FluorideFree SoCo
03-17-2016, 10:35 PM
A Fluoride Action Network special report released Feb. 10, 2016
Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan.
The details from Flint have been shocking: tap water so corrosive it caused lead levels in some homes to meet the classification for hazardous waste (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FFUn8fFkIXFEUrea7pIq1fH8E5AOeFJj); and politics (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FfaFAxnN4BM7hZT5ROE8bvH8E5AOeFJj) so corrosive that "while the children in Flint were drinking lead-filled water, there was one — and only one — address in Flint that got clean water: the GM factory."
Lead is a powerful neurotoxin, one that causes irreversible damage to the developing brain. The damage manifests in reduced IQs (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GkmEfTTAj2ejri1fXRoJujVk4k4zv1rO), behavioral problems (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YPKaiu1NKQKqnLzCj9HZvvH8E5AOeFJj), and violent behavior (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oAw1GlCzaTOdnNrHDLtRpvH8E5AOeFJj). But lead is not the only neurotoxin (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OfU%2FILakuDo0cr%2BbypwEZvH8E5AOeFJj) that Flint children are now ingesting in their tap water.
Like most other urban areas in the United States, Flint adds a corrosive fluoride chemical (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rA0Yxnxk7h4Gz51f%2FoptYvH8E5AOeFJj) to its water in the name of preventing tooth decay (aka "water fluoridation (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=p9O%2B0MY1NvWArTXjAudPMfH8E5AOeFJj)"). This fluoride chemical is not only a neurotoxin (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mN7178vVjR8WspNKDdSfmPH8E5AOeFJj), itsrepeatedly (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M266obAdN0sH6ToWNRAT9PH8E5AOeFJj) been found to leach lead (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ney5digBetlGHyaM8KgLs%2FH8E5AOeFJj) from water pipes and increase the levels of lead in children's blood (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lPn4D4OnwEnk9t8ph%2FFoRfH8E5AOeFJj).
In short, fluoridation programs are adding fuel to the fire of America's lead crisis, in Flint and beyond.
Flint Is the "Tip of the Iceberg"
The staggering risks from lead poisoning extend far beyond the borders of Flint. In the words of one scientist, "Flint is the tip of the iceberg. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d6NxlZNNsWnQ2VdT2uKJ8%2FH8E5AOeFJj)"
In fact, many cities across the United States have "higher rates of lead poisoning (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HVARU%2BvmJLdVDvS0oliUJfH8E5AOeFJj)" than Flint, including at least 6 other (fluoridated) cities (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GEyqcxvjmgR4GpWxzhkyyPH8E5AOeFJj) in Michigan itself.
As in Flint, tap water can be a major source of lead exposure, despite disingenuous claims (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M266obAdN0s8pnMEqTArcvH8E5AOeFJj) to the contrary by some public health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KdcZFAuSqaABVoTK%2FvmCs%2FH8E5AOeFJj).
Although lead water pipes were banned in 1986, millions of Americans still drink tap water that travails through lead service pipes (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GYDguCUbyDVMig%2FlauiafvH8E5AOeFJj) and many millions more drink water that passes through lead-containing brass fixtures (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F9DvEywyYeJsRBXj%2BTo%2FJvH8E5AOeFJj) -- all with a complex brew of corrosive water treatment chemicals, including chlorine, chloramines, and fluorosilicic acid.
Clean water activist Erin Brockovich recently stated that the U.S. is facing a "national water crisis (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZBpmSdSHQe77uAo8QhaDufH8E5AOeFJj)." Fluoridation is contributing to that crisis.
Continues here (https://fluoridealert.org/articles/fluoridation_flint_lead/)
Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan.
The details from Flint have been shocking: tap water so corrosive it caused lead levels in some homes to meet the classification for hazardous waste (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FFUn8fFkIXFEUrea7pIq1fH8E5AOeFJj); and politics (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FfaFAxnN4BM7hZT5ROE8bvH8E5AOeFJj) so corrosive that "while the children in Flint were drinking lead-filled water, there was one — and only one — address in Flint that got clean water: the GM factory."
Lead is a powerful neurotoxin, one that causes irreversible damage to the developing brain. The damage manifests in reduced IQs (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GkmEfTTAj2ejri1fXRoJujVk4k4zv1rO), behavioral problems (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YPKaiu1NKQKqnLzCj9HZvvH8E5AOeFJj), and violent behavior (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oAw1GlCzaTOdnNrHDLtRpvH8E5AOeFJj). But lead is not the only neurotoxin (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OfU%2FILakuDo0cr%2BbypwEZvH8E5AOeFJj) that Flint children are now ingesting in their tap water.
Like most other urban areas in the United States, Flint adds a corrosive fluoride chemical (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rA0Yxnxk7h4Gz51f%2FoptYvH8E5AOeFJj) to its water in the name of preventing tooth decay (aka "water fluoridation (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=p9O%2B0MY1NvWArTXjAudPMfH8E5AOeFJj)"). This fluoride chemical is not only a neurotoxin (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mN7178vVjR8WspNKDdSfmPH8E5AOeFJj), itsrepeatedly (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M266obAdN0sH6ToWNRAT9PH8E5AOeFJj) been found to leach lead (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ney5digBetlGHyaM8KgLs%2FH8E5AOeFJj) from water pipes and increase the levels of lead in children's blood (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lPn4D4OnwEnk9t8ph%2FFoRfH8E5AOeFJj).
In short, fluoridation programs are adding fuel to the fire of America's lead crisis, in Flint and beyond.
Flint Is the "Tip of the Iceberg"
The staggering risks from lead poisoning extend far beyond the borders of Flint. In the words of one scientist, "Flint is the tip of the iceberg. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d6NxlZNNsWnQ2VdT2uKJ8%2FH8E5AOeFJj)"
In fact, many cities across the United States have "higher rates of lead poisoning (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HVARU%2BvmJLdVDvS0oliUJfH8E5AOeFJj)" than Flint, including at least 6 other (fluoridated) cities (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GEyqcxvjmgR4GpWxzhkyyPH8E5AOeFJj) in Michigan itself.
As in Flint, tap water can be a major source of lead exposure, despite disingenuous claims (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M266obAdN0s8pnMEqTArcvH8E5AOeFJj) to the contrary by some public health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KdcZFAuSqaABVoTK%2FvmCs%2FH8E5AOeFJj).
Although lead water pipes were banned in 1986, millions of Americans still drink tap water that travails through lead service pipes (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GYDguCUbyDVMig%2FlauiafvH8E5AOeFJj) and many millions more drink water that passes through lead-containing brass fixtures (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F9DvEywyYeJsRBXj%2BTo%2FJvH8E5AOeFJj) -- all with a complex brew of corrosive water treatment chemicals, including chlorine, chloramines, and fluorosilicic acid.
Clean water activist Erin Brockovich recently stated that the U.S. is facing a "national water crisis (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZBpmSdSHQe77uAo8QhaDufH8E5AOeFJj)." Fluoridation is contributing to that crisis.
Continues here (https://fluoridealert.org/articles/fluoridation_flint_lead/)