Will R/O remove fluoride?
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ifirefight
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Originally Posted by Jovial
I know fluoride is bad stuff to ingest and is a key ingredient used in rat poison. Does anyone know if R/O also removes fluoride?
Yes it does....read on : If you learn that your water supply is fluoridated, you’ll want to make efforts to have the fluoridation decision reversed. At the same time, you’ll want to assure that your own drinking (and bathing) water is fluoride-free. Water distillers and reverse osmosis systems effectively remove fluoride, along with other dangerous chemicals and are a practical and cost-effective solution to treating drinking water. Unfortunately, however, these methods are neither practical nor cost effective for treating all of the water coming into your home. Whole house filtration is necessary if your water supply is fluoridated because there is no shower filter on the market capable of removing fluoride – and fluoride, as previously mentioned, is readily absorbed through the skin (sidebar). There are three types of filtration media that will remove fluoride from water: bone char (a form of carbon), alumina (aluminum oxide) and a fluoride ion exchange resin. Knowledgeable water treatment professionals in your community can provide details about these filtration options. It should be noted that fluoride is not removed from water by boiling; it only becomes more concentrated in this manner. Even if you have effectively removed fluoride from your drinking and bathing water, if you are living in a fluoridated community, you will still need to exercise caution when dining out, for the water served – and everything made with it, like coffee – will contain fluoride. Aside from drinking only non-fluoridated water, you’ll want to buy only unprocessed foods. Choose whole foods that are grown organically, without use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The ultimate solution to the fluoride pollution problem, however, is to stop fluoridation.
I know fluoride is bad stuff to ingest and is a key ingredient used in rat poison. Does anyone know if R/O also removes fluoride?
Yes it does....read on : If you learn that your water supply is fluoridated, you’ll want to make efforts to have the fluoridation decision reversed. At the same time, you’ll want to assure that your own drinking (and bathing) water is fluoride-free. Water distillers and reverse osmosis systems effectively remove fluoride, along with other dangerous chemicals and are a practical and cost-effective solution to treating drinking water. Unfortunately, however, these methods are neither practical nor cost effective for treating all of the water coming into your home. Whole house filtration is necessary if your water supply is fluoridated because there is no shower filter on the market capable of removing fluoride – and fluoride, as previously mentioned, is readily absorbed through the skin (sidebar). There are three types of filtration media that will remove fluoride from water: bone char (a form of carbon), alumina (aluminum oxide) and a fluoride ion exchange resin. Knowledgeable water treatment professionals in your community can provide details about these filtration options. It should be noted that fluoride is not removed from water by boiling; it only becomes more concentrated in this manner. Even if you have effectively removed fluoride from your drinking and bathing water, if you are living in a fluoridated community, you will still need to exercise caution when dining out, for the water served – and everything made with it, like coffee – will contain fluoride. Aside from drinking only non-fluoridated water, you’ll want to buy only unprocessed foods. Choose whole foods that are grown organically, without use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The ultimate solution to the fluoride pollution problem, however, is to stop fluoridation.
ifirefight
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Originally Posted by SCSInet
Dang whoever wrote that article is a bit of an alarmist... but maybe purposefully. What's the danger in fluoride in drinking water anyway?
Facts About Flouride
So, what are some of the facts about fluoride? According to the handbook, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, fluoride is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic. It is a cumulative poison that accumulates in bone over the years. According to the Physicians Desk Reference, "in hypersensitive individuals, fluorides occasionally cause skin eruptions such as atopic dermatitis, eczema, or urticaria. Gastric distress, headache, and weakness have also been reported. These hypersensitive reactions usually disappear promptly after discontinuation of the fluoride."
From 1990 to 1992, the Journal of the American Medical Association published three separate articles linking increased hip fracture rates to fluoride in the water. In the March 22, 1990 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that fluoride treatment of osteoporosis increased hip fracture rate and bone fragility.
A study by Procter and Gamble showed that as little as half the amount of fluoride used to fluoridate public water supplies resulted in a sizable and significant increase in genetic damage. Epidemiologic research in the mid-1970's by the late Dr. Dean Burk, head of the cytochemistry division of the National Cancer Institute, indicated that 10,000 or more fluoridation-linked cancer deaths occur yearly in the United States. In 1989, the ability of fluoride to transform normal cells into cancer cells was confirmed by Argonne National Laboratories. Results released in 1989 of studies carried out at the prestigious Batelle Research Institute showed that fluoride was linked to a rare form of liver cancer in mice, oral tumors and cancers in rats, and bone cancer in male rats. Since 1991, the New Jersey Department of Health found that the incidence of osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, was far higher in young men exposed to fluoridated water as compared to those who were not.
In addition to the well documented toxic effects of fluoride, fluoride even at dosages of 1 part per million, found in artificially fluoridated water, can inhibit enzyme systems, damage the immune system, contribute to calcification of soft tissues, worsen arthritis and, of course, cause dental fluorosis in children. These are unsightly white, yellow or brown spots that are found in teeth exposed to fluoride during childhood. In 1993, the Subcommittee on Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride of the National Research Council admitted that 8% to 51% and sometimes up to 80% of the children living in fluoridated areas have dental fluorosis. Malnourished people, particularly children, usually targeted for fluoridation, are at greater risks to experience fluoride's harmful effects.
Dang whoever wrote that article is a bit of an alarmist... but maybe purposefully. What's the danger in fluoride in drinking water anyway?
Facts About Flouride
So, what are some of the facts about fluoride? According to the handbook, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, fluoride is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic. It is a cumulative poison that accumulates in bone over the years. According to the Physicians Desk Reference, "in hypersensitive individuals, fluorides occasionally cause skin eruptions such as atopic dermatitis, eczema, or urticaria. Gastric distress, headache, and weakness have also been reported. These hypersensitive reactions usually disappear promptly after discontinuation of the fluoride."
From 1990 to 1992, the Journal of the American Medical Association published three separate articles linking increased hip fracture rates to fluoride in the water. In the March 22, 1990 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that fluoride treatment of osteoporosis increased hip fracture rate and bone fragility.
A study by Procter and Gamble showed that as little as half the amount of fluoride used to fluoridate public water supplies resulted in a sizable and significant increase in genetic damage. Epidemiologic research in the mid-1970's by the late Dr. Dean Burk, head of the cytochemistry division of the National Cancer Institute, indicated that 10,000 or more fluoridation-linked cancer deaths occur yearly in the United States. In 1989, the ability of fluoride to transform normal cells into cancer cells was confirmed by Argonne National Laboratories. Results released in 1989 of studies carried out at the prestigious Batelle Research Institute showed that fluoride was linked to a rare form of liver cancer in mice, oral tumors and cancers in rats, and bone cancer in male rats. Since 1991, the New Jersey Department of Health found that the incidence of osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, was far higher in young men exposed to fluoridated water as compared to those who were not.
In addition to the well documented toxic effects of fluoride, fluoride even at dosages of 1 part per million, found in artificially fluoridated water, can inhibit enzyme systems, damage the immune system, contribute to calcification of soft tissues, worsen arthritis and, of course, cause dental fluorosis in children. These are unsightly white, yellow or brown spots that are found in teeth exposed to fluoride during childhood. In 1993, the Subcommittee on Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride of the National Research Council admitted that 8% to 51% and sometimes up to 80% of the children living in fluoridated areas have dental fluorosis. Malnourished people, particularly children, usually targeted for fluoridation, are at greater risks to experience fluoride's harmful effects.
ifirefight
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Please dont shoot the messenger..LOL
jovial
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Originally Posted by SCSInet
Dang whoever wrote that article is a bit of an alarmist... but maybe purposefully. What's the danger in fluoride in drinking water anyway?
Fluoride was never meant to be ingested, it was meant to be used topically for toothpaste or mouthwash, the problem with fluoride is that it accumulates in bone tissue and has been directly linked to osteocarcenoma (bone cancer)autism, atherosclerosis, brain neural damage, ADHD, and joint problems. The accumulation of fluoride never goes away as the body cannot completely rid itself of it. Fluorisilic acid is a a by product of phosphate based fertilizers. The story of how fluoride first made it's way into municipal water supplies is an interesting one. The only other way fluorsicilic acid can be disposed of is through a hazardous waste facility.
Dang whoever wrote that article is a bit of an alarmist... but maybe purposefully. What's the danger in fluoride in drinking water anyway?
Fluoride was never meant to be ingested, it was meant to be used topically for toothpaste or mouthwash, the problem with fluoride is that it accumulates in bone tissue and has been directly linked to osteocarcenoma (bone cancer)autism, atherosclerosis, brain neural damage, ADHD, and joint problems. The accumulation of fluoride never goes away as the body cannot completely rid itself of it. Fluorisilic acid is a a by product of phosphate based fertilizers. The story of how fluoride first made it's way into municipal water supplies is an interesting one. The only other way fluorsicilic acid can be disposed of is through a hazardous waste facility.
jovial
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Originally Posted by dupreyjaq
Then why is my kids doctor giving Flouride to them.
Nothing wrong with that as long as they dont swallow it. It must be used topically and not ingested. Read the fine print on the back of a tube of toothpaste. There is a ton of information from credible and independent sources about fluoride, so much so that you can look in anywhere libraries, medical journals, There is a ton of information about it. I stopped ingesting it after I learned more. Truly bad stuff. Then I thought, it probably isnt good for fish either.
Then why is my kids doctor giving Flouride to them.
Nothing wrong with that as long as they dont swallow it. It must be used topically and not ingested. Read the fine print on the back of a tube of toothpaste. There is a ton of information from credible and independent sources about fluoride, so much so that you can look in anywhere libraries, medical journals, There is a ton of information about it. I stopped ingesting it after I learned more. Truly bad stuff. Then I thought, it probably isnt good for fish either.
