Fluoride

The chemical cousin of chlorine is the halogen molecule fluorine, a widely distributed trace mineral of the Earth. But naturally occurring fluorine is a fry cry from artificial fluoride, medicated into municipal drinking water of half of the population.

Some symptoms of fluoride are:

• muscular weakness,
• chronic fatigue,
• excessive thirst,
• headaches,
• skin rashes,
• joint pains,
• digestive upsets,
• tingling in extremities,
• and loss of mental acuity.

Fluoride is a highly toxic by-product of aluminum production. The aluminum industry, after mining and processing bauxite, has nowhere to dump all this toxic waste. Fluoride is also a by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacturing. After some research, they finally concluded that they could make a case for putting it in public drinking water, got the dentists behind it to push it, and before too long, without long-term scientific studies, we had fluoridation of most public water supplies.

The facts and arguments for or against fluoridation, expressed in the C & EN news report, should be read and studied by every concerned person. Reprints of the C & EN special report are available for five dollars from: C & EN, Distribution, Room 210, 1155-16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036.