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Fluoride 12/30/13 (Mon) 15:46:14 No. 1946

Nine states propose 16 anti-fluoridation bills in 2013 to protect public against poison

Things are heating up on the fluoride front as states and municipalities all across the country rethink their official water fluoridation policies. According to the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), some 16 pieces of legislation across nine states were introduced or passed just within the past year to protect the public against this pervasive poison.

In Utah, for instance, the Safe Drinking Water Disclosure Act was passed back in April, requiring that all shipments of fluoride chemicals coming into the state be accompanied by certificates of analysis detailing the presence of any outside contaminants. The law reportedly took effect on July 1, allowing local water utilities to end their fluoridation programs in the event that certificates are not provided.

Fluoride additives, as you may recall, are often laced with other poisons like arsenic, cadmium and even radioactive isotopes that persist from the waste liquids used by the phosphate fertilizer and aluminum manufacturing industries to capture pollutants. These pollutants, not the natural environment, are the source from which the artificial fluoride chemicals added to water supplies are derived.

Tennessee, a leader in anti-fluoridation legislation, introduced two similar bills earlier this year requiring fluoride manufacturers to disclose the full contents of their chemicals. House Bill 1215 and Senate Bill 1274 were also accompanied by HB 1186 and SB 1211, two bills that would allow local voters to decide whether or not to continue fluoridating their water supplies. Statewide, Tennessee also introduced HR 130, which would prohibit state employees or agencies from endorsing fluoride.

"In years past the dental lobby has been successful in getting pro-fluoridation bills introduced in state legislatures across the United States, including legislation that would mandate statewide fluoridation – a law 13 states presently have. But the tables are turning," explains FAN. "In 2013… instead of the introduction of pro-fluoride bills, we saw the exact opposite, with the introduction of 16 anti-fluoridation bills in 9 states."

Five states introduce legislation to eliminate fluoridation mandates

Concerning statewide fluoridation mandates, New Jersey successfully thwarted attempts by some legislators to require that its 9 million residents be forcibly medicated with fluoride poison. And at least five bills have been introduced, one each in South Dakota, Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois and Arkansas, to end longstanding fluoridation mandates.

"With the exception of the Illinois bill, all of these proposals are still being considered and are expected to have public hearings in 2014," adds FAN. "In preparation, FAN has been working with our point people and local groups within these states to organize grassroots campaigns in support of the legislation."

Besides the aforementioned bills, a handful of other anti-fluoride bills were introduced this year in Kansas, Massachusetts and New York. HB 2372 in Kansas now requires that warnings about fluoride and its effect on IQ – a Harvard University study recently confirmed that fluoride exposure lowers IQ levels in children – be printed on water bills.

In Massachusetts, a similar bill would require an infant fluoride warning similar to the infant warnings currently issued in New Hampshire; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Austin, Texas. And in New York, A 141 has been introduced to require that all fluoridated communities lower their poisoning level from 1.2 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride to 0.7 ppm of fluoride, in accordance with new recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"It doesn't take an expert to see that the tide has shifted, that state legislators are discovering the truth about fluoridation, and that the momentum is clearly on our side going into the 2014 legislative sessions," concludes FAN.

http://www.naturalnews.com/043294_water_fluoridation_anti-fluoridation_bills_public_poisoning.html

12/30/13 (Mon) 15:47:28 No.1947

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12/30/13 (Mon) 17:49:45 No.1976

Fuck fluoride. No fluoride, not even toothpaste, master race here.

01/02/14 (Thu) 00:31:01 No.2056>>2067

It's funny… the fluoride in the water is almost entirely absorbed by solely the pineal gland. There are are more molecules to form to count to find a better alternative than this for preventing SLIGHT tooth decay. If in fact it does help, the research done to find out took place decades ago. People's teeth were getting fucked up in a specific area due to diet or something as irrelevant, and fluoride was used to help with it, and now apparently it's accepted that it's good. That was around the 50's, I believe. It just grew from there…

01/02/14 (Thu) 06:43:56 No.2067

>>2056
Wouldn't be the first time we've been convinced into consuming toxic substances that destroy our health on a massive scale.

Evolving Wellness Holistic, Natural, and Green Approach to Optimal Wellness 01/05/14 (Sun) 21:10:07 No.2124

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Why I Would Never Use Fluoride Toothpaste Again

For decades now it has been ingrained within the collective mindset that fluoride is a necessary component for healthy teeth. It therefore goes without surprise that for many of us a toothpaste, or water, without fluoride, is like some horrible disservice to our health. But as the famous question goes, what if everything you knew about something was wrong? What if there is a whole other story to fluoride that is only recently being told in its fullest sense? In this essay we will examine that story and why more people today are saying "no thank you" to the presence of fluoride in their toothpaste, and water.
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Although the tides are changing, most people, as well as most health professionals are still greatly convinced that fluoride is an essential component of good, healthy oral hygiene. And although it may seem new, the fluoride debate has been going on for decades. Governments and health care professionals have been trying to battle out of whether to fluoridate or not fluoridate since the 1940′s when the practice began.

For many of those decades however, fancy advertising from toothpaste companies has made us immune to see fluoride as anything but beneficial. Initial toothpaste was often made without fluoride and citizens were making sure that their brand had fluoride in it - dentist's orders.

Today however, the information making us choose otherwise is growing louder and stronger. One by one, many cities around the world are opting to stop fluoridating municipal water. One by one, informed citizens are choosing fluoride-free toothpastes. One by one, we are causing a ripple effect that is turning the tides on how we see toothpaste and its role in our health.

What Is Fluoride?

Chemically fluorine is the 9th element in the periodic table, and in the same family as chlorine, bromine and iodine.

This chemical family of elements is called the halogens. They are non-metallic and salt forming. Halogens are highly reactive, and as such can be harmful or lethal to biological organisms in sufficient quantities. Fluorine is one of the most reactive elements in existence, and is a corrosive and highly toxic gas. The toxicity of chlorine is also widely known, and controversial in itself as an additive to water.

Naturally, when elements bond their properties usually change drastically. Some go from harmless to harmful, and others vice-versa. Depending on what fluorine bonds with, the new compound will determine ultimately how it will act within a system.

Fluoride is formed when fluorine gains one extra negative charge, called an electron. In common toothpastes and some city water supplies, fluoride exists paired with sodium, as sodium fluoride.

What we do know today for sure, is that fluoride’s adverse effects depend on total fluoride dosage from all sources, and naturally vary from person to person. Thus, even if one cannot eliminate all the sources of the fluoride in their life, a conscious reduction can make all the difference where our health is concerned.

The Dangers of Fluoride

While a lot of people think that fluoride prevents tooth decay, most of us don’t realize that fluoride can actually cause a type of tooth decay called dental fluorosis – most commonly observed in children.

Harmful effects of fluoride have also been linked to osteoporosis, thyroid problems, endocrine problems and cancers, just to name a few. There are many studies that support these probable links available out there. We can dedicate several articles alone to how the presence of fluoride in our lives contributes to each of these.

When it comes to thyroid disruption, this seems to be a big topic linked to the presence of fluoride in our lives. Even if you know nothing about each, most of us do know that iodine has a powerful effect on our thyroid. Iodine is in the same chemical family as fluorine, so one can quickly align that it is not far fetched at all, that fluorine would also affect our thyroid gland in some way – be that in a positive or negative form.

What else we do know for sure is that babies and young children are at the greatest risk for various problems where their health is concerned from exposure to too much fluoride, both short-term and long-term. Many health professionals agree that children should not be given fluoridated water to drink.

For now I invite you to get a quick idea of the dangers in the following great video. In it Dr. Chris Napoli explains why most of Europe has banned fluoride, the different studies that show the links of fluoride with various negative health effects, and some tips for a life without fluoride.**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnMp0_Vbk54


Please note that I do not recommend Tom's of Maine toothpaste as Dr. Napoli does above for several reasons. Their formulas can be found to contain SLS - a chemical we do not want in our shampoo, never mind our toothpaste, they also create fluoride toothpastes, their formulas also contain other undesirable ingredients, and finally they are owned by Colgate-Palmolive, a chemical company that is neither good for your health or that of our environment. It is best to support truly natural companies that strive to provide the best products for our health, and not just focus on profit, "green-wash", or hide behind the "natural" label.

Medical and Government Thoughts on Fluoride

So if we know all these dangers, it begs the question – why are so many municipalities still fluoridating their water, and why are toothpastes with fluoride pushed on us so heavily?

Could it be that this is just another example of what happens when large corporations and the government or medical field become friends with benefits?

Does it all come down to a question of money behind closed doors?

If you live in the US or Canada, and cannot imagine life without fluoridated water, just know that many countries around the world refuse to add fluoride to their water. Continental Europe for example does not fluoridate their water and more and more cities each day are stopping this practice, as they see more harm in it than good.

The biggest scientific proof for not needing the fluoride in water is that tooth decay has dropped at the same rate in countries with, and without, water fluoridation. So we know today that there is something more to this equation.

The EPA in the US has expressed concerns about fluoride since the mid 80′s. Many more scientists, doctors and dentists alike are speaking out more and more against the use of fluoride, whether in water or toothpaste. Renowned dentists/doctors like the head of preventative dentistry at the University of Toronto, Dr. Hardy Limeback, has openly stated his stance against fluoridation, same as dentist – Dr. Osmunson, Dr. Mercola and natural health proponents like water expert Daniel Vitalis and health ranger Mike Adams.

What about the government? Well here in Canada, whether water is fluoridated and in what amount, depends on the city you live in. However, in the last 40 years the amount of fluoride put into water has been more than halved, and Health Canada continues to reduce the allowed amount of fluoride in municipal water.

In general, many people who are against fluoride are simply saying this – it is a violation of our rights, and the biggest enforced drug given to the masses without their say. People should have a say in whether they are exposed to this substance or not. It is one thing to pick it up in tiny quantities in nature, and quite another to have it injected into our lives on a daily basis and in questionable amounts.

I am going to share with you another short video – that in my opinion is a must see for everyone – whether you already know about fluoride dangers or not. In this short film, Dr. Bill Osmunson – a dentist with over 30 years of experience explains clearly and concisely why your health can be in serious danger because of fluoride.

Healthy Solutions

For me personally, I switched over to an all natural toothpaste back in the spring of 2008. I avoided commercial toothpastes, mainly due to their inclusion of SLS, and then also learned about the dangers of fluoride a little later. The toothpaste I now use is from Green Beaver - a local Canadian company focused on natural products only, and I have tried 3 of their varieties, which are all fantastic. You can see more specific comments in my review of their Frosty Mint Toothpaste – my favorite variety from them.

I have been to the dentist several times since this change and have not been told that my teeth are any worse off - in fact better, if anything. Besides, we know enough today to know that proper tooth care stems from the way we brush, not the chemicals we put on our teeth. Also, the foods we eat have a huge impact on how good our oral health will be – perhaps another reason to re-think our consumption of refined sugars, coffee and processed food in general.

As for the water, my journey had me use Brita carbon filters when I still relied on municipal tap water, not that they were doing much. Eventually as part of a major life transition I was fortunate enough to move out of the cities and today enjoy pure water from a local spring, as well as our well, without any added fluoride or chlorine. When I travel within a reasonable distance and duration, I bring along my own water. If I have to rely on other water during my travels, I am sure to purchase the highest quality mineral water of the area I am in, or find a local spring in that area.

I will leave this topic for now, with the following helpful tips that you can implement to start reducing your personal exposure to fluoride today:

1. Change your toothpaste from a typical commercial brand that not only includes fluoride and many other harmful chemicals to an all natural one like from Green Beaver or Jasons.

2. Consider investing in a high quality water filter for the entire home (not just kitchen faucet) that removes chlorine, fluoride and many other unnecessary and harmful particles.

3. Use the highest quality water – not bottled or unfiltered tap, if you have a baby or a child who is formula fed or given water to drink.

4. Look around for local springs and get your water from there, especially if it is not cost effective or possible for you to have a proper filtration system. A map of numerous springs in North America can be found here: findaspring.com

5. Read, research and expand your knowledge on this and any topic that deals with your health. Take accountability for your health always.

References & Further Reading

1. Fluoride Action Network http://www.fluoridealert.org/

2. Fluoride in our water – from The Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0013443

3. Warning: Never swallow regular toothpaste. – from Dr. Mercola http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/07/Warning-Never-Swallow-Regular-Toothpaste.aspx

4. Think fluoride is healthy? Find out the shocking truth. – from Dr. Mercola http://www.mbschachter.com/dangers_of_fluoride_and_fluorida.htm

5. The Dangers of Fluoride and Fluoridation – from Dr. Michael Schachter http://www.mbschachter.com/dangers_of_fluoride_and_fluorida.htm

6. Opposition to water fluoridation – from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_water_fluoridation

7. Fluoride Causes Premature Births, Brain Degradation, Bone Loss, Cancer and Hormone Disruption – from Natural News http://www.naturalnews.com/027693_fluoride_cancer.html

01/08/14 (Wed) 19:44:22 No.2186

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One of the best kept antiaging secrets is how cold showers can keep your skin glowing and radiant looking.

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The benefits of cold showers certainly don't stop there. There are health benefits such as increased peripheral circulation as well as improvement to imbalanced mental and emotional states. All of this makes cold water therapy one of the top factors of longevity. Many people cringe at the thought of subjecting themselves to cold water and will go out of their way to dismiss the benefits of such a practice (as well as any practice that pushes the limits of their comfort levels).

In our our well pampered culture we have heated water wherever we go. Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful for such luxuries when they are actually needed, the only difference is that I don't let them control me (much in the same way that I don't watch excessive amounts of television just because I have the ability to). The vast majority of people in developed nations use hot showers every morning.

Cold showers are an ancient technique that promotes overall radiant health. Cold water was the only choice available before heated water existed if people wanted to clean themselves! In developing countries where hot water is not a luxury, they take cold showers or baths when they need to wash themselves. They think nothing of it.

This article uncovers the cold water secrets that you may not have even been aware of. When you look at the factors of longevity that super centenarians all share in common, cold showers aren't actually something you see as a common practice among them… However, if you can understand the benefits of adding together many small practices, even if they are a little bit obscure, you will see how antiaging secrets like cold showers can turn back the hands of time. It is important that you shower in pure water free of the pollutants and impurities that are present in all municipal treated water ( Shower filters that can remove impurities: http://www.therawfoodworld.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=0&keyword=shower&x=40&y=17 ).

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Fuck Fluoride 02/16/14 (Sun) 19:58:33 No.2952

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Fluoride: Killing Your Child’s Brain… Softly

One of the most surprising absurdities of our times is the continuing practice of fluoridating our water supply and supplementing dental and oral healthcare products with this toxic by-product of the aluminum industry. The evidence demonstrating the harmfulness of this is beyond abundant, and the case against fluoride continues to grow. Across the United States the movement against this wholesale poisoning of our people and the creatures downstream also continues to grow, in tandem it seems with even more research studies and scientific evidence further proving that fluoride is a grave public health issue.

The history and known dangers of fluoridation is easy to find and easy to digest online, however, each new study warrants media, or alternative media, attention because for some odd reason mass public opinion on this issue is critically slow to tip in favor of non-fluoridation.

Recently, even more evidence has been gathered and distributed by researchers, this time showing how fluoride severely damages the neurological development of the most vulnerable and important members of our society, our children. Consider this, an opening statement from an article by the Harvard School of Public Health:

“In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children.” [ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/ ]

The article goes on to attribute the reduction and loss of IQ and impeded cognitive development to exposure to fluoride at an early age:

“They then analyzed possible associations with IQ measures in more than 8,000 children of school age; all but one study suggested that high fluoride content in water may negatively affect cognitive development.

The average loss in IQ was reported as a standardized weighted mean difference of 0.45, which would be approximately equivalent to seven IQ points for commonly used IQ scores with a standard deviation of 15.* Some studies suggested that even slightly increased fluoride exposure could be toxic to the brain. Thus, children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low-fluoride areas. The children studied were up to 14 years of age, but the investigators speculate that any toxic effect on brain development may have happened earlier, and that the brain may not be fully capable of compensating for the toxicity.

“Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury, and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain,” Grandjean says. “The effect of each toxicant may seem small, but the combined damage on a population scale can be serious, especially because the brain power of the next generation is crucial to all of us.” [ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/ ]

In the actual study cited in this article, the case is made that fluoridation of children begins even before birth as this toxin is passed to fetuses during pregnancy:

“Fluoride readily crosses the placenta (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 2003). Fluoride exposure to the developing brain, which is much more susceptible to injury caused by toxicants than is the mature brain, may possibly lead to permanent damage (Grandjean and Landrigan 2006).” [ http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1104912/ ]

According to this research, fluoride attacks the developing brains of our most precious resource, our children, before they even have a chance to breath air for the first time. Given the rapidly changing social climate in the United States, where nearly 70 million Americans are already taking mind-altering drugs, and the nature of socialized crime is evolving into an alarming pack trend, it is way past time that we search for the genuine roots of mental illness in our society.

Some extremely important questions to consider after reviewing evidence of this nature are:

> Is fluoride contributing to the rise in childhood diseases like autism?
> How does fluoridation interact with and compound the damage being done to children by other environmental toxins like BPA, pharmaceuticals which are contaminating our water supply, toxic food ingredients
> Is fluoride contributing to shocking and continual rise in cancer?
> Does fluoride contribute to the overall deterioration of mental health?
> Why is it so difficult to convince local governments to abandon fluoridation in favor of caution? What unseen political and economic influences are at play here?
> How much additional fluoride are children ingesting in products such as drinks, foods and medicines?
> Why does the pharmaceutical industry use fluoride in so many medicines, including antibiotics?

Professional and official disagreement on the dangers and supposed benefits of fluoridation has been ongoing for decades, and so far the majority decision has largely been to err on the side of fluoridation for some baffling reason.

This could perhaps be due to a greater elitist conspiracy to poison and ‘dumb down’ the population as many suspect and support with authentic research, or it may also be in part due to the natural inertia of the human mind that when once deceived prefers to remain deceived so as not to disrupt the cognitive stability it derives from working in familiar patterns. Perhaps we just have a collective arrogance about us that forbids us to admit when we’re wrong, or even more frighteningly, perhaps we’re already a society that has been so severely affected by fluoridation that we no longer have the intelligence to resolve this crisis.

Whatever the case, it’s a moot point because while we mull over the issue, debating this or that, the mass poisoning of our children continues.

Here are some basic steps that you can take to reduce you and your children’s intake of this poison:

> Drink filtered water from a filter such as the Berkey Water Filter with fluoride attachments.
> Switch to fluoride free toothpaste.
> Reduce your dependency on pharmaceuticals by learning to care for your mental and physical health, and immunity in natural ways.
> Stop consuming processed beverages such as soda, beer and juices.
> Stop consuming junk processed foods which are manufactured with fluoridated water.
> Participate in the movement to end water fluoridation and make a difference.
> Consider trying a fluoride detox to remove residual toxicity. Visit the resources here, here, and here.

Please share this information far and wide, and focus your intention and will power on the hopes of a future where we are smart enough to first err on the side of caution, and we remove this clearly toxic substance from our food and water supply.

Article: http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/02/13/fluoride-killing-childs-brain-softly/