Fluoride Toxicity and Osteoporosis in Humans
Fluoride is known to be more toxic than lead and only slightly less
toxic than arsenic. Because of its know toxicity, fluoride powder was at one time used as
a dust to kill lice on chickens and as the main toxin in rat baits. There is enough fluoride
in one large tube of toothpaste to be fatal to a small child. Toxic levels of fluoride can
be visibly seen by fluorosis.
Fluoride has also been shown to kill the live osteoblast cells found in human bone. These
cells are responsible for building new bone tissue and acting as reinforcing cells for newly
formed bone tissue. Most cities in the United States and other industrialized countries add
fluoride to the public drinking water at approximately the rate of 1 mg. per liter of water.
This fluoride is normally in the form of hydrofluosilicic acid or sodium silicofluoride and
are waste products of the fertilizer industry. They are obtained from scrubbing factory
stacks to remove wastes such as sulphur hexafluoride that would, otherwise, cause atmospheric
pollution that does not meet EPA standards.
These products are introduced into public drinking water systems with little regard to other
contaminants that may be present such as lead, mercury, arsenic and radionucleides. Statistically
there is a higher incidence of hip fracture in residents of fluoridated areas. This includes U.S.
studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Dr. S.J. Jacobsen
in 1990 and Christa Danielson and others in 1992.
How does fluoride harm humans?
Humans share the same enzyme systems and DNA mechanisms as other plants
& animals. Fluoride is a proven enzyme and DNA repair inhibiting element and this is why
it is fatal to chicken lice, rats and humans.
A Look at 43 Million Chinese
A major area of study was the prevalence of fluorosis in China. The "prevelant fluorosis" areas
of China contain a population of 100 million. Of these, 43 million people have dental fluorosis
of all degrees of severity; 2.4 million have skeletal fluorosis, a severe crippling disease with
bone deformities.
The Chinese presented papers using observations from studies of both experimental animals and
humans showing the relationship between poor diet, especially calcium deficiency, repeated
childbirth and duration of exposure, to the severity of the effects of chronic fluoride poisoning.
The Chinese reported not only adverse effects on teeth and bones but also those involving soft
tissues. Some of these occur at surprisingly low levels of total fluoride ingestion, some of
which were within the range of total intake reported for fluoridated areas of the U.S. and Canada.
They presented evidence of increased fractures, poor fracture healing and bone outgrowths
(exostoses) as some of the observable skeletal effects.
With regard to soft tissue involvement, studies were presented that dealt with neurological
lesions (nerve damage). They ascribed paralysis to direct action of fluoride on the central
nervous system in addition to the effect of pressure on motor nerves by encroachment of
fluorotic bone.
Studies also showed that thyroid dysfunction, heart disease
and abnormal electrocardiograms
and cerebrovascular disease were more prevalent in the prevelant fluorosis areas. An association
was shown between chronic fluoride intoxication and lowered intelligence as measured by IQ tests;
chromosomal abnormalities; decreased immunity; increased senile cataracts; and cancer.
The Chinese scientists also reported higher infant death rates due to congenital abnormalities
and higher death rates generally in prevelant fluorosis areas. They also reported variable
synergistic effects between fluoride and aluminum, fluoride and arsenic, fluoride and selenium.
Fluoride Research and Dental Caries (cavities)
Prof. Y. Imai of Japan studied 22,000 schoolchildren in 1972 in naturally occurring fluoride
areas and found increased caries (dental cavities) with increased levels of fluoride.
A study of 23,000 elementary schoolchildren in Tucson, Arizona, by Dr. Cornelius Steelink in 1992,
showed increased caries (dental cavities) with increased levels of fluoride in drinking water
Professor S.P.S. Teotia of India who reported on a study of 400,000 children from 1973 to 1993 also
showed increased caries (dental cavities) with increased levels of fluoride in drinking water.
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