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Originally posted by rickymouse
reply to post by Iwinder
Everybody assured my Dad that DDT was perfectly safe, showing him all sorts of approvals by the government. I was with him on the tractor spraying DDT on the potatoes and other crops with a handkerchief over my face.. He told the people he sold his potatoes to that the government says it is safe. Three years later he was distressed because he had lied to the people he had befriended and sold his farm off very cheap because the DDT takes so long to break down. That was forty years ago, the land is probably pretty well recovered by now. He died of brain cancer a few years after selling the farm. I doubt if that was from the DDT, I am still alive. I have huge lymph glands, or whatever they are called, in my lungs though.
Finding the ways to neutralize the fluoride is the important part. If you have milk allergies it makes it harder. A little milk in the coffee or tea can help dampen the fluoride's effect. some organic sulfur compounds help but also effect the iodine absorption also. Instead of complaining it is better to research how to survive and enjoy life. Hypothyroidism is not a good condition to have. Calling it a disease makes the person who has it feel defective when in reality it is a condition created by people with credentials who teach us the wrong things.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Iwinder
I didn't know you wanted a review of the entire article and I'm still not sure what you're trying to point me to but I'll try to figure it out from the quote you provided.
Regarding the "very little difference in tooth-decay rates". I found the article by Martin Mittlestaedt about that.
Quebeckers have more cavities than people in Ontario, but the difference is slight. Among children 6 to 19, considered the most decay-prone part of the population, the rate in Ontario was lower by less than half a cavity per child.
In the 6-11 age group, Ontario kids have 3.5 per cent fewer cavities than those in Quebec: 1.7 cavities compared to 1.76 in Quebec.
In the 12-19 age group, Ontario youths have 15.8 per cent fewer cavities than those in Quebec: 2.35 cavities compared to 2.79.
www.theglobeandmail.com...
The study spanned 2 years (2007-2009) so all of the children had grown up while drinking water with fluoride in it. Presumably it had some effect on the development of their teeth during that time. It might be more instructive to look at cases where fluoridation was never in use.
Comparisons of communities where water is fluoridated and communities where water remains unfluoridated show a reduced prevalence of dental caries in the range of 18-40 % when fluoridation is used (4). A recent study established the rate of caries reduction at 25 % (23). It is postulated that this estimate is more conservative than those reported in the past because the general population now enjoys the benefits of fluoride from other sources,
such as fluoride-enriched toothpaste and vitamin supplements.
www.inspq.qc.ca...
Regarding the 7 year old boys? The ones exposed to "high levels" of fluoridated water? Here's what the primary member of the team says about it:
In a letter to the editor of the journal Cancer Causes Control,13 Chester
Douglass, principal investigator of the Harvard study, advises readers to be
cautious when interpreting the findings, noting the following reasons:
• The preliminary findings from the overall analysis of the cases identified between 1993 and 2000 (second set of cases) do not show an association
between osteosarcoma and fluoride in drinking water.
www.ada.org.au...
Did I miss anything?
Originally posted by nixie_nox
I understand that ingested fluoride is dangerous. But the fact of the matter is that the citizens voted it in, it is not up to the discretion of one guy to decide for an entire community.
If he had added something you didn't like, you would be calling for his head and accuse the government of trying to poison the people.
Fluoride does work topically, it does prevent tooth decay. Many baby boomers like my parents are constantly at the dentist, getting work, root canals, bridges, etc. and have mouths full of fillings.
I have a single cavity.
It is just not good when you ingest it.
But it is not up to a waterplant operator to dole out treatments unknowingly to people.
edit on 29-8-2012 by nixie_nox because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
reply to post by Iwinder
Phage in that post seems to not have the info or if he had, not posted - that Chester Douglass was Editor-in-Chief of one Colgate periodical(Colgate Oral Care Report).
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by golemina
I advise you to look further. Your minerals and nutrients are supposed to come from your food; not your water supply. Distilled water has 0 contaminants because it literally is pure H20. Tap water and spring water is so laden down with those inorganic minerals and nutrients that it has no room to pick up the contaminants in your body and filter them out. By the process of capturing the steam and condensing it back down to water; you ensure that water is the only thing you get.
www.aquariusthewaterbearer.com...
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by golemina
You are not understanding why I said; I said that the minerals and nutrients of spring water are inorganic, not the water itself. Those minerals and nutrients come as runoff from the surrounding rock beds; your body can not use them.
edit on 26-8-2012 by VeritasAequitas because: (no reason given)
Scientists found that coconut oil which had been treated with enzymes stopped the growth of Streptococcus bacteria - a major cause of tooth decay. Tooth decay affects 60% to 90% of children in industralised countries. Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's conference, the Irish researchers say that coconut oil also attacks the yeast which causes thrush. The research team from the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland tested the impact of coconut oil, vegetable oil and olive oil in their natural states and when treated with enzymes, in a process similar to digestion. The oils were then tested against Streptococcus bacteria which are common inhabitants of the mouth. Only the enzyme-modified coconut oil showed an ability to inhibit the growth of most strains of the bacteria. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote It is important that we turn our attention to new ways to combat microbial infection” Dr Damien Brady Athlone Institute of Technology It also attacked Streptococcus mutans, an acid-producing bacterium which is a major cause of tooth decay.
I'd be perfectly content to accept his further absence from the thread as an admission of ignorance on the issue.