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     8 years ago (edited) 

    I'm glad to see the two of you are aware of this problem. I want to specify something.

    Fluoride /ˈflʊəraɪd/,[3] /ˈflɔːraɪd/[3] is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine with the chemical formula F−. (wikipedia)

    Fluorine is the element. Fluorine is present in the human body. It's the top 13 most present atom by weight. Like @kennyskitchen said one of the most used type of fluoride fed to people is hydrofluorosilic acid which is very toxic itself but is also filled with contaminant such as lead and arsenic. This isn't hidden.I provide a link to the epa.gov below stating just this but they state that the contaminant level are very low.

    I would never ingest nor brush my teeth with fluoride whether it be food grade fluoride or fluoride coming from the toxic waste of the phosphate fertilizer industry.

    I've read way too much on the subject to risk ingesting more fluoride than there is already everywhere. Here's just a tiny bit of what I read.

    Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ - Published in Federal Gov't Journal | Reuters

    In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children. Based on the findings, the authors say that this risk should not be ignored, and that more research on fluoride’s impact on the developing brain is warranted.

    EPA UNIONS CALL FOR NATIONWIDE MORATORIUM ON FLUORIDATION, CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON ADVERSE EFFECTS, YOUTH CANCER COVER UP

    WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Eleven EPA employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals of the Civil Service have called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. The unions acted following revelations of an apparent cover-up of evidence from Harvard School of Dental Medicine linking fluoridation with elevated risk of a fatal bone cancer in young boys.

    $750,000 Given In Childs Death In Fluorine Case (New York Times)

    https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/foodsafety/flouride090105.php
    https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/
    https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/factsheets/engineering/wfadditives.htm
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_human_body#Elemental_composition_list
    http://www.slideshare.net/benjaminyap/750000-given-in-childs-death-in-fluorine-case

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     8 years ago  

    You went above and beyond with this. I wish I could upvote more than once haha. Thank you for explaining what it is. I'm glad I know the proper term now. Lol. I seriously love how intelligent the Steemit community is. That case is terrifying! We really need to do something about this!

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     8 years ago  

    Personally I always say "hydro-fluoro-silicic acid", because that is the actual compound that is being used, and it gets around the cognitive dissonance that folks have from decades of "pro-fluoride" propaganda. It also stumps those who are intelligent, but anti-"conspiracy" (pro-status quo/these are the Richard Dawkins lovers) and always respond with: "but fluoride is just a naturally occurring chemical compound."

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     8 years ago  

    Thats a much longer word LOL. I feel like if I wrote my post only calling it that, everyone would be confused! I'm glad you told me about this though.

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     8 years ago  

    For titles I'd say fluoride works so people know the topic and click on it, but it's important to call things what they are. The power of statism comes almost completely from calling things other than what they are.

    For example:

    • People know that mass murder is wrong, so they call it "war" to confuse people
    • People know that kidnapping is wrong, so they call it "arresting/imprisoning" to confuse people
    • People know that extortion and theft are wrong, so they call it "taxes"

    There is a ton of power in words, and for those of us on the side of truth, it's important that we use truthful language. Maybe something like opening with "how do you feel about fluoride in your water?" followed by "how about hydrofluorosilicic acid, a dangerous neurotoxin and manufacturing waste-product?" (fyi companies face huge fines from the EPA if they allow it to escape into the water or air from their plants, so they turn it into salt form, which is then sold to municipalities to put in the water)