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  • Negative Effects of Fluoride On Your Health

    Almost SIXTEEN years ago it was determined that fluoride doesn’t have dental benefits. This begs the question, “WHY IS FLUORIDE STILL PROMOTED TO HELP PREVENT TOOTH DECAY?”

    In fact, a report from the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, has officially classified fluoride as a neurotoxin — in the same category as arsenic, lead and mercury. 

    The news was broken by author Stefan Smyle, who cited a report published in The Lancet Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 3, in the March 2014 edition, by authors Dr. Phillippe Grandjean and Philip J. Landrigan, MD. The report, which was officially released in 2014 and published in the journal, can be viewed by clicking here.

    We are forcibly being medicated with fluoridation of our tap water in cities across the US, even though fluoride is a non-pharmaceutical, chemical waste and the main ingredient in rat poisons and many pesticides. 

    If you swallow toothpaste, you are urged on the tube itself to call the Poison Control Center immediately, but somehow if you drink eight glasses of fluoridated water, it’s fine? Where is the logic in that? There’s information out there to show that the amount of fluoride in a serving of toothpaste is the same as a glass of fluoridated water (if the water doesn’t have MORE).

    If you’ve ever noticed the warnings on toothpaste labels you probably know just how serious fluoride poisoning can be, especially for children if they swallow too much at one time.

    Because of this threat, many parents have begun eschewing fluoridated toothpaste brands altogether and are using more natural brands such as Earthpaste, Desert Essence, Uncle Harry’s Toothpaste Dr. Bronner’s toothpaste line, or even making their own from a combination of ingredients such as coconut oil, organic neem leaf powders, essential oils like peppermint or cinnamon, and other natural ingredients.

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    Concerned about fluoride added to your water? 

    Many communities in Idaho have fluoride added to the water. Click here to find out if YOUR water contains the neurotoxin fluoride.  

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  • Toxic Tea. Popular Tea Brands Contain Illegal Amounts of Pesticides

    Although tea is widely thought to be a healthier source of caffeine than coffee, soda or energy drinks, conventional tea brands have been shown to contain high levels of toxic substances such as fluoride and pesticides, artificial ingredients, added flavors and GMOs(modified corn starch and soy lecithin).The levels found in these products are so high that they are considered unsafe for consumption. As with most products, all tea is not created equal. Opting to save a few dollars on cheaper tea can cost you a lot more when it comes to your health.

    Conventional Teas May Contain Fluoride and Pesticides

    Most tea isn’t washed before it is distributed into bags. If the tea was sprayed with pesticides, those pesticides will wind up directly in your cup. Many non-organic tea brands have been found to contain pesticides that are known carcinogens. Popular tea brands often get away with listing “natural flavors” as an ingredient, causing many consumers to think they are buying better, cleaner ingredients. But there is a whole list of what “natural flavors” could mean.

    Reports from India and China find high levels of banned pesticides in tea products, pointing to a lack of enforcement on pesticide use in major tea exporting countries. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consistently finds high levels of illegal residues on imported Tea that eventually finds its way to the American consumer. These include permethrin (a synthetic pyrethroid, linked to cancer and endocrine system disruption), DDE (a metabolite of DDT, banned in the U.S. in 1972), heptachlor epoxide (a derivative of the pesticide heptachlor, which was banned in the U.S. for use in agriculture and as a termiticide due to its carcinogenicity and persistence in the environment) and acetamiprid (a bee-toxic neonicotinoid). These issues increase consumer exposure to a dangerous blend of pesticides in conventional tea.

    Where Does The Fluoride Come From?

    Tea plants absorb fluoride from soil and accumulate it as they grow, so older leaves contain the most fluoride. Cheaper quality teas are often made from older tea leaves, which contain more fluoride. These teas also contain the least amount of anti-oxidants, lessening the health benefits associated with drinking tea.  See our full article on the dangers of neurotoxic Fluoride

    Which Brands Contain The Most Toxins?

    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation actually conducted an investigation on several popular international tea companies, including:

    1. Tetley
    2. Lipton
    3. Twinnings
    4. No Name
    5. Uncle Lee’s Legends of China
    6. King Cole
    7. Signal

    Alarmingly, the CBC found that half of the tea brands contained a level of toxins that exceeded the legal limit. The worst offenders were:

    • King Cole, which contained the monocrotophos – a chemical that is currently in the process of being banned, as it causes irregular heartbeat and even coma.
    • Uncle Lee’s Legends of China, which contained more than 20 types of pesticides. One was endosulfan, which causes nervous system damage.
    • No Name, which contained more than 10 pesticide types.

    That doesn’t mean the other tea brands were totally safe, however. 
    In fact, only Red Rose tea was found to contain no pesticides at all.

    How To Avoid Toxic Chemicals in Tea

    You don’t need to stop drinking tea altogether to keep yourself safe from harmful toxins or pesticides that may be lurking in your cup. After all, tea is the source of some amazing health benefits. So what’s the solution?

    • Try switching to white tea. It has the least amount of fluoride because it’s made from young leaves.
    • Be sure to buy loose leaf tea or brew your own tea from scratch.
    • Buy organic! Choose a non-GMO certified brand of tea.
    • Check the ingredient list to make sure there are no added flavors or GMO ingredients added to the tea leaves.
    • Many restaurants use tea brands that are known to be full of pesticides, so be careful about ordering tea while out to eat.
    • Know the correct brewing times for certain types of tea. Black or Pu-reh teas should be steeped for 3-5 minutes; white or green teas should be steeped for 2-3 minutes; Oolong teas should be steeped for 4-7 minutes; and herbal teas should be left to steep for five minutes at minimum, longer for a stronger tea.

    Here is a list of bagged tea that is safe!

    Watch the video below for a breakdown of different tea brands and how they measure up in terms of health:

    Sources:

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    IS THE TEA YOU ARE DRINKING TOXIC AND THE TEA BAG IT IS IN …. https://www.bwellbhealthy.com/blog/2017/2/26/is-the-tea-you-are-drinking-toxic-and-the-tea-bag-it-is-in

    Most Brands of Tea Contain THESE Harmful Chemicals …. https://www.davidwolfe.com/tea-contain-harmful-chemicals/

    These Popular Tea Brands Possess Dangerously High Levels …. https://worldtruth.tv/these-popular-tea-brands-possess-dangerously-high-levels-of-pesticides/

    The hidden dangers of bagged tea | Body Unburdened. https://bodyunburdened.com/the-hidden-dangers-of-bagged-tea/

  • 12 Brands Of Bottled Water Full Of TOXIC Fluoride

    Just how badly is fluoride really affecting our health? Is it really as bad as everyone thinks? Recent studies have shown that fluoride is terrible for our health, high levels of fluoride have been shown to cause neurotoxicity in adults which causes negative impacts on the brain when it comes to learning and memory. It has also been found by the Harvard School of Public Health and China Medical University in Shenyang that fluoride negatively affects the cognitive development in children.At least seventy percent of the United States water supplies are fluoridated meaning this could be happening on a widespread scale.
    All water treatment chemicals, with the exception of fluoride, are added to make drinking water safe and pleasant to consume. Fluoride is the only chemical added to treat people who consume the water, rather than the water itself. Fluoridating water supplies can thus fairly be described as a form of mass medication, which is why most European countries have rejected the practice.

    For many years people thought fluoride was able to prevent tooth decay, but there is no significant evidence that can link the two. Fluoride can actually be detrimental to oral health. Recent large-scale studies from the United States have found little practical or statistical difference in tooth decay rates among children living in fluoridated versus non-fluoridated areas. In addition, data complied by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that tooth decay rates have declined just as rapidly in non-fluoridated western countries as they have in fluoridated western countries. Read more. 

    Fluoride is added to 37% of Idaho’s public water supply. SIGN THE PETITION TO ELIMINATE TOXIC FLUORIDE FROM PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS IN IDAHO

    Many people have bought the marketing that bottled water is healthier. Unfortunately, they are paying higher prices for a bottle of water filled with health damaging fluoride. The main chemicals used to fluoridate drinking water are known as “silicofluorides” (i.e., hydrofluorosilicic acid and sodium fluorosilicate). Silicofluorides are not pharmaceutical-grade fluoride products; they are unprocessed industrial by-products of the phosphate fertilizer industry. 

    REDUCE YOUR FLUORIDE EXPOSURE 
    AVOID THESE FLUORIDE TAINTED BOTTLED WATER:

    • Arrowhead
    • Crystal Rock
    • Crystal Springs
    • Belmont Springs
    • Deer Park
    • Diamond Springs
    • Ice Mountain
    • Mount Olympus
    • Zephyrhills
    • Ozarka
    • Poland Springs
    • Sierra Springs

    For a full list click here, yes there are many more.

    Still feel a need to grab a bottle of water?
    Here is a list of fluoride-safe bottled water brands:

    • Black Berry Farms
    • Cascade
    • Arbor Springs
    • Aqua Pure
    • Blue Ice Natural Mineral Water
    • Century Springs
    • Deja Blue
    • Dannon
    • Clear Mountain Spring Water
    • Crystal Spring Natural Spring Water
    • Eureka
    • Evian
    • Flowing Springs
    • Fresh Market
    • Glacier Bay
    • Hidden Valley Natural Mineral Water
    • Mountain Valley Spring Water
    • Oasis Pure Drinking Water
    • Polaris Water
    • Smart Water

    Learn more about the health dangers of fluoride: 

    SIGN THE PETITION TO ELIMINATE TOXIC FLUORIDE FROM PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS IN IDAHO

  • What’s in Your Drinking Water?

    When most Americans drink a glass of tap water, they’re also getting a dose of industrial or agricultural contaminants linked to cancer, brain and nervous system damage, developmental defects, fertility problems or hormone disruption. That’s the disturbing truth documented by EWG’s Tap Water Database – the most complete source available on the quality of U.S. drinking water, aggregating and analyzing data from almost 50,000 public water utilities nationwide.
    What’s in YOUR WATER Idaho ?
    Idaho water systems added fluoride is approved of by City Councils. More than 35% of Idaho’s citizens are drinking fluoride contaminated water. A simple request from the city council could change that. 

    http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/drinking-water/pws-monitoring-reporting/contaminants/

    Drinking Water Program Manager
    Jerri Henry
    DEQ State Office
    Water Quality Division
    1410 N. Hilton
    Boise, ID 83706
    (208) 373-0471
    jerri.henry@deq.idaho.gov

    Safe Drinking Water Hotline

    1-800-426-4791

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    This article originally appeared at: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/#.WXleoogrKUk.

  • They just voted to be fluoride free!

    Latest Fluoride-Free Victories

    • Battlefield, Missouri (June 21)– The water district board voted unanimously to end fluoridation for the town of 6,000 due to corrosion caused by the chemical, and because of the availability of safer and more effective alternatives to reduce decay.  The dental lobby and regional health officials who have received grants to promote the practice have vowed to fight the vote, despite the significant health risks to residents, the water infrastructure, and water employees.
    • Nipawin, Saskatchewan (July 13)– After months of consideration and a presentation by public health administrators, the Mayor and Council in Nipawin, Saskatchewan (pop. 4,401) voted 4-1 to reject a proposal by the Saskatchewan medical health officer to fluoridate the drinking water. As one councilor said, “It’s not our job to supply medication.”  The Mayor also voted against the proposal because she felt the decision should be made by residents via a ballot referendum, not by councilors.
    • Johnstown, Pennsylvania (July 21)– The Greater Johnstown Water Authority voted unanimously (11-0) to end the addition of fluoridation chemicals to the drinking water.  The vote was influenced by significant opposition to the practice by water consumers, which was highlighted by the results of a customer survey on the issue in which 70% of respondents opposed fluoridation. 

    The Greater Johnstown Water Authority serves an estimated population of 52,657. In Cambria County: the City of Johnstown (19,712), Brownstown Borough (700), Dale Borough (1,160), Ferndale Borough (1,600), Lorain Borough (714), Westmont Borough (4,876), East Conemaugh Borough (1,145), Franklin Borough (300), Southmont Borough (2,150), Conemaugh Township (2,000), Middle Taylor Township (800), Stonycreek Township (2,000), Lower Yoder Township (2,500), Upper Yoder Township (5,000) and West Taylor (6,000).  Also included is Conemaugh Township in Somerset County (2,000).

    FAN Senior Advisor and chemist, Paul Connett, PhD, was recently in Pennsylvania for a public debate against retired Florida dentist and fluoridation propagandist Johnny Johnson, DDS.  Click here to watch the 90-minute debate.

    Residents and campaigners in Pennsylvania have supplied steady wins for our movement, and have made it one of the most active states for fluoridation votes and decisions. Here are the additional Pennsylvania victories since 2011:

    In 2016, Guilford & Greene Township, with a combined population of 26,000

    In 2015, Bellefonte with a population of 6,224

    In 2015, Brackenridge Borough with a population of 3,240

    In 2015, Schuylkill Haven with a population of 5,340

    In 2014, Ford City with a population of 3,000

    In 2014, Bucks County with a population of 385,000

    In 2013, Tyrone with a population of 5,500

    In 2012, West Manheim with a population of 8,000

    In 2012, Myerstown with a population of 3,500

    In 2011, Pottstown with a population of 15,500

    In 2011, Schuylkill Haven with a population of 5,500

    New Fluorosis Video

    Do your teeth, or your child’s teeth have white spots, white streaks, cloudy splotches, brown stains, or pitting? If so, you or your child may be among the millions of Americans who now have a condition called dental fluorosis.

    Fluorosis is a defect of tooth enamel caused by too much fluoride intake during the first 8 years of life, and in the U.S. fluorosis rates have increased by 600% in just the last 60 years.  

    Watch this new short video to learn more, and please share our Facebook and Twitterposts on the video to help warn others via social media.  You can also visit our webpage on dental fluorosis to learn more. 


    2017 Chilean review: fluoridation is ineffective & harmful

    A team of experts from Chile–including doctors, biologists, a lawyer, a civil engineer, a toxicologist, an environmental expert, and a chemist–have published a damning review of water fluoridation in the Medical Journal of Chile, February 2017.  The review was financed by the Medical College of Chile.

    Chile is considered a pioneer in the fluoridation of drinking water, starting in 1953 when Curico was fluoridated.  By 1958, nearly 60% of the country was fluoridated, and constant expansion has led to a current rate of 82.5%.

    Despite the long history of national support for the practice, the article entitled, “Consequences of Fluoridation of Drinking Water on Human Health,” concludes that artificial fluoridation of drinking water and milk has not only been ineffective at reducing dental decay in children, but is likely harmful to health.  According to the researchers:

    “A) The effects of fluoride intake pose risks of various diseases in the asthmatic-skeletal, neurological, endocrine and skin systems. Dental and skeletal fluorosis are signs of chronic and excessive ingestion of fluoride.

    B) Infants, children and adolescents are at high risk of diseases due to over-intake of fluorides, through drinking water and / or fluoridated milk, as the deterioration of health is proportional to the dose and the time of exposure .


    C) The fluoridation of drinking water does not significantly impact on caries prevention. For their effectiveness is rather a topical and non-systemic effect, as demonstrated by countries that do not fluoride drinking water, and do not use milk or fluoride salts, decreasing dental deterioration at the same rate as those that fluoride drinking water.”

    The research team based their analysis on a review of all available studies that included control of confounding variables.  They discuss fluoride’s ability to cause bone, thyroid, neurological, and skin damage.  There is also in indepth analysis of WHO data that shows, “fluoridation of drinking water and salts have no incidence at all in reducing dental [decay].”

    There was also a brief discussion on the legal aspects of water fluoridation, which found the following:

    “The fluoridation of drinking water in Chile forces citizens to involuntarly consume a chemical they do not require.  For decade the majority of the Chilean population has been overexposed to this potentially unhealthy element, transgressing constitional guarantees.”

    In response to their findings the research team made the following recommendations:


    “
    1. To amend Decree No. 735 of November 7, 1969, updating it with Supreme Decree No. 131 of 2006, and the Regulations for Services for Human Consumption of 2007, to avoid fluoridation of drinking water and avoid fluoridation Of milk, in all regions of the country.


    2. Prioritize the use of dental hygiene products containing the necessary, but minimal, amounts of fluoride to maintain dental health, strengthen education for better dental care and better nutrition.


    3. Educate health and education professionals about the adverse consequences of fluoride intake.


    4. To carry out epidemiological studies in Chile, to evaluate the adverse effects on health, through ingestion and use of fluorides, for decades.”

    READ THE FULL STUDY


    FAN’s Fluoride Conference in September

    If you missed July’s International Fluoride Free Teleconference, the audio is now available to download or stream.  During the call, Paul and Ellen Connett made some exciting announcements about the upcoming 6th Citizen’s Conference on Fluoride in Washington, D.C. from September 16th through 18th.

    The three-day Conference will focus on Science (Saturday, Sept 16), Strategy(Sunday, Sept 17), and Action (Monday, Sept 18), with two days of speakers followed by a day of lobbying and sightseeing on Capital Hill. 

    Hotel rooms are available at significantly discounted rates, but availability is limited and rooms will return to full price on August 24th, so CLICK HERE to make your arrangements before it’s too late.  


    To listen to July’s teleconference audio and register for next month’s call, CLICK HERE.


    Latest Fluoride News:

    –Public Takes Out Fluoride Frustration at Meadville Council Meeting (Pennsylvania)

    –Some Businesses and Individuals Plan to Remove Fluoride (Pennsylvania)

    –Northern Tasmania: Fluoride Could Be Put to the People (Australia)

    –Tasmanian Council Says Towns Should Decide What is Added to Water (Australia)

    –Jonesborough Fluoride Battle Continues as Town Ends Addition (Tennessee)

    –Lead, Arsenic, Fluoride Found in Water Under Memphis Power Plant (Tennessee)

    –11.5 Million People in India at High Risk of Fluorosis Due to Water (India)

    –In Some Areas, Fluoride Debate Rages (Indiana)

    –Dentist: Water Fluoridation – Reduce or Eliminate? (Ohio)

    –Port Angeles City Council Candidates Debate Fluoridation (Washington)

    –Fluoride as a Ballot Measure in Sheridan (Wyoming)

    –Fluoridation to Appear on Petersburg Ballot (Alaska)

    –Kidney Calamity Caused by Fluoride in Water (Vietnam)

    –Franklin, Windsor, and Courtland City Have High Fluoride Levels (Virginia)

    –Actress Olivia Munn Cut Fluoride From her Diet to Clear Acne (USA)

    –Eau Claire Fluoridation Debate (Wisconsin)

    –Sheridan Still Mulling Fluoride Options (Wyoming)

    For more fluoride related media, please visit FAN’s News Archive.


     

    Sincerely,

    Stuart Cooper
    Campaign Director
    Fluoride Action Network

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  • #FluorideFree Idaho! Sign The Petition

    Unlike other chemicals added to water, which are intended to treat the water itself, fluoride is intended to treat the people who drink the water, whether they want the treatment or not. There is NO HEALTH BENEFIT IN INGESTING FLUORIDE, only risks.

    *Fluoride is toxic waste from aluminum and fertilizer factories and contains a high concentration of toxins and heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and chromium. All proven to be carcinogens. 

    *Fluoride is now classified as a neurotoxin as supported by more than 180 studies. 

    *Fluoride’s impact is cumulative. It is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic. No one will die from drinking one glass of fluoridated water, but it is the long term chronic effects of drinking fluoridated water that affects health. 

    At Health Freedom Idaho, our view is that we should each have the right to determine what medicines we intake – or don’t. 

    -Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, Past President of the American Medical Association.

    “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 range basis. Any attempt to use water this way is deplorable.”

    WE AGREE – IDAHO SHOULD BE FLUORIDE FREE! SIGN THE PETITION! 

    RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH: http://healthfreedomidaho.flutter.co/fluoride-just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-drink-the-water

  • 36% of Idaho Water is Contaminated

    Did you know that 32% of Idaho’s citizens are forced to drink water contaminated with a known neurotoxin? 16 YEARS ago, scientist declared that fluoride does NOT help with tooth decay. 2 years ago, scientist declare #Fluoride is a #Neurotoxin! Our communities still ADD IT to the water! Its DOES NOT HAVE to be that way! Local communities have the power to stop add fluoride to the water. 

     

    Local communities make decisions to add or remove it from the water. Take a look at your water supply!
    Join your neighbors and get the City Council to stop the contamination of your local water!
    Don’t wait for someone else!
    Of course you can get a fluoride removing filter for yourself, but what about when your kids go to school and drink from the fountains. What about the local restaurants that serves you a glass of iced water?  Protect your WHOLE COMMUNITY! 

     https://nccd.cdc.gov/DOH_MWF/Default/CountyList.aspx

  • Fluoride Dangers acknowledged

    Fluoride Dangers acknowledged

    Scientists in England have found that fluoride could be causing depression and weight gain and have urged councils to stop adding it to the drinking water. The new findings directly contradict a report released by Public Health England last year that called fluoride a “safe and effective” way of improving dental health.

    According to a study of 98 percent of GP practices in England, high rates of underactive thyroid were 30 percent more likely in areas of the greatest fluoridation.

    The Telegraph reports that up to 15,000 people are needlessly experiencing thyroid problems, which include depression, weight gain, pain, and fatigue.

    Approximately 10 percent of the population in England live in areas with a naturally or artificially fluoridated water supply, according to the Telegraph. Researchers from the University of Kent suggest that the number of cases of underactive thyroid was higher in areas such as the West Midlands and the North East of England. Professor Stephen Peckham of the Centre for Health Service Studies, lead author of the study, asserts that the findings should be particularly disconcerting for those who reside in those regions.

    “The difference between the West Midlands, which fluoridates, and Manchester, which doesn’t was particularly striking,” Peckham noted. “There were nearly double the number of cases in Manchester.”

    Advocates of fluoridation contend it helps to fight tooth decay by making enamel more resistant to bacteria; however, studies have shown that the adverse effects of fluoridation far outweigh any purported good it does.

    The University of Kent study found that fluoride inhibits the production of iodine, which is necessary for the health of the thyroid gland, resulting in an underactive thyroid, or hypothyroidism.

    “Underactive thyroid is a particularly nasty thing to have and it can lead to other long term health problems,” stated Professor Peckham. He added, “I do think councils need to think again about putting fluoride in the water. There are far safer ways to improve dental health.”

    What’s worse is that the levels of fluoride analyzed in that study were less than four milligrams per liter, less than the amounts permitted to be used in water fluoridation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    “Our very great concern is that children worldwide are being exposed to unrecognized toxic chemicals that are silently eroding intelligence, disrupting behaviors, truncating future achievements and damaging societies, perhaps most seriously in developing countries,” added the authors, who also warned of additional problems associated with exposure to these kinds of substances, including autism.

    As a result of those findings, a 2014 report in the medical  journal The Lancet labelled fluoride a dangerous developmental neurotoxicant, placing it alongside other toxins such as lead, mercury, and arsenic.

    Critics have seized upon the various findings against fluoride to call for a complete end to water fluoridation.

    “In light of the new classification of fluoride as a dangerous neurotoxin, adding more fluoride to Americans’ already excessive intake no longer has any conceivable justification,” declared Fluoride Action Network Executive Director and retired chemistry professor Dr. Paul Connett in a statement. “We should follow the evidence and try to reduce fluoride intake, not increase it.”

    This article originally appeared at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/20186-new-research-underscores-the-dangers-of-fluoride.

  • As If We Needed More: Fumigants Turn Into Fluoride

    As If We Needed More: Fumigants Turn Into Fluoride

    As if fluoridated water and widespread fluoridated pesticide use like cryolite wasn’t enough, some food processors use sulfuryl fluoride as a fumigant on certain foods, and for pest prevention in warehouses and food containers. Sulfuryl fluoride breaks down into fluoride after application. 

    “Unlike virtually every other western country, the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] does not require that food processors remove food prior to the fumigation. As a result, any food that is being stored in the facility during a structural fumigation will be contaminated with fluoride.”

    According to EPA estimates, foods most commonly fumigated include cocoa powder (100 percent), dried beans (100 percent), walnuts (99 percent) and dried fruits (69 percent). Other “healthy” foods like brown rice are also very high in fluoride, despite only 3% of the crop being fumigated. Rice tends to have 12.5 parts per million (ppm) compared to 8.4 ppm for cocoa powder. 

    Love your morning coffee? According to a 2005 editorial by the late Albert Burgstahler, PH.D., who was a professor emeritus of chemistry, “Fluoride residues in food fumigated with sulfuryl fluoride are excessively high and are at levels known to cause serious adverse health effects, including crippling skeletal fluorosis.”5

    White grape juice is generally very high as well, due to the use of cryolite. 

    So, whenever possible, buy organic for foods that are likely to be fumigated to protect you and your family from more toxic fluoride. 

  • Confirmed! Fluoride is a Neuro-toxin. SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE

    Confirmed! Fluoride is a Neuro-toxin. SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE

    New York – December 30, 2016 – The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has released a new video: “Fluoride & The Brain” that should be the ideal tool to help educate dentists, doctors, scientists, decision-makers, the media, and friends on the scientific evidence that fluoride can damage the brain and has the potential to lower IQ in children.

    HFI: Did you know that SOME SCHOOLS across the U.S. administer FLUORIDE TREATMENTS to kids in the classroom with (and without) parental permission? Have you checked with your school?
    Fluoride is in the public water system in Idaho. Does this concern you?

    This 30 minute presentation is available to watch for free.

    Michael Connett explains the fluoride-brain connection in language most people can understand.

    Fluoride’s ability to damage the brain is one of the most active areas of fluoride research today.
    Over 300 studies have found that fluoride is a neurotoxin (a chemical that can damage the brain). This research includes:

    • Over 100 animal studies showing that prolonged exposure to varying levels of fluoride can damage the brain, particularly when coupled with an iodine deficiency, or aluminum excess;
    • 50 human studies linking moderately high fluoride exposures with reduced intelligence;
    • 45 animal studies reporting that mice or rats ingesting fluoride have an impaired capacity to learn and/or remember;
    • 12 studies (7 human, 5 animal) linking fluoride with neurobehavioral deficits (e.g., impaired visual-spatial organization);
    • 3 human studies linking fluoride exposure with impaired fetal brain development.

    Based on this accumulating body of research, several prestigious reviews — including a report authored by the U.S. National Research Council, a meta-analysis published by a team of Harvard scientists, and a review published in The Lancet— have raised red flags about the potential for low levels of fluoride to harm brain development in some members of the population.

    In November 2016, FAN, together with a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups served the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a Petition calling on the Agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain.

    This article originally appeared at: http://fluoridealert.org/articles/fluoride-the-brain/.