.
Ingested fluoride incorporates into the structure of the tooth bone to strengthen it during development. It also prevents the acid produced by bacteria from de-mineralizating the tooth. It does not destroy the bacteria and it does not cure cavities.
Moreover, according to the National Academy of Sciences, fluoride is not an essential nutrient. This means that no human disease - including tooth decay - will result from a "deficiency" of fluoride. Thus, unlike real nutrients like calcium and magnesium, the human body does not need fluoride for any physiological process.
Dr. Albert Schatz, Nobelist who discovered streptomycin, found several decades ago that sharks' teeth with their excessive fluoride would dissolve just as readily in citric acid as ordinary non-fluoridated teeth, laying to rest the hypothesis that fluoride would stop cavities. The dental people (American Dental Association) pushed aside this discovery and Dr. Schatz' discoveries regarding excessive baby mortalities caused by fluoridation in Chili, South America as insignificant.
Fluorine is found in nature. It's one of the most abundant elements. You will only find it forming a stable molecule with something else because fluorine is highly reactive. We will ingest some of it whether it's added to our water or not.
Fluorine is found in nature. It's one of the most abundant elements. You will only find it forming a stable molecule with something else because fluorine is highly reactive. We will ingest some of it whether it's added to our water or not.
No one here has said it was an essential element for making teeth or bone. Silly. I don't know where you got that from. LOL! Fluoride only helps to strengthen the tooth structure. Fluoride is a naturally occurring molecule found in rocks and it makes its way into the drinking water system.
Shark teeth and human teeth are different. Shark teeth are brittle and have no roots. Adult human teeth are meant to last a lifetime. Shark teeth shed.
Excessive fluoride can cause health problems for sure (fluorosis , which causes softening of the enamel of the teeth). Excessive magnesium can cause severe health problems and death (kidney failure) which you named as essential for good bone health. Fluoride added to municipal water is generally kept at a level of 0.7 ppm to 1.2 ppm.
23. To avoid fluoride is to prevent more than 114 ailments listed with references in a book "Good Teeth Birth to Death" by Gerard F. Judd , Ph. D. These 114 medical side effects extend all the way from cancer down to headaches caused by 1 ppm fluoride in the water. Thirteen of these side effects are proved by a double blind study on 60 patients by 12 physicians, 1 pharmacist and 1 attorney.
24. The mechanism for destruction of enzymes by fluoride has been proven by x-ray studies. Hydrogen bonds are broken by fluoride.
25. Fluoride is the smallest negative particle on the face of the earth. Since the fluoride particles are so small and so intensely negative, they connect with the hydrogen bonds holding the enzyme coils in place and ruin every enzyme molecule at very low concentration, around 1-3 ppm. These enzymes are often 3,000 or more times the small size of the fluoride. The effect is ruinous.
26. To avoid fluoride is to prevent the destruction of 83 enzymes listed with references in Good Teeth, Birth to Death, by Gerard F. Judd , Ph. D.. Fluoride is a severe biological poison. Being intensely negative, it unlatches positive hydrogen bonds in enzymes AND proteins
Consider the use of chlorine to purify municipal water. Chlorine is toxic, yet we allow it in the municipal drinking water to prevent ingesting harmful bacteria. When I order water at a restaurant in "the big city" nearby, I can smell and taste the chlorine. It is so strong to me that it's like drinking water from a swimming pool. I have a well and we drink straight from it (no filter or purifier). No one bitches about the chlorine.
So, in a way, you are correct. Fluoride in higher dosages than the recommended low levels can cause severe health problems and even death in young children.
For the record, I don't think fluoridation of drinking water is necessary. I just don't like the argument against it using biased evidence. I also think the levels of chlorine in municipal water is also unhealthy. I don't see an uproar about that.
Peru Government Declares Cold Wave Emergency in 16 Regions
Caracas,
Sunday
July 25,2010
LIMA – The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency because of the cold wave gripping a number of districts in the nation’s 16 regions, according to an urgent decree published Saturday in the official gazette.
The decree covers all districts of the country more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level, as well as three regions in the Peruvian jungle that have registered strangely low temperatures in the last few weeks.
According to official figures, so far this year at least 409 people have died of pneumonia and ailments related to the cold weather, most of them younger than 5 years old (200 deaths) and over 60 years (158 deaths).
The emergency declaration, which has a duration of 60 days, covers districts in the regions of Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Junin, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Puno and Tacna, which in recent days reached a temperature of -24 C (-11 F).
A state of emergency was also declared in the jungle regions of Madre de Dios, Ucayali and Loreto.
The decree published Saturday also includes a series of measures that will allow regional and local governments to supply the affected populations with food and vaccines.
The armed forces were also called upon by Defense Minister Rafael Rey to carry out civic actions to help those populations most vulnerable to the cold.
TrueLead and arsenic is found in nature and is in water as well. However, lead and arsenic is not in all water supplies and the amount varies naturally as it is with fluoride. You will not ingest some fluoride all the time depending upon how active you are in avoiding it.
It is not a requirement.I had the impression you were saying fluoride is needed to strengthen teeth.
A by-product but obviously not waste, since it is used in toothpaste, fluoride treatments at the dentist, etc. If it were waste, it would be discarded. But I think I understand your meaning here.The fluoride put in water supplies is not from nature but is a by product from industrial waste.
Apples and oranges. The best experiment would be with human teeth, not shark teeth.You say shark teeth is weaker, however, it only furthers the point. Shark teeth would have to of been dissolved faster than human teeth but the pace was the same.
Bleh... it doesn't. It still smells and tastes like pool water when I leave the restaurant. And those pitchers of water sit out at the wait-staff's table and it still reeks of chlorine.Source
I have read that if you leave your glass of water out for about and hour or so then the chlorine will evaporate.
It also kills the bad bacteria. Municipalities often recycle treated water for household drinking water. But I'll stick to my well water, thanks.I would think most do not complain because they are ignorant. Chlorine makes you brain fall apart and it kills good bacteria in your body
I don't have it in my well water. It's in my toothpaste which gets spit out.Fluoride kills enzymes needed for your teeth. It should be avoided.
I thought it was just because people are stupid enough to pay $2/liter of bottled water compared to $1.50 for 1000 gallons.There is no agenda other than to inform the public of the dangers of fluoride. Also, many people are aware of the low quality of tap water. It is why bottled water is a multi-billion dollar business.
OH, shit... Jim... are you saying you now believe in the Climate Change Theory?
OH, shit... Jim... are you saying you now believe in the Climate Change Theory?
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Apples and oranges. The best experiment would be with human teeth, not shark teeth.
It also kills the bad bacteria. Municipalities often recycle treated water for household drinking water. But I'll stick to my well water, thanks.
I don't have it in my well water. It's in my toothpaste which gets spit out.