At the AB 2098 event in Sacramento today, Jay Sanders of fluoridealert.org walked up to me and asked me, “Can I give you a book?”
This is the sort of life changing question that got Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to realize that vaccines aren’t safe.
So after a 10 second hesitation to overcome my cognitive dissonance (<sarcasm on>since as we all know fluoridation must be safe since it is mandated everywhere <sarcasm off>), I said yes, and I ended up with a copy of “The Case against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There.”
Sound familiar? 🙂
In a nutshell, here is what you need to know.
- Trials began in 1945.
- It was approved in 1950, before any trials were completed and any comprehensive studies were published.
- There is a tiny net benefit to fluoride if it is kept in your mouth and not swallowed. It can slightly reduce your risk of a cavity.
- Once you swallow it, the risks strongly outweigh the benefits. IQ drops significantly and other negative health outcomes accrue. It’s not a close call.
- In hindsight, it was a stupid intervention.
- It would have been better to have limited fluoride to small doses in toothpaste, mouth rinse, etc, that are then spat out. This provides the benefits of strengthening tooth enamel, without the detriments of deteriorating bones by drinking an unknown dosage.
- But nobody likes to admit they made a mistake! Does this sound familiar?
- All large towns “in California” are required to fluoridate (CA Law AB733). There is no federal fluoridation law.
- BUT, almost all large U.S. cities are fluoridated. The ADA is an extremely powerful lobby.
- Short term ways to avoid fluoride:
- Drink spring water (fresh or bottled)
- Drink distilled water (or purified with reverse osmosis)
- Use a reverse osmosis filter for drinking water
