Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards [Paperback]

Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water (Author), National Research Council (Author)

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ISBN-10: 030910128X | ISBN-13: 978-0309101288 | Publication Date: December 22, 2006

Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources, including runoff from the weathering of fluoride-containing rocks and soils and leaching from soil into groundwater. Fluoride pollution from various industrial emissions can also contaminate water supplies. In a few areas of the United States fluoride concentrations in water are much higher than normal, mostly from natural sources. Fluoride is one of the drinking water contaminants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it can occur at these toxic levels. In 1986, the EPA established a maximum allowable concentration for fluoride in drinking water of 4 milligrams per litre, a guideline designed to prevent the public from being exposed to harmful levels of fluoride. "Fluoride in Drinking Water" reviews research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted in the last 10 years.

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Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources, including runoff from the weathering of fluoride-containing rocks and soils and leaching from soil into groundwater. Fluoride pollution from various industrial emissions can also contaminate water supplies. In a few areas of the United States fluoride concentrations in water are much higher than normal, mostly from natural sources. Fluoride is one of the drinking water contaminants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it can occur at these toxic levels. In 1986, the EPA established a maximum allowable concentration for fluoride in drinking water of 4 milligrams per liter, a guideline designed to prevent the public from being exposed to harmful levels of fluoride. Fluoride in Drinking Water reviews research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted in the last 10 years.

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Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council

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• Paperback: 530 pages
• Publisher: National Academies Press (December 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 030910128X
• ISBN-13: 978-0309101288
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars NRC Report Exposes Fluoride POISON, March 25, 2011

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A must read for anyone forced to drink Fluoridated water. Put down that glass of fluoridated water. The chemical used has contaminants. Infants must NOT have formula made up with Fluoridated tap water. Read this report by the National Research Council.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Case Against Fluoride:How Hazardous Waste Ended Up In Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Kee, December 10, 2010

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The most complete and scholarly book on this complicated and controversial matter concerning "The Fluoridation of our Water Supplies to reduce Dental Caries"---THE GREATEST HEALTH FRAUD EVER PUSHED ON THE UNSUSPECTING AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR THE LAST 65+ years.

THE FACT IS....."Water fluoridation is the single largest case of scientific fraud, promoted by the government, supported by taxpayer dollars, aided and abetted by the ADA and the AMA in the history of the planet." (David Kennedy, DDS, President, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology)
When the lie is big enough and when you hear it often enough, long enough, from people you believe who should know better- you don't just believe it, you don't even think about it- you just assume it to be true.

And, folks, that is just what has happened.

THE LIES WE HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE: The fluoridation of our municipal water supplies to prevent cavities was the result of the Federal Government' and the Industrial Complex' overwhelming concerns for the Dental Health of the children of the United States of America--and fully substantiated by extensive and conclusive double-blind and peer-reviewed scientific studies showing the complete SAFETY AND TOTAL EFFECTIVENESS of this practice.
Are you comfortable betting your health quality and life & and the lives of your children and loved ones on these lies? Think about it--you are!

THE FACT IS: THERE ISN'T ONE PEER-REVIEWED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT SHOWS THAT WATER FLUORIDATION WORKS AND THAT IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE. NOT ONE! Read the book. You will never be able to turn back. THE TRUTH JUST WORKS THAT WAY.