I am not aware of any credible studies that found that we are in fact
lacking in fluoride. All we have is very poorly done studies, most
coming from the 1940's (very, very poor science, if you can call it
science at all), that indicate that fluoride increases tooth hardness.
And no science exists to show that our teeth were too soft to begin
with.
Dental caries are a direct result of refined carb consumption. To
presume to treat caries with fluoride is to ignore simple common sense.
Cutting out refined carbs will be infinitely more effective than adding
a poison, errrr "medication" to the water supplies.
Fluoride originated from the aluminum industry as a waste product. Then
it was quickly discovered to be a toxic waste product. It etches glass.
The fluoride in the air at aluminum smelters etched the glass in the
plant. A modern aluminum smelter requires a 5 mile buffer zone, because
the fluoride kills off or damages plant and animal life for up to 5
miles from the plant. Today, the fertilizer industry produces a vast
amount of fluoride.
Fluoride was used as a pesticide against rodents and an insecticide
against roaches and ants. It is a corrosive flux ingredient used in
welding and soldering.
Fluoride has been described by Dr. Charles A. Brusch, former director
of the Massachusetts Medical Center in Cambridge, as a "highly toxic
protoplasmic poison that is 15 times stronger than arsenic." The U.S.
Dispensary, 24th edition (used by pharmacists) states further that
"fluorides are violent poisons to all living tissue because of their
precipitation of calcium. They cause a fall in blood pressure,
respiratory failure and general paralysis. Continuous ingestion of
nonfatal doses (as in the water supply and fluoride in toothpaste)
causes permanent inhibition of growth." Calcium metabolism is also
affected by fluorine. Since bone picks up 30 percent less calcium in
the presence of fluorine, it produces an increasing level of
osteoporosis.
Hell of a way to get rid of a toxic waste. Add it to the water system
in small amounts and ascribe to it some nebulous pseudo-useful
attribute. Eventually there is so much fluoride in the entire
ecological system that you can't blame the aluminum and the fertilizer
industries for poisoning the environment. As despicable as it is, it is
pretty damned creative.
TC