Fluoride has made its way into our daily lives via public water providers.  The truth about how a poison, once part of Vietnam's Agent Orange crisis, came to being part of the public water supply is still somewhat mysterious.  We know the original claims were in regard to reducing dental cavities, but these claims remain in dispute. Often agencies within the same governments that provide fluoridated water, challenge the practice.  Even your bottled water is at risk of containing fluoride without your knowledge.

According to the Center for Disease Control, 2012 report on Community Water Fluoridation the percentage of the US population receiving community water with fluoridation was 67%.  Of the 52,734 community water providers in the US then, only 18,502 agencies were providing fluoridated water.  That means that these providers were serving large populations.  The states providing the largest populations with fluoridated water are California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas even though the question of efficacy and danger continue.

If we reduce the arguments for and against fluoridation of public water to the basic facts, there seems to be no reason for this practice to continue.  No matter which side of the fence is yours, the practice appears to be unfair and illegal.   Note the facts and decide if your health rights are being managed by the government without your consent.

Fluoride Facts:

1.  Fluoride is added to water not for the purpose of improving water quality, but for the purpose of preventing tooth decay and/or disease.  The FDA qualifies the use of fluoride for this purpose as a drug.  We are therefore, drugging unsuspecting users without informed consent, which we know is not legal.  Many are exposed against their will.  

2.  The use of fluoride is not universally accepted.  Most of Western Europe has refused fluoride because of the controversy surrounding it and the concept of mass drugging.

3.  If in fact fluoridation was a positive influence, water is not the correct method for dosing.  People consume water based on need of water itself and without regard to the amount of the drug being consumed.  It is easy to see that the amount of fluoride taken into a body cannot be regulated via the municipal water supply.  In that equation we must also calculate the amount of fluoride that is absorbed into the body via the skin during bathing or swimming, which almost no consumer can know.  We must also consider a bottle fed infant that ingests levels of fluoridation meant for an adult for which there is no research on outcome.

4.  According to fluoridealert.org fluoride is not an essential nutrients and no disease or tooth decay is caused by a lack of fluoride.  They also state that fluoride interferes with many enzymes and biological processes in the body. They quote many studies that prove fluoride interferes with the body’s biochemistry in fundamental ways.

5.  In more than 60 years of forced fluoridation there are still no studies to prove efficacy or safety and still the FDA classifies it as an “unapproved new drug.”  This makes the addition of fluoride without consent a criminal act. 

6.  The CDC in 2001 concluded that the benefits of fluoride were topical and not systemic.  With this in mind, why are we risking what could be a horrific outcome?

7.  Even the National Institute of Health has studied fluoride and determined that there is no significant relationship between tooth decay and fluoride among children.

8.  Research shows that tooth decay does not increase when fluoridation is  discontinued.

9.  Many sources agree that the studies that brought us fluoridation were flawed.  There is consistent evidence of potential harm and many sources, including the National Research Council, believe it may damage the brain.

10. Thirty-three independent studies from countries other than the USA report that exposure to fluoride will lower IQ.  Other studies focus on damage to the pineal gland, thyroid function, arthritis, bone density loss, kidney damage, bone cancer, and infertility with fluoride contamination.

It is time the practice of fluoridating public water be challenged, if for no other reason than we are mass drugging populations without consent.  It is unfair that those who cannot afford to filter their drinking and bathing water be subjected to fluoridation.

Bar shampoo has hit the scene.  It seems like a revolutionary idea, but it’s actually an old, practical plan that is being recycled and modernized.  

The concept is  plastic-free shampoo in a bar!  The savings in cost, plastic and waste disposal sound significant and worth a second look.  The convenience of a bar of shampoo sounds like it could work, so on with the investigation.

The first soap I looked into was a beautiful, round, pink bar.  It was an eye-catcher, so I check the ingredients.  This popular brand of colorful bar shampoo listed Sodium Lauryl Sulfate as the first ingredient.

If you don’t know Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, also known as, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, SLES or SLS, it has dangers associated with it.  Although it might be called natural, being made from petroleum or coconut, it’s chemical processing presents the problem.  SLS is a suspect in cancer, neurotoxicity and organ damage.  It is known to disrupt the endocrine system and because of its wide usage, it is causing great harm to consumers.  This product also had other than natural fragrance and color, bring more toxicity into the body via the skin, making it a poor choice.

Without too much searching I found another option called Dr. Liggitt’s Bar Shampoo.  This is a 35 year old product that is easy to overlook in it’s plain packaging, but  it seems to be a good alternative to the modernized version.  The ingredients are basic, Saponified Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Sunflower Oil, Organic Palm Kernel Oil and RSPO Palm Kernel Oil, Fragrance, Rose Oil.

In the interest of living without toxicity, I tried Dr. Liggitt’s Bar Shampoo and actually love it.  You do not need conditioner and hair not only seems to stay cleaner longer, but it looks and feels great.  If your goal is to limit chemical toxicity, save money and help the environment, this seems like a very good choice.

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Stevia is a plant by the same name.  Its sweetness is about 200 times that of sugar and so, only takes a tiny bit to sweeten.  There are no reported connections to cancer or diabetes, yet manufacturers found a way to package problems for your body under the promise of offering you the safety of stevia.  

You must read every label now to find out what exactly in the product packaged to look like stevia.  Without a doubt, if you are using an individual serving package the sweetener has been extended with something.  Pure stevia in that quantity would overpower any single use.

There are many products being used as extenders to create a teaspoon serving and to lower production costs.  Most of these are things you would rather keep out of your body.  Many are corn products that are produced from GMO crops which bring another set of issues to the unsuspecting user.  Some of these products include:

• Lactose is a very common extender with the added side effects of inflammation and chemicals from cows fed GMO crops and treated with antibiotics.
• Dextrose is a simple sugar that is usually a GMO corn product.  Look for it in ordinary table salt too.
• Fructose is insulin resistant and is known to cause obesity and hypertension.
• Erythritol can occur naturally in foods, but is a manufactured sugar alcohol causing gas, bloat, diarrhea and is also a GMO corn product.
• Maltodextrin promotes the growth of candida in the gut with symptoms that mimic IBS, flu, chronic pain and fibromyalgia.

Your bathroom is full of products with dangerous ingredients or labels that claim these ingredients were not used, but we really don't understand them.  Knowing a bit about the general use of these ingredients can save you from years of undiagnosed pain or ill health.  

If you are unwell and don't know why, cleaning up the chemicals in your personal care products is part of the process of returning to wellness.  The skin, your largest organ, and your lungs, absorb toxicity.  Having the ever increasing levels of these chemicals, as we do today, has created a climate of human toxicity that is without a history.  Our tolerance of them has been disregarded by government authorities.

Although the body is capable of detoxing toxins and keeping you alive, it has limits.  With toxicity inundating our lives on so many levels, it may be that we have reached those limits.