Why put ‘cognitive hazard’ of fluoride in water?

I received this from Dr. Michael Greger July 15: “Based on new research, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program reached a draft conclusion that fluoride should be ‘presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans’.”

Fluoride is extracted from waste products that come from industries, such as fertilizer and nuclear, that are very hard and expensive to neutralize. Over the last many years a number of countries have banned the practice of adding fluoride to public water supplies. One of those countries is China. So, do you know what China does to get rid of this hazardous waste product? They sell it to us, the “us” meaning the water utilities in the United States. The City of Everett fluoridates its water supply and sells some of its water to other water utilities, such as Snohomish County PUD, which provides it to some of its customers.

And we get to pay extra to receive this “cognitive hazard” in our water! We do what is necessary to keep our bodies from consuming any of this industrial waste.

Fred C. Howard

Snohomish

Editor’s note: The National Toxicology Program report cited above reported results for drinking water containing more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter, a level above that used in most water supplies. It further states: “It is important to note that there were insufficient data to determine if the low fluoride level of 0.7 mg/L currently recommended for U.S. community water supplies has a negative effect on children’s IQ.” Since 2016, as recommended by the state Department of Health, Everett has maintained a fluoride level of 0.7 milligrams per liter. Further, fluoride, when not naturally occurring in water supplies, is extracted from calcium deposits in phosphate rock and not from hazardous waste.

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