When people first started opposing fluoridating water, they said it was a communist plot. They were derided, but chemical and biological analyses of fluoride has shown that it does pose significant health dangers. From Joseph Mercola at lewrockwell.com:
Since 1945, it’s been claimed that adding fluoride to drinking water is a safe and effective way to improve the public’s dental health. Since then, many have bought into this fallacy hook, line and sinker, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
One of the reasons why it’s so important to eliminate water fluoridation is because this chemical is very difficult to filter out. You can remove some or a significant amount using distillation, reverse osmosis and special filtration media, but the vast majority of water filters that people have access to will not remove fluoride.
As a result, you might filter your water, thinking you’ve purified it, but you haven’t eliminated fluoride. This is particularly problematic for low-income parents of small children, who need to use fluoride-free water for mixing baby formula. Fluoridated water contains 200 to 250 times more fluoride than mother’s milk,1 significantly raising the child’s risk of fluorosis and other health problems.
Fluoride Can Wreak Havoc on Health
Scientific investigations have revealed fluoride is an endocrine-disrupting chemical,2 and have linked it to the rising prevalence of thyroid disease,3 which in turn can contribute to obesity, heart disease, depression and other health problems.
