fluride in water system

Fluoride

by Good Dog - 2016-11-23 08:30:11

There is naturally occuring fluoride in almost every public water supply. Some water supplies actually need to de-fluoridate (remove fluoride) due to excessively high naturally occurring concentrations which can mottle your teeth (turn them black). Public water supplies are required to remove fluoride if natural concentrations are too high.  It is an element found in varying quantities in natural water throughout the U.S.

Public water supplies that fluoridate are required to maintain a residual concentration of fluoride based upon the average daily water temperature where your system is located. Your drinking water has a concentration of approx. 1 mg/L. A local lake near where I live has a natural concentration of fluoride of 0.2 mg/L. Fluoride as an additive primarily benefits only children and adolescents in preventing dental cavities. There have been many, many studies completed on the safety of fluoride and its use has been controversial. However, as a resut of many recent studies there is absolutely no evidence that it is harmful to anyone at levels found in fluoridated drinking water.

Fluoride, much like many other elements can be extremely toxic at high concentrations. Consuming about 50 mg can kill you. As an example, iron is an element that we consider really safe. However, if you consume slightly more than the recommended daily allowance, the first stage of toxicity is severe constipation. Much higher doses of iron can killl you. Arguably, iron is more toxic than fluoride.

So not to worry! Drink, drink, drink!

Interesting International differences

by IAN MC - 2016-11-23 10:15:03

Following GoodDog's comments , out of curiosity, I have looked up the extent of drinking water fluorination here in the UK and in the US.

Roughly 10 % of the UK population is drinking fluorinated water compared to 74 % in the US. These figures include naturally occurring fluoride as well as those areas where it is added. So around 204 million Americans are drinking fluorinated water . Do they all have weakness and diarrhoea ?  Maybe they do, maybe that is America's best kept secret ??  .. still it could be worse ,  you could have Trump as president ! 

C130, I would be very surprised if the area where you live is taking the fluoride content to much more than the recommended 1 part per million . It definitely will have no effect whatsoever on your pacemaker ( don't forget that fluorine is a naturally occurring and necessary element in the human body where it exists as calcium fluoride. ) also something else must be causing the side-effects which you describe.

 Fluoride is by no means the only thing being added to your drinking water . Disinfectants which usually contain chlorine are added and these are most likely to be the cause of any taste which you may ( or may not ) be experiencing.

I feel thirsty right now so am heading to the tap for a glass of English fluorinated water

Cheers !

Ian

IAN

by Good Dog - 2016-11-23 14:14:22

You aren't headed to the tap for water. Who do you think you are kidding!!!!!

You are almost right GoodDog

by IAN MC - 2016-11-23 14:35:06

I did add some malt whisky to the tap water ; I think it neutralizes the effects of the fluoride 

Cheers

Ian

Easy FIx

by orangebowls - 2016-11-23 16:40:54

Put in a filtration unit for your drinking water.

Filtration won't work

by Good Dog - 2016-11-23 20:09:43

Point-of-use filtration units will not remove fluoride. Reverse Osmosis will work or a mixed bed demineralizer (water softener). Fluoride has an anionic (negative) charge and will not be removed by standard softening which removes elements that are positively charged (cations).