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Skeletal fluorosis is at endemic levels in at least 25 countries around the world. In the two countries where it is most prevalent – China and India – it affects 2.7 million and 6 million people respectively.
But what is fluorosis, how can it be prevented, and are we at risk?
This article first appeared at Natural Society, an excellent resource for health news and vaccine information. Fluoride Ingestion and Skeletal Fluorosis
Skeletal fluorosis occurs when too much fluoride builds up in the body. In China and India, for example, the high levels of skeletal fluorosis are believed to come from drinking water as well as inhaling coal being used as an indoor fuel source.
It is a debilitating disease, especially in later stages. While in the beginning, the achy joints and stiffness may resemble arthritis, advanced fluorosis causes severe deformities as the ligaments of the neck and vertebrae calcify (harden), muscle tissue wastes away, and movement becomes more and more limited.
Scientific surveys indicate that any water supply containing more than 1 ppm of fluoride to be a risk for skeletal fluorosis. In the United States, 1 ppm is the average amount of fluoride being purposefully added to drinking water. But in addition to consuming fluoride through drinking water, it is also heavily absorbed in hot showers, and can be found in food at 180x the amount in drinking water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set the “maximum containment level” at 4 ppm. This simply means that anything up to 4 ppm is of no concern to the U.S. government.
So, why isn’t fluorosis as common in the U.S.? It’s believed that in the hotter climates of China and India, for example, that people drink more water, leading to increased fluoride consumption. Also, malnutrition, which is more common in those countries, can leave the body particularly susceptible.
But, experts are concerned that it is prevalent in the United States, just at earlier stages of the disease, and going undetected.
Although research has been dedicated to the toxicity of fluoride in the U.S., the government wants the substance in our water and little has been done, on a large scale level, to combat it. Fluoride supplements are even pushed on the public, in addition to the fluoride put in our water.
Because the early stages of skeletal fluorosis include symptoms very similar to arthritis, it is commonly misdiagnosed as rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. And without much information to educate medical “professionals” on the signs and symptoms of fluoride toxicity, those diagnoses aren’t being challenged.
From FluorideAlert.org:
With research already showing that fluoride lowers IQ, what on earth is fluoride doing to your organs if it can cause mental damage, eat away the tough protective enamel of your teeth, and permanently damage your bones?
Additional Sources:
FluorideAlert
Fluoridation.com
Explore More:
Skeletal fluorosis occurs when too much fluoride builds up in the body. In China and India, for example, the high levels of skeletal fluorosis are believed to come from drinking water as well as inhaling coal being used as an indoor fuel source.
It is a debilitating disease, especially in later stages. While in the beginning, the achy joints and stiffness may resemble arthritis, advanced fluorosis causes severe deformities as the ligaments of the neck and vertebrae calcify (harden), muscle tissue wastes away, and movement becomes more and more limited.
Scientific surveys indicate that any water supply containing more than 1 ppm of fluoride to be a risk for skeletal fluorosis. In the United States, 1 ppm is the average amount of fluoride being purposefully added to drinking water. But in addition to consuming fluoride through drinking water, it is also heavily absorbed in hot showers, and can be found in food at 180x the amount in drinking water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set the “maximum containment level” at 4 ppm. This simply means that anything up to 4 ppm is of no concern to the U.S. government.
So, why isn’t fluorosis as common in the U.S.? It’s believed that in the hotter climates of China and India, for example, that people drink more water, leading to increased fluoride consumption. Also, malnutrition, which is more common in those countries, can leave the body particularly susceptible.
But, experts are concerned that it is prevalent in the United States, just at earlier stages of the disease, and going undetected.
Although research has been dedicated to the toxicity of fluoride in the U.S., the government wants the substance in our water and little has been done, on a large scale level, to combat it. Fluoride supplements are even pushed on the public, in addition to the fluoride put in our water.
Because the early stages of skeletal fluorosis include symptoms very similar to arthritis, it is commonly misdiagnosed as rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. And without much information to educate medical “professionals” on the signs and symptoms of fluoride toxicity, those diagnoses aren’t being challenged.
From FluorideAlert.org:
Of course, since the early symptoms of fluorosis mimic arthritis, the question naturally arises as to whether the now near-epidemic rate of arthritis in the US, is related to the increased ingestion of fluoride that has occurred over the past 50 years. The question is particularly relevant considering that there is no known cause (other than ‘aging’) for common forms of arthritis, and that arthritis appears to be impacting adults at increasingly younger ages.Finally, in addition to your water and food, you are getting fluoride each day in your toothpaste. Dental fluorosis is the cell damage that occurs on the teeth – it is classified as a “mineral disorder of the teeth.”
With research already showing that fluoride lowers IQ, what on earth is fluoride doing to your organs if it can cause mental damage, eat away the tough protective enamel of your teeth, and permanently damage your bones?
Additional Sources:
FluorideAlert
Fluoridation.com
Explore More:
- Fluoride Supplements Shown to Have No Benefits, Only Dangers
- Fluoride is Not Safe, Despite CDC Claims
- Scientists Uncover Truth About Fluoride and Other Water Contaminants
- Fluoride Lowers Your IQ | A Debated Truth?
- Common Food Items Could Contain 180 Times More Fluoride Than Tap Water
- Cancer-Linked Fluoride Doesn’t Even Effectively Prevent Cavities
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3 comments:
This is a very good article but there is a discrepency that needs to be rectified. There has been no research or safety studies done anywhere on the products used to artificially fluoridate municipal water. Those products are Hyrdrofluorosilicic Acid or Sodiumfluorosilicate. They are well known by the industries that produce tehm as "toxic soup". They are between 17% and 23% fluoride, the rest of these products they put into our municipal water is arsenic, lead, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, and radio active isotopes. All known carcinogens.
When it comes to total exposure [which no one is checking or calculating] please factor in 35% of pharmaceuticals that are now fluorinated. For a list go to www.slweb.org and click on FTRC link for over 300 drugs with long term side effects to avoid. Included are antibiotics,antifungals, anesthesia, antidepressants,antipyscotics,steroids,antihistamines, Protein Pump inhibitoors and more. Many are well known often prescibed. F is added to "enhance" the action of the drug.
After 54 years of opposition while preferring to enjoy SAFER drinking water, we have just learned that after months of lobbying the Portland, Oregon Mayor and City Council 'by stealth attack' [no transparency or open discussion with populous] the NGO known as Upstream Public Health [affiliated with Portland State U., OHSU] has been successful in instigating a soon vote on Sept 12, 2012 [!!] to add the neuro-toxin/bone destroying poison of Fluoride to the municipal water system which will affect millions of people. By last week, three of five deciders had stated publicly they were in favor of such MANDATED 'one medicinal dose fits all -- whether you like it or not' tyranny. Yet, as this astute article and the equally important links reveal, the unnatural, synthetic, industrial waste by-product of Fluoride has NEVER been proven to 'positively' treat anyone's teeth or body for sake of long term health. As a topical application, fluoride rinses can be temporarily beneficial, but never should this heavy metal be 'ingested' by either humans or the animals. Sincere thanks to Elizabeth Renter for this highly comprehensive, well researched and timely article. Please write, call, or SCREAM to every official you can think of to stop the potential of this bureaucratically pushed atrocity. The CDC wanted most of the major cities in the country to be fluoridated at around 75% by 2010. And when I checked their detail from 2006, the only region that was 100% fluoridated by then was Washington DC and with only a 10% approval rating for congress, we see how well that's working out for them. In other words, don't drink THAT water.
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