Flouride in drinking water

[eidsvold]

I know it is not a good idea due to the fact flouride is a neuro toxin. It is planned to add it to our drinking water at some point. Can anyone point me in the direction of research I can enclose with some I have found to send to government to say NO.

Very concerned about effects on the dds especially dd1 - very very bad for her!!

Would a water filter filter it out?

Read your post with interest - I'm certain we have flouride added to the water in the UK, which up till now has been quite reassuring since ANY flavour/brand of toothpaste (and believe me, we've tried them all!) makes dd2 gag.

Will watch this thread with interest.

the best you can do with filtration is to install a reverse osmosis filter ( very very expensive) which gets out about 80% of the flouride as far as I can see from my reading at this stage but that also takes out the good minerals from the water. Normal water filters - which we already use gets rid of chlorine etc but leaves some of the good minerals in from my uinderstanding.

I think that the water filter tap I installed recently boasted that it did not filter out fluoride. The general perception being that fluoride is good the teeth and explains why Australian's have pretty good teeth relative to other cultures that do not add fluoride to the water. I would be interested to read about the downsides as I quite happily give apple juice heavily diluted with filtered tap water to my boys.

aussie lots of places in Aus do not flouride water though.

like you I thought it would be a good thing - especially for dd1 and her teeth BUT then I did some more reading.

some links I have found and am working my way through

here

no2

no3

have more but am slowly wading my way through everything.

eidsvold - found this for you too. Interesting link to countries in the World and their opinion on Fluoridation. "One viewis here

oh just got sent this link along with a whole lot of research papers to wade through.

www.qawf.org/

thanks for that alipiggie.

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Not everywhere in the UK has flouridated water. I asked my dentist because DD was having problems with the enamel on her teeth from a very young age despite limited sweets and brushing twice a day etc - to the point where she may have needed several fillings before the age of 5 (and DS who has similar diet/routine has no problems). She said there was no flouride added to our water (we are in Scotland) so I actually give her a flouride supplement. Lo & behold within 3 months the enamel was significantly stronger and she has not needed any fillings.

I grew up in the US where there has been flouride added to the water for a very long time and as far as I know long term side effects are pretty rare (and our teeth are far better than the Brits!).

2sugars - so what do you do with your dd - surely you must do something to brush her teeth? What does your dentist say? i'd be pretty concerned about a child who refused all toothpaste.

Unfortunately for dd1 it is not about her teeth - it is the effects it has on things like thyroid function and things like that which are the biggest concern.