The UK, like many other countries, adds fluoride to the drinking water to combat tooth decay, especially in youngsters in poorer communities who do not have access to good dental health services.
This practice is very controversial as various studies conducted on different continents have proven that fluoride n the drinking water not only makes no significant difference to dental health as a whole, but can also cause bone cancer, especially in young boys.
It is important to drink only toxin-free water, but various members of the scientific world aver that the “purification†of drinking water is being taken too far. The medical fraternity is also very anti the removal of every single toxin from drinking water as it also strips it of the very minerals that our bodies need. On top of this, governments and water companies are then adding fluoride and chlorine, which are far more dangerous in the long run.
Will UK Tap Water Calcify My Arteries?
A study entitled “Effect of water fluoridation on the development of medial vascular calcification in uremic rats,†published in the journal Toxicology, states that “while fluoride prevents calcification in vitro, the WHO’s recommended concentrations in drinking water become nephrotoxic to CKD rats, thereby aggravating renal disease and making media vascular calcification significant.â€
This translates as the practice of some countries adding fluoride to mouthwash, public drinking water and toothpaste since 1945 in an attempt to improve dental health possibly doing more harm than good.
Fluoride is toxic, and it should not under any circumstances be ingested as it must either be absorbed and incorporated into the body’s tissues or excreted via the kidneys. Individuals suffering from chronic kidney disease will struggle to clear the fluoride from their bodies, which will result in increased blood plasma levels. Fluoride can form fluorapatite on the walls of the arteries, which will then increase the cardio-toxicity already in the body.
According to the study, fluoride accumulates in the aorta of healthy individuals; levels can tend to be extremely high in older individuals who will have ingested fluoride for many years via their toothpaste and their drinking water.
While exposure to low levels of fluoride is not dangerous, continuously ingesting fluoride in your drinking water over a number of years can exacerbate the decline in renal function in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or impaired kidney function.
Fluoride’s association with soft tissue calcification extends to brain structures, including the pineal gland, according to an article entitled “Fluoride: Calcifier of the Soul,†making it exceedingly neurotoxic.
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