For over 60 years the
subject of fluoride has been a big controversy. How
fluoride got approved started back in the 1940's with an
aluminum company called ALCOA (aluminum company of
America). This company was facing problems with toxic
waste. One of the byproducts of aluminum manufacture is
sodium fluoride.
Because of its toxicity, it must be
disposed of in the highest rated waste disposal
facility. This would be at a tremendous cost. In
1944, a long time ALCOA lawyer named Oscar Ewing was named the
company's chief counsel with fees in the then astronomical
range of $750,000 a year. In 1947, Ewing was made
Federal Security Agency Administrator, with the announcement
that he was taking a big cut in salary.
The US Public Health Service, then
a division of FSA, came under command of Ewing, and he began
to vigorously promote fluoridation nationwide. Ewing's
public relations strategist for the fluoride campaign was the
nephew of Sigmund Freud, Edward L. Bernays. This was the
man who literally wrote the book on propaganda....and I don't
mean figuratively. In 1928 Bernays published a book
entitled: "Propaganda", in which he describes how the human
mind can be manipulated.
This book was recently republished
in 2004. It is interesting to note that Bernays was also
involved in the promotion of cigarettes. To this day it
is not exactly clear how ALCOA garnered the support of the
American Medical and Dental Association; however, there may
have been other factors involved.
These factors may have involved the
fact that mass quantities of fluoride were produced in the
production of the atomic bomb. In fact the first
litigation over the atomic bomb had nothing to do with
radiation....it was fluoride poisoning that caused ill
health. It was these factors that may have led to the
need to put a friendlier face on fluoride.
It is also noteworthy that
fluoridation began at the time of World War II. This was
a time when aluminum production was being increased to provide
for the production of airplanes and other military
needs. It is theorized that this increased need for
aluminum production may have paved the way for fluoride's
acceptance.
It is also interesting to note
that prior to 1940 fluoride was considered a toxic
element. In fact in 1939 the U.S. Public Health Service
regulations state "the presence of fluorides in excess of 1ppm
shall constitute rejection of the water supply"....yet when
water fluoridation is instituted these days the levels are set
at a minimum of 1ppm. In fact, an
article appearing in the Journal of American Medical
Association on September 18, 1943 states, "fluorides are
general protoplasmic poisons, changing the permeability of the
cell membrane by inhibiting certain enzymes".
In fact, before 1940, fluoride's
only approved use was as a rat and cockroach poison. In
smaller doses, it was approved for use as a treatment for an
overactive thyroid gland but this use was abandoned after many
patients suffered destruction of their thyroid
gland.
It is interesting to note that both
fluoride and iodine are both members of a group of elements
called halogens. If you recall your days back in high
school chemistry class you may remember what is called the
"rule of halogen displacement". This means that any
element of the halogen family with a lighter atomic weight
will always displace another within the halogen group whose
atomic weight is greater.
Fluoride has a lower atomic weight
than that of iodine. It is also interesting to note that
hypthyroidism (low thyroid) is currently at epidemic levels in
the United States. Currently a drug called synthroid
(synthetic thyroid hormone) is one of the top selling drugs in
the US. Chlorine added to water is also a halogen.
[1]
With a low functioning thyroid it
is highly difficult if not impossible to lose weight. I
see water flouridation and chloridation as major factors in
the underlying causes of obesity and difficulties losing
weight....although not the only factors. [2]
Prior to 1940, health officials
were trying to remove excess fluoride from the water
supplies. This is because high levels of fluoride were
destroying the teeth. In the early 1940's several
studies had suggested that areas with a higher fluoride level
had fewer cavities than areas with lower fluoride levels but
this is said to be because the people living in these high
fluoride areas had fewer teeth than those living in areas with
low fluoride levels.
To say that fluoride can prevent
tooth decay would be like saying that lethal doses of
radiation can cure cancer. In fact, according to Health
and Human Services data, at age 65 the average American
has only four teeth left and that's the same for blacks and
whites.
In
regard to fluoride the facts speak for themselves: that is the
fact that most unfluoridated communities have excellent dental
health.
The form of fluoride used to
fluoridate drinking water is not the same as what naturally
occurs in the drinking water. Naturally occuring
fluoride is in a form called calcium fluoride, however, the
type of fluoride added to the drinking water is either sodium
fluoride (NaF's) or more recently silicofluorides
(SiF's). The use of this type of fluoride that is
usually referred to as SiF's has been the subject of most
controversy.
For one thing, SiF's have not been
thoroughly tested. And, moreover, SiF's may be
contaminated with heavy metals such as lead, arsenic or
cadmium. The original tests used to determine fluoride's
safety were done using pharmaceutical grade sodium fluoride in
distilled water.
No one ever considered the
possibility or rather probability that fluoride could interact
with othe elements in the water. For instance, there is
very strong evidence that fluoride can interact with aluminum
in the drinking water to form a compound called aluminum
fluoride (AiF) A substance called Alum (aluminum
sulfate) is often added to the drinking water as a clarifying
agent.
Some studies have suggested that
AiF can cause aluminum to cross the blood brain barrier more
readily than aluminum, which is not easily absorbed in the
body. [3, 4, 5]
Also using fluoridated water in
aluminum cookware may cause aluminum to leach into the
drinking water. Studies have shown that boiling
fluoridated tap water in an aluminum pan leached almost 200
ppm of aluminum into the water in 10 minutes. Leaching
of up to 600 ppm occurred with prolonged boiling.
Different releases of aluminum depended upon the composition
of the pan and the type of food being cooked.
Using non-fluoridated water
showed almost no leaching from the aluminum pans.
In 1998, a fluoride study published
in Brain Research reported damage to rat kidneys and brain at
very low doses. Rats were given 1 ppm fluoride in doubly
distilled and de-ionized water for 52 weeks. In other
words they were given the same levels as we get in fluoridated
water, albeit without the other ions present in tap
water. One group was given aluminim fluoride (AiF3) and
another sodium fluoride (NaF). In both cases amyloid
deposits were found in the rat brains.
Amyloid deposits are tangles in the
brain and are associated with Alzheimer's disease and other
forms of dementia. Scientists do not know how they
form. The rats in the control group did not have
them. The authors of the study speculate that fluoride
enables aluminum to cross the blood brain barrier.
Other factors may also influence
how aluminum and fluoride interact. For instance,
fluoride has a very strong affinity for calcium. This is
witnessed in nature as virtually all naturally occurring
fluoride is in the form of calcium fluoride. Therefore,
the presence of calcium in the water may affect how much
aluminum is affected by the presence of fluoride.
Sources of
Fluoride
Aside from fluoridated drinking
water, there are many other sources of fluoride in the
environment. For example: tea, including green tea can
contain a significant amount of fluoride. This may come
as a surprise to some people, as there have been a plethora of
advertisements touting the health benefits of tea
consumption. What these advertisements fail to mention
is that tea leaves have the potential to absorb fluoride from
the soil. Of course this would depend on the fluoride
content of the soil in which the tea leaves are
grown.
Many studies touting health
benefits have been done using the tea leaves that were grown
in soil with low fluoride content. And many studies were
done using the isolated compounds that give tea beneficial
properties.
Another obvious source of fluoride
is toothpaste and mouthwash. While we all know that
toothpaste contains fluoride, what many people may not realize
is that fluoride is absorbed sublinguually into the body
through the membranes in the mouth, especially under the
tongue. Many drugs and even vitamins are made with
instructions to put under the tongue for sublingual
absorbtion.
Fluoride is basically a mineral
element, or rather an anti-nutrient. Bottom line is that
pretty much all commercial toothpaste and mouthwash is now
fluoridated so you have to go to health food stores or online
companies that make these products without fluoride. I
personally use toothpaste and
mouthwash from Young Living called Thieves made with 100%
therapeutic grade essential oils that have historically been
used in dentistry and have extremely high natural
antibacterial and anti-microbial properties and are
completely fluoride free.
But whatever brand you get just
make sure to read the labels very carefully as many
toothpastes sold in health food stores actually contain
fluoride. Another option is to use pure baking soda and
a couple of drops of 100% therapeutic grade essential orange
oil...this combination will actually whiten the teeth as well
and is a completely safe way to whiten teeth as opposed to
using highly poisonous chemical whiteners that get absorbed
sublingually into the blood stream. If the essential oil
does not say 100% therapeutic grade or "for external use only"
that means toxic chemicals have been used to extract the oil
and do NOT put that into your mouth. All of Young Living
essential oils are 100% therapeutic grade and are safe to
use.
What You Should Know About
Water Filters
Fluoride atoms have a molecular
size and weight that is very similar to water molecules.
As a result, it may have a boiling point similar to water,
Therefore, distillation and reverse
osmosis are NOT effective at removing flouride
but they are effective at stripping out all the necessary
minerals needed both for health by the body and for the
ionization process to occur with the Kangen Water machines or
any type of ionizer or hexagonal water machine on the
market.
When you strip out all the
necessary minerals from the water you drink the body
starts leaching the needed minerals out of the bones and teeth
to give them to the blood so necessary body functions can
occur. This can lead to osteoporosis and teeth issues....among
many other undesirable health issues....remember your body is
approximately 70% water.
It should also be noted that most
commercially prepared beverages are made with fluoridated
water and most processed foods are also prepared with
fluoridated water...just one more reason to avoid processed
foods and commercial beverages.
Getting a whole house fluoride
water filtration system is your best bet....and if that
isn't in the budget at least an undercounter unit for your
main kitchen sink and a shower fluoride filter so you
don't absorb it through your skin and into the body while
bathing.
So NO
on Reverse Osmosis and Distilled Water YES on Fluoride Filtration
Systems
Proponents of Fluoridation
Are Switching Sides!
More and more
pro-fluoridationists are becoming anti-fluoridationists.
For example: Dr. Hardy Limeback, B.Sc., Ph.D in Biochemistry,
D.D.S., head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry for the
University of Toronto, and president of the Canadian
Association for Dental Research, has recently switched
sides.
Apparently, after
reviewing the evidence, he has had a change of heart.
Dr. Limeback now warns against the use of fluoride. Dr.
Limeback was quoted as saying, "In Canada we are now spending
more money treating dental fluorosis than we do treating
cavities. That includes my own practice." One of
the most obvious living experiments today, Dr. Limeback
believes, is a proof-positive comparison between any two
Canadian cities. "Here in Toronto we've been fluoridating
for 36 years yet Vancouver, which has never fluoridated, has a
cavity rate lower than Toronto's.
Other experts are
speaking out against fluoride. These include the EPA's
own scientists. Dr. William Marcus, an EPA senior
science adviser and toxicologist stated in Food and Water
Journal 1998, "Fluoride is a carcinogen by any stand we
use. I believe the EPA should act immediately to protect
the public, not just on the cancer data, but on the evidence
of bone fractures, arthritis, mutagenicity and other
effects."
Dr. Marcus was fired as
a result of this. He was later reinstated. Dr.
Robert Carton, a scientist who spent 20 years working for the
US Environmental Protection Agency said, "Fluoridation is the
greatest case of scientific fraud of this century, if not all
time."
Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd,
Past President of the American Medical Association said, "I am
appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for
drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce
serious effects on a long term basis. Any attempt to use
water this way is deplorable."
It is interesting to
note that many people who speak out against fluoride are
losing their jobs and being ostracized by their
colleagues. With this in mind, it is no wonder that more
people aren't speaking out. Currently, any doctor or
dentist who opposes fluoridation would run the risk of losing
their license to practice medicine or dentistry.
Bone Health and
Fluoride
As previously mentioned,
fluoride has a strong affinity for calcium. It is this
affinity that may account for its ability to cause bone
disease. It is well known that high levels of fluoride
can cause crippling skeletal fluorosis. Areas in India
where the naturally occuring levels of fluoride are very high,
the people suffer from serious bone deformities. In
fact, fluoride is considered to be the leading cause of bone
cancer.
Ironically, fluoride was
once thought to be a treatment for osteoporosis. Women
receiving fluoride had shown increased bone density, but they
suffered the same amount of fractures as the controls.
This indicates that fluoride builds weaker bones.
Fluoride and the
Pineal Gland
Up until the 1990s, no research had
ever been conducted to determine the impact of fluoride on the
pineal gland - a small gland located between the two
hemispheres of the brain that regulates the production of the
hormone melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that helps regulate
the onset of puberty and helps protect the body from cell
damage caused by free radicals.
It is now known - thanks to the
meticulous research of Dr. Jennifer Luke from the University of Surrey
in England - that the pineal gland is the primary target of fluoride
accumulation within the body.
The soft tissue of the adult pineal gland
contains more fluoride than any other soft tissue in the body
- a level of fluoride (~300 ppm) capable of inhibiting
enzymes.
The pineal gland also contains
hard
tissue
(hyroxyapatite crystals), and this hard tissue accumulates
more fluoride (up to 21,000 ppm) than any other hard tissue in
the body (e.g. teeth and bone).
After finding that the pineal gland
is a major target for fluoride accumulation in humans, Dr.
Luke conducted animal experiments to determine if the accumulated fluoride
could impact the functioning of the gland - particulalry the
gland's regulation of melatonin.
Luke found that animals treated
with fluoride had lower levels of circulating melatonin, as
reflected by reduced levels of melatonin metabolites in the
animals' urine. This reduced level of circulating melatonin
was accompanied - as might be expected - by an
earlier
onset of puberty in the fluoride-treated female animals.
Luke summarized her human and
animal findings as follows:
"In conclusion, the human pineal
gland contains the highest concentration of fluoride in the
body. Fluoride is associated with depressed pineal melatonin
synthesis by prepubertal gerbils and an accelerated onset of
sexual maturation in the female gerbil. The results strengthen
the hypothesis that the pineal has a role in the timing of the
onset of puberty. Whether or not fluoride interferes with
pineal function in humans requires further
investigation."
“The single
animal study of pineal function indicates that fluoride
exposure results in altered melatonin production and altered
timing of sexual maturity. Whether fluoride affects
pineal function in humans remains to be demonstrated. The two
studies of menarcheal age in humans show the possibility of
earlier menarche in some individuals exposed to fluoride, but
no definitive statement can be made. Recent
information on the role of the pineal organ in humans suggests
that any agent that affects pineal function could affect human
health in a variety of ways, including effects on sexual
maturation, calcium metabolism, parathyroid function,
postmenopausal osteoporosis, cancer, and psychiatric disease.”
SOURCE:
National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review
of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press,
Washington D.C. p221-22.
Online
Papers - Fluoride & the Pineal Gland:
Not only does fluoride in the pineal gland
cause physical issues in the body as summarized above but the
pineal gland is our gateway to higher realms of consciousness
and the portal to accessing the Divine...the bridge between
spirit and matter, the gateway to the upper realms, the place
of mergence with the Divine...the oneness...the ALL THAT
IS.
The role of the Pineal gland has been the
focus of study for many cultures throughout ages, The Pineal
Gland has been referred to by Descartes as the "seat of the
soul" and by Bataille as the "pineal-eye" and by the ancient
Greeks as our connection to our realm of thought. The Ancient
Egyptians and other cultures knew how to activate the Pineal
Gland as part of the process of expanding
consciousness.
The energetic role of the Pineal Gland
is to provide the avenue through which we receive and connect
with the higher energies of the Heavens and Divinity. It is
our link into the higher vibrations and the Awakening of full
consciousness.
With the global elite and their plans for
world enslavement how vested do you think they are in
keeping us from realizing and accessing our amazing power to
create our own reality...our inherent divinity with all the
same creative powers as God? If the pineal gland is
calcified and shut down it's easier to keep people
unaware, helpless and controllable and not accessing
their true power. If everyone was in their power and
truly creating the life they want instead of the bleak reality
they are trying to keep us in their plans would be
defeated. I truly believe this is the number one reason
for the big push for fluoridation in water and dental
products. [2]
References:
1. Mark Mayer (2008). Appendix 2
How Fluoride Got Approved pp.68-77 Calicification The
Aging Factor www.Mayer-Health-Reports.com
2.
My own personal opinion
3. Allain P, et al. (1996) Enhancement of aluminum
digestive absorbtion by fluoride in rats. Research
Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology 91
(2):225-31
4. Chase M. (1992). Rat studies link brain cell
damage with aluminum and fluoride in water. Wall Street
Journal October 28, 1992: B6
5. Strunecka A. Patocka J.
(1999). Pharmacological and toxicological effects of
aluminofluoride complexes. Fluoride 32:
230-242
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