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 Flouride, Fluorosis and Cleaning Your Water

Don't care much for fluoride being dumped into your drinking water?  Don't like the idea of the possibility of the kids growing up with fluorosis?  According to a couple of dental propfessionals out there, you probably fall into one of these groups:  "Right-wing extremists, misguided environmentalists ("Greens"), chiropractors, persons concerned about the costs of fluoridation, food faddists, and antiscience "naturalists."  (Read)

That's a quote from a paper by Ernest Newbrun, D.M.D., Ph.D. and Herschel Horowitz, D.D.S., M.P.H. in response to another paper entitled, 'WHY I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION,' by Dr. John Colquhoun.  Boy, the fluoride proponents really bristle when someone goes up against them, don't they?!  (Read)

Dentists are cashing in big now by treating a result of fluoride poisoning called fluorosis, one manifestation of which being minor -severe discoloration and mottling of the teeth.  Well, you can get your kids treated for that...  another reason to get them into the dental chair.  With mandatory fluoride ingestion in most communities, supported in major part by the dental profession, one might conclude that they are creating a bigger market for themselves.

What about us older folks?

"Fluoride can have adverse effects on people of all ages. Reversible adverse effects include eczema, dermatitis, epigastric distress, headache, excessive thirst, chronic fatigue, muscular weakness, mouth ulcers, lower urinary tract infection and the flare-up of old  allergies."  (Source)

Goody!!  Now we have more reasons to run to the doctors because of fluoride poisoning!

Back in the late 1980's I worked for a firm which sold water treatment products; conditioners (water softeners), filters, reverse-osmosis units and distillers.  I studies all of the obligatory company literature.  My attention was always focused on distillation, however, and I did an awful lot of reading about the differences between the various filtering methods; distillation, charcoal and micro-membrane filters, softening and so on.  I like the idea of clean water.  I agreed with the benefits and the concept of cleaning one's own water (good thing, since I worked for the company, right??)  The only thing I didn't agree with was that our products were the 'last word' in home water treatment.

I knew our conditioners (sofeners) were the most expensive on the market, but Sears had a good line too, for example.  I determined that reverse-osmosis was the best for filtering drinking water, but the waste factor in getting a 'good' gallon was amazing to me.  If you lived in an area where you were paying for the water coming through your pipes, it could be cost-prohibitive.  Distillation became more and more attractive:  It wasn't really 'filtration' since you converted the water to vapor and converted it back to a liquid - you actually removed the water from one location, leaving behind the stuff you didn't want behind, and moved it to a new location in a virtually pure state.  That made sense to me!

What also made sense to me was for individuals to treat their own water.  Having the municipality handle it always costs people more money, so if you wanted benzene-free or chlorine-free or fluoride-free water, for example, it was always cheaper to do it yourself...  Even removing non-assimilatable minerals and various aquifers from 'good' well water prevented the accumulation of deposits in the pipelines of our bloodstreams.  (Big deal.  Surgeons can fix clogged arteries with their eyes closed these days, right...?)  So I like distillation for treating drinking water.  I remember my sister-in-law once exclaiming, "...but DISTILLED water is for irons!!!"  Duh.  Why?  Because there's nothing in it to clog the iron, Dear!  It's pure!  ...Got no junk in it!

You know what?  Distilled water is cheap.  Buy it at WalMart for $.58 a gallon.  How much is that little 24oz. (710ML) bottle of 'spring' water from the grocery store or the local 'convenient' store?  $1.09?  $1.50?  If we round it off to a dollar, that's a little over $5.30 a gallon!  (And we're sceaming about the price of gasoline???)  On top of that, that 'spring' water isn't even necessarily filtered in any way!  Oh, we Americans are so damned intelligent!

Anyway, back to the fluoride issue.  If you don't want it, get it out of your water.  Distilling or buying your water is the most cost effective, safest and PUREST water you can put into your body.  Nothing but H2O at $.58 a gallon (cheaper if you do it yourself).  Certainly we don't want to forget about our natural resources, they need to be cleaned up and protected.  Our water quality needs to be improved, but here is something you can do right now for yourself and your family.

Many of us will scream and scream about the pollution of our environment and a few of us will get involved, but a few of us, in the meantime, will be taking action on a personal level in various ways.  Nobody understands your personal circumstances like you do and nobody is going to look out for you like you will.  From finances to health - and beyond, the ball is always in your court.  Right now, though, avoiding fluorosis may be just one of many benefits your children will later thank you for!

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