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RFK, Jr. Takes on Fluoride (Is He Right?)
You have to hand it to RFK, Jr. – he’s become the Cabinet member that dentists love to hate.
They’ve dismissed him as a quack because he’s had the audacity to question whether we should be pumping fluoride into our water supplies.
Hear RFK Jr's Unfiltered Thoughts on Fluoride
You see, for years the American Dental Association has “unreservedly” endorsed water fluoridation as “safe, effective and necessary.”
And many folks in mainstream medicine will attack with a vengeance anyone who dares to cast doubts about fluoride.
But is adding fluoride to water really safe… or effective… or necessary at all?
And could it be harming the very kids it’s supposed to help?
It’s time to look at the both the science… and ethics… behind water fluoridation.
And once you do, RFK, Jr. doesn’t look so crazy after all…
He looks right.
First off, even many of the people who defend fluoridation don’t really understand where it comes from.
Fluoride supporters clutched their pearls when RFK, Jr. dared to refer to it as “industrial waste.”
But RFK, Jr. is correct — the fluoride used in drinking water is absolutely a waste byproduct from the manufacture of aluminum and other materials.
And if that doesn’t make you squeamish about fluoride, well, the science and ethics behind water fluoridation just might.
We’ve always been told that we need fluoride in water to help children in particular avoid cavities.
But numerous studies have now shown that fluoride can harm brains and lower IQs in kids.
When our own National Institutes of Health pooled the results from dozens of these studies for what is known as a “meta-analysis,” they found “inverse associations… between fluoride measurements in urine and drinking water and children’s IQ.”
In other words, the more fluoride kids were exposed to, the more their IQs suffered.
This wasn’t just one study – this was definitive proof, pooled from multiple studies.
Now, supporters of fluoride have claimed that the reductions in IQ were “modest.”
Who the heck wants a “modest” reduction in IQ – for themselves or their children?
And let’s face it – the ethics behind water fluoridation have always been shaky at best.
Critics of fluoride have long argued that it is mass medication without consent.
And of course it is.
Compounds are being added to water – for a specific medical purpose – without the consent of the people who will drink the water.
The American Medical Association’s own Code of Ethics states that informed consent occurs only after a “patient’s authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.”
There’s no authorization, agreement, or informed consent when it comes to water fluoridation.
Listen, some folks would have you believe that removing fluoride from water is barbaric – that it’s just not something that civilized countries do.
Nonsense. Most of Europe does not fluoridate its water, and lo and behold, the Apocalypse hasn’t broken out.
If you live in a community with fluoridation, you can find pitchers or faucet filters easily enough online that will remove fluoride. Reverse osmosis filters are also very effective.
Either way, it should be your choice what you put into your body – not the government’s.
Check to See if Your Water Contains Fluoride Here
To Making America Healthier,