Today I submitted a request to our Water Department here in Metro Nashville, Davidson County asking for statistics on how much their fluoridation program costs. This is in preparation for submitting an actual budget proposal to the Mayor's Office to ask for termination of our water fluoridation program. It seems absolutely insane to pay the fertilizer industry a hefty fee to help them dispose of a pollution by product that would otherwise be very expensive to dispose of. I'm curious how long our water department will drag their feet on this one.

It's going to be a long uphill battle on this issue. Our Health Department's Oral Health Division supports fluoridation with no hesitation or research to back them up. Instead, they simply quote the Centers for Disease Control, who actually do no research of their own.

The shear amount of information available from both sides of the issue is staggering. Yet, knowing what I now know about the practice after a year and four months of research makes me generally appalled at the continuance of our health department's promotion despite all the evidence of fluoride's adverse health effects. And, I very much disagree with the collection of court cases that have determined that fluoridation is a proper exercise of state police powers for the good of a larger population. How do you legally justify placing a pollution by product into a resource that is so basic to human life with the expectation that it will affect everyone in the same manner? That's quite ludicrous.

We are in the unique position of helping to stop a practice that has very clear adverse health effects, especially in children and at risk groups such as kidney and cancer patients.
I recommend that you look carefully at the scientific data and legal arguments at www.FluorideAlert.org then read the well researched work by Christopher Bryson, "The Fluoride Deception."
I personally have not found any of the arguments based upon scientific information or legality to be either confusing nor problematic. Everything points clearly toward the fact that fluoridation in the world MUST be stopped to protect the health of our citizens. Every day you will see more and more health professionals at the Fluoride Action Network signing on to a petition to end this outdated and risky practice. These are not simply activists, but doctors, nurses, and other degreed professionals who all understand the issue very clearly. One of our supporters, Dr. Arvid Carlson, is a scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for 2000. So, we aren't just a group of crazies shouting in the wilderness.
Most of Europe does not fluoridate, and you will find that statistics show their dental health to be comparable, if not better, to that of America. In fact, European governments use the simple argument that fluoridation is mass medication using a non-approved drug without measured dose or prescription and without monitoring by a licensed health professional. This one argument makes the practice illegal in every state in our Union.
In fact, the reasons for not using fluoride are so numerous, they can get a bit overwhelming at times.
My family and I ceased using fluoridated water and switched to distilled water over a year ago. Prior to that we had experienced about 25 years of "mysterious" medical symptoms for which my doctors could find no cause. Within one week of getting off our fluoridated city tap water, all of those symptoms faded. We've been free of any kind of problems, including the usual flu virus periods ever since. So, my experience is not only from study, but also from experience. It is estimated that approximately five percent of the population is particularly sensitive to very low doses of fluoride. It turns out that I am one of them. I would prefer to stay healthy, but there is so much fluoride in our foods and environment that I find it difficult to avoid it entirely.
You should also note that the EPA Headquarters Union representing more than 1500 scientists, lawyers, engineers and other professionals in Washington, D.C. continue to work against fluoridation. Their statement can be found at:

http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm

Upon reading that statement, I think you will discover that not everyone working in health related government agencies are pushing fluoride so strongly.

What's in the Tap Water ?

Photos of condensed water from distillation
Source: Metro Nashville, Tennessee Water System



















Raw Concentrate from 30 gallons of distilled water
With some settled mineral content removed

















Raw Concentrate and settled particulate











Detail

Water Quality Table for this system:
MWS tests for 105 contaminants that may be present in drinking water. The tables below show those contaminants that were detected January 1 through December 31, 2006. Source of data: Nashville Water Department


























Note: The "source" of Fluoride above is listed as a reason for the supplement (water additive that promotes strong teeth) rather than the true source of the contaminant. Most of the fluoride used in public water systems is hydrofluorosilicic acid which is collected as a pollution by product from the phosphate fertilizer industry along with other regulated substances that are considered hazardous by the Environmental Protection Agency. It is illegal to dump this extremely toxic substance in any body of water in the United States. However, if it is collected and placed in rubber lined tankers and trucked around the country to water utilities, it magically becomes a product. It is somehow widely accepted to dilute it, and place it in public drinking water. This substance is extremely toxic and the 23 percent slurry solution from the phosphate mines can actually burn through concrete. If accidentally spilled, extraordinary hazmat procedures must be taken to clean up and dispose of the substance.