Is Fluoride Really Toxic? What the Experts Say

In the mid-1940s, cities began adding fluoride to municipal water systems based on the belief that fluoride was the answer to fighting tooth decay among the masses. Over sixty years later, that myth is still held as dogma and fluoride is still pumped into most water supplies that consumers drink every day in the US and many other countries around the world. In 1969, when the WHO (World Health Organization) endorsed adding fluoride to water supplies, most countries began fluoridating drinking water. However, there is a wealth of data that supports the argument that fluoride is doing more harm in drinking water than good. Even when the harmful effects of this process were revealed in the 1970s, many countries, including the US continued with the practice. However, many European countries decided that the health risks were too great and discontinued their water fluoridation programs. (1) Fluoride Prevents Tooth Decay? Proponents of fluoride preventing cavities believe that in small doses it is relatively harmless. In high doses, as it’s used in rat poison and various insecticides, fluoride is quite Read more…