By Tor Ormseth, Online Editor
Have you ever thought your water tasted funny? Well, there might be a good reason for that. Studies have shown that the government has been putting abnormal amounts of fluoride in the tap water that we drink.
The government, of course, would tell you that this is to protect your teeth, but according nyrnaturalnews.com, fluoride compounds were used during WWII and the Cold War in weapons of mass destruction, as well as rat poison.
After that, there was a large surplus of fluoride which had to be used somehow. Since fluoride will not outright kill you and the supply was exponentially greater than the demand, scientists decided to barf up some data about how fluoride is good for your teeth and began to put it into the tap water that people drink.
Today, any health benefits there might be in fluoride are outweighed by the fact that you are drinking rat poison.
But that’s not all.
According to a study of nearly 40,000 children conducted by the National Institute of Dental Research, a pro-fluoridation source, there is little to no difference in tooth decay levels between children living in fluoridated areas and children living in non-fluoridated areas.
People who use fluoride-based toothpastes and mouthwashes are also shown to get more than enough fluoride to keep their teeth healthy. The big secret is that fluoride is currently being remineralized, a process in which minerals are restored to one’s teeth after being removed by plaque and sugars.
However, more is not necessarily better. An overly large amount of fluoride causes a disease called dental fluorosis, in which teeth can get yellow-brown patches and in some cases become pitted, which is not the optimal state for dental health.
Every place supplied water by Seattle Public Utilities is fluoridated, including Vashon, Tacoma, and West Seattle.
If you want to avoid fluoridation, the best way is to buy water in large plastic jugs, but that can be expensive. If cost is not an obstacle, a well is a viable alternative, but Vashon and Maury have been shown to have relatively large levels of arsenic in the ground. The fact of the matter is that the working class has very few means to escape the horrors of mass fluoridation.
The most effective way to keep fluoride out of your body is to avoid fluoride-based toothpastes and mouthwashes. If you can do that, the levels of fluoride the government pumps into you will have next to no effect, and you can continue your life with perfectly healthy teeth.