The use of fluoride in water has been a very controversial topic in the past few years. On the one hand, for many years the public has been told that fluoride has health benefits, and on the other, it is a fact that sodium fluoride is a synthetic waste product of the nuclear industry, which means that it is often contaminated with dangerous substances like lead, aluminum, and cadmium.

It all started in 1945, when Grand Rapids in the USA started adding cheap sodium fluoride to water in order to imitate the positive benefits of calcium fluoride. The main difference between the two is that calcium fluoride occurs naturally while sodium fluoride does not. The fluoride added to our drinking water is a manmade hydrofluoric acid that has no nutritional value and is the most caustic of industrial chemicals.

It is an active toxin, which is often used in rat poison and cockroach powder. Once it enters the body, fluoride destroys enzymes by changing their shape. Without enzymes, we’d die instantaneously as they play a vital role in the cell reactions that take place every second in our bodies.

When sodium fluoride was first introduced it was associated with bright smiles and healthy teeth, however, clinical studies have shown that fluoride actually causes depression, liver and kidney problems, weakens the immune system and promotes diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.

A recent report from India has also revealed that children who were exposed to high quantities of fluoride in their drinking water were crippled and even blinded. Studies done in the USA by dentists, toxicologists and epidemiologists from the National Research Council (NRC) have also shown that when fluoride levels in drinking water are too high they actually damage teeth.

In order to counter the deadly effects of fluoride in water, the Fluoride Action Network has stated that more than 3000 professionals around the world are calling for an end to the fluoridation of drinking water. Other media such as Natural News, Prevention Magazine and Wall Street Journal have also questioned the government as to why they are allowing such high levels of synthetic and dangerous fluoride to be added to drinking water.

There are a few options for those seeking to protect themselves from the health risks of sodium fluoride. Iodine and lecithin cleanse the liver and have been known to help the body extract fluoride. You can also opt for AquaLiv, one of many water filtration systems based on the laws of homeopathy, which remove fluoride and other harmful chemicals from water and leave the nutrients behind.

(Post by Ivelina Dineva)

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