| The importance of having a water purifier to remove | | | | substance. This has been proven. |
| fluorine is finally being recognized, even by those who | | | | Fluoride has been shown to significantly decrease IQ in |
| formerly promoted fluoridization of our water supplies | | | | children, for one thing. That fact has led the American |
| in the past. When fluoride was first introduced, it was | | | | Dental Association to advise that children under 2 not |
| touted as a wonder substance. There were those | | | | use fluoridated toothpaste. However, that is hardly a |
| who questioned this, but they were largely ignored until | | | | bandaid solution to the problem. |
| recent years. | | | | Proponents of fluoridated water contend that it is in the |
| Back in the days before dental hygiene became a part | | | | water in safe levels for drinking. They overlook the |
| of people's regular cleaning schedule, Americans and | | | | fact that it is present in hundreds of consumable |
| Europeans alike had excessive tooth decay problems. | | | | products - toothpaste being only one of them. It is |
| Fluoride was the pharmaceutical industry's answer to | | | | virtually impossible to completely eliminate the |
| that problem and they aggressively argued their case | | | | substance from one's diet in the developed world. The |
| before the American Dental Association, the makers | | | | only solution is to contain it. |
| of toothpastes and the general public. | | | | Aside from decreased intelligence, many people |
| The campaign worked and before long, most dentists | | | | become seriously ill from excessive fluoride. It is a |
| were recommending toothpaste with added fluoride to | | | | neurotoxin and possible carcinogen. The list of harmful |
| their patients. Being an inexpensive chemical, it was | | | | effects that can come from its consumption is long |
| also suggested that adding it to our water supply | | | | and getting longer. As consumers, it is time we take |
| would rid the country of tooth decay. | | | | control of our lives and do what we need to do to |
| Over the years, tooth decay in America did decline | | | | protect our families from this dangerous substance. |
| significantly and this chemical was given credit for it. | | | | At about the same time that fluoride was being touted |
| However, many researchers, scientists and concerned | | | | as "healthy', so was cigarette smoking. This goes to |
| citizens worried that there were side effects to | | | | show that the "experts" are not always right. The |
| fluoride that were being overlooked. They were right. | | | | importance of a water purifier to remove fluorine is |
| The problem with this chemical, as with so many | | | | arguably equal to the importance of quitting smoking. |
| others, is that it does not break down over time. It | | | | This is the best way to keep your intake of this |
| accumulates in the system. If it was entirely benign, this | | | | dangerous chemical to a minimum. |
| would not be a problem. However, it is not a benign | | | | |