Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation

tennisdude818 · Aug 17, 2013

Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that water fluoridation in the country must end by 2014, according to news reports. This landmark decision goes even further than legislation by the health minister Yael German earlier in the year that would have ended mandatory fluoridation nationwide, reports the Irish publication Hot Press.

Israel is one of the few countries that widely fluoridates, besides the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to public drinking water supplies to reduce cavities, is the subject of intense controversy, especially outside of the United States. But opposition to the practice, on the grounds that fluoride has adverse effects on the thyroid, brain and bones, and is an unethical form of mass-medication, appears to be growing.

Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
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http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html

But what about their teeth? The government needs to mass medicate to take care of their teeth. I'm glad I live in a country where I'm force fed that stuff.

happy fun dude · Aug 17, 2013

Good for Israel! I wish more countries would follow suit.

There is not a shred of proper scientific evidence that fluoridated water has any positive effects, including for your teeth. It can however have negative effects on the teeth of kids. Plus the fluoridation program in the USA has killed. For no reason.

If you want to take care of your teeth, all you have to do is brush and floss regularly. There's no need for fluoride in your water to achieve this.

Plus, you've already got fluoride in your toothpaste. BTW, don't eat your toothpaste.

Moi621 · Aug 17, 2013

My municipal water is hard water and smells of chlorine. It is fluoridated.
I prefer Sparklett's fluoridated water for a clean crisp taste and I do believe water fluoridation is good for the public health. Fluoride is as effectual in avoiding osteoporosis as calcium + Vit D or hormones.
Getting rid of "hard water" would do more for the public health then the removal of added fluoride.
Hard water drinkers have more urinary tract stones and artery disease.
Getting the chlorine out and killing little buggers with UV would probably do more to improve the public health then removing added fluoride.

POINT: Fluoridation of the water supply is good for the public health.
Just like making white bread makers add vitamins, especially folate to their product.

Moi

tennisdude818 · Aug 18, 2013

Moi621 said: ↑

My municipal water is hard water and smells of chlorine. It is fluoridated.
I prefer Sparklett's fluoridated water for a clean crisp taste and I do believe water fluoridation is good for the public health. Fluoride is as effectual in avoiding osteoporosis as calcium + Vit D or hormones.
Getting rid of "hard water" would do more for the public health then the removal of added fluoride.
Hard water drinkers have more urinary tract stones and artery disease.
Getting the chlorine out and killing little buggers with UV would probably do more to improve the public health then removing added fluoride.

POINT: Fluoridation of the water supply is good for the public health.
Just like making white bread makers add vitamins, especially folate to their product.

Moi
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A problem with forced medication comes when the side effects are worse than the benefit.

Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ - Published in Federal Gov't Journal

Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ - Published in Federal Gov't Journal

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NEW YORK, July 24, 2012

NEW YORK, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Harvard University researchers' review of fluoride/brain studies concludes "our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children's neurodevelopment." It was published online July 20 in Environmental Health Perspectives, a US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' journal (1), reports the NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF)

"The children in high fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ than those who lived in low fluoride areas," write Choi et al.

Further, the EPA says fluoride is a chemical "with substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity."

Fluoride (fluosilicic acid) is added to US water supplies at approximately 1 part per million attempting to reduce tooth decay.

Water was the only fluoride source in the studies reviewed and was based on high water fluoride levels. However, they point out research by Ding (2011) suggested that low water fluoride levels had significant negative associations with children's intelligence.

Choi et al. write, "Although fluoride may cause neurotoxicity in animal models and acute fluoride poisoning causes neurotoxicity in adults, very little is known of its effects on children's neurodevelopment. They recommend more brain/fluoride research on children and at individual-level doses.

"It's senseless to keep subjecting our children to this ongoing fluoridation experiment to satisfy the political agenda of special-interest groups," says attorney Paul Beeber, NYSCOF President. "Even if fluoridation reduced cavities, is tooth health more important than brain health? It's time to put politics aside and stop artificial fluoridation everywhere," says Beeber.

After reviewing fluoride toxicological data, the NRC reported in 2006, "It's apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain."

Choi's team writes, "Fluoride readily crosses the placenta. 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 damage of a permanent nature."

Fluoride accumulates in the body. Even low doses are harmful to babies, the thyroid, kidney patients and heavy water-drinkers. There are even doubts about fluoridation's effectiveness (2). New York City Legislation is pending to stop fluoridation. Many communities have already stopped.

Infant formula when mixed with fluoridated water delivers 100-200 times more fluoride than breastmilk. (3)

More information on fluoride's impact on the brain is here.

Contact: Paul Beeber, JD, 516-433-8882 nyscof@aol.com

http://www.fluoridation.webs.com

http://www.FluorideAction.Net

SOURCE NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/idUS127920+24-Jul-2012+PRN20120724

Tom Joad · Aug 18, 2013

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Taxcutter · Aug 18, 2013

Fluoridation must be working. I've drank fluoridated water almost all my life.

I have all my natural teeth. No danger of losing any in the foreseeable future. At my age both my parents (no fluoridization until later in life) had been wearing dentures for 15 years.

Other health effects?

Today's people (if they can avoid urban homicide) have a substantially longer life expectancy.

Must be doing something right.

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